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You Wouldn't Download a Party: A CJSW x Sled Island Halloween Bash

Grungy, punk-inspired Halloween event poster with distorted, glitchy text reading “YOU WOULDN’T DOWNLOAD A PARTY.” Promotes the “CJSW x Sled Island Halloween Bash” on October 31st from 8 PM to 1 AM at The #1 Royal Canadian Legion, 116 7 Ave SE. Features include live bands, video dance party, costume contest, and drag show. Ticket price is $30. Mentions Last Best x CJSW’s Radio Wave Hazy Pilsner. Logos for Sled Island, CJSW, and LB appear at the bottom. Background is vibrant and chaotic with bold fonts and colourful overlays.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. 
Please note, there will not be tickets at the door and there is no waiting list for hopeful buyers. 
 

The CJSW x Sled Island Halloween Bash is back on Friday, October 31 at the #1 Royal Canadian Legion! You Wouldn't Download a Party, but you would attend one, especially when it's the best Halloween Party in the city!

Join us as we celebrate CJSW's 2025 Play / Connect / Discover Funding Drive with some of the best bands in the city covering Y2K songs, a video dance party, a drag show, and a costume contest with the winner announced at midnight. Bring your best for your chance to win some great swag!

CJSW has once again collaborated with Last Best to produce a special brew to celebrate this year's Funding Drive season and theme — The Radio Wave hazy pilsner — with a portion of the proceeds from each beer sold going to CJSW. Last Best is the proud sponsor of this party, so make sure to give them some love at their Beltline location.

Taking the stage we’ve got PERRA, Iron Tusk, Dial Up, Rebel Grrrlz, Pøltergeist, Window Lamp Corp., Parisian Orgy, WACK, Thee Canadian Dispatch, Friends First, the CJSW Family Band and the Evan Wilson Experience!

New this year, we’ve also got a killer drag show hosted by Joanie Sabbath and Divina Diefor, featuring performances from Valerie Hunt and Ofelia Vidal!
 

Also, remember to support CJSW's 2025 Funding Drive at CJSW.com/Donate.

Poster art designs courtesy of Daniel Bejanaro.

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Thank You

A vibrant concert scene with the band Otoboke Beaver, where the guitar player is seen on stage holding a microphone, surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd. Several people in the audience raise their hands, and an inflatable beaver donut floats above them. A large stuffed tiger lies on the edge of the stage in the foreground. The setting is festive and energetic, capturing the joyful atmosphere of a live music event.

Sled Island 2025 is officially done! As sad as it is to have it end, we're filled with gratitude for our volunteers, staff, artists, funders, sponsors, partners, venues and YOU!

A huge thanks to Otoboke Beaver for guest curating! Also, we could not have pulled off another incredible year without support from our presenting sponsor Servus Credit Union, and Eighty-Eight Brewing CompanyDandy BrewingThe Beltline BLOXCalgary Downtown AssociationConfluence DistillingCalgary Arts DevelopmentThe City of CalgaryRozsa Foundation, Government of AlbertaAlberta Foundation for the ArtsCalgary Economic DevelopmentCanada Council for the ArtsSOCAN FoundationFACTOR CanadaVenture for Canada, Long & McQuade, ABM Audio, FourForty BacklineStructured Abstraction and the Government of Canada.

Miss us already? Revisit festival highlights on our Flickr page!


(Photo: Sebastian Buzzalino)

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Sled Island 2025 Schedule Changes

The official cover for the Sled Island Music & Arts Festival 2025 schedule, presented by Servus Credit Union, features a bunch of blobs, bursts and squiggles, coloured pink, blue, yellow and teal. Other surrounding text reads June 18-22, 2025. Diverse venues across Calgary/Mohkinstsis. Get passes and tickets at SledIsland.com. The lineup and all other information can be found in the caption.

A few things have changed since we released the 2025 program guide. ⁠

For the most up-to-date information on scheduling, check out our list of program changes, or refer to the online schedule
 

Wednesday, June 18

Liiek will be live on CJSW 90.9 @ 1pm

Oddisee will be live on CJSW 90.9 @ 2pm

Computer will be live on CJSW 90.9 @ 4pm


Boniface is unable to make it to Sled Island 2025. Their previously scheduled performance will be replaced by:

  • BAWAH - 8:30pm @ Pin-Bar

 

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