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Sled Island Festival 2009

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2008-09-15 23:00:00 by Editor in Sonicbids Recently Added Opportunities
Sled Island Festival 2009 Deadline: Mar 26, 2009 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Sled Island Festival is a 4-day long, multi venue festival that showcases a wide variety of emerging and established talent. Approximately 17,500 people attend the various rooms and the central venue over the course of the festival. Last year, Sled Island hosted 190...
 
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Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg Curates Sled Island Fest

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2008-03-26 07:00:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Sled Island Festival in Calgary, Alberta made the first lineup announcement for their second annual shindig. On name alone, it's hard to beat Sled Island (what's more fun? Free Pizza Island, maybe?), but the SIF braintrust went even further to ensure success by picking Scott Kannberg as this year's guest music curator You might know Kannberg...
 
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Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg Curates Sled Island Fest

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2008-03-26 07:00:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Sled Island Festival in Calgary, Alberta made the first lineup announcement for their second annual shindig. On name alone, it's hard to beat Sled Island (what's more fun? Free Pizza Island, maybe?), but the SIF braintrust went even further to ensure success by picking Scott Kannberg as this year's guest music curator You might know Kannberg...
 
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Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg Curates Sled Island Fest

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2008-03-26 07:00:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Sled Island Festival in Calgary, Alberta made the first lineup announcement for their second annual shindig. On name alone, it's hard to beat Sled Island (what's more fun? Free Pizza Island, maybe?), but the SIF braintrust went even further to ensure success by picking Scott Kannberg as this year's guest music curator You might know Kannberg...
 
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Spiral Stairs, Broken Social Scene Unite for Sled Island

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2008-05-08 10:00:00 by Paul Thompson in Pitchfork: News
...Sled Island Music Festival , taking place June 25-28 at a number of Calgary hot spots Sled Island recently threw quite a few more bands onto its already impressive roster, including Yo La Tengo, Grizzly Bear, Dan Deacon, Okkervil River, Blitzen Trapper, Qui, Tegan and Sara, the Secret Machines, Fucked Up, and Mark "BBQ" Sultan. Oh, and some...
 
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Spiral Stairs, Broken Social Scene Unite for Sled Island

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2008-05-08 10:00:00 by Paul Thompson in Pitchfork: News
...Sled Island Music Festival , taking place June 25-28 at a number of Calgary hot spots Sled Island recently threw quite a few more bands onto its already impressive roster, including Yo La Tengo, Grizzly Bear, Dan Deacon, Okkervil River, Blitzen Trapper, Qui, Tegan and Sara, the Secret Machines, Fucked Up, and Mark "BBQ" Sultan. Oh, and some...
 
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Sled Island - Oh Alberta!

2008-06-27 08:09:47 by Editor in CBC Radio 3
 
...Sled Island wants to remain true to that rule while at the same time, making sure everyone sees what they want. Nothing was going to stop me from sitting in on the Yo La Tengo acoustic performance at the Pumphouse Theatre along with 300 other people, who began lining up then eventually swarming, the venue at 6:00. Thankfully, you can always...
 
Tags: alberta, tengo, tengo acoustic performance, elliott brood, legion hall, heart set, set, alberta band, civic music festivals
 
 
 
 
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Photos: Sled Island Festival [Calgary, Alberta; 06/24-06/29/08]

2008-07-09 12:15:00 by Matthew Solarski in Pitchfork: News
 
...Sled Island Festival had a lot to live up to. Thankfully this year's event delivered, with two extra days of music, a wider range of venues spread throughout Calgary, another rock solid bill, and at least one dream-come-true collaboration With help from guest curator Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg (formerly of some band called Pavement), the...
 
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Sled Island To High School Students: We Want Your Art!

2008-05-21 15:05:51 by Editor in CBC Radio 3
 
...Sled Island Festival wants students to try out their drawing talents in a new competition The fest has just announced the Create-A-Poster Contest , and here's how it works: they're asking high school students to design a Sled Island poster that includes some of the performers and artists who are appearing at the fest - Broken Social Scene ,...
 
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Today on Lana Gay Live: Scene! Sled! Summer! Top Five Must See Gigs!

2008-06-27 11:45:56 by Editor in CBC Radio 3
 
...Sled Island and Steve Levitt , organizer of The Scene Festival , will also be on the program So, with all this festival hullabaloo, here's the poll question of the day WHAT WAS THE FIRST FESTIVAL YOU EVER WENT TO Who played? Was it great? What happened? Did you forget your sunblock? Bring a picnic? Get rained out Please let us know what you...
 
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