Sled Island
| Sled Island | |
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| Dates | June 20-23, 2012 |
| Location(s) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Attendance | 22,000 |
| Genre | Music, Art, Film |
| Website | Sled Island |
Founded by Zak Pashak in 2007, The Sled Island Music and Arts Festival is an annual independent festival held in over thirty venues in downtown Calgary, Alberta. Sled Island allows many generations of festival goers to gather for four days each year to celebrate the wealth of creative talent that exists within the Calgary, and experience an array of music, film and visual art. The mandate of Sled Island is to celebrate, showcase, and nurture emerging and established local talent alongside national and international music, film, and visual art in an inclusive, engaging setting.
Festival dates are June 20-23, 2012.
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[edit] Background
[edit] 2007
The festival was founded by Zak Pashak, owner of Broken City. 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. 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.
[edit] 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, Drive-by Truckers, Jose Gonzales, Extra Golden, Gutter Twins, Beans, Jonathan Richman, Chris Gheran, The Dodos, Deerhunter, BBQ, Women, No Age, Qui, Pride Tiger, Wet Secrets, Carolyn Mark, Elliot Brood, Portastatic, Scott Kannberg, Whitsundays, Woodpidgeon, 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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, In Medias Res and many more[5]!
[edit] 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, Deertick, Dandy Warhols, Crocodiles, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, BJ Snowden, and more!
[edit] 2012
The sixth edition of Sled Island will take place from June 20-23, 2012.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Sled Island Official Website - Sled Island
[edit] References
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