Sled Island Music announces additions to 2008 Lineup
May 1, 2008
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Attn: Music/Art/Entertainment/Culture/Festivals
Media Advisory
Sled Island Music announces additions to 2008 Lineup
Calgary – Zak Pashak and the Sled Island team are happy to announce the following band additions to the 2008 Sled Island line up: Tegan and Sara, Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, Secret Machines, Chixdiggit, Dan Deacon, F'd Up, The Unwanted, BBQ, The Cops, Enablers, Qui, Yo La Tengo, Okkervil River, and Blitzen Trapper.
Over 160 bands are currently scheduled to play the festival celebrating local, national and international music, art, film and comedy from June 25-28, 2008.
Previously announced bands include Wire, Mogwai, Drive By Truckers, RZA, Portastatic, Broken West, Jose Gonzalez, The Dodos, Deerhunter, Jonathan Richman, Of Montreal, and No Age.
For further information, including ticketing information and the full line up, visit www.sledisland.com on May 2.
"I am looking forward to what is about to take place in our city," said Pashak. "This festival will introduce Calgarians to a lot of great contemporary art, whether it be visual or musical. Not only does the festival bring fantastic artists to a deserving and often overlooked city, but it also shines a spotlight on our wonderful, if somewhat unknown, music scene. There are interesting and unique people who live and create here, and I think we are all ready for the best of what's happening in the world today."
Sled Island Festival is a four day long celebration of the best of local, national and international music and art taking place in multiple venues around the Downtown and Beltline communities of Calgary, Alberta.
For interviews/media requests please contact Zak Pashak zak@sledisland.com
For press accreditation/sponsorship contact Derek McEwen derek@sledisland.com
SLED ISLAND ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP
March 25, 2008
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
ATTN: MUSIC/ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/FESTIVALS/CULTURE
SLED ISLAND ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP
The Sled Island team is excited to make our initial lineup announcement of performers and artists. In keeping with the festival’s mandate of bringing the best of the world’s music and art to Calgary, and taking the best of Calgary to the world, we’re happy to release a diverse line-up of some of the best music and art being created today. The festival is taking place June 25 – 28 in a variety of locations around Calgary.
Sled Island 2008 will feature performances by: Wire, Of Montreal, Jonathan Richman, The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan), Jose Gonzales, RZA (Bobby Digital), Mogwai, Scott Kannberg aka Spiral Stairs, No Age, Deerhunter, Dodos, Drive By Truckers, Extra Golden, Miss Murgatroid and Petra Hayden, Woodpigeon, Beans, Hot Little Rocket, The Broken West, Cave Singers, Wet Secrets, Pride Tiger, Portastatic, Headlights, Ramblin’ Ambassadors, Bison, Mother Mother, Elizabeth, Modern Man, Luther Wright, Whitsundays, Elliot Brood, Carolyn Mark and many more. Full line up to be announced MAY 1st.
We are happy to announce the addition of Shaw Millenium Park (13 St. S.W. and 9 Ave. S.W.) as our central outdoor venue that will host performances on the evening of Friday, June 27 and all day and night on Saturday June 28.
Sled Island and our 2008 Art Curator Wayne Baerweldt are pleased to unveil the initial line-up of internationally renowned artists for the SI 08 Visual Art and Design component of the festival. In partnership with the Glenbow Museum and Calgary Arts Development Association, SI 08 Visual Arts and Design will feature such world class shows as Wildflowers of Manitoba: Noam Gonick & Luis Jacob, Peaches’ Pit (Fan Base), Don Coyote: Matt Masters, Terrance Houle, Rebecca Northan; Wil Murray showing recent works; Shary Boyle showing large scale mixed media drawings, objects and light projections and Paulo Whitaker presenting four large scale paintings.
EARLY BIRD FULL FESTIVAL PASSES ARE AVAILABLE NOW AT THE SPECIAL PRICE OF $140.00 + taxes and service fees at WWW.SLEDISLAND.COM !
Sled Island is a non-profit festival that set out last year to bring the best in the world of music and art to Calgary, and take the best of Calgary to the world. 2008’s edition will feature close to 100 bands and nearly 15 art shows, in addition to film screenings and general good times. Band submissions are open until May 1st at www.sledisland.com.
For press/media requests please contact Zak Pashak at zak@sledisland.com
For sponsorship/advertising/marketing requests please contact Derek McEwen at derek@sledisland.com
For booking information please contact craig@brokencity.com
Sled Island Music set to Announce 2008 Lineup, Venues, & Visual Art Component
March 20, 2008
Media Advisory
Sled Island Music set to Announce 2008 Lineup, Venues, & Visual Art Component
Calgary – Zak Pashak and the Sled Island team will be holding a news conference this Tuesday, March 25, at 2:00 pm to offer an initial line up announcement for the 2 nd annual Sled Island Festival taking place June 25- 28 at various venues around Calgary.
Pashak will also be introducing 2008’s guest music curator Scott Kannberg (Pavement, Preston School of Industry) in addition to introducing this year’s Visual Art Curator Wayne Baerwaldt (IKG) who will be unveiling the expanded visual art component of the 2008 festival. Details regarding ticketing and new venues will also be announced.
The Sled Island team has been working hard to build upon the success of the inaugural festival in 2007. With new venues, more bands, and the participation of Wayne and Scott, Pashak is excited about the growing interest.
"We have been working hard since the great success of last year. The public support has been inspiring and we are hoping to build upon that this year," said Pashak. "With the addition of Scott and Wayne, as well as new venues and an amazing lineup of bands, the announcement on Tuesday should get things kicked off nicely."
Complimentary food and drink will be provided to media and there will be a Preston School of Industry concert later that evening.
When: Tuesday March 25, 2:00 pm
Where: Broken City, 613 11 Ave. SW
For more information, contact:
Zak Pashak, Festival Director
zak@sledisland.com
(403) 608-6360
Derek McEwen, Media Relations
derek@sledisland.com
(403) 813-8534
Craig Evans, Bookings Coordinator
craig@brokencity.com
(403) 200-4842
SLED ISLAND FESTIVAL RETURNS IN 2008! NOW ACCEPTING BAND SUBMISSIONS!
Date: February 19, 2008
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
ATTN: ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC/FILM/ART/CULTURE
SLED ISLAND FESTIVAL RETURNS IN 2008! NOW ACCEPTING BAND SUBMISSIONS!
We are happy to announce the return of Sled Island Festival to Calgary this June! We’ve quietly been working hard since the end of last year’s festival and now are getting ready to release the juicy details. The 2008 edition promises to be even better than the very successful inaugural festival held last June. There has been significant growth in a number of aspects of the festival, and with internationally renowned curators, high profile talent and some exciting new venues, the experiences, sights and sounds that will fill Calgary’s downtown and Beltline are going to be memorable.
Band submissions are now open at www.sledisland.com! All genres are welcome – just click on the Artist Submission link on the front page.
2007’s Sled Island saw 96 bands in 16 venues around Calgary, 2 art shows and a debut film screening. Boredoms, Spoon, Cat Power and many more performed in unique and intimate spaces, creating singular performances of the highest caliber. All received fantastic reviews from local and national press, and set the bar high for 2008. We’re pretty sure we’ve managed to raise it even higher.
At 2:00 pm on Tuesday March 25 at Broken City, 613 11 Ave S.W, the Sled Island team will be announcing all the details, introducing our curators and kicking off the trip to Sled Island 2008. We’d love for you to join us!
For press/media requests please contact Zak Pashak at zak@sledisland.com
For sponsorship/advertising/marketing requests please contact Derek McEwen at derek@sledisland.com
For booking information please contact craig@brokencity.com