2 Rivers Remix Society

2 Rivers Remix (2RMX) is a free annual multi-day feast of contemporary Indigenous music and culture, initially (2018-2019) hosted outdoors at Tl’kemtsin (aka Lytton BC) on Nlaka’pamux territory, then streamed online during the pandemic (2020-2021).

2RMX features all Indigenous-led musicians and artists—focusing on women, 2-Spirit, youth, elders and survivors—creating an environment of safety, tolerance, and value for all people. 2 Rivers Remix Society is a non-profit society with majority First Nations directors and a mandate to educate, empower, and inspire Indigenous people to tell their own stories through contemporary Indigenous cultural expression.

2RMX features local, regional, and national Indigenous musicians creating an exciting new grassroots sound that defies stereotypes and uplifts Indigenous people. It aims to explore cultural collaborations, historical identities and intersectional stories through original contemporary Indigenous cultural performances, workshops and other activities on Interior Salish territories and beyond.

On June 26th, 2021, 2RMX produced an outdoor event at the Nlaka’pamux interpretative Tuckkwiowhum Village to honour the 215+ Indigenous children confirmed in unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site on one of the hottest days recorded on Turtle Island. Only four days later, on June 30, 2021, 2RMX’s beautiful host community of Tl’kemtsin/Lytton was razed to the ground in an unprecedented event that not only took homes and a whole village, but also two lives… Some of 2RMX’s staff, board, and their families lost their homes and many are still evacuated. Its office, festival archive, youth project exhibitions, and sound/video equipment were reduced to ashes. 

In 2022, 2RMX pivoted to a “Movable Feast” in the aftermath of the cataclysmic fire that destroyed its previous live festival site—along with 90 percent of Tl’kemtsin/Lytton. 2RMX partnered with eight Indigenous communities in 2022 to present Movable Feast, leading to the 2 Rivers Remix Festival being held in Cache Creek, B.C.   

The year 2022 was the first time since the pandemic that the organization was able to hold a multi-day, 2RMX LIVE in-person event, which was graciously hosted by the community of Cache Creek in the territory of the Stuc’tews (Bonaparte First Nation) People. Until mid May of 2023, 2RMX planned to return there, but the rising waters once again altered the journey of musical medicine. 2RMX wraps those communities still recovering with loving comfort and care and is grateful for the ones who reach back when called upon for support. The 2023 event is being held at Tk’emlups te Secwepemc (Kamloops).

2 Rivers Remix Society continues to support its affected Indigenous communities that have in the last years suffered from waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, catastrophic wildfires/flooding/infrastructure destruction, the ongoing confirmations of hundreds more unmarked graves at Indian Residential Schools across Turtle Island, and the deadly toxic drug supply crisis.