Sled Island Festival Series: Kelly Shaw on Experiencing Sled Island 2026

Send us Fan MailThe Sonic Collective: Sled Island Festival SeriesKelly Shaw on Experiencing Sled Island 2026Darren Scott sits down with his good friend and fellow music lover Kelly Shaw to talk about experiencing Sled Island 2026 together. Kelly joined Darren for four days of shows, helping gather audio, photos and video while discovering artists, venues and sounds from across Calgary.They talk about the highlights, surprises and unexpected discoveries of the festival, from ambient music in a church to hip hop at The Ship & Anchor, and what happens when you throw your carefully planned festival schedule out the window and simply follow the music.And there was one performance that affected Kelly so deeply, it brought him to tears. It's a conversation about music, friendship, discovery and why Sled Island continues to be such a special part of Calgary's music community.Listen now and experience Sled Island through the eyes of two longtime music fans.Kelly's Word Workssled island fest it’s calgary’s best lifts your awe to the crest fest director and guest curator down to be your joy cultivator every year assures a new pulsator comedy, art and astounding tunes lineup so large the schedules in runes the best time of all your moons so many bands, shows and venues beg you forgo your sensible shoes gotta look cool at united pews treads and hipster cycles get you around any direction you’re wonder bound the community feel will astound patrons diverse, inclusive, all ages tribes of all stripes keen for stages everyone free from their cages artists and genres across the spectrum some will blast and some will hum either way your soul they’ll plumb so bring your curiosity it’s discovery enriching your performance art history sled’s goodness no longer a mystery sled island fest it’s calgary’s best my love confessed —— SLED FEST BEST Copyright: Kelly Shaw Photo Credit: Kelly Shaw - Kelly (Right) and Darren (Left) out SleddingThe theme music for The Sonic Collective is Dust by Les Gigantiques from Calgary. Our thanks to the band for letting us use and feature their music. Be sure to check them out. https://www.instagram.com/lesgigantiques/Support the show