The final push is on to see who will take the prized for Searchlight, Canada's Best Music Festival. To give you a sense of our ten finalist, we sent out questionaires to the remaining festivals. We'll post them as we receive them, so please check them out, and don't forget to VOTE!
How long has Sled Island
been in operation?
4 years.
What is the mission statement of your festival?
We try to
be a community activator.
What
makes your festival site special?
It's all the great venues in
Calgary. They are special in different ways- but Calgary is
special because there are so many wonderful people here.
What
is your favourite festival moment of the past?
Doing lights for
the Boredoms. People were crying and saying it was the best moment
of their life (not my light show- the music, haha). It was an
amazing thing to witness what musical art can do for people/society.
Name
one artist that is playing this year?
The Melvins!
Why
should we vote for your festival?
We're just happy to be be in
the top ten. Vote for whichever festival you like best- they are
all great.
[Image courtesy Sled Island]
posted by
John Paolozzi
on Mar 04, 2010