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The Calgary Downtown Association (CDA) is partnering up with us again to present this year’s Sled Alley! CDA advocates for Downtown’s prosperity and resilience on behalf of Calgarians, and a part of their mission is to help create a lively and welcoming downtown!Sled Alley is a family-friendly, all day party that has been extended from the alley behind The Palace Theatre onto 1st Street, between Stephen Avenue and 9th Avenue! This event will feature DJs, art, skateboarding, food, beverages, ice cream and some family-fun activities from our presenting sponsor, connectFirst Credit Union!
Art
The Alcove Centre for the Arts is an organization that brings the arts community together, and provides a free public, accessible recreational art space in downtown Calgary. They will be joining Sled Alley with a collaborative art station.
Food and Beverage
Sled Alley’s Dry Bar will be selling refreshments, including great non-alcoholic beverages from our sponsors. A food truck and ice cream truck will also be on site if you’re feeling peckish.
Arts Market
Visit Sled Alley's Arts Market for a unique shopping experience, featuring handmade goodies and prints by talented local artists, ensuring you leave with something special.
Skateboarding
The Compound Mobile Skatepark will be on-site all day, free and open to all! Bring your board, (and your safety gear), and shred the day away.
Augmented Reality Interactivity by EarthMMO
Sled Island is partnering with EarthMMO this year to transform Sled Alley into a fully interactive gaming experience, with a questline designed to highlight all the exciting activities during the event! The founders of EarthMMO will be at their booth at Sled Alley to help anyone out on their quest!
All-Ages
As always, Sled Island’s outdoor Saturday party is an all-ages, family friendly event, and it’s going down rain or shine. Let’s party!
About Sled Island:
Sled Island is an annual five-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that brings together a community of music, comedy, film and art with over 30,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.
Upon entering a festival venue, the passholder agrees to being photographed, filmed or recorded in that venue, and agrees to the publication, reproduction, distribution and broadcast of all photographs, video or other recordings of the passholder's voice or likeness without further notice or compensation in any publicity, advertisement or other publication carried-out by, or on behalf of, Sled Island and in perpetuity in any manner and media whatsoever, including print, broadcast or internet.
Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees must abide by Sled Island's safer spaces and inclusion policy and agree to the code of conduct, which can be found at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.
Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sled Alley, Alley entrance beside 811 – 1 Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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