Sled Island
| Sled Island | |
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| Genre | Music, Art, Film |
| Dates | June 25 - 28, 2014 |
| Location(s) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Attendance | 30,000 |
| Website | |
| Sled Island | |
Background
2007
Sled Island's inaugural festival year saw an estimated 6,000+ visitors attend concerts in multiple venues featuring 96 bands over the course of four days from June 27–30, 2007, with guest curator Mark Hamilton of Woodpigeon. Sled Island featured a stylistically diverse range of independent music, placing local musicians (Woodpigeon, Chad VanGaalen, Hot Little Rocket, S.I.D.S., etc.) alongside international musicians (Boredoms, Cat Power, Spoon, The Walkmen etc.). A variety of art shows and a film screenings complimented the music lineup.
2008
The 2008 Sled Island Music and Arts Festival happened from June 25–28, 2008 featuring guest music curator Scott Kannberg of the seminal indie band Pavement. The full festival lineup included: Mogwai, Of Montreal, Wire, RZA, Broken Social Scene, Tegan and Sara, Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, Drive-by Truckers, José González, Extra Golden, Gutter Twins, Beans, Jonathan Richman, Chris Gheran, The Dodos, Deerhunter, Okkervil River, BBQ, Women, No Age, Dan Deacon, Qui, Pride Tiger, Wet Secrets, Carolyn Mark, Elliot Brood, Portastatic, Scott Kannberg, Whitsundays, Woodpigeon, Mother Mother, Broken West, Chad VanGaalen and more.
A major addition to the festival in 2008 was an increased focus on visual art. Wayne Baerwaldt (guest art curator) announced that the arts component would feature 15 exhibitions including works from Peaches, Noam Gonick, Luis Jacob, Paulo Whitaker, Wil Murray, Justin Evans, Miriam Bankey, Chris Millar, Dave & Jenn, Ryan Sluggett, Kyle Beal, Kim Neudorf and Patrick Lundeen. Organizaers held a poster contest aimed at high school students to help get them more involved in the festival.[1]
2009
The 2009 Sled Island Festival took place June 24–27, 2009 at multiple venues in the beltline and downtown core of Calgary, Alberta. Colin Newman of the British post-punk band Wire and Githead acted as the guest music curator for Sled Island 2009 along with his wife and band mate Malka Spiegel. The Sled Island 2009 full festival lineup included over 250 bands/artists, including 90+ local bands. Some of the musicians who performed at Sled Island 2009 were: The Breeders, Liars, Andrew W.K., Health, Chris Gheran, Shearing Pinx, Final Fantasy, Githead, Holy Fuck, Anvil, The Bronx, Monotonix, Women, Slim Twig, The King Khan & BBQ Show, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Braids, Mount Eerie, Biz Markie, Azeda Booth, Jody Glenham, Puberty, Friendo, Knots, Nü Sensae and many more.[2]
2010
The 2010 Sled Island Music and Arts Festival was from June 30-July 3, 2010[3] with the Sled Island Film[4] component from June 24–29, 2010 in Calgary, Alberta. The 2010 Sled Island festival lineup included the following music acts: Girl Talk, The Melvins, Built to Spill, The Thermals, Les Savy Fav, Hot Water Music, The Pack A.D., WhoMadeWho, The Black Lips, Kobra and the Lotus, Hot Panda, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Posies, The Almighty Defenders, Fucked Up, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, !!!, King Khan & BBQ Show, Deerhoof, The Bronx, Chain & The Gang, Women, Azeda Booth, Aislinn Grant, In Medias Res and many more[5]!
2011
The fifth edition of Sled Island ran from June 22–25th, 2011. Headliners included Sleep, Twin Shadow, Minus The Bear, An Horse, The Sword, Blonde Redhead, Dum Dum Girls, Wild Flag, Of Montreal, Buzzcocks, Zola Jesus, Deer Tick, Dandy Warhols, Crocodiles, Quintron, BJ Snowden, Wild Nothing, Kurt Vile, Chad VanGaalen, Purity Ring, and more!
2012
The sixth edition of Sled Island took place from June 20–23, 2012. Some of the headliners included Feist, The Hold Steady, Archers of Loaf, Andrew W.K., The Sadies, Thurston Moore, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, The Antlers, Lou Barlow, Hot Snakes and more!
2013
The seventh edition of Sled Island was scheduled to run from 19–22, 2013, though the 2013 was cancelled on the morning of June 21, 2013 due to historic flooding throughout Calgary that resulted in the evacuation of many neighbourhoods and the closure of significant portions of the city. Some of the headliners were to include The Jesus and Mary Chain, Explosions in the Sky, Swans, Divine Fits, Joel Plaskett, Iceage, Superchunk, Torche, The Thermals, Mac DeMarco, Colin Stetson, Metz, Tim Hecker, The Besnard Lakes, Thee Oh Sees.
See also
External links
Sled Island Official Website - Sled Island
References
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