Summer Kicks 2026: Tryg Strang & the Band with Robbie Banks

Event Description

Tryg Strand & The Band are a high-energy roots-driven powerhouse from British Columbia’s Columbia Valley, delivering a bold fusion of rock, blues, country, and folk built for big stages and packed dance floors. Featuring local talent: Robbie Bankes


About The Event
Tryg Strand is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose music feels like home but moves like the open road. Rooted at the crossroads of folk, blues, country, and rock, Tryg Strand crafts songs that are raw, soulful, and instantly engaging. Tryg Strand & The Band invite movement and connection, blending heartfelt storytelling with upbeat, foot-stomping energy.

Fronted by the raw, soulful songwriting of Tryg Strand, the band blends gritty guitar riffs, hook-laden melodies, and foot-stomping rhythms into a sound that feels both timeless and unmistakably current. Their live shows are explosive and engaging; the kind that pull audiences in fast and keep them moving from the first note to the final encore. The band has quickly built momentum across Western Canada, headlining and performing at major festivals and events including Flats Fest, Radius Rhythms & Riffs, Invermere’s Snowflake Festival, and Steamboat Mountain Music Festival. Tryg’s singles “Gypsy Queen” & “Taxman’s Hands” received regular rotation on CBC Radio, underscoring an artist on the rise, delivering high-impact performances, authentic connection, and a damn good time!

Robbie Bankes
With his perpetual bedhead, trademark wool sweater and easy smile, Robbie’s observant and gentle nature draws his audience in like a warm fire. His music and live shows are a conversation; his words carry over landscapes of mountains, crunching snow, and starry skies. His songs of sadness and hope are modern and old all at once and deeply rooted to a geography of moment and place. Robbie has played in houses, streets, halls and bars across Canada and Europe and his music has been featured in film and radio across the globe. He has released the album “Foothills” (2017) and the EP’s “The Way My Feet Fall” (2020) and “Through February Snow” (2015). He has lived for most of the past 10 years in Norway where he studied traditional music, organic agriculture and worked on farms. These days he lives in the small town of Parson BC.