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THE ELECTRIC HIGHWAY FESTIVAL Announces 2024 Lineup

By Larry Petro, News Monkey
Thursday, February 22, 2024 @ 10:31 AM


April 4- 6 - Dickens Pub In Calgary, AB

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The Electric Highway Festival is excited to announce the final lineup for the 2024 edition of the festival being held in Calgary, AB on April 4, 5, and 6 at Dickens (1000 9 Ave SW). This is the biggest festival lineup yet with 23 bands over 3 days. The Festival artwork and poster are also now available.

Canadian Juno Award-winning Vancouver band ANCIIENTS will headline the whole festival. They will be joined by various Western Canadian bands including Dead Quiet, Empress, Flashback, Buffalo Bud Buster, and more. Newly added to the bill are returning bands La Chinga, Hombre, and Set & Stoned along with festival newcomers Prisoner, Passing Pluto, and Mors Sanctorum.

​ ​The Final Full Line Up by Day:
​​Thursday, April 4:

  • Hombre (Calgary)
  • Solid Brown (Calgary)
  • Set & Stoned (Calgary)
  • Owls & Eagles (Calgary)
  • Black Daggers (Red Deer)
  • Prisoner (Calgary)
  • Mors Sanctorum (Calgary)
​ ​​​Friday, April 5:
  • Buffalo Bud Buster (Calgary)
  • La Chinga (Vancouver)
  • Flashback (Calgary)
  • Pharm (Kelowna)
  • The Getmines (Vancouver)
  • Blacksmith and Brewer (BC Sunshine Coast)
  • Atomic Yeti (Saskatoon)
  • Passing Pluto (Calgary)
​​Saturday, April 6:
  • Anciients (Vancouver)
  • Dead Quiet (Vancouver)
  • Empress (Vancouver)
  • Gnarwhal (Yellowknife)
  • Tebby and the Heavy (Edmonton)
  • Musing (Calgary)
  • Stone Spear (Kelowna)
  • Conjure Hand (Victoria)
The festival artwork was created by Saskatchewan tattoo artist Roman Corkery. Besides being a fantastic tattoo artist, Roman is also a talented multi-media artist. The Festival thought it was time to have a full-on space theme. With Roman's love of creating space-themed art, he was the perfect artist to tackle the idea, and the result is outstanding. Be sure to follow him on Instagram @RomanCorkery https://www.instagram.com/romancorkery/

All festival tickets and passes are now available at presale pricing including 2-day passes and single-day tickets. 2024 Festival t-shirts are now available for presale as well. Order now to save some money and be sure to get the size you want.

Festival passes, tickets, and merchandise are available at https://theelectrichighway.ca/festivalstore/​
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/327207160030277

​ ​The Electric Highway Festival hosts various genres that range from Desert Rock, Stoner Metal, Doom, Sludge, Trippy Psychedelic, Surf Rock, Acid Rock, Noise Rock, Fuzz Rock, Space Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Psych, Heavy Blues, Southern Rock, Fuzzy Punk, Sludgy Hardcore bands and variations of any of the previously mentioned styles.

The Electric Highway is excited to announce once again that New Level Brewing is not only the top sponsor but is also the preferred beverage provider for The Electric Highway and all the bands on the bill. New Level Brewing is a Calgary-based award-winning Craft brewery. New Level is known for bending the rules of the style guidelines to create bold beers that are just a bit different from what you may have had before. Specializing in unusual ingredients with eye-catching packaging, New Level's craft beer and sodas are worth checking out. You can find New Level on all social media or their website at https://www.newlevelbrewing.ca/

The Electric Highway would also like to announce that Crooks Hollow Studio is their newest major sponsor. The festival is so excited to have them on board! One of Calgary's newest state-of-the-art studios with top-of-the-line equipment will take a recording to the next level. Drummers will especially love this studio with acoustics tailored to create the perfect big drum sound. Crooks Hollow Studio will be providing top-level backline equipment to this year's festival as well as technical support. Check them out on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/crooks_hollow_studio_/ or @crooks_hollow_studio_

The Electric Highway would like to thank all their media and service sponsors and partners. The festival would not be possible without them.

​ Last, but certainly not least, be sure to check out the Festival's Expo taking place all three days at Dickens. The Expo features some of Calgary's most interesting and unusual creators and unique small businesses. There are still limited spaces available in the Expo. Contact the Festival for more information.


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