Sled Island’s Thursday lineup seemed to be specially curated for all the local music fans of the city. It included local acts as openers for a majority of the open venues of the evening, including newcomers Family Dinner and Oranje playing their sets a couple of streets apart but
Wrapping up the first day of the festival, Sled Island x connectFirst's showcase on June 21 did not dissapoint. With two showcases happening at the same time, the Gauntlet got to see an amazing array of performers. Weren't able to make it? Our visuals team was
When One Direction crushed the hearts of all their fans by going on indefinite hiatus in 2016, shortly after they had devastated their fans by announcing Zayn Malik’s untimely departure from the band in 2015, the faint silver lining was that all of the band members would continue to
Sled Island, Calgary’s annual music and arts festival and one of the summer’s most anticipated events, officially kicks into gear from June 21 to 25. While the festival boasts a whole host of fascinating activities and killer bands dispersed in venues across the city, the Gauntlet is excited
The 25th Annual Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival will take place from June 9th to June 18th at Globe Cinema in downtown Calgary. As the longest-running queer film festival in Calgary, the Fairy Tales Festival has an important and distinctive legacy. This is the second year the festival has
If you haven’t been to the Lilac Festival before or even heard of it — here’s a recap of this year’s event and what you can expect for next year. The 4th Street Lilac Festival was held on June 4, between 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On June 9, Canadian band Mares of Thrace will return to Calgary to play at The Palomino Smokehouse. Formed in 2009, the band recently released their album The Exile in March of 2022. The Exile saw the return of founding member Thérèse Lanz on vocals and guitar, and new member
The New Gallery is in a storefront along Calgary’s Centre Street in Chinatown, sandwiched between a massage parlour and a hair salon. It’s fairly nondescript: the angle of the building makes it hard to tell what it is from the sidewalk and when speeding down the Centre Street
Calgary’s only campus and community radio station, CJSW on 90.9 FM, will be making their mark during the National Campus and Community Radio Conference (NCRC) post-gala party featuring Calgary’s own local talents one week from today on June 2. “Our goal is to cap off the
This May long weekend saw downtown covered with elaborately dressed cosplayers and enthusiastic dance mobs for Otafest — Calgary’s largest Japanese anime and pop culture festival. Otafest made its in-person return in 2022 after two consecutive cancellations and excitement over its re-emergence continued to linger this year. 2023
