[Top left, clock-wise: Man Man, Deer Tick, Hunx & His Punx, The Raveonettes, Alejandro Escovedo] 

We now have a limited amount of single tickets to Sled Island available for select shows happening from June 22 - 25! Tickets can be found online at www.ticketbreak.com/sledisland and at Sloth Records on 17th Avenue in Calgary. Get them quick before they’re all sold out!

Exclaim! Presents: Blonde Redhead w/ Dum Dum Girls & Guests @ The Distillery

Calgary Folk Fest Presents: Justin Townes Earle w/ Jenn Grant & Guests @ The Repulik

Local Library Presents: Braids w/ Wild Nothing & Guest @ Central United Church

CBC Radio 3 Presents: An Horse w/ Library Voices & Guests @ The Gateway

Man Man w/ GOBBLE GOBBLE & Guests @ The Distillery

Blonde Redhead w/ Wild Nothing & Guests @ The Republik

Local Library Presents: Lee Renaldo w/ Zola Jesus & Guests @ Central United Church

Bison B.C. w/ Barn Burner & Guests @ Dicken’s

Alejandro Escovedo w/ Guests @ The Ironwood (THU)

Minus the Bear w/ STRFKR & Guests @ The Gateway

Electric Six w/ Guests @ The Distillery

Wild Flag w/ The Intelligence & Guests @ Twisted Element

Alejandro Escovedo w/ Guests @ The Ironwood (FRI)

Deer Tick w/ Crocodiles & Guests @ Dicken’s

Comedy! w/ Neil Hamburger & Guests @ The Auburn Saloon (FRI)

The Raveonettes w/ Electric Six & Guests @ The Gateway

AU & BT Present: The Sword w/ Red Fang & Guests @ The Distillery

Hunx & His Punx w/ Guests @ Twisted Element

Cursive w/ Times New Viking & Guests @ Dicken’s

Kurt Vile w/ Juliana Barwick & Guests @ Hillhurst United Church

Comedy! w/ Neil Hamburger & Guests @ The Auburn Saloon (SAT)

Of course all of these shows and more are open to all Sled Island festival and VIP wristbands subject to their venue capacity. Keep in mind we’re only selling a limited amount of single tickets to ensure maximum venue hop-ability for all wristband holders during Sled Island! Buy today!

We’ve got an addition 50+ more bands to announce the 2011 festival lineup that already includes Blonde Redhead, Sleep, Of Montreal, The Buzzcocks, Chad VanGaalen, The Dandy Warhols, The Greenhornes, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Braids, The Raveonettes, Chali 2na, Alberta Cross, Hunx and His Punx performing across multiple venues in Calgary from June 22 - 25, 2011. 

The 50+ bands now confirmed for Sled Island 2011 are: 

Man Man, Cursive, Crocodiles, Deer Tick, Minus The Bear, Thee Oh Sees, Moon Duo, Jeff The Brotherhood, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, The Sword, Justin Townes Earle, Pierced Arrows, Alejandro Escovedo, Dum Dum Girls, Twin Shadow, Dinosaur Feathers,The Soft Pack, Wild Nothing, Zola Jesus, Yip Deceiver, An Horse, Teengirl Fantasy, Keys N Krates,  Electric Six, Times New Viking, C’mon, Demon’s Claw, Adebisi Shank, Bare Wires, Bison BC, AU, The Intelligence, Parts and Labor, The Bellrays, Dreamdate, Julianna Barwick, The Lusitania, Orgone, Sonny & The Sunsets, Barn Burner, The Donkeys, Jim Ward, The Lytics, Jenn Grant, Drunk Horse, Ortolan, Pujol, Starfucker, Red Fang, Biblical, The Muffs, Wild Flag, Skratch Bastid, Surf City + comedy acts: Tig Notaro and Neil Hamburger 

With many more performers to be released, the full festival lineup for Sled Island 2011 features over 200 of the most incredible live acts consisting of diverse headliners and a variety of emerging artists spread across multiple venues throughout Calgary, Alberta.

Festival dates are Wednesday June 22nd to Saturday June 25th, 2011. The main outdoor stage located at Olympic Plaza in the heart of downtown Calgary will feature a number of this year’s festival headliners on Friday June 24 and Saturday June 25, 2011.

We are also very pleased to announce that Sled Island 2011 will include a comprehensive art component and some of today’s most talented of comedians. 

Festival wristbands are on sale now at the early-bird price of $179 + S/C for a limited quantity and will soon be available for the regular price of $199 + S/C. Festival wristbands provide access to all festival shows over the four days, subject to venue capacity.VIP wristbands are on sale at $349 + S/C and provide priority access to all festival shows at Sled Island 2011. 

CLICK HERE TO BUY WRISTBANDS FOR SLED ISLAND 2011