{"id":108357,"date":"2022-07-28T11:42:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=108357"},"modified":"2022-07-28T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T17:38:28","slug":"sappyfest-is-back-the-art-and-music-festival-prepares-to-transform-bridge-street-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/sappyfest-is-back-the-art-and-music-festival-prepares-to-transform-bridge-street-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sappyfest is back! The art and music festival prepares to transform Bridge Street this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pilons will go up this evening for a planned closure of Bridge Street between Lorne and Main Street to prepare for the return of Sappyfest to downtown Sackville.<\/p>\n<p>CHMA spoke with Sappyfest volunteer, board member and past chair Jeska Grue about what\u2019s in store for the weekend-long music and art festival.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-108357-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CHMA-July-28-Jeska-Sappyfest.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CHMA-July-28-Jeska-Sappyfest.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CHMA-July-28-Jeska-Sappyfest.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Grue says the large tent that serves at the main stage for the festival goes up Thursday night, and set up will continue on Friday. The first mainstage show is Friday night with Julie Doiron, Kelly McMichael, Tough Age, and Hot Garbage.<\/p>\n<p>Shows will also take place at the Sackville Legion, Ducky\u2019s, the Vogue Cinema and the Mount Allison Chapel. Struts Gallery is also a focal point with art on exhibition, an artist panel discussion, and local busking favourite Harris McSheffery performing at the weekly Friday BBQ.<\/p>\n<p>Struts is also hosting the Phonoautomat on Saturday afternoon, billed as \u201ca miniature, instant recording booth where you can record up to five minutes of anything you like and walk away with physical copies on cassette to share with friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shows and events run through to Sunday night, when the festival wraps. Scroll down for the full schedule listing (subject to change) or check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sappyfest.com\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sappyfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Grue says she expects several hundred attendees this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may be a little bit smaller than our last in-person festival,\u201d says Grue. \u201cPeople have a lot of commitments this summer and a lot of traveling going on, but we will have quite a few people around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival board decided to go with a mask mandate for all their venues this year, and are asking concertgoers to sport N95 or KN95 masks while at the shows, except while eating and drinking.<\/p>\n<p>The Sappy schedule features some surprise or secret shows, and Grue says she is particularly looking forward to a Saturday night show at Ducky\u2019s. The schedule hints at the artist or artists, simply as rhyming with \u201cboy gull squawk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you figure it out, or if you don\u2019t figure it out,\u201d says Grue, \u201cit will be worth your while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grue also mentions a vendor\u2019s market happening on Bridge Street near Main which is running during the daytime, and open to anyone. \u201cThere\u2019ll be crafts, there\u2019ll be food,\u201d says Grue. \u201cSo check that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sappyfest runs with the help of over 100 local volunteers, says Grue, who help out with everything from working the Bridge Street tent bar, to selling Sappyfest merch as well as band merch from visiting artists.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full schedule as posted by the festival on Wednesday, with the caveat that things are subject to change. For the most up to date information, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sappyfest.com\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sappyfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAPPYFEST 17 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, JULY 29<br \/>\nSTRUTS GALLERY (on view all weekend 10:00 AM \u2013 7:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim Edgar \u2013 <em>Altar to the Threshold<br \/>\n<\/em>Lee Henderson \u2013 <em>A Mortician Walks Into a Bar<br \/>\n<\/em>Sook-Yin Lee &amp; Dylan Gamble \u2013 <em>DEATH AND SICKNESS + WHO CARES?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ROD ALLEN CO. PARKING LOT (STRUTS GALLERY) (12:00 PM \u2013 1:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harris McSheffery<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRIDGE STREET STAGE (7:00 PM \u2013 12:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julie Doiron Kelly McMichael Tough Age<br \/>\nHot Garbage<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGION (12:00 AM \u2013 2:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weird Lines Apollo Ghosts<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY, JULY 30<br \/>\nROD ALLEN CO. PARKING LOT (STRUTS GALLERY) (10:00 AM \u2013 2:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phonoautomat<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGION (DOWNSTAIRS) (10:30 AM \u2013 12:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Panel Discussion: Co-Creating Care: Accessibility, Safety, and Wellbeing in the Arts<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGION (UPSTAIRS) (12:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zine &amp; Craft Fair<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRIDGE STREET STAGE (1:00 PM \u2013 5:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steven Lambke Cedric Noel Weary<br \/>\nJon McKiel<\/p>\n<p><strong>VOGUE CINEMA (5:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jake Nicoll<br \/>\nMichael C. Duguay feat. New Hermitage &amp; Joyful Joyful<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRIDGE STREET STAGE (7:00 PM \u2013 12:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colleen Coco Collins Ami Dang<br \/>\nSook-Yin Lee Kierrah<br \/>\nWolf Castle<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGION (12:00 AM \u2013 2:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karaoke<\/p>\n<p><strong>DUCKY\u2019S (12:00 AM \u2013 2:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SURPRISE SHOW! RHYMES WITH BOY GULL SQUAWK! Last one there is a rotten but jubilant egg!<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY, JULY 31<br \/>\nROD ALLEN CO. PARKING LOT (STRUTS GALLERY) (10:00 AM \u2013 2:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phonoautomat<\/p>\n<p><strong>VOGUE CINEMA (11:30 AM \u2013 2:30 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>WHO CARES? <\/em>(35 min)<br \/>\n<em>DEATH AND SICKNESS <\/em>(80 min)<br \/>\nQ&amp;A with Filmmakers Sook-Yin Lee &amp; Dylan Gamble<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWENS ART GALLERY (1:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do it Together: Mini-Zines and Mighty Buttons Workshop<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRIDGE STREET STAGE (1:00 PM \u2013 5:00 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Universal Dawn<br \/>\nAl &amp; Pal\u2019s Parade<br \/>\nDJ SKY RAT + DJ ROOF TROLL The Burning Hell<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOUNT ALLISON CHAPEL (5:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Contreras<br \/>\nValmy<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRIDGE STREET STAGE (7:00 PM \u2013 12:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Klarka Weinwurm<br \/>\nOMBIIGIZI<br \/>\nCircuit Des Yeux<br \/>\nMister Monark &amp; The Dirty B-Sides Zaki Ibrahim<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGION (12:00 AM \u2013 2:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bird Feet<br \/>\nLee &amp; Gamble Unlimited<\/p>\n<p><strong>DUCKY\u2019S (12:00 AM \u2013 2:00 AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SURPRISE SHOW!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pilons will go up this evening for a planned closure of Bridge Street between Lorne and Main Street to prepare for the return of Sappyfest to downtown Sackville. CHMA spoke with Sappyfest volunteer, board member and past chair Jeska Grue about what\u2019s in store for the weekend-long music and art festival. 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