Wyrd Fest II planning has already begun! If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact Aaron Levin by e-mailing: aaron [at] cantorrecords [dot] com

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas (though we are always open to new ideas):

Marketing Team
Budget Team
Concession Team
Merch and Inventory Services Team
Licensing and Insurance Team
Door
Security (Door, General, Stage)
Cleanup Crew
Stage Managers

Below is all the relevant information regarding Wyrd Fest I. Enjoy!!

Hearts,

Aaron Levin
Weird Canada / Cantor Records
www.weirdcanada.com / www.cantorrecords.com

Weird Canada, The Wicked Awesomes! And Blackbyrd Myoozik Present

WYRD FEST
Edmonton’s Only Fringe-Music Festival

On Saturday November 14^th 2009, 18 bands from the fringes of Canada’s musical netherworld will converge in Edmonton for a night of shear audacity. Never before has Edmonton experienced such an onslaught of attractive forces; from the pop sensible Peace, the glitchy electro of GOBBLE GOBBLE, or the adjective-punk of Shearing Pinx, Wyrd Fest is proud to present a real glimpse into Western Canada’s audible underground.

Inspired by the success of Canadian indie music festivals like Calgary’s Sled Island, Montreal’s Pop Montreal, and Halifax’s Obey Convention, Wyrd is a one-night, two-stage marathon of all things fringe.

Wyrd is built around a model of: quality-fringe, everyone-is-welcome, and I-can’t-believe-it’s-so-cheap, which is why the scum stats are: ALL-AGES WELCOME and 1^st 50 advanced tickets $10, and $15 thereafter. Never before have you received such bang for your musical buck.

Aaron Levin, founder of Weird Canada (Canada’s only guide to DIY/Underground music on the web) and curator of Wyrd Fest can be reached for interviews, questions, or more information via:
e-mail: aaron@cantorrecords.com
phone: 780-964-6932

For interviews with any performers, please contact Aaron Levin.

Date: Saturday November 14^th, 2009
Time: Doors at 4pm, bands start at 5pm
Location: Cosmopolitan Music Soceity (8426 Gateway Blvd – near Steel Wheels)
Price: 1^st 50 advanced tickets $10 :::: $15 thereafter
Ticket Location: TICKETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH BLACKBYRD MYOOZIK
All Ages Welcome

LINEUP

Peace
Shearing Pinx
GOBBLE GOBBLE
AHNA
Myelin Sheaths
Moby Dicks
The Famines
Friendo
Grown-Ups
Ex-Boyfriends
Feral Children
Outdoor Miners
The Wicked Awesomes!
Krang
JAZZ
Test Patterns
+ more guests (The Bummers? Sans AIDS? Greyscreen?! You decide!)

Performer Info

Peace
From: Vancouver, BC
File-Under: Amazing / Indie / The Fall
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/08/peace-slow-children/

GOBBLE GOBBLE
From: Edmonton, AB / San Francisco, CA, USA
File-Under: 8-bit fluorescent glitch-pop
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/brotherly-woodpact/

Shearing Pinx
From: Vancouver, BC
File-Under: Adjective-non-wave / brilliant experimental
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/09/review-shearing-pinx-weaponry/

AHNA
From: Vancouver, BC
File-Under: Doom-wave / violin drone
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/my-doomdom-for-a-track-listing/

Myelin Sheaths
From: Lethbridge, AB
File-Under: Werid-Science-Punk / signed to HoZaC – get the BOZAC!
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/08/myelin/

Moby Dicks
From: Lethbridge, AB
File-Under: Minimal-garage-punk
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/08/mobydicks/

The Famines
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Two-piece berserker-barrage
Web: http://www.thefamines.ca

Friendo
From: Calgary, AB
File-Under: Women-meets-Puberty-meets-90s / AWESOME!
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/friendo/

Grown-Ups
From: Calgary, AB
File-Under: 90s pop-wave
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/grownups/

Ex-Boyfriends
From: Lethbridge, AB
File-Under: Frenetic pop-punk.
Web: http://www.myspace.com/txbf

Feral Children
From: Saskatoon, SK
File-Under: Drum-Machine guitar-electro-psych
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/safe-language/

Outdoor Miners
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Indie-pop-brilliance
Web: http://www.myspace.com/outdoorminers

The Wicked Awesomes!
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Weird-puke-garage
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/turbo-future/

KRANG
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Stoner TMNT psych-wave
Web: http://www.myspace.com/krangtheband

JAZZ
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Minimal homosexual-pop
Web: (no internet presence)

Test Patterns
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Synth-wave
Web: (no internet presence! Debut show!)

Other artists likely to be involved:

The Bummers
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Edmonton’s greatest band of all time forever and ever.
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/06/everythings-difference-with-orange-juice/

Sans AIDS
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Solo-lo-fi-90s-dude-rock
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/i-cant-handle-this/

Schedule