Calgary’s Sled Island is a lesson in meaningful festival curation executed at the highest level
Now in its thirteenth year, this year’s curator Julien Baker invited audiences to imagine the festival as a deeply intentional, cross-continental dialogue.
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The festival is part of a deeply considered group festivals around the country like Pop Montreal, Strangewaves in Paris, Ontario and OBEY Convention in Halifax that have sustained their longevity through prioritizing expert curation.
This has largely been due to a consistently dynamic cast of curators, which counts Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Flying Lotus, and Kathleen Hanna and many, many others as alumni. The product is an approach to constructing a festival that’s fuelled by curiosity; an approach where you put the outcome of your night in the hands of someone else’s taste.
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Many were not too excited initially at this year's line-up, but most people I talked to were vary satisfied in the end. The curators are great.