This year was the first time Kieran McCaffrey took the stage not as part of Wild Son at Fireside Festival.

The home-grown festival began at the band害羞草研究所檚 shared home six years ago and has now grown into a two-day festival. Founded by then bandmate, Aaron Desilva in 2013 the event quickly outgrew their living room and now takes place at BNA Brewing Co. & Eatery.

McCaffery and Mitch Howanyk, who was also a member of Wild Son have created their own band, Impavid.

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Howanyk plays the keyboard and a fiberglass violin that McCaffery says makes the violin sound like a cello.

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The band says they want to stretch the boundaries of music and create sounds and ideas instead of sticking to one sound and idea. To mix things up they have brought up other musicians on stage such as Chloe Davis from Kelowna害羞草研究所檚 Under the Rocks.

The sense of community, and connecting with other bands is why they began Fireside Festival so many years ago.

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The chance to mingle and get to know each other over a collaborative concert is necessary to be an up-and-coming musician according to McCaffery. He says that the ability to swap gigs, tips and have each other step in and collaborate is irreplaceable.

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The folk-soul duo will go back into the studio, and have no plans of performing again until spring after they have more songs recorded.

Impavid performed during the first day of the festival at the Bean Scene Downtown, Saturday afternoon. Howanyk will also perform at Fireside Festival with his other band, Kentucky Eileen Sunday, Jan. 27 at BNA Brewing Co. & Eatery.

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