Epicurean Calgary

June 2019

June 19-23, 2019

Sled Island Festival

Various Locations

Music Schedule:
Tuesday, June 18: 7:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 19: 6:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m.
Thursday, June 20: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.
Friday, June 21: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.
Saturday, June 22: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.
Sunday, June 23: 1:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 19
Cass McCombs @ Central United Church. 6:00 p.m., $25
Chandra @ The Palomino, 9:00 p.m., $20
Le1f @ Commonwealth, 9:00 p.m., $22
Japanese Breakfast @ #1 Royal Canadian Legion, 9:00 p.m., $30
Michael Christmas @ HiFi Club, 9:00 p.m., $15
Obnox @ Broken City, 7:00 p.m., $15
Screaming Females @ Dickens Pub, 11:30 p.m., $20

Thursday, June 20
Jessica Pratt @ Central United Church, 6:30 p.m., $25
JPEGMAFIA @ Commonwealth, 9:00 p.m., $22
Lubomyr Melnyk @ Studio Bell, 9:00 p.m., $22
The Messthetics and Fly Pan Am @ #1 Royal Canadian Legion, 9:00 p.m., $30
Rapsody @ The Palace Theatre, 7:00 p.m., $35
Sinjin Hawke + Zora Jones Live AV - @ HiFi Club, 9:00 p.m., $20
Stef Chura @ The Palomino, 9:00 p.m., $15
TORCHE @ Dickens Pub, 8:30 p.m., $20
TORRES @ Broken City, 9:00 p.m., $20

Friday, June 21
Death Bells @ Broken City, 9:00 p.m., $15
Hop Along and Bully @ The Palace Theatre, 9:00 p.m., $35
Jack Harlow @ HiFi Club, 9:00 p.m., $20
Kowloon Walled City @ The Palomino, 9:00 p.m., $15
Oblivians and Kid Congo Powers + the Pink Monkey Birds @ #1 Royal Canadian Legion, 9:00 p.m., $30
William Basinski @ Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, 9:00 p.m., $25

Saturday, June 22
Cate Le Bon @ #1 Royal Canadian Legion, 9:00 p.m., $30
The Comet Is Coming @ Commonwealth, 5:30 p.m., $20
Ian Blurton's Future Now @ The Palomino, 10:00 p.m., $15
Julien Baker @ The Palace Theatre, 9:00 p.m., $35
King Ayisoba @ Broken City, 7:00 p.m., $15
Man or Astro-Man? @ Dickens Pub, 9:00 p.m., $25
Ouri @ HiFi Club, 9:00 p.m., $25

Tickets:
Festival Discovery Pass: $214 before June 16, $225 after
Festival Discovery Plus Pass: $366 before June 16, $385 after
All-Ages Pass (under 18): $40
Single Show Tickets: $15-$35

Comedy
Adam Christie
Amy Edgar
Andy Kindler
D.J. Mausner
Katie-Ellen Humphries
Sean Devlin
Tea House Comedy hosted by Amy Edgar

Film
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Echo In The Canyon
ImagineNATIVE Showcase: New Waves
ImagineNATIVE Showcase: Tia & Piujuq

Art
Sled Island’s art programming celebrates the intersections of contemporary art and music, bridging the spaces, places and people that make up Calgary’s arts communities. With support from the Alberta University of the Arts, art at Sled Island activates galleries, artist-run centres, music and film venues as well as public spaces, showcasing the talents of local and visiting artists.
A Love Letter to My Unborn Child
Danni Black/Sui Taa Kii
A Monster and An Animal
Miguel
CineMusic Live presents... Thunderbirds!
CineMusic Live
Getting ready for my haunting
Alicia Buates McKenzie, Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse, Taylor Harder, Jadda Tsui
Ghosts of Your Last Apartment
Conrad Marion
Meshes
Anna Semenoff and Jordan Schinkel
Sled Island Poster Show
Strike, Dip, Spin
Yuii Savage
Translated landscapes
Carol Harris, Brianne Koeckeritz, Rosie Mercredi, Debbie O’Gorman, Donna White
We Are Not An Island Illustration Loop
We Are Not An Island Queer Zine Fair
Your one & only
Skylar Eyre and Gabby Coates

Special Events at Sled Island
Believe it or not, Sled Island is more than just music, comedy, film and visual art. From artist talks to punk rock bingo to the now legendary wrap-up karaoke at Broken City, there's a Sled Island take on almost everything you can imagine.
Hillhurst Sunnyside Market
Isitsiipotaako Public Workshop
Mad Max Ride YYC
Music Lover’s Weekend: I Love My Ukulele!
Music Lover’s Weekend: Library Instrument Petting Zoo
Music Lover’s Weekend: Music Lover’s How-to Festival
Music Lover’s Weekend: My First Music Lessons
Music Lover’s Weekend: Sampler Café
Punk Rock Bingo
Quiz Shoe: The Sled Island Edition
Sled Island Wrap-Up Karaoke
Sled Island Yoga
We Are Not An Island Queer Zine Fair After Party
Zine-Making Made Easy

Conference
Booking Tours: from DIY to the Big Leagues
Campus Radio Panel
Community Bystander Training
Flemish Eye Patio Party
Frequency
Growing Inclusion and Diversity In the Music Industry
How Technology Is Changing the Way We Experience Live Music
How To Develop An Audience & Tour In East Asia
Publicity Roadmap & Best Practices
Queer Spaces Past, Present and Future
Safer Spaces Panel

Sled Island Music & Film Festival 2019
Sled Island is a 5 day festival featuring over 250 musical acts and over 100 visual artists, film makers and comedians in over 30 venues throughout Calgary.
Also:
Comedy
Film
Art
Special Events
Conference

Since 2007, Sled Island's thoughtful, eclectic programming and independent spirit have produced a one-of-a-kind festival experience. Each June, the five-day music and arts festival brings together a community of more than 250 bands, comedy, film and art as well as over 30,000 attendees in more than 30 venues, earning rave reviews from attendees, artists and media across the globe.
The festival includes jaw-dropping line-ups and surprises in unique and intimate settings around every corner. Sled Island 2019 guest curator is Julien Baker.
Of course, Sled Island is more than just music - with film screenings, art openings, comedy performances, panel discussions and more at all hours, there's something, well, many things actually, for everyone at this year's festival. Festival passes are on sale now online - a festival pass grants access to all music, art, comedy, film and workshop event at Sled Island subject to venue capacity.

Artists confirmed for Sled Island 2019
3 Moonjask
36?
A Pact Between Strangers
A.Y.E. & The Extraordinary Gentlemen
Amy Nelson
An Ant And An Atom
Anchoress
Ancient Pig
Andy & The Dannys
Ansley Simpson
anybodys
ANZU
Apples
Aruba
Astral Swans
B*les & The Suede
Bad Bodies
Barn Burner
BB
Beach Body
Beach Season
Big Evil Rat
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Black Thunder
Blessed
Blue Odeur
Blue Youth
Body Lens
Bog Bodies
Bonnie Doon
Bored Décor
Bridal Party
Bud Frasier & The Electric Razors
Bully
Calisthenics
Carbolizer
Cartel Madras
Cass McCombs
Cate Le Bon
Cedric Noel
Chandra
Cheap Heat
Chron Goblin
The Comet Is Coming
Corinthian
Counterfeit Jeans
Crom/Dam
CROTCH
Crystal Eyes
Culled
Dada Centauri
Dark Time
Dead Fibres
Dead Friends
Death Bells
Denimachine
Diamondtown
DJ Dine & Dash
DJ Kimleestar
Dopey's Robe
DRI HIEV
DTSQ
dumb
Energy Slime
Episode
EXITS
The Faps
Feed Dogs
Fly Pan Am
Foldhed
Future Womb
Garbage Dreams
The Garrys
Ghost Woman
Gloin
Gone Cosmic
Graham Van Pelt
Griefwalker
GYM Tonic
Haf n' haf
Hairnet
Har Mar Superstar
HARAHELLS
Heavydive
Hermitess
Holy Drone Travellers
HomeSick
Hop Along
housepanther
hundredmillionthousand
HYMM
Ian Blurton's Future Now
Ig Bo Lyn
Intimacy
J Blissette And The Pink Bandana Orchestra
Jack Harlow
Jack Ryan
Jae Sterling
Japanese Breakfast
JayWood
Jeans Degrees
Jessica Pratt
Jiajia Li
Jo Passed
jock tears
Jom Comyn
Jonathan Kawchuk
JPEGMAFIA
Julien Baker
Justin Wright
Kee Avil
Kellarissa
Kestrels
Kid Congo Powers + the Pink Monkey Birds
King Ayisoba
Kowloon Walled City
L CON
L.A. FOSTER
LA Cop
Lab Coast
LAPS
Lashes
Le1f
Lemongrab
Leucrocuta
Lex Leosis
lié
Life In Vacuum
Liquor Mountain
Little Destroyer
Louis Cza The Black Greek God
Lubomyr Melnyk
Lucid 44
LYRIQUE
Man or Astro-Man?
The Mandates
maneater
Marlaena Moore
Matthew Cardinal
Megamall
Melted Mirror
The Messthetics (feat. members of Fugazi)
Michael Christmas
milk
Mire
Mood Change
Motherhood
Mujahedeen
Muqata'a
My Nu Leng
Nailbiter
Natural Selection DJs
Natural Sympathies
Necking
NEEDS
NETRVNNER
Nice Apple
No Brainer
No Frills
NOV3L
NOVEMBER
numnum
OAKK
Oblivians
Obnox
Old Apartments
The Orange Kyte
Ouri
Palm Oil
Pancake
Paradise
Peach Pyramid
Peeling
Physical Copies
Pill Crusher
The Pinc Lincolns
Polly Dactic
Pope Joan
Possum
Praises
Psychic Pollution
Pudding
Pyramid Schema
Quaker Parents
R. Flex
Raeburn
Raf Wilcot
Rapsody
Rip Room
Samantha Savage Smith
Sawlung
Screaming Females
Screaming Targets
Sections
Selci
The Sex Geckos
Shirley & The Pyramids
shitlord fuckerman
The Shiverettes
The Sick Things
Silvering
Sinjin Hawke + Zora Jones Live AV
Sinzere
Sister Ray
Sister Suzie
Slow Down Molasses
Slow Tide
Slut Prophet
Smokey & the Feeelings
Snake River
soft cure
Speed Strips
Squids
Squirrel Flower
Stef Chura
Stripmall
Sun Up Sun Down
Sunglaciers
Symfan
Syngja
Tarot
Tasha
TBA
Territories
Thanya Iyer
The This
Thom & the Tomcats
Thomas Thomas
TORCHE
TORRES
Touching God
Uncanny Valley
Vailhalen
VICTORIES!
Wangled Teb
WASIU
What A Time w/ Teddy Celebration & Friends
William Basinski
Window Lamp
Wine Lips
Wish Lash
The WON'Ts
Woodhawk
Worriers
Year of Glad
Yep
Ziibiwan
and more....

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June 22-23, 2019

Calgary Horror Con IX

Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre, 2120 16 Ave. N.E.

Doors Open 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. daily

Films:
Saturday Screening Room
11:30 a.m.- Grave Expectations
11:37 a.m.- Hot Dog
11:44 a.m.- The Cabin
11:55 a.m.- The Malicious
12:13 p.m.- Meat is Murder
12:17 p.m.- Casulos/Cocoons of Outer Space
12:30 p.m.- The Darlings
12:45 p.m.- 15min break
1:00 p.m.- Framed
2:20 p.m.- Once Bitten
2:30 p.m.- Jax in Love
2:50 p.m.- I Dance on your Grave
3:02 p.m.- The WoodsMan
3:20 p.m.- The Succubus
3:46 p.m.- 15min break
4:01 p.m.- The Hollow Child
5:29 p.m.- ChemTrails
5:33 p.m.- Ramshackle Blues
5:45 p.m.- Herd
6:00 p.m.- Escape Room
6:18 p.m.- Noctambulos (NightOwls)
6:27 p.m.- Five Course Meal
6:33 p.m.- Night Crosser
6:41 p.m.- Lady in the Shower
6:47 p.m.- Knit
7:04 p.m.- Dark Wake

Sunday Screening Room
11:20 a.m.- Monsieur Henderson
11:35 a.m.- The Hobbyist
11:44 a.m.- The Sound
11:51 a.m.- Burglar Night
12:00 p.m.- Ventris
12:12 p.m.- Lobisome
12:22 p.m.- Year of the Dog
12:45 p.m.- 15min break
1:00 p.m.- One Must Fall
2:24 p.m.- Floating
2:32 p.m.- Aim High
2:49 p.m.- The Whistler
3:00 p.m.- Best Friends Forever
3:16 p.m.- The Wake
3:26 p.m.- Atomic Ed
3:45 p.m.- 15min break
4:00 p.m.- Return to Return to Nuke ‘Em High AkA Vol. 2
5:25 p.m.- Penance
5:29 p.m.- Family
5:35 p.m.- Waiting For Hope
5:39 p.m.- This Will End Badly
5:52 p.m.- Dirt
6:27 p.m.- Cherry
6:33 p.m.- Malacostraca
6:49 p.m.- 100% Organic
6:53 p.m.- Upskirt
6:54 p.m.- Rabbid Jacob

Tickets:
Calgary Horror Con Elite: $450.00
Celebrity Banff Trip Friday includes VIP All Weekend Access
Weekend Pass: $40.00
Saturday Day Pass: $30.00
Sunday Day Pass: $25.00
VIP All Weekend Access Pass: $75.00
1 Hour Early Entry, Weekend Pass No line, Includes VIP party with Guests
After Dark VIP Party Friday
Host:  Visha Loo
Texas Chainsaw Barbecue
Celebrity Meet and Greet
White Hat Ceremony
Cover Band: Blind Box

The Calgary Horror Con is the first Convention in Canada dedicated to Horror. It is the largest gathering of Horror Fans in Canada. The show consists of Celebrity Guests, Panels, Workshops and Movie Screenings. They have over 100 different Horror related vendors and artists.
The Convention is a gathering for the community of fans who love all forms of horror; be it cinema, literature, live performance, or art. From the initial idea sprung a grassroots movement by a group of volunteers, and the support of amazing local Alberta talent. The show consists of celebrity photo ops, celebrity autographs, full Horror Film Festival, Horror themed vendors, SFX makeup demos, costume contests, Indy horror film making workshops, and VIP Party.
The Calgary Horror Con is dedicated to the advancement and promotion of all horror-related communities and their activities within Calgary and the global arena. Their mandate is to  work towards the betterment and success of local performers, artists, trades and businesses for the development of a stronger and enriching Horror community.
Through networking and developing collaborations between all horror-related artistic activities, the Calgary Horror Con is dedicated to promoting Calgary as a diverse, and prolific source of horror arts, culture, performance, and business.

Guests include:
Teri McMinn, John Dugan, Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder, CJ Graham, R.A. Mihailoff, Danny Lloyd, Edwin Neal, Bob Elmore, Eugene Clark, Alex Vincent, Christine Elise, and more.

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July 2019

July 1, 2019

Canada Day Celebrations

Various locations

Join in celebrations in and around Calgary. Click here for more info.

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July 4-14, 2019

Calgary Stampede

Stampede Park and various locations in and around Calgary

It's the Calgary Stampede's 107th Anniversary and there are lots of events going on! The Fifthteenth season of the Original Stampede Spreadsheet, Edition One; Calgary's first and most complete listing of Stampede events, on and off the grounds,is now up. Look for breakfasts, concerts and other live entertainment, special events, bar/nightclub/saloon info and more, with much more information to come! Check back often for new additions.

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