Sappyfest board member Amy Segal says there’s musicians coming “from near and far to participate in the festival” that opens this weekend in Sackville.
Acts include Baie Verte’s Jon McKiel and band performing a new album, retro country band Nicolette & The Nobodies from Guelph, Sappyfest veterans Dog Day from Halifax, and Papal Visit from Saint John. There’s also Lee Rinaldo of Sonic Youth, who is coming to do “a very intimate performance in the chapel at Mount Allison,” says Segal.
Art projects also figure prominently in this year’s festival.
“We’re really grateful for a partnership with Struts,” says Segal, sitting outside the gallery on Lorne Street, as three artists from OSO planning + design started construction of WEAVE, an outdoor installation which they describe as “part woven sculpture, part seating and part performance.”
