Sled Island Festival
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| Country and Region | Canada — Alberta |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Festival Address Information | Phone: +01 403-770-9698 |
| Festival Description | Sled Island is an event with many parts, where the majority of the festival program takes place in Calgary. There are music shows in many venues around town and a main outdoor site at Mewata Field. Art shows take place in galleries including the Glenbow, as well as movies and comedy shows. Apart from the main site there are more than 100 bands playing in churches, clubs, pubs, theaters and even the Science Center. |
| Festival Dates | June 25 - 28, 2008 |
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Festival Events:
Main music program at the Mewata Field site 2008:
- Friday, June 27, 3:00pm to 10:45pm
- Yo La Tengo
- Tegan and Sara
- Broken Social Scene
- Broken West
- Portastatic
- Wet Secrets
- Ramblin’ Ambassadors
- Spreepark
- Elliot Brood
- Chixdiggit
- Beans
- Saturday, June 28, 11:00am to 10:45pm
- Of Montreal
- Wire
- Jose Gonzales
- Secret Machines
- Mogwai
- Drive By Truckers
- Dodos
- Gutter Twins
- Jonathan Richman
- Still Flyin’
- Jain Vain and the Dark Matter
- Hot Little Rocket
Practical Info:
Tickets:
- By email boxoffice@sledisland.com
- Online http://www.sledisland.com/
Venue:
- Mewata Field (main site)
1220 9th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada - The main entrance is in the SE corner of the park (by the Armory parking lot on 9th Avenue and 11th SW).
Entrance:
- The main site at Mewata Field is a general admission
- An all ages event
- There is no assigned seating
- Food and beverages are available for purchase and there is a licensed Beer Garden for festival goers over 18, with a valid photo ID
- Children 5 years and under get in for free
- Bring short-legged chairs no higher than 6 inches, and an empty light weight bottle (the organizers discourage commercial bottled water—see Green Initiatives below)
- You can gain access to the various shows around town by buying a Full Festival Pass.
Green initiatives:
- Sled Island Festival discourages the purchase of bottled water. Bottled water is typically tap water and the shipping involved is harmful to the atmosphere, and the plastic bottles are wasteful. The organizers will make sure that there is FREE water for everyone—Please bring an empty refillable cup or bottle with you when you come to the main site, and check out the following links:
http://www.bowriverkeeper.org/node/181
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2008/03/11/4973006.html
http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp
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