Godspeed You! Black Emperor to curate a portion of Sled Island Festival in June

Godspeed You! Black Emperor to curate a portion of Sled Island Festival in June

If you live in Calgary, Alberta, what could possibly be better than discovering that post-rock wizards Godspeed You! Black Emperor are finally paying a visit to your town? How about discovering that they are playing not one but two (TWO!) shows in your town?

Well, the clever Calgary folk who organize the Sled Island Festival figured that to make up for the town’s hitherto lack of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, they’d not only get the band to play two shows at the festival, but also hand the reigns of a portion of the festival over to them.

In addition to Godspeed You! Black Emperor playing two shows at the Central United Church, June 24-28 will be a festival of all things Godspeed in Calgary, as the band curates a portion of a bill that will end up amounting to over 300 bands, artists, filmmakers, and comedians of their choice. No word on who Godspeed have invited to play yet, and I could be way off, but I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that Carrot Top is the band’s comedian of choice.

As we pointed out last year, if you can’t wait to June to get your Godspeed fix, you can catch them around Europe this April. Early bird passes are available for Sled Island now.

• Sled Island: http://www.sledisland.com
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor: http://cstrecords.com/gybe

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