The environments SappyFest, Shifty Bits Circus and Shed Island individually create each share the aim of a community experience– not just a set of grueling and expensive conditions that one would endure solely to cross a number of band names off a bucket list
Shifty Bits Circus kicks off in Fredericton, St. John’s & Halifax Pride celebrations reach their closing events, Shed Island parties like it’s 2013 with a “super rare reunion show”, Spoken Word St. John’s turns two, and Branch Ricky step out of a brief hiatus for a single summer gig.
Fredericton’s favourite cult festival is back this July as Shifty Bits Circus turns Inf4rno. Ben Burnett caught up with organizer Penelope Stevens of the Shifty Bits Cult to talk conceptual and organizational planning of the Circus, and mindfully challenging the gender disparity in music festival culture.