Ryan Bourne & The Plant City Band
For over a decade, Calgary psych-pop wizard Ryan Bourne has lent his singular touch to projects like Ghostkeeper, Sleepkit and Chad VanGaalen. On 2023’s Plant City, Bourne recruited VanGaalen and Chris Dadge to co-produce a strutting garage pop odyssey. The five-piece Plant City Band brings this dream to hazy, dazzling life.
Thanya Iyer
Backed by Emilie Kahn, Daniel Gélinas, and Pompey, Thanya Iyer is known for future-folk stylings and a charming live show. But on her third album TIDE/TIED, Iyer is adding jazz hooks and ambient production into the mix, effortlessly deepening her sound. As she returns to Sled Island, there’s no better time to get reacquainted with this enigmatic songwriter.
June Hawthorn
The moniker of singer-songwriter Juniper Lee (they/them), June Hawthorn shares their dragon tales of existing in liminal realms and of undergoing excruciating changes, grieving through yet basking in cycles of death and rebirth. Lee is of mixed Korean and European descent, having moved to Toronto from Vancouver in 2024. They were previously known under the name of SoyJoy in the Vancouver and Pacific Northwest underground DIY music scene.
Laura Hickli
Progressive art pop songstress Laura Hickli is known for her dreamy soundscapes, exquisite vocals, evocative lyrics, and emotionally powerful performances. Described as gripping, lush and other-worldly, Hickli’s upcoming record tells her compelling story of survival and resilience through her spellbindingly intimate, yet explosive brand of dark process-music.
About Sled Island:
Sled Island is an annual five-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that brings together a community of music, comedy and art with nearly 30,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.
Upon entering a festival venue, the passholder agrees to being photographed, filmed or recorded in that venue, and agrees to the publication, reproduction, distribution and broadcast of all photographs, video or other recordings of the passholder's voice or likeness without further notice or compensation in any publicity, advertisement or other publication carried-out by, or on behalf of, Sled Island and in perpetuity in any manner and media whatsoever, including print, broadcast or internet.
Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees must abide by Sled Island's safer spaces and inclusion policy and agree to the code of conduct, which can be found at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.
Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).
You may also like the following events from Sled Island:
- This month, 17th June, 05:00 pm, Sled Island Opening Party + Poster Show Launch in Calgary
- This month, 18th June, 12:00 pm, Sled Island 2025 in Calgary
- This month, 18th June, 05:30 pm, Sled Island presents: Mary Lattimore, SANAM and Hermitess in Calgary
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