Mosh the Rock Island Metalfest 2026: the metal festival in Victoria, Canada

Held at Fred Milne Park on Vancouver Island near Victoria, British Columbia, Mosh the Rock Island Metalfest celebrates the West Coast Canadian metal scene. On August 9, 2026, this one-day festival attracts hundreds of heavy music fans for a celebration of progressive metal, groove metal and extreme sounds in a spectacular natural setting in Canada.

The 2026 edition brings together 8 Canadian artists with Anciients headlining, who embodies Vancouver progressive metal with sludge and doom influences. Squidhammer Metal and ARROW IN THE QUIVER explore the territories of groove metal and metalcore with brutal and technical sounds.

The programming highlights the diversity of the British Columbia Canadian metal scene. As Ash Fell and Mutual Trauma bring their modern metalcore approach, while Conjure Hand, The Rising Fall and Neveranother explore the darker fringes of progressive metal and sludge.

On August 9, 2026, mosh in the heart of Vancouver Island. A unique celebration of Canadian metal in a spectacular natural setting on the Pacific coast.