CALGARY—San Francisco art rock band Deerhoof is back on stage at Calgary’s Sled Island music and arts festival.

Founded in 2007, Sled Island hosts about 250 bands, as well as comedy, film and art exhibitions over the course of five days. The festival said it attracts about 30,000 attendees a year, spread across roughly 30 venues in Calgary — from downtown’s Globe Cinema to Central Memorial Park and McHugh House.

“It’s really eclectic — as every year — and there’s a lot to be discovered, for sure,” said Maud Salvi, Sled Island’s executive director.

Deerhoof last played at Sled Island in 2010. As the festival’s guest curator, its members chose a number of musical and artistic acts to bring to the festival: nine bands, along with comedian George Chen and filmmaker Becky James’ short film “Hit.”

“That’s always a really exciting aspect of the festival,” Salvi said of guest curation.

Other headliners include musical acts Thundercat and Dirty Projectors, as well as comedian Beth Stelling of “The Setup” fame and the film “Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution,” a documentary exploring the rise of the queercore movement within the mid-1980s punk scene.

Sled Island also features art installations, workshops on harm reduction and the music industry, and even live art.

Festival passes and tickets to individual shows are still available, but space at Sled Island is filling up fast.

“We already have some shows that are selling out of individual tickets, so people should get on it pretty soon,” Salvi said.

The festival runs from June 19-24.

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Brennan Doherty is a work and wealth reporter with StarMetro Calgary. Follow him on Twitter @Bren_Doherty

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