Goolaholla!

The East Pointers have rolled out this year’s Goolaholla! festival line-up, and it’s looking like another barn burner. 

Running September 26 and 27 at the Rollo Bay Fiddle Grounds, the lineup features BAHAMAS, Becka Viau, Breen-Rynne-Murray (IRE), Coyote, DeeDee Austin, Digging Roots, DNCTHNG, Fundance, Georgia Mooney (AUS), Julie Pellissier Lush, Lucy Farrell, Kiara Ra, Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors, Mo Kenney, Monica Lacey, Neon Dreams, Tunes and Tales, and The East Pointers in their only Island play of 2025. 

Organizers have also promised the return and expansion of some of festival-goers’ favourite side hustles: Goolaholla! Comedy (which this year includes a breakfast slot), local artists in the Pop-Up Goola-ry, an expanded vendor programme in Saturday’s Momentary Markets, craft beer and tastings programme, the free, highly competitive Goolaholla! Games, and special events still to be announced. 

As a family-friendly event, the childrens’ area has expanded beyond the GoolaHollow space (which features theatre, a library, games and activities curated by children and young people) and will sprawl over into the new woods-based Lord of the Flies programme, which makes use of the 60 acre property where Goolaholla! makes its home.

Billed as a 36-Hour-Party and slang for “Good Times,” Goolaholla! is an artist-driven event, the brainchild and labour of love of The East Pointers. 

“We had this idea…to make something that lived beyond the line-up,” says Tim Chaisson, festival co-director. “That it would be the vibe of the festival that keeps people coming back.”

Goolaholla! is at the Rollo Bay Fiddle Grounds, 961 Veterans Memorial Highway, Rollo Bay, PEI/Epekwitk, on September 26 and September 27. Tickets are on sale now at goolaholla.com.