Line up Phase 1!!! (woooooop!)

PRESS RELEASE :  April 1, 2010 (Calgary, AB)

Sled Island Releases First-Wave Lineup Announcement

Sled Island is pleased to announce the initial musical lineup for the Sled Island Music and Arts Festival at multiple venues throughout Calgary, Alberta. The full Sled Island 2010 festival lineup will be announced May 1st and will include more than 200 bands, films, visual art and other programming.

The first 89 bands out of the bag:

Girl Talk (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

The Melvins (Los Angeles, California)

Built to Spill (Boise, Idaho) 

The Thermals (Portland, Oregon)

Les Savy Fav (Brooklyn, New York)

Hot Water Music (Gainesville, Florida)

WhoMadeWho (Copenhagen, Denmark)

The Black Lips (Atlanta, Georgia)

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (Bloomfield, New Jersey)

The Almighty Defenders (Berlin, Germany)

The Posies (Seattle, Washington)

Fucked Up (Toronto, Ontario)

Quintron and Miss Pussycat (New Orleans, Louisiana)

!!! (Brooklyn, New York)

The King Khan & BBQ Show (Montreal, Quebec)

Deerhoof (San Francisco, California)

The Bronx (Los Angeles, California)

Big Business (Los Angeles, California)

WHY? (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Mariachi El Bronx (Los Angeles, California)

Cex (Baltimore, Maryland)

The Dutchess and the Duke (Seattle, Washington)

Greg Macpherson (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Chain and the Gang (Washington, D.C.)

Chuck Ragan (Gold Country, California)

Mr Jonathan Toubin (New York, New York)

Big Frieda (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Georgiana Starlington (New York, New York)

Mark Sultan (Montreal, Quebec)

North of America (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Panther (Portland, Oregon)

Antipop Consortium (New York, New York)

Babe Rainbow (Vancouver, B.C.)

Boys Who Say No (Toronto, Ontario)

Sleepy Sun (San Francisco, California)

So Cow (Tuam, Ireland)

Angelo Spencer et les Hauts Sommets (Olympia, Washington) 

James Husband (Athens, Georgia)

Signals (Los Angeles, California)

C’mon (Toronto, Ontario)

The Nymphets (Montreal, Quebec)

My Gold Mask (Chicago, Illinois)

Turbo Fruits (Nashville, Tennessee)

Jane Vain (Montreal, Quebec)

Valleys (Montreal, Quebec)

Ty Segall (San Francisco, California)

Bloodshot Bill (Montreal, Quebec)

Cave(Chicago, Illinois)

Bart Davenport (Oakland, California) 

Past Lives (Seattle, Washington)

Provincial Archive (Edmonton, Alberta)

Azeda Booth (Calgary, Alberta)

Hollerado (Manotick, Ontario)

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club (Denver, Colorado)

Passenger Action (Edmonton, Alberta)

Woodhands (Toronto, Ontario)

Nice Nice (Portland, Oregon)

Beans (New York, New York)

Sugar and Gold (San Francisco, California)

No Means No (Vancouver, B.C.)

Cavaliers! (Newmarket, Ontario)

The Pack A.D. (Vancouver, B.C.)

Champion and his G-Strings (Montreal, Quebec)

SSRIs (Vancouver, B.C.)

Tyvek (Detroit, Michigan)

Odawas (Berkley, California)

Unnatural Helpers (Seattle, Washington)

Women (Calgary, Alberta)

The Donkeys (San Diego, California)

Carpenter (Vancouver, B.C.)

UUVVWWZ (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (Kitchener, Ontario)

Party at the Moontower (Vancouver, B.C.)

Box Elders (Omaha, Nebraska)

Spookey Ruben (Toronto, Ontario)

In Medias Res (Vancouver, B.C.)

Southeast Engine (Athens, Ohio)

Copilots (Vancouver, B.C.)

Super Nice Bros (Mobile, Alabama)

Bison B.C. (Vancouver, B.C.)

Cheeseburger (Brooklyn, New York)

DM Stith (Bloomington, Indiana)

Austin Lucas (Bloomington, Indiana)

Northcote (Regina, Saskatchewan)

Silje Nes (Bergen, Norway)

Trigger Effect (Montreal, Quebec)

Golden Triangle (Brooklyn, New York)

You Say Party! We Say Die! (Vancouver, B.C.)


Guest curators for Sled Island 2010 are King Khan, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Fucked Up and local curators Adam Kamis and Kallen Law.

The full festival will include more than 200 musical acts performing at 25+ venues, an independent film festival from June 24 - 29, comedy shows and art exhibits concentrated in the downtown and beltline areas of Calgary, Alberta. The main all-ages outdoor site will take place at Olympic Plaza (228 8 Avenue SE) July 2 from 4pm - 11pm and July 3 from noon to 11pm.  Various free events will be happening around Calgary before, during and after the festival including an outdoor Kensington block party with the Market Collective on July 4.
General admission festival passes are now on sale for $170 (plus service fees) at www.sledisland.com.  That’s $42.50 per day for all 4 days of music with guaranteed access to both days of main site programming.  A very limited amount of guaranteed all-access VIP passes are available for $350 (plus fees). Main stage individual day passes and a handful of individual show tickets will be made available following the second and full festival lineup announcement on May 1st.

For festival info: http://www.sledisland.comPress enquiries: zak@sledisland.com


**Media accreditation forms, press kits and band bios will be posted at www.sledisland.com after the May 1st announcement.