SappyFest

Canadian Music Festivals Remember the Standout Performances That Defined Them

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022

There are so many long-running music festivals all over Canada, and none of them would be possible without the dedicated teams of staff and...

Sappyfest 2022 Announces Preliminary Lineup with OMBIIGIZI, Sook-Yin Lee, Apollo Ghosts

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2022

East Coast institution Sappyfest has announced the preliminary slate of artists playing its 2022 edition. Sappyfest 17 runs from July 29 to...

SappyFest Gets Julie Doiron, Century Egg for 26-Hour Online Broadcast

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2021

SappyFest is returning this summer for a special virtual edition. Today organizers announced what they are calling "SAPPYFEST: INFINITE VAR...

Aquakultre

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 4

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2019

Halifax-based hip-hop artist Lance Sampson, better known as Aquakultre, is still riding high after winning the 2018 CBC Searchlight contest...

WHOOP-Szo

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 4

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2019

It's easy to get lost amidst WHOOP-Szo's maelstrom of massive riffs, and lead singer Adam Sturgeon's voice often adds to the chaos. But it...

Julie Doiron

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 4

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2019

It's hard to make a non-house show feel like a house show, but Julie Doiron pulled it off with her solo performance at Sackville's Vogue Ci...

Julie Aubé

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 3

PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2019

Though New Brunswick is Canada's only officially bilingual province, Sappyfest does have a strong Anglophone slant, so singer-songwriter Ju...

Apollo Ghosts

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 3

PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2019

Vancouver singer-songwriter Adrian Teacher has put out a ton of material with a series of projects, including COOL TV and Adrian Teacher an...