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The Electric Highway Fest Drops 2023 Spotify Playlist

To showcase this year’s festival lineup, event organizers share their curated Spotify playlist of bands performing on the 2023 edition of The Electric Highway Festival.

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The Electric Highway 2023 Festival

Calgary’s The Electric Highway Festival is inching near with its 3 days of music on March 23, 24, and 25 at Dickens, with Canadian bands trekking from across Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba along with American headliners, Los Angeles’ Sasquatch.

To showcase this year’s festival lineup, event organizers are sharing their curated Spotify playlist of bands performing on the 2023 edition of The Electric Highway Festival.

The 2023 edition of the festival focuses on Desert rock and metal, Doom, Sludge, Heavy Psych and has expanded to include some punk and hardcore bands as well.

The festival features Californian headliners Sasquatch, one of the festival’s past favourites, laying down their brand of fuzzy, kick-ass desert rock & heavy psych with direct support from Vancouver’s La Chinga, returning for their 4th appearance on Saturday night. Black Mastiff returns to headline Friday night with Calgary’s Gone Cosmic, and HypnoPilot headlines the Thursday show with support from Citizen Rage. These are just a few of the wicked bands that will be playing at The Electric Highway. The full lineup can be found below.

​The Electric Highway Official Nightly Lineups:​

​Thursday, March 23:​
HypnoPilot (Lethbridge, AB) – Daily headliner
Citizen Rage (Calgary, AB)
Musing (Calgary, AB)
No More Moments (Siksika, AB)
Father Moon (Calgary, AB)
Destroy My Brains (Lloydminster, AB).
Doors open at 6:30pm
Music starts at 7:30pm
Show runs to 12:30am
Expo 6:30pm – 10:30pm
Merch 6:30pm – 12:30pm

​Friday, March 24:​
Black Mastiff (Edmonton, AB/Vancouver, BC) – Daily Headliner
Gone Cosmic (Calgary, AB)
Set & Stoned (Crossfield, AB)
Hombre (Calgary, AB)
Empress (Vancouver, BC)
Molten Lava (Vancouver, BC)
Space Queen (Vancouver, BC)
The Basement Paintings (Saskatoon, SK) Owls & Eagles (Calgary, AB)
Doors open at 5:30pm
Music starts at 6:15pm
Show runs to 1:30am
Expo 5:30pm – 11:30pm
Merch 6:30pm – 1:30pm

​Saturday, March 25:​
Sasquatch (Los Angeles, CA) -Festival Headliner
La Chinga (Vancouver, BC)
Buffalo Bud Buster (Calgary, AB)
Brown Dwarf (Red Deer, AB)
The Astral Prophets (Calgary, AB)
Iron Tusk (Siksika, AB)
The Sleeping Legion (Winnipeg, MB)
Tebby & the Heavy (Edmonton, AB)
Garuda (Cranbrook, BC).
Doors open at 5pm
Music starts at 5:30pm
Show runs to 1:30am
Expo 5:30pm – 11:00pm
Merch 5:30pm – 1:30am

The Electric Hhighway Fest 2023 Poster

The Electric Hhighway Fest 2023 Poster


Ticket Information:

Advance 3-day Festival Passes are $75. Advance passes are on sale March 22 or while quantities last.
Regular Festival Passes are $95 at the door if quantities are available.

Limited advance 2-day passes are on sale until March 22 or while quantities last.
Thursday/Friday $45 advance
Thursday/Saturday $55 advance
Friday/Saturday $65 advance

Advance single-day tickets are available until March 22 or while quantities last.
Thursday $20 advance/ $25 door
Friday $30 advance/$35 door
Saturday $40 advance/$45 door
*Door prices are in effect if any are left. Watch the event and page for ticket and pass updates.

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