Supercrawl
| Supercrawl | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music Festival and Arts Festival |
| Dates | Second weekend in September |
| Location(s) | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Founded by | Tim Potocic |
| Attendance | 165,000 (2014) [1] |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Supercrawl is an annual art and indie music festival held in downtown Hamilton, Ontario.
History
Supercrawl was founded in 2009 by Tim Potocic and the music label Sonic Unyon. It grew out of the monthly event known as Art Crawl, a tour of art galleries in Hamilton that is still active.[2]
The event
Supercrawl features three days of free music spread over multiple stages lining the length of James Street North. The festival attracts an average of 130,000 visitors annually to watch over 50 bands, making it one of the largest free music festivals in Ontario. The festival also showcases large-scale visual art installations, performance art, an artisan market, food trucks and fashion.[3][4][5][6]
The arts festival has been cited as part of a larger, arts-based revival in Hamilton as the former industrial city becomes a regional center for the arts.[7]
In 2015, Supercrawl was named Ontario’s Tourism Event of the Year as part of the Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence. [8]
Past musical performers
Past headliners have included Broken Social Scene (2011), Owen Pallett (2012), K'naan (2012), Wintersleep (2013), Passion Pit (2013), Arkells (2014), [9] Spoon (2014), [10] Charles Bradley (2014), [11] Monster Truck (2015), HEALTH (2015), Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (2015), [12] Hayden (2015), Daniel Lanois (2015), [13] The Trews (2016), [14] Four Tet (2016), [15] The Strumbellas (2016), [16] Junior Boys (2016), [17] and Matt Andersen (2016). [18]
References
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/supercrawl-named-ontario-tourism-event-of-the-year-1.3315801
- ↑ Wells, John (September 12, 2013). "Supercrawl: Understanding its roots and why fall fairs draw us in". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ Baulcomb, Andrew (September 12, 2013). "Exploring the Roots of Supercrawl, Hamilton's Best Music Festival". Vice. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ Rockingham, Graham (September 12, 2013). "A supersized James Street North Supercrawl". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Carter, Adam (September 16, 2013). "10 bands to watch for at Supercrawl 2013". CBC News. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ↑ Werner, Kevin (November 16, 2013). "Supercrawl dreams of national exposure". Flamborough Review. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Quill, George (December 7, 2012). "Hamilton in the midst of a grassroots cultural revival". The Toronto Star. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2015-ontario-tourism-awards-of-excellence-546016652.html
- ↑ http://exclaim.ca/music/article/arkells-james_st_north_hamilton_on_september_12
- ↑ http://exclaim.ca/music/article/spoon-james_st_north_hamilton_on_september_13
- ↑ http://exclaim.ca/music/article/charles_bradley_his_extraordinaires-james_st_north_hamilton_on_september_14
- ↑ http://exclaim.ca/music/article/sharon_jones_dap_kings-james_st_north_hamilton_on_september_12
- ↑ http://exclaim.ca/music/article/daniel_lanois-james_st_north_hamilton_on_september_13
- ↑ http://supercrawl.ca/music?participant=1
- ↑ http://supercrawl.ca/music?participant=3
- ↑ http://supercrawl.ca/music?participant=44
- ↑ http://supercrawl.ca/music?participant=35
- ↑ http://supercrawl.ca/music?participant=43
