Still Dark Festival

08/25/2026

🎉🎊 The Still Dark Festival will be returning January 27-31, 2027!

We want to thank all the sponsors, volunteers, acts, and patrons who made our first two years a success. We can’t wait to show what we have brewing for our third year!

To mark the announcement, we will be offering an earlybird discount for our VIP and General Weekend passes from August 25th to September 1st. These tickets include:

🎟 General Weekend
Includes:
- Access to participating festival venues, subject to capacity for each day of the festival

🎫 VIP Weekend Pass 🚨 (ONLY 20 AVAILABLE!)
Includes:
- Priority access (Jump to the front of lines) at all participating festival venues, subject to capacity for each day of the festival
- Festival T-Shirt
- Festival Swag Bag
- More to be announced!

⬇ Click the link below or in our bio to get your tickets now! ⬇

🔗 www.sdf27.eventbrite.com

Join us as we celebrate art and music in downtown Yellowknife during the coldest, darkest months of the year. Enjoy live performances, explore local artists and experience the vibrant spirit of Yellowknife’s community. Get your festival pass now and be part of the fun!

07/24/2026

🎊 We had a fantastic time at Folk On The Rocks this weekend! 🎉

Our board just can't resist an opportunity for a photoshoot in front of the toilets... such cuties!

👀🗓 Keep an eye on our socials August 14th for those Still Dark early bird tickets, save some money and keep the party going!

07/03/2026

🎉🎊 Still Dark Festival is returning 2027, save the date! 🗓

We're thrilled to announce Still Dark Festival will be returning to Yellowknife in 2027. Don't forget to save the date, we're going to have a stacked line-up of incredible artists and some fun surprises.

🎟 Early bird tickets will be going up on Friday August 14th. We've sold out every year, so don't miss your chance this time around!

👀 Keep an eye on this space, more updates to come.

06/15/2026

🗳 Vote for Still Dark Festival before Wednesday! ✅

If you're an industry member, check your emails and give your local artists and festivals a vote in their respective categories.

Music NWT BreakOut West

06/06/2026

Have you seen what our friends at Steadily Deadly YK cooked up? This is looking like an absolute ripper of a weekend. Get those tickets while you can.

06/03/2026

🎉 We are thrilled to be nominated for the Impact in Live Music award with BreakOut West!

We hope if you're a western Canadian music industry member, you'll consider us! (Check your inboxes Music NWT members!)
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02/12/2026

Missed out on getting merch during the festival? We've got you covered with our festival webstore on our website!

Stilldark.ca/store has all your needs. Protect ya neck with tha buff, or cozy up with an extra top layer.

Shout-out to Kristel Derkowski for creating this beautifully designed T-shirt!

02/11/2026

We have some thoughts on this year's festival, but we want to hear yours!

If you attended the festival, please consider filling out our festival survey to help us understand things from your perspective. We are a small organization, and truly want to know if this event is worth keeping alive for another year. Survey responders have a chance to win a festival swag bag filled with some Still Dark merch and other fun little goodies.

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/vLV9Qht4KuAitspYA

Photo courtesy of Stuart McLean

02/09/2026

🖤🎉 That's a wrap!
What a crazy year for Still Dark Festival. Despite an early setback this year was even bigger and better than the last and that's all thanks to you. A huge thank you to all our staff, volunteers, sponsors, patrons and bands. You made this year the best yet with your incredible energy and we couldn't be more grateful.

We have some select shots here from some of our lovely volunteer photographers for us all to reminisce over.

📸 Caroline Cox (1-2)
📸 Avery Zingel (3)
📸 Ellie Saunders (4)
📸 Jocelyn Shepel (5-6)
📸 Jonny Vu (7)
📸 Stuart McLean (8-9)
📸 AJ McCreadie (10)

02/08/2026

We've started the night strong, let's keep it going Yellowknife! 🎉