Yellowknife’s new winter music festival has announced some of the acts coming to the city in late January and early February 2025.
Taking a leaf from summer equivalent Folk on the Rocks’ book, the Still Dark Festival is releasing its inaugural lineup in multiple waves.
Wave one, announced on Monday, features west coast “garage punk chaos” band Wait//Less alongside Asko, a project by nêhiyaw and Scottish-Irish artist Marek Tyler described as “a creative offering in the form of a soundscape echoing nêhiyaw life and ways of living.”
Also performing at the festival will be northern acts Gnarwhal, Jonny Vu, The Co-op, Bryce Styan, Gianna Debogorski and Miranda Currie.
Rounding out the wave one announcement is electronic act Waivestate.
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Still Dark was unveiled as a concept last month.
It is the brainchild of Taylor Shephard and Brian Weadick, respectively the festival’s artistic and administrative directors, who have worked together at Snowkings’ Winter Festival and Folk on the Rocks.
The inaugural Still Dark Festival, or SDF, will take place from January 31 to February 2 in downtown Yellowknife.
“Working to illuminate the downtown core, SDF has recruited some of the best and brightest musicians in the territory and southern Canada to grace the various stages of Yellowknife,” organizers said in a Monday news release.
A second wave of acts will be revealed on November 25, while an announcement about tickets is expected this Friday.
