The Dawson City Music Festival Association (DCMF) is a non-profit charitable organization established in 1979, after a summer barbecue full of music and dancing among friends. Quickly realizing that the festival was too good a secret to keep, an enterprising band of local volunteers incorporated the Association in 1980.

Since then, the event Vancouver’s Georgia Straight dubbed as “Canada’s tiny, perfect festival” has evolved into a three-day music festival held each July in some of Dawson’s finest venues, including the exquisite and historic Palace Grand Theatre. DCMF has developed a reputation as one of the nation’s premier musical events, but its strengths have remained the same: unparalleled intimacy, grassroots spirit, fabulous Klondike hospitality, and some of the best concerts North of 60!

The Association also hosts an annual winter Songwriter in Residence program and various music-based events throughout the year.