The Phillips Backyard concert series is back again this summer with a stacked lineup of international superstars, Canadian icons and local legends.
The two events will be named once again after Phillips beers Tilt, their lager and Reverb, their west coast IPA.
Tilt will take place between July 5th and 7th whereas Reverb will happen between August 9th and 11th.
The festival will kick off with Saint Motel and Half Moon Run headlining the first day, Friday, along with locals Ok Charlie, who were just featured as a Zone @91-3 band of the month.
Vancouverites Vox Rea and Hotel Mira are also slated to be openers, both of whom have shocked and awed Victorians at past Phillips Backyarders and Rifflandias.
The Saturday on Tilt weekend has Canadian pop icon Jessie Reyez headlining along with Flyana Boss, a hip-hop duo from Los Angeles.
Opening that show will be local band, LIINKS, along with BC’s SonReal and Teon Gibbs, who also blew people away with his soulful sound at last year’s Rifflandia.
This year, the festival pulled in none other than the mysterious Canadian cowboy himself, Orville Peck to headline Tilt on the Sunday, along with his good friend and collaborator Noah Cyrus.
Opening that show will be Vancouver’s own Haleluya Hailu, Nova Scotia’s Goldie Boutilier along with local country rockers, Born Reckless.
After the dust has settled from the first Phillips Backyard weekend, the first weekend in August will see the Black Pumas take the stage as Friday’s headliners.
They were supposed to play Rifflandia in 2022, but had to drop out of the lineup at the last minute. At that time they announced they weren’t breaking up, just going on hiatus as they cancelled all tour dates.
Along with the Black Pumas Friday’s show will be stacked with locals, Current Swell, the Bankes Brothers, Trophy Dad and Squamish’s own, Surf Hat.
Saturday will see hip-hop icon Earl Sweatshirt headline along with Cautious Clay, a soul and R&B performer from Cleveland.
Vancouver’s Jungle Bobby, Victoria’s TK The Artist and Astrocolor will also be playing on the Saturday.
The finale of the festival this year is as stacked as it’s ever been with Jungle headlining. They are a duo of producers based out of London, England who will likely be performing with a full band.
Along with Jungle, Sunday’s finale at Reverb will see DJ legends DRAMA take the Backyard’s stage with local openers Murge, recent Zone band of the month, Nicky MacKenzie and Posh Coat.
Who are you most excited to see this year at Phillips Backyard’s Tilt and Reverb? Let us know in the comments!
Here is a playlist with every act that is playing at Tilt and Reverb this year included:
