Born in traditional Nēhiyawak (Cree) Terr. in Northern Saskatchewan,Gary Edwards is a Indian Residential School Survivor of 3 I.R.S. accross the province.

In the late 80's, he began 4 decades of travelling that would cover 100+ countries & 4 continents. Playing throughout as DJ Sasquatch and founder of Poundmaker Soundsystem.

Gary has been creating stages & large scale, high-tension fabric art installations for many progressive global transformational festivals: HillTop (Goa, India), Boom (Portugal.), O.Z.O.R.A (Hungary), P.art.Y.(Ibiza, Spain), Gaia (Mt.Fuji, Japan.), LoveParade (Germany), RainBowSerpent(Australia), TheGathering(New Zealand), WaterWoman (Equador), Envision (Croatia), Ometeotl (Mexico), Tribal Gathering(UK/Panam), Symbiosis (California), OneNationEarthCamp (OregonEclipse 17), TexasEclipse '23(TX), MotionNotion(ALTA), Shambhala(BC), Connect(SK). Spanning 4 decades of music, magic & more, he has also been a cultural advisor within the unity conciousness, of the worldwide trance tribe.

Gary has been a guiding force for this festival and is bringing a super special solstice set to Saturday night festivities!