Expect Calgary to be bustling when the summer’s first major festival, Sled Island, kicks off June 22
Some of Alberta’s biggest music festivals are gearing up to return to full-scale events for the first time in three years.
“While we are proud of the projects we developed during the pandemic, we’ve really missed the festival,” says Sled Island’s Maud Salvi. “It is what we do best and the way we know we can have the biggest impact, so it’s very exciting to be working on it again. The feedback so far leads us to believe that our audience shares that excitement.”
She notes that many of the repeat venues see some of their best weekly sales of the year while the festival is taking place. He sees much reward in the bar’s longstanding commitment to providing musicians a platform, though the reward is not always a financial one.