About
Sled Island is an annual four-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This year’s festival runs June 22-25 and will bring together over 200 artists and bands in more than 25 venues throughout the city. Since 2007, Sled Island’s innovative, eclectic programming and independent spirit have combined with Calgary’s youthful energy to produce a festival that now attracts a diverse and global audience, is praised by local and international artists, and was recently voted one of the top 10 music festivals in Canada by listeners of CBC Radio 3.
Lindsay Shedden
Festival Director
Whether camping out on floors while on tour, or clutching her heart watching The National romance an audience in a historic Dublin amphitheater, Lindsay Shedden lives for live music. Bringing a passion for DIY touring and Canadian music, Lindsay has years of experience promoting everyone from metal band Bison BC to multi-instrumentalists the Arcade Fire. This is her inaugural year as Sled Island Festival Director. Lindsay is a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm. Contact Lindsay at lindsay@sledisland.com
Josh McNorton
Talent Coordinator
Josh McNorton is a professional multi-tasker and social connector. He’s worked up and down the music business, most notably as a headline talent coordinator for the Opening, Closing and Victory Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics Games. Above all, Josh loves playing music and has performed with such diverse acts as The Painted Birds, Piper Davis, Sidney York and his improvised instrumental project, persono. He's pulling double duty this year: reprising his role as Talent Coordinator in addition to being the Curator-in-Residence at the Alberta College of Art and Design.
Drew Marshall
Director of Marketing and Media
The first concert Drew Marshall ever attended was Michael Jackson's 1992 Dangerous tour in Bangkok. He sat at the very back of the giant concrete arena, drank 6-7 bottles of Pepsi and sang along to "Save The World" with a crowd of 50,000 screaming Thai’s. Nearly 20 years later, you're more likely to find him hanging out in an art space or basement show somewhere across Canada, or anywhere for that matter. Contact Drew at drew@sledisland.com
Paisley Sim
Community Director
After going to her first show at the age of eight, Paisley Sim wrote a love letter to Chris Murphy of Sloan c/o Murder Records. In his response, Chris encouraged her to keep going to shows and gave a shout out to her Mom for exposing her to Twice Removed. Since then, Paisley has been living between Calgary and Montreal following her passion for live performance, visual art, and organization. She is excited to reprise her role as Community/Venue Director for Sled Island and would like to thank her Protestant thighs for the hours of biking she’ll be doing during the festival. Contact Paisley at paisley@sledisland.com
Shane Lynch
Volunteer Coordinator
Shane Lynch seeks to disprove that the world is a vampire. Shane wants volunteers to come as they are, and with that in mind, he may or may not put on a bee girl costume to recruit your help. Shane has played in such diverse musical projects as Allison Lynch Quartet and The Painted Birds. Shane promises to bring fresh schedules, opportunities, and listening experiences to Sled Island volunteers this summer! Contact Shane at volunteer@sledisland.com
Jeanette Burman
Film Coordinator
Jeanette has been film lovin’ and programming in Calgary since 2002. In 2009, she started Show Us Your Shorts – A Festival of Short Films and months later initiated Sled Island Film as the official film program for Sled Island Music and Arts Festival. Since then, she has worked closely with both the local and international film community in showcasing new independent films to Calgary audiences. This will be her third year volunteering as Film Coordinator for Sled Island. Contact Jeanette at film@sledisland.com
Colin Canning
Sponsorship Coordinator
Colin likes sports, music, pints and girls. In no particular order. Or exactly that order. Contact Colin at canning.colin@gmail.com