SappyFest

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 Harmen * HRT * Jane Inc. * JOYFULTALK * Kxng Wooz * Lucky Line Dancing * Andrew Maize * New Chance * Eliza Niemi * Annie France Noël * North Barn Theatre * The Orchids * P**S * 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.