Musicians have started descending on a small town in New Brunswick. The street is about to close. Friends of friends are looking for spare rooms. The tent is going up. The reunions feel so nice. The person you didn't know was coming, is here. There are shorebirds in the waterfowl park. The check one-twos drift on the marshwinds. The dancing never felt this good. That dummy looks surprisingly familiar. The ocean is warm, the lake is even warmer. The tent is alive, the hearts are even fuller. Sappyfest is nigh. We can't wait to see you.
Start planning your weekend by checking out the full schedule, it's going to be a jam-packed, jelly-packed, marmalade-packed good time!
If you already got your pass, you'll get your wristbands at the box office kiosk on-site. If you're the last-minute-type: grab your day and weekend passes now!
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List of Accomodations to Plan your Stay
SCHEDULE SNAPSHOT
Please check the full schedule for details.
All venues outside of the Bridge Street Stage are subject to capacity limits, if there's something you really want to see, get there early!
FRIDAY
BRIDGE STREET STAGE
6:45 pm - 12:00 am
The Drama Queenz + Kids Corner Power Jam, Absolute Losers,
Puberty Well, Sick Puppy, Slash Need
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
12:00 am-1:45 am
Sappy Karaoke
SATURDAY
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
11:00 am - 4:00 pm Sappy Zine & Craft Fair
SACKVILLE COMMONS
11:30 am New Suns Collective movement & sound performance (masks required)
BRIDGE STREET STAGE (DAY)
1:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Klarka Weinwurm, Bry Webb, All Wild Things Are Shy
MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY CHAPEL
5:30 pm-7:05 pm
Rita McKeough+Felt Noise, Lee Ranaldo
BRIDGE STREET STAGE (NIGHT)
8:15 pm - 12:00 am
General Khan, The Umbrella Collective, Dog Day, Annie-Claude Deschênes
DUCKY’S PUB
12:15 am-1:45 am
ASKO, PAPAL VISIT
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
12:15 am-1:45 am
Nectar Collective: Queer DJ collective from Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
SUNDAY
SACKVILLE COMMONS
11:00 am Rita McKeough Artist Talk
BILL JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL PARK BANDSTAND
11:00 am Pete Moss Children’s Concert
BRIDGE STREET STAGE (DAY)
1:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Universal Dawn Reading Series, Blue Horse and more
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
5:30 pm-6:40 pm
An evening with expert storyteller and funny man canada.gov.ca
BRIDGE STREET STAGE (NIGHT)
8:15 pm - 12:00 am
Francine McClure, Jon McKiel, Nicolette & The Nobodies, Saltwater Hank
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
12:00 am-1:45am
Sappy Closing Party with Chillteens!
Start making plans and grab your day and weekend passes now!
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT!
Kicking off the festival is a young person power hour. The Drama Queenz premiering the tween dream musical theatre masterpiece Chips: The Musical (is it Off-Broadway or is it On-Bridge?). If you were hoping to sing along, you're in luck because the album just dropped on bandcamp! They will be followed by epic supergroup Turtle Magic, created in the rocking recesses of Sappy day camp Kids Corner Power Jam.
Pete Moss, Ontario's preeminent kids performer will be performing a FREE children's concert on Sunday at 11am in the Bill Johnstone Memorial Park bandstand. Bring your kid friends, your friend's kids and your friendly pets, why not!
Youth and Children are permitted at the Bridge Street Tent (the main festival grounds) and other satellite venues (excluding bars) but must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who has purchased a pass.
ARTS FOR ALL
Please check the full schedule for details.
All venues outside of the Bridge Street Stage are subject to capacity limits, if there's something you really want to see, get there early!
ALL WEEKEND LONG
WEave, a large-scale participatory weaving installation takes over the Struts Parking Lot at 7 Lorne Street.
Sappyfest for Dummies consists of community-made life-sized self-portrait body doubles installed in a tucked-away theatre.
Mount Allison Library 3rd floor Library Theatre, 49 York St.
12 pm - 4 pm
It’s Giving by Lisa Smolkin is a screening and performance that examines and satirizes contemporary wellness culture.
Film Screening ongoing throughout Sappyfest weekend
Performances: Saturday 12:30 – 1:15 / Sunday 4:30 – 5:15 pm
Struts Gallery, back gallery
FRIDAY
STRUTS BBQ
12:00 pm Cheap eats and check out the exhibitions!
SAPPYFEST FOR DUMMIES
1 pm - 4 pm Opening Reception
Mount Allison Library 3rd floor Library Theatre, 49 York St.
SATURDAY
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
11:00 am - 4:00 pm Sappy Zine & Craft Fair
SACKVILLE COMMONS
11:30 am New Suns Collective movement & sound performance (masks required)
STRUTS GALLERY
12:30 pm It’s Giving by Lisa Smolkin
MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY CHAPEL
5:30 pm-7:00 pm Rita McKeough+Felt Noise, Lee Ranaldo
SUNDAY
SACKVILLE COMMONS
11:00 am Rita McKeough + Julia Rigby (Felt Noise) Artist Talk
BRIDGE STREET STAGE
1:00 pm Universal Dawn Reading Series
STRUTS GALLERY
4:30 pm It’s Giving by Lisa Smolkin
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
5:30 pm-6:40 pm Expert storyteller canada.gov.ca
Artwork by Deirdre Sokolowska
We need last-minute volunteers! Earn free tickets and make new friends!
Volunteers are the heart of Sappyfest. Sure, you might have waited 'til the final hour to decide you're coming, or you might already have a ticket but want to be part of the team. No problem! Let's collectively make sure everyone from audiences to artists are happy, comfortable, fed, and having fun.
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
We'd like to thank our community partners and sponsors Struts Gallery , Bagtown Brewing, Ducky's Bar, Victory Pool, Mount Allison University, Community Forests International, CHMA 106.9 FM, Libra Non-Alcoholic Beer, International, 4imprint, Exclaim! and Sackville Cinemateque, Sackville United Church for their financial, technical, and emotional support! We couldn't do this without you!
In addition we would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, The Department of Canadian Heritage, The Government of Canada, The Government of New Brunswick, Arts New Brunswick and the Town of Tantramar for their support of Sappyfest 19.