By: Staff – Calgary’s Sled Island Music & Arts Festival announces genre-defying indie/alternative artist Bartees Strange as the guest curator for next year’s festival, running June 21 – 25, 2023. His wide range of musical influences, unique style, and dedication to fostering more diverse audiences and music scenes made him the perfect candidate to take … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Visiting Calgary is an experience not like any other. At first glance, it looks like your typical bustling western Canadian city. But with a booming economy and a thriving arts scene, Calgary has cemented itself as a go-to destination. Every June, music fans descend on Calgary for the city’s annual Sled Island Music … Continue reading
By: Lucy Sky – On the heels of her triumphant Matador Records debut Turn Out the Lights and the critically acclaimed EP as one-third of boygenius (not to mention recent team-ups with Matt Berninger, The National, and Jack Antonoff), Julien Baker has been on a creative hot streak as of late. Baker is an astoundingly powerful voice in … Continue reading
By: Staff – Calgary’s Sled Island Music Festival has announced provocative musician-producer-filmmaker-performance artist Peaches as 2016 guest curator. Peaches’ curatorial selections will join over 250 additional bands, comedians, filmmakers and artists chosen by the festival in more than 35 venues across the city. In addition to unleashing her top musical picks on the city, Peaches … Continue reading