The annual event is bringing out the likes of Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Tegan and Sara, and more.

The fourth instalment of X-Fest is set to take place August 30 and 31 at Cowtown’s Fort Calgary, with the two-day event bringing out a number of Canadian and international artists. This also includes Death Cab for Cutie, Foster the People, Stars, Serena Ryder, MS MR, Cage the Elephant, Fitz & the Tantrums, July Talk, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Mowgli’s, Dear Rouge and Sleeper Agent.

posted by Alanna Stuart on Apr 22, 2014 for CBC Music

You may have noticed that as soon as sprouts of greenery spring up, Canadian summer music festivals begin to tease us with their stellar lineups.

This summer looks like an especially good one for Canadian indie lovers. Constantines are reuniting, Sappyfest was saved for another year and CBC Music is backing its festival with scenic Burnaby, B.C.

With so many choice Canadian summer music festivals to pick from, you could suffer from option paralysis. To help narrow down the picks, we’ve highlighted the top 10 best Canadian summer indie music festivals.

Check out the gallery above to help decide which ones are worth the road trip.

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HEAD OF THE HERD W/ THE ROCKIES

Thursday, May 1
Doc Willoughby’s – Doors at 9pm
19 + – 2 Pieces of ID Required

— Tickets —
$10 Advance – Available at Doc Willoughby’s and Leo’s Video
$15 Door

Fortunate Ones are Andrew James O’Brien and Catherine Allan. Their earnest blend of acoustic folk/pop and roots, bare-bones arrangements and delicately precise harmony allows for the intimate musical conversations that make their performances so special.

Most Canadian music fans are aware of St. John’s, and the hyperactive pub scene that has produced so much music and theatre over the past two decades.

Less known is Corner Brook, Newfoundland’s other city, the sturdy west coast blue-collar mill town situated at the base of a breath-taking fjord. It is a city of contrasts – the town and economy is built around a huge paper mill, there are no colourful row houses or winding lanes, and it is rarely featured in the province’s popular tourist ads. On the other hand, it boasts a site rich in natural beauty, and it is the gateway to Gros Morne Park, the Island’s natural treasure. In winter it becomes a city of skiers and snowboarders filling the surrounding pine-hills and valleys with the energy of outdoor sports. And above the city sits the Grenfell campus of Memorial University, home to the province’s school of Fine Arts. In the past decade, this school has become a wellspring for artistic creativity, and now Corner Brook’s millwrights and lumbermen have been joined by a growing population of dreamers.

It is this city that gave birth to the Fortunate Ones.