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Jack White and Arctic Monkeys Headline the Fourth Annual X-FEST, Calgary’s Alternative Music Festival

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Calgary’s Alternative X92.9 and Union Events invite you to the fourth annual X-FEST, Calgary’s Alternative Music Festival, taking place at Fort Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on August 30 and 31st.

 

Jack White

Jack White

Renowned and enigmatic American rock artist Jack White and British chart-toppers Arctic Monkeys will headline a stellar musical lineup that also includes indie rockers Death Cab For Cutie and Foster The People, 2014 Juno award winners Tegan & Sara and Serena Ryder, Kentucky rockers Cage The Elephant, the untamable Fitz & The Tantrums, and American breakouts The Airborne Toxic Event.

Rounding out the lineup are Canadian indie institution Stars, New York City duo MS MR, the energetic July Talk, uplifting California group The Mowglis, Vancouver alt-dance duo Dear Rouge, and the rollicking  Sleeper Agent.

 For an up-to-date list of all the artists performing, click here.

Since its debut in 2011, X-FEST has become one of Canada’s premiere alternative music outdoor events, with an impressive roster of past performers that include Linkin Park, Blink-182, City and Colour, Weezer, Jane’s Addiction, Silversun Pickups, fun., Awolnation, Mother Mother, and many more.

To browse ticket and ticket package options, and to purchase, click here.  

To find out more about X-FEST past and present and to read performers’ bios, click here.