Calgary 
Calgary Folk Festival in partnership with Live Nation has announced Grammy-award winning band, The National is coming to Calgary.
Credit: Calgary Folk Festival
The band consisting of Matt Berninger, twin brothers Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner, brothers Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf have established themselves as mainstays of arenas and festivals with sold-out performances and headlining slots around the world.
With the release of the 2017 Grammy-award winning Sleep Well Beast, The National achieved their highest chart position in the US to date, coming in at #2 on the Billboard Top 200. In addition they scored #1’s in the UK, Ireland, Portugal and Canada and their highest chart position ever in a total of eleven countries. The National also claimed their first #1 at commercial radio on the Triple-A radio chart with “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness.” Their eighth studio album, I Am Easy to Find, was released on May 17, 2019.
The National with Bartees Strange will be performing in Calgary on August 7th at Southern Jubilee Auditorium.
Tickets ($56 – $91+ applicable fees and taxes) are now on sale.
Calgary Folk Festival is scheduled to take place from July 21 – 24, 2022.
The National will also perform at Edmonton Folk Music Festival which runs from August 4 to 7, 2022.