Sled Island Music and Arts Festival

(2012), Danny Vacon (2012), Grant Lawrence (2011), Bogus Tokus (2011), Fucked Up (2010), King Khan (2010), Quintron & Miss Pussycat (2010), Colin Newman (2009), Scott Kannberg (2008) and Mark Andrew Hamilton of Woodpigeon (band) (2007).

The full festival lineup included: Mogwai, Of Montreal, Wire, RZA, Broken Social Scene, Tegan and Sara, Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, Drive-by Truckers, José González, Extra Golden, Gutter Twins, Beans, Jonathan Richman, Chris Gheran, The Dodos, Deerhunter, Okkervil River, BBQ, Women, No Age, Dan Deacon, Qui, Pride Tiger, Wet Secrets, Carolyn Mark, Elliot Brood, Portastatic, Scott Kannberg, Whitsundays, Woodpigeon, Mother Mother, Broken West, Chad VanGaalen and more.

The 2008 festival saw an increased focus on visual art, with 15 exhibitions including works from Peaches, Noam Gonick, Luis Jacob, Paulo Whitaker, Wil Murray, Justin Evans, Miriam Bankey, Chris Millar, Dave & Jenn, Ryan Sluggett, Kyle Beal, Kim Neudorf and Patrick Lundeen.

Headliners included The Breeders, Liars, Andrew W.K., Health, Chris Gheran, Shearing Pinx, Final Fantasy, Githead, Holy Fuck, Anvil, The Bronx, Monotonix, Women, Slim Twig, The King Khan & BBQ Show, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Braids, Mount Eerie, Biz Markie, Azeda Booth, Jody Glenham, Puberty, Friendo, Knots, Nü Sensae and more.

Headliners were to include The Jesus and Mary Chain, Explosions in the Sky, Swans, Divine Fits, Joel Plaskett, Iceage, Superchunk, Torche, The Thermals, Mac DeMarco, Colin Stetson, Metz, Tim Hecker, The Besnard Lakes and Thee Oh Sees.

Headliners included Spiritualized, Rocket From The Crypt, St. Vincent, Bob Mould, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Touche Amore, Killer Mike, Earthless, Rhye, Chelsea Wolfe, Dan Deacon and more.

Headliners included Cloud Nothings, Low, Converge, Waxahatchee, Silver Apples, Wolves in the Throne Room, Weyes Blood, Hailu Mergia, Land of Talk, Mothers, MONO, Pyramid//Indigo, Thor & Friends, Daughters, New Fries, EX EYE and more.

Headliners included Dirty Projectors, John Maus, Mount Eerie, Grouper, Lido Pimienta, Wye Oak, Shabazz Palaces, Cherry Glazerr, Tyondai Braxton, Guerilla Toss, Eucademix (Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto), Ufomammut, Synkro, 40 Watt Sun (featuring Patrick Walker of Warning), The Body, Oren Ambarchi & Will Guthrie, Wand, Bat Fangs (members of Ex Hex and Flesh Wounds), and many more.

Headliners included: Japanese Breakfast, JPEGMafia, Bully, Oblivians, The Messthetics (members of Fugazi), Fly Pan Am, Lubomyr Melnyk, Torres, The Comet Is Coming, Kid Congo Powers + The Pink Monkeybirds, and more.

Guests included Princess Nokia, Built to Spill, Grouper, Joyce Manor, Low, Alex Cameron, SASAMI, Lydia Lunch RETROVIRUS, Primitive Man, Lavender Country, and many more.

Other headliners included Mick Jenkins, Cherry Glazerr, EKKSTACY, Kari Faux, Planet Giza, W.I.T.C.H., Juana Molina, Wombo, Soul Glo, Tomb Mold, Jeff Parker, and many more.

Colin Stetson at Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, Calgary, 2013