"We're gonna try and keep it simple," creative director Paul Henderson says of this weekend's Sappyfest in Sackville, N.B. After last year's secret Arcade Fire show, there's been some buzz about surprise performances (the "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" tagline has even inspired untrue Neil Young rumours) but, as of now, what you see on the schedule for year seven is what you get.
And what you get is the likes of Michael Hurley, Josephine Foster, METZ, Calvin Johnson, 2012 Polaris Music Prize shortlisters Cold Specks, F--ked Up, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan and many more descending upon the streets of Sackville for one of the world's consistently stellar annual exhibitions of independent arts and culture.
We caught up with Henderson at Sled Island Festival in June for a chat about Sappy:
Sappyfest 7 takes place Aug. 3 to 5 in Sackville, N.B.
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