… featuring Girl Talk, Mates of State, Final Fantasy with Symphony Nova Scotia, Japandroids, Owen, MSTRKRFT, Cadence Weapon, Timber Timbre, Bruce Peninsula, Dog Day and more!

The Halifax Pop Explosion announces its complete 2009 line-up. Taking place October 20-24 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the five day music festival and conference features acts such as Girl Talk, Mates of State, Final Fantasy & Owen.

Presented by Rogers, The Halifax Pop Explosion was founded in 1993. It has become one the country’s premiere showcases of emerging music, art and culture from Halifax, Canada and around the world.

“We are proud to have put together our most ambitious festival to date,” says executive director, Waye Mason. “We have worked hard to book bigger music acts than ever before, while still offering the diverse and exciting line-up of artists that the Pop Explosion is known for.”

The schedule for the festival can be viewed here.

International acts performing at the 2009 Halifax Pop Explosion include: Alex Conde & Haggai Cohen Milo, Architects, Crystal Antlers, Girl Talk, Herman Dune, Japanther, Kill Krinkle Club, Mates of State, Owen, Pterodactyl, Sprengjuhollin, Surfer Blood, and Thrushes.

Acts coming to the festival from across Canada include: The Acorn, Ancestors, Attack In Black, Barn Burner, Boys Who Say No, Brian Borcherdt, Bruce Peninsula, By Divine Right, Cadence Weapon, Carpenter, D-Sisive, Dan Mangan, Dance Electric, Dead Wife, Devil Eyes, Diemonds, Dinosaur Bones, Dinuk Wijeratne & Kinan Azmeh, Doug Hoyer, The Eddie Orso Band, The Elwins, Entire Cities, Ex~Po, Final Fantasy with Symphony Nova Scotia, Forest City Lovers, Fox Jaws, Grand Trine, Gravity Wave, Great Bloomers, Hannah Georges, Hot Panda, Japandroids, Jason Bajada, Julie Fader, Lake of Stew, Little Girls, The Magnificent Sevens, Maylee Todd, MSTRKRFT, Nadja, Off The International Radar, Oh No Forest Fires, Ohbijou, Old Folks Home, Olenka and the Autumn Lovers, The Pack A.D, The Paint Movement, Play Guitar, Red Mass, Said The Whale, Slow Down, Molasses, Snailhouse, Sports, The Band, Straight Reads the Line, Think About Life, Thy Flesh Consumed, Timber Timbre, Valleys, Will Currie and the Country French, The Weather Station, You and Me, You Say Party, We Say Die, Yukon Blonde, and Zeus.

East Coast acts performing at the Pop Explosion include: A History Of, Bike Rodeo, Black Moor, Crissi Cochrane, The Danks, The Divorcees, DJ Double A, Dog Day, Dusty Keleher, The Fat Stupids, The First Aid Kit, Gamma Gamma Rays, The Gideons, The Got To Get Got, The Grass, Grassmarket, The Hemingways, Hopeful Monster, Husband & Knife, In This Style, Jenn Grant, Jenocide, Julie Doiron, The Just Barelys, Kestrels, Lovesinger, Mardeen, Maria Osende Flamenco Company, The Memories Attack, The Mighty Northumberland, Norma Macdonald, Poison Percy Rufus, The Prospectors’ Union, Rich Aucoin, Scientists of Sound, Secret Colours, Sleepless Nights, Smothered In Hugs, The Stolen Minks, The Subtitles, Their Majesties, Thomas/Richard, Tomcat Combat, Two Hours Traffic, Uigg, We, the Undersigned, Y-Rush, and York Redoubt.

Tickets for Cadence Weapon, Crystal Antlers, D-Sisive, Final Fantasy, Japandroids, Japanther, Mates of State, MSTRKRFT, and Owen are on sale now at all Ticketpro outlets and online at www.ticketpro.ca. Tickets for Girl Talk have sold-out.

Festival passes for the Pop Explosion are $100.00. VIP passes are $250. Both are available at all Ticketpro outlets and online, more information here.