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Join us for Sappyfest!
July 31 - Aug 2, 2026
Sackville NB

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Your 2026 Sappyfest schedule is here! Weekend and day passes on sale now at www.sappyfest.com

Can’t wait to see you all soon in the marshes!

Music by Bibi Club (spot them in the schedule!)
Cover art by Teagan Stewart by @sappyfest

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3 months ago

Life returns to the swamps and gardens! Look closely! There’s a party among the flowering weeds! Music emerges!

Sappyfest 21
July 31 - August 2, 2026
Sackville, NB

Featuring:

Sofia Alarcon * Jordan Beaulieu * Bibi Club * Bon Enfant * Misha Bower * Boyhood * Jennifer Castle * Brìghde Chaimbeul * C.Ruth & the Mango Street * DJ Mommy & User 9 * Green Eyes, Witch Hands * Steve Haley * Whess Harman * HRT * Jane Inc. * JOYFULTALK * Kxng Wooz * Lucky Line Dancing * Andrew Maize * New Chance * Eliza Niemi * Annie France Noël * North Barn Theatre * The Orchids * PISS * Potions * Ribbon Skirt * Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits * Sappy Mail * Leanne Betasamosake Simpson * Freddy Hyun Smith * Status/Non-Status * Teagan Stewart & Jacob Puffer * Stone Bonnet Choir * Surprise Pink * Swamp Magic * Zamani

Sappyfest 2026 poster and graphics by Paul Hammond

FAQ:
This is a more-or-less complete line-up of participating artists for Sappyfest 21!
Music! Poetry! Performance! Conversation! Art! Puppets! Everything in between and unenclosed!
A schedule of events will be forthcoming and individual day passes will be made available shortly!

Thank you for meeting us here, with intent, curiousity, creativity, and kind hearts. Sappyfest remains a beautiful experiment in collective imagination, a rehearsal for better living, a meeting place, a shared effort in positive dreaming. We do this together!

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Sappyfest would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts,The Department of Canadian Heritage, The Government of Canada, Arts New Brunswick, Mount Allison University, and the Town of Tantramar for their support of Sappyfest. With special gratitude to our partners at Struts Gallery. by @sappyfest

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4 months ago

Sappyfest Presents: Briar and Eliza Niemi
Thursday November 12th
8PM showtime at the Sackville Legion

Two absolute Sappy favourites return for an ultra-special night! Briar is the new project of the ever-creative, ever-new Daniel Romano, joined by Carson McHone, Tommy Major, and Fliss Horrocks, in the performance of acoustic psychedelic sacred folk-music. All ye cosmic and embodied are welcome! Eliza Niemi performs sophisticated and playful slice-of-life mostly-quiet perfect pop songs.

Don’t miss it! by @sappyfest

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9 days ago

Sappyfest has been nominated for Festival of the Year by Music NB!!!! @musicmusiquenb

As always, Sappyfest 21 was the result of a whole community of artists, volunteers, poets, photographers, mail-carriers, builders, and dreamers coming together to share music, art, surprise, and curiosity; to prioritize embodied presence, connection and relationship. To swat mosquitos and share stories. To be here in this place together. To me, it’s more than just a festival, it’s a whole way of being together, a way to rehearse and practice positive community life filled with music, art, sound and songs.

Huge thanks to @tantramarnb @canada.council @explorenb @strutsgallery @owensartgallery @mta_experientiallearning @cranewoodonmain @bagtownbrewing @duckysbar by @sappyfest

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Sappyfest Presents: Wolf Castle with The Olympic Symposium and Moira & Claire at the Sackville Fall Fair!

Sappyfest is partnering with the Municipality of Tantramar to present a special night of music in the main event tent at the Sackville Fall Fair! See you in your fall colours

Wolf Castle with The Olympic Symposium
Moira & Claire
Friday September 18th
FREE SHOW!
(19+ in the tent)

9:30pm - Moira and Claire
10:30pm - Wolf Castle

Wolf Castle (Pabineau, NB)
Wolf Castle is an Indigenous Mi’kmaq rapper, producer, and singer from Pabineau First Nation, New Brunswick - an unlikely place for a rap career to come to fruition but everything about Wolf Castle defies the odds. Mixing pop-rap with old school roots, his lyrics have been described as catchy and confessional. A self-described knucklehead with an internet connection, Wolf Castle likes to keep listeners on their toes and deliver a new perspective on being young, indigenous, and proud of it. Over the past two years, Wolf Castle has been joined by Fredericton-based group The Olympic Symphonium as his live band and recently, thanks to the Greville Tapes Music Club project, the two acts have been collaborating on original material fusing elements of hip-hop, jazz, and folk music into something truly original.

Moira & Claire (Halifax, NS)
The intricate harmonies of sisters Moira and Claire first rang out from the backseat of the family car on cross-country road trips when they were kids. They’ve come a long way since, but the strong sibling bond of their musical chemistry remains the same. Their songwriting is full of subtle sophistication, perfectly unexpected moments, and hard-won lyrical wisdom. The clever simplicity they’re able to draw out of life’s complexities makes for honest, intimate, and relatable songs that have connected with thousands of people globally.

Poster by @oldernowthen by @sappyfest

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a month ago

@sappyfest - day three! ✨💫

That’s a wrap on Sappy 21 - what a beautiful weekend in the swamp. taken in Sackville, New Brunswick by @sappyfest

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2 months ago

@sappyfest - day two! 💫✨ taken in Sackville, New Brunswick by @sappyfest

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3 months ago

@sappyfest - day 1! ✨💫 taken in Sackville, New Brunswick by @sappyfest

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3 months ago

I started the construction of this sculpture nearly 4 years ago and this weekend I will be showing it in sackvile nb as part of @sappyfest. Huge thanks to @sappyfest for choosing me to be the artist in residence, enabling me to finish this beast. The vortex/orb/opponent and friend.
I will also be performing my first @joyfultalk set in nearly 3 years at the chapel on sat at 6pm. I will be performing all new compositions. Eeek. Come say hi!!!!
Vorb the opponent show times
Friday 4-7 ( maybe be later as it really rips after dark)
Sat - Sun - 10am-1pm - 5pm - 8 pm ((( maybe later))
46 main street by @sappyfest

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3 months ago

Hi! Here's the final screen-printed poster for @sappyfest ! Huge thanks for all the print help from @midnightoilprintdesign . They're 16x20" aka "the perfect print size", 4 colours, limited edition of 125 prints, signed & numbered by yours truly. These will be available for thirty bones, all weekend at Sappyfest or until they run out. See ya there! ♥️🌼🐸🎸
📷 by @guitarlacarla by @sappyfest

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3 months ago

Hey, did you hear?

L’Ambiance | Annie France Noël | Teagan & Jacob
Friday July 31 - Sunday, August 2, 12-7pm

Artist Talk | Whess Harman
Saturday, August 1, 11am

Happening at 7 Lorne Street and outside in the parking lot beside Struts Gallery
Image by Déja Defilippis by @sappyfest

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3 months ago

SAPPYFEST COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
Calling all fun enthusiasts to the inaugural Sappy Sack Track! Arrive bearing decorated pillow cases, burlap sacks, and a winning smile to participate, promises to be a thrilling race. Mysterious judges will nominate the most beautiful sack for the prestigious Best Sack Design award! The Most Creative Cheer determined! A Sappyfest Sack Race Champion will be discovered! Could it be you?

Sacks will be sold for $5 at the Sackville Farmers’ Market this Saturday, July 25. Come pick one up! Participants are welcome to bring their own sacks.

Stay tuned for more information! Free entry! All ages welcome! by @sappyfest

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