Zak, Shawn, Drew, Craig, Richard, Twyla, Brittany, Ron, Jim, Jesse, Meghan & a bunch of fantastic volunteers!
Sounds Like
40 Thieves, a relative distance, Adam Power, Adelaide, Aerosol Constellations, Agnostic Mountain Gospel, ahna, Analog Bell Service, Andrew WK, Anvil, Axis of Conversation, Azeda Booth, Backbone of Science, The, Band Name, BATTLE SNAKES, Bayonets!!!, Bebop Cortez, Before Dawn, Beija Flor, Bell Tower, Bend Sinister, Beneath These Idle Tides, Better Off Dead, Bikeland, Biz Markie, Black Death Boners, Black Dicks, Black Mold, Blind Shake, The, Blist, BLOOO BOI, Blue Violets, The, Bob Quaschnick, Boogie Monster, Book of Black Earth, Bownesians, The, BRAIDS, Brain Fever, Brasstronaut, Breeders, The, Brenda Vaqueros, The, Bronx, The, Calum Graham, Cam Penner, Cam the Wizzard, Chris Gheran & the Graveyard Gang, Christian Hansen & The Autistics!, Clea Anais, Coathangers, The, Colin Decker Free Fall, The, Colourbook, Cool dad, Cripple Creek Fairies, Crosstown Rivals, Curtis Santiago, Cut Off Your Hands, Darcys, The, Dead Science, The, Deformer, Desert Boots, Desiderata, Dieselboy, Doer and the Doddler, The, Dragon Fli Empire, E.L.E.V.E.N., Eamon McGrath, Endangered Ape, Envelopes Filled with Cash, The, Evaporators, The, Evidence, The, Ex-Boyfriends, The, Excision, extra happy ghost !!!, Famines, The, Final Fantasy, Fine Mist, Fond Of Tigers, foonyap, Fox Opera, Francis Cheer, Frantic Artillery Featuring Bijaan Lalani and Grady Welbourne, Friendo, Get Down, The, Get Through Summer, Ghostkeeper, Gift Eaters, Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious), Githead, GOBBLE GOBBLE, Good Luck Assembly, The, Grass featuring Erin Thrall and the Lily Quartet, Great Orbax Freak Show, The, Grim Beat, The, Hamas, Hank and Lily, Hazard Lights, HEALTH, heat-ray, Hobophobes, Hollerado, Holy Fuck, Homage (Dustin Lee), Hot Little Rocket, Hot Panda, Hours, The, INDIENSOCI, Instinct, Japandroids, Japanther, Jenny, Jezibelle, Jim Brown as Rank Nubah, JJ Shiplett, Jody Glenham, Joe Nice, Joel Fraser, Joel Learoyd, Jon-Rae Fletcher, Jonathan Toubin, Jupes, Les, Keser, Kilbourne, King Khan & BBQ Show, The, Kirby Criddle, Kisses of Fire, Knots, Knucklehead, Kris Ellestad, Ladyhawk, Last Plague, Lauren Mann, LAZERTAG, Liars, Library Voices, lint, Lucas Chaisson, Lucid 44, M5, Madcowboys, Main Drag, The, Malajube, Mark Sultan, Matthew Skopyk & The Future, MC Juakali, Meat Draw, Medicine People, The, Meggido, Michael Rault, miesha & the spanks, Mikey Mmmuscles (aka Mike B), Moby Dicks, Mohawk Lodge, The, Monotonix, Morgan Greenwood, Mothfight!, Mount Analogue, Mount Eerie, Mt. Royal, Myelin Sheaths, Neckbeards, The, Neckers, The, New Danger Kids, The, NEW FIGHT SCENE, No Gold, No Horses, Noah York, Novillero, Nu Sensae, O'Death, Obits, Octoberman, Oldfolks Home, Outlaws of Ravenhurst, The, Oye!, Pack A.D., The, Paperbacks, The, Passenger Action, Pete Samples, Pine Tarts, Press Gang, The, Priya Thomas, Puberty, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Racoon, Ramblin' Ambassadors, Random Task Collective, Re-Mains, The, Rebel Spell, Reuben Bullock + Ben Bullock, Ricca Razor Sharp, Rio Bent, Robin Hunter and the Six Foot Bullies, ROCKET REDUCERS, Rub, The, Ruben Young, RUDE CITY RIOT, Rural Alberta Advantage, Sabretooth, Sadlier-Brown and the Sound, Sarah Clark, Sean Nicholas Savage, Secret Brothers, Seven Story Redhead, Sex Party, SEX WITH STRANGERS, Shagbots, The, Sharar, Sharp Ends, Shearing Pinx, Sheepdogs, The, Sit Still!, Sleepyhead, Slim Pickins, Slim Twig, SNFU, SONS OF YORK, Sounds Like BS, Space Rabies, Square Waves, The, SSRIs, The, Stamina Mantis, Stolen Organ Family Band, The, Sub-linguals, Superfantastics, The, Susie Forsyth, Swank, swords, Team Building, Thank Magnets, That's the Spirit, These Arms are Snakes, Thighs, Tricky Woo, Twin Crystals, Up in Smoke, Von Zippers, The, Walk Off The Earth, Warbird, Warbrides, The, Whitey Houston, Whitsundays, The, Wicked Awesomes!, The, Women, Woodhands, Woodpigeon, X-Ray Cat, Yells, The, Yes Nice, York Redoubt, Yukon Blonde, and Zebra Pulse.
Sled Island is an annual independent multi-venue music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that attracts over 17,500 attendees each year. Entering its third year, it aims to celebrate, showcase and nurture the best emerging and established local talent alongside national and international independent music, comedy, film and art. Sled Island 2009 expects to have over 170 bands perform. Previous musical acts have included: Wire, Mogwai, Broken Social Scene, Yo La Tengo, RZA, Drive-By Truckers, Chad VanGaalen, Tegan & Sara, Boredoms, Cat Power, Women, Spoon, Jonathan Richman and many more.
It is an event with many parts. The bulk of the festival happens in Calgary from June 24-27, 2009. There are music shows in many venues around town and we have a main outdoor site at Olympic Plaza operating on June 26. Though many of our club shows are in bars, our main outdoor site as well as a handful of other shows (such as concerts in Central United Church or at Tubby Dogg or at various all ages spaces) welcome listeners of any age. There are art shows happening in various galleries, as well as movies and comedy shows. We will be posting a full schedule of all events - and where and when they are happening - in the weeks leading up to the festival.
Sled Island 2009 will feature performances by the influential indie rock darlings The Breeders (featuring Kim Deal of the Pixies) making their first Calgary performance, NYC post-punk revivalists Liars bringing the noise, the legendary Canadian metal band Anvil the recent subjects of the critically acclaimed documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil and the garage rock assault of Tel Aviv's Monotonix known for their incredible live show New Orleans-based musician and mad genius inventor of the ' drum buddy' Quintron & Ms. Pussycat will bring the party along with blood-soaked party rocker Andrew W.K. and Toronto-based electro tour-de-force Holy Fuck on the more 'offensive' front. Phil Elverum's (of The Microphones) latest moniker Mount Eerie will deliver a symbiotic balance of fuzz and folk matched by Owen Pallett's Final Fantasy surrealist violin stage performance. Calgary-based experimental icons Azeda Booth aim to mystify crowds along with their all-male psychedelic pop counterparts Women making their second festival appearance. Many more to come!
We encourage you to buy a pass, use it to its fullest, and go out and discover as many amazing bands and artists as you can. We've booked this sucker to be chock full of jaw dropping performances. Stamped. No erasies.
For media requests, sponsorship opportunities and to share your enthusiasm, please contact the following:
Media request: Drew Marshall – drew@sledisland.com
Sponsorship/Advertising: Shawn Petsche – shawn@sledisland.com
Volunteer opportunities: Richard Freeman – volunteer@sledisland.com
Hello from the amazing windy plains just outside Calgary , Alberta Wonderful sites and sounds in your space.Many discoveries made at your space, very nice indeed to be Space m8s.
In a act of Kindness endorphin levels are elevated in the Giver, the Receiver and the Observer, how nice is that.
"do not seek happiness .. but .. do rid your self of unhappiness = Zero Negative thoughts"
"Share knowledge ,it is a way to achieve immortality"
Was wondering if anyone was wanting to give a fellow Winnipeg a ride to the Fest this year? (From Winnipeg of course) I can even be a tour manager for a band sans charge. Meaning i'll be your bitch. And i'll even pitch for gas.
Looking forward to the festival, unbelievable line-up. I think i'm just going to take the days off work. Keep listening to the "POKE" i'm going to throw on a bunch of Sled Island talent next show.
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