Mammoth Cave Fest 2 takes place at Henotic , May 2. It features 15 bands from all over the country. many of them are playing the events in Calgary, April 30 Edmonton May 1 as well as a selection of acts from the respective cities and Lethbridge May 2. Most of them are of the garage, rock, punk, alternative and metal millieu, but because Lethbridge has such a thriving scene, there are like 15 Lethbridge bands and musicians playing the Lethbridge event as well. I’ve been asked to open the Lethbridge show at noon on Sunday., May 2. So we’ll see how that goes. The first 100 tickets are $15 (in Lethbridge) after that the price goes up to $25 for a whole day of music.

Wyrd Fest was a one-evening, two-stage, musical marathon that occurred on November 14, 2009 – proudly housing 16 bands in one evening, with a double-stage dynamic creating a constant stream of fringe-musics from all over Western Canada. As a festival featuring 16 obscure bands, we were pleasantly surprised when tickets sold-out almost immediately. This success points towards Canada’s growing attention to the new-wave of underground music in addition to the curatorial power of Weird Canada (or so I like to think).

Wyrd Alberta is an expansion on the original Wyrd Fest. Convincing bands from Montreal and Halifax to stop in Alberta wasn’t easy, so we’ve paved the way for them and launched a “traveling festival” stopping in Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge. In Edmonton, Wyrd Fest II has become the official after-party for the Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair, while the Calgary and Lethbridge stops solidify partnerships with the Sled Island and Mammoth Cave music festivals. The organization of each evening will mimic the same successful formula from Wyrd Fest: 16 bands across two stages and running from 5pm through Midnight.... See More

The traveling festival lineup is:

Women (Calgary, AB) www.flemisheye.com or www.myspace.com/womenmusic 
COSMETICS (Vancouver, BC)   www.myspace.com/cosmeticscosmeticscosmetics  or cosmeticscosmeticscosmetics.tumblr.com/
Grand Trine (Montreal, QC) www.myspace.com/grandtrinemtl  or grandtrine.blogspot.com
Omon Ra II (Montreal, QC // Halifax, NS) www.myspace.com/theyproject or  avantlard.blogspot.com
Nü Sensae (Vancouver, BC) www.myspace.com/nusensae  or recordsnominal.com
Shearing Pinx (Vancouver, BC) www.myspace.com/shearingpinx  or  myspace.com/isolatednowwaves
MYTHS (Vancouver, BC) www.myspace.com/mythsband 
The Famines (Edmonton, AB)   www.myspace.com/thefamines  or www.thefamines.ca
Myelin Sheaths (Lethbridge, AB)   www.myspace.com/myelinsheaths 
The Wicked Awesomes! (Edmonton, AB) www.myspace.com/wickedawesomes
Fist City (Lethbridge, AB) www.myspace.com/fistcitycult
Topless Mongos (Calgary, AB)   www.myspace.com/toplessmongos 
JAZZ (Edmonton, AB)  www.myspace.com/hardburntjazz 
Krang (Edmonton, AB) www.myspace.com/krangtheband  or krangalang.blogspot.com