For those of you who are just emerging from a 9-year food coma, Sled Island is a huge event held in Calgary each year that hosts more than 200 up-and-coming bands. But music isn’t the festival’s only attraction; I counted almost 40 different all-ages events on its schedule, which runs from June 24th to 28th…
Have you ever heard of Comrad Sound, the Dollhouse, the Funspot or Local Library (LL)? These are just a few of the all ages music venues I’ve seen closed down since 2009, when I entered the scene. The reasons are diverse; Comrad was closed due to zoning issues, LL lost its space at Central United due to the church needing funding, and…
The New Black Centre for Music and Art has all ages shows every weekend, and this place is quite a jem when you consider all the clubs there are in Calgary. These days, it seems as though youth can’t see a live music performance by local musicians in a drug and alcohol free environment without spending…
The Calgary Youth Foundation, one of CYFC’s many programs, is a group of youth volunteers responsible for distributing grants to “youth-driven projects” during two granting cycles a year. In the November cycle, local all-ages venue Comrad Sound was given a grant to help renovate their space to be more readily usable by the Calgary youth community.…