Photo Credit: Michael Tan
The Scene
This annual five day music and arts festival from Calgary brings in more than 300 artists, comedians, and filmmakers in more than 30 venues across the city. Each year, Sled Island selects a guest curator to help set the tone and direction of the current edition. Past curaters include Peaches, Andrew W.K., and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
2012 Artist Lineup
- Feist
- The Hold Steady
- Archers of Loaf
- Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
- Hot Snakes
- Andrew W.K. (Guest Curator)
- The Sadies
- Thurston Moore
- The Antlers
- Lou Barlow
- Craig Finn
- Reigning Sound
- Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
- The Strange Boys
- Timber Timbre
- Hayes Carll
- Samantha Savage Smith
- Willis Earl Beal
- Tim Hecker
- Trust
- Bonjay
- The Spits
- Nomeansno
- Russian Circles
- And So I Watch You From Afar
- YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN
- How To Dress Well
- Duchess Says
- Prince Rama
- CFCF
- Doldrums
- BadBadNotGood
- DJ Jonathan Toubin
- Terry Malts
- Teledrome