Finally! This is the last installment of my Sappyfest coverage. Click here for day 1, and day 2 can be found here and here.

Wow. It’s been three weeks since Sappyfest ended and here I am still posting about it.  By this point I’d have given up on just about any other topic (some discarded posts of the past include live shows by Sebastien Grainger and King Khan & the Shrines), but this festival was just so damn enjoyable that I feel obligated to spread the love, no matter how lethargically.

Speaking of which, day 3 was full of so much goodness that it was hard to find time to eat!

Case in point, after a slow morning induced by another debaucherous evening it was off to the races, as Wet Nose Hero were opening the day. I’d heard great things about the Montreal act and it turns out the rumours were true, as Sarah Mangle and company delivered a unique and endearing performance that left me no choice but to buy their album.

Things only got better from there. Jenny Omnichord was up next and if you ask me her set made for one of the best live moments I’ve seen in a while: Performing a duet from her upcoming children’s album with Burning Hell front-man Mathias Kom, the two received some unexpected, but perfectly-timed canine accompaniment that had performers and audience alike nearly rolling in the aisles (see the clip posted below).  Mathias was laughing so hard I didn’t think they’d make it through the song.

The rest of the afternoon followed suit, with excellent performances running back to back to back to the point that I started wondering if it would be possible to budget time for a meal given the stellar lineup. In the end the church where Snailhouse, Castlemusic and others were playing proved too hot for me to endure for long, so I took refuge elsewhere and managed to sneak in a quick bite.

Back at the main-stagefor the festival’s climax the persistent rain made a final attempt at laying siege to the tent.  At one point during Miracle Fortress‘ set there was a three-foot-wide river running along the perimeter. This didn’t deter the crowd one bit though, as I saw a few people splashing around happily. Of course, the tent could have been in the path of a tornado during the climactic set by Eric’s Trip and no one likely would have noticed.

Speaking of the Moncton headliners, they played hard, fast and seemed to enjoy every minute of it. Ditching the break before an encore the band instead chose to cram in as many songs as they could. In fact, they were even goaded in to playing one more after already having hugged and ditched instruments (and wrestled).

All told there was a palpable cloud of revelry in the air, as it was obvious that Eric’s Trip was the reason most people were at the Festival to begin with. From my point of view they held nothing backand left the salivating crowd satiated and awestruck—a fitting end to an excellent event.

Of course, in keeping with the previous two evenings, the night was far from over.  However, in this case the ever-increasing rain was what initially kept us from sleep.  Thinking better of braving the tent, Laura and I decided to move indoors on a whim. This proved a wise decision, as we managed to gather our belongings just as the rain finally found its way into our tent. Damp sleeping bags in tow, we took refuge on the living floor of the massive house alongside members of the Burning Hell (who had been up pulling pranks on each other using an assortment of taxidermied animals littered throughout the room) and readied for the long trip home.

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Here’s the aforementioned clip of Jenny Omnichord and Mathias Kom receiving some well-timed canine accompaniment:

MP3: Jenny Omnichord - Blankets and Bones (buy the album here)

Once again, Zunior.tv has tons of footage from Sappyfest and will be posting more—including Miracle Fortress and Eric’s Trip—in the coming days.