Supercrawl Unveils 2026 Festival Programming
Supercrawl organizers today unveiled the epic programming lineup for the free festival component of Supercrawl 2026. The award-winning multi-arts event, presented by TD Bank Group, will take place September 11-13, 2026 along James Street North in downtown Hamilton, Ontario.
The event also saw an historic hand-off, as the festival’s reins passed from founding programmer Tim Potocic to Supercrawl’s new Festival Director, Lisa La Rocca.
“Supercrawl has reinvented itself constantly over the years, and that has helped keep things vital and vibrant, for us as well as artists and audiences. This is just another face of that creative evolution,” said Potocic, who will transition to an ex-officio role on the festival’s board of directors. “I’m pleased to be succeeded by one of our strong and capable staffers, and I’m excited to see where Lisa takes Supercrawl in the years to come.”
La Rocca previewed the coming festival season for those in attendance at a launch event at the James Street offices of event producers Sonic Unyon. This year’s edition of Supercrawl features the most ambitious and expansive roster of artistic talent the festival has ever showcased, including local, regional, national and international talents in a range of artistic disciplines, on multiple stages along a kilometre of James North.
“Surprise and discovery have always been essential to Supercrawl,” La Rocca said. “We’re constantly looking to spotlight fresh perspectives and emerging artists, and this year we’re thrilled to be able to unveil so much of our festival at once because it makes that ideal concrete. Supercrawl is proud to honour, showcase and celebrate all varieties of creative work. That mission was important when we started out, and it’s even more critical in a time when artists face extraordinary challenges. We invite culture lovers from around our city and folks from across Canada join us as we celebrate the arts this September.”
Headliners at Supercrawl 2026 will be Aysanabee, Mariel Buckley, The Grapes of Wrath, Murda Beatz, William Prince, and Protest the Hero. Musical artists announced today include (in alphabetical order) The Anti-Queens, Em Armstrong, Aysanabee, 646yf4t, Blk Orchid, Siobhan Bodrug, Born in the Eighties, Mariel Buckley, Bye Parula, Capitol, Charissa, Chore, Carrie Clark, Bernadette Connors, Marshall Dane, Dumb Crush, Melissa Dutch, 8Banger, DJ’s Flying Circus, Ebril, Elfrida, The Fabulous Wonderfuls, Feura, Ariana Fig, Ian Flare, Floating Mansions, Gizmo, Golden Feather, The Grapes of Wrath, Gravely, The Greenhouse Collective, Nix Ironstone, Jammer’s Waffle House, June Body, Junestone, Bells Larsen, Lucky Honey, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Mauvey, John Muirhead, Murda Beatz, National Academy Orchestra of Canada, Harley Olivia, Preston Pablo, Joshua Pascua, The Penske File, Population II, William Prince, Protest the Hero, Reuben & The Dark x The Bullhorn Singers, Chelsea Reynolds, The Sarandons, Spitty, Status/Non-Status, Steve Strongman, Superstar Crush, Jasmine T, Julian Taylor, Téa Valentina, Sarah Vanderzon, Emma Whale, and YASSiN & Sean Terrio.
And Supercrawl’s music stages are only the beginning. The festival will also feature art installations from Art Gallery of Hamilton: Beyond the Frame, Arts for All: Artasia, Aiden Basso, Centre [4] Arts: The Sari Sari Exchange, Bailey Christiansen, Cesar Correa Cordoba, Caleb Culmone, Dear Bear Multi-Arts, Anthony Haley, Inspired But Hella Tired, Caillin Kowalczyk, Cornelia Peckart, Taylor Rasmussen, and Tom Wilson Tehohàhake.
The runway tent in the festival’s popular Fashion Zone will host head-turning showcases from Amici Brand, Beaten Path Vintage, The Better Days Club, Club Closet, Cosmic Couture, Created by Chimaera, Dopechief, EXCLSV, The Eye of Faith, Garba Groovers, HeyHey & Co., I Love Kandy, Inspired But Hella Tired, Lady Grey Burlesque, Mooncraft Market, The Muses, Ori-Krea, Elise Peckart, Piece of Work/Rewind, Pretty Little Strings, Sapphyre Poison Drag Xtravaganza, Steel City Slither, Sunstone Jewels, Supercrawl Cosplay Showcase, True Hamiltonian, and Vilegloom Vintage.
There’ll also be a wide variety of dance — from Bolo Tie Line, Dance at Your Doorstep, Ensemble Topaz, Garba Groovers, Hercinia Arts Collective, Omega Dance, Steel City Slither, and Steel City Swing Dance — as well as theatre and performance artists Big Nazo, Creative Barracks Arts Studio, Hamilton Aerial Group, and Kate Mior’s Madame Guillotine. Comedy showcase Roast Therapy will feature sets from Andrea Araya, Daniel Araya, Cody Chenier, Brendan Greenwood, and more.
Supercrawl’s Family Zone will host child- and family-friendly activities from Bruce Trail Conservancy, Cycle Hamilton, Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre, Hamilton Comic Con, Hamilton Farm Crawl, Hamilton Farmers’ Market, Hamilton Fire Department, Hamilton Public Library, McMaster Engineering Community Outreach, Navy League of Canada, Play Project Parkour, Six Nations Tourism, Telling Tales Festival, and Toronto Rock Lacrosse, as well as a Chess Simultaneous Exhibition, and Chinese Cultural Association Mahjong.
And, of course, there’s more. Further programming announcements, including Author Talks and Spoken Word, Food Trucks and Craft Vendors, will be released later this summer, along with festival schedule and map. Visit supercrawl.ca or follow festival social media accounts (@supercrawl) for more information.
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Supercrawl is Hamilton’s premier multi-arts festival, fusing new and independent music with art installations, fashion, performance, literature, theatre, and artisanal craft. Supercrawl’s diverse multidisciplinary program of sound, performance, visual and media arts is staged along a pedestrian-only creative corridor in the heart of downtown.
A not-for-profit arts organization, Supercrawl is committed to honouring, showcasing and celebrating all varieties of creative work, positioning local and emerging artists alongside significant provincial, national and international peers. The festival fosters and promotes arts and culture as well as the myriad benefits they provide.
Founded in 2009, Supercrawl has successfully evolved from a modest arts-based single-day occurrence to a multi-day event with national/international profile and attendance. The festival has gone from a one-day celebration on a single block to a weekend-long experience encompassing over two kilometres of downtown streets, with attendance growing steadily from 3,000 to over 275,000 in that time. In addition to its namesake free festival weekend, Supercrawl Productions also produces ticketed concerts and events throughout the year.
Supercrawl was shortlisted for a 2019 Ontario Tourism Award of Excellence for Tourism Event of the Year and 2017 Canadian Tourism Award for Event of the Year. The festival received the 2015 Ontario Tourism Award of Excellence for Tourism Event of the Year and has been repeatedly recognized as one of Festival and Events Ontario’s Top 100 Festivals/Events (2015-2020, 2023-2025). I
Supercrawl Presents an All-Ages Day Party Sept 5 at Bridgeworks
- • Great music
- • Lower volume
- • Moving lights
- • Tasty snacks
- • A welcoming environment for young kids and grown-ups
- • Kids under age 13 admitted free with ticket-holding parent/guardian
Supercrawl Lineups: 17 Years of Dazzling Music
ONE FESTIVAL. SEVENTEEN SEASONS. HUNDREDS OF PERFORMERS
Since 2009, Supercrawl has hosted a vibrant range of compelling and contemporary musical talent. Whether through the signature on-street festival weekend, partnered presentations, club series, or ticketed events, Supercrawl consistently showcases the best of local live music alongside national and international artists.
The kaleidoscopic roster of Supercrawl alumni runs into the high hundreds and includes A Tribe Called Red, The Acorn, AIOFE, Jeremie Albino, Allegories, Altameda, The Altobeelays, Alvvays, Matt Andersen, Antibalas, The Anti-Queens, Arkells, Art Pop Ensemble, A Side B Side, Ascot Royals, Astral Witch, Athanase, Rich Aucoin, Averages, Kee Avil, Avrha, Aysanabee, Backbiters, BADBADNOTGOOD, Bad Dates, Bad Waitress, Bahamas, Tim Baker, Adam Baldwin, The Bandicoots, Tynomi Banks, The Barettas, James Barker Band, Basement Revolver, Bathing, BB Guns, The Beaches, Sarah Beatty, The Be Sharps, Beef Boys, Beelays, Begonia, Beliefs, Belle Game, Bend It Like Beck, Ridley Bent, The Beverleys, Sean Bienhaus, Big Fir, Big Wreck, Bile Sister, Bill and the Art Crawlers, Billy Moon, Billy Talent, Everett Bird, Rae Billing & Crybaby, Black Baron, Black Collar Union, Black Rhino Riot, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, Blandlord, Blind Mule, Blunt Chunks, Rachel Bobbitt, Bocce, Bombino,
Bonjay, Boo Seeka, Kate Boothman, Born in the Eighties, Born Ruffians, Jessie Bower, Bowjia, Boy & Bear, Boy Golden, Boyhood, Boys and Girls Club, Charles Bradley, Bravestation, Breeze, Broken Social Scene, Bros, The Bros. Landreth, Brott Opera, Bruce Peninsula, Brusque Twins, Jennifer Budd, Buddah Abusah, Basia Bulat, Katie Bulley, Thomas Cade, Cadence Weapon, Ben Caplan, Caribou, Carmen on Tap, Carpenteers, Casper Skulls, Jennifer Castle, Catl, Caveboy, Century Palm, Change of Heart, Nuela Charles, Tanika Charles & the Wonderfuls, Evelyn Charlotte-Joe, Chastity, Chelsea Light Moving, Rita Chiarelli, Paul Chin, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Choose Up, Chore, Nicole Christian, Sarah Church, City and the Sea, Classified, Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs, Laura Cole, Colour Film, Comet Control, Command Sisters, The Commissionaires, The Commune, Cootes Paradise,
Charlotte Cornfield, Coszmos Quartette, Cowlick, Coy Haste, William Crighton, Cross Dog, The Crowleys, Crrotting, Crystal Journey, Customaries, cute, Aron D’Alesio, Dammit Goldie, Danko Jones, The Danks, The Darcys, Dead Tired, Dear Rouge, Dearly Beloved, The Dears, Death From Above 1979, Matthew de Zoete, Diamond Rings, Digging Roots, The Dill, Dilly Dally. Dinner Belles, Dinosaur Bones, The Diodes, Dirty Frigs, The Dirty Nil, Discography DJs, Dizzy, Dizzy Spells, DJ Basco, DJ Ollie, DJ Spinn, Doldrums, Doobie Freaks, Don Vail, Doomsquad, Dr. Draw, Kevin Drew, Ducats, Dwayne Gretzky, Earth Wind and Choir, The East Pointers, Eccodek, Dan Edmonds, Egyptrixx, Eight and a Half, Electroluminescent, Elk, Ellevator, Elliott Brood, Joel Elliot and Thin Lines, Ellis, John Ellison, The Elwins, Emay, Engine Empire, Eschaton, Espanola, Essen, Etiquette, Explosions In The Sky, Julie Fader, Fake Palms, Fame Cartel,
Family of Things, Fast Romantics, Fateh, James Favron, Michael Feuerstack, Fionn, Jeremy Fisher, Jeremy Fisher Junior, Five Alarm Funk, The Flatliners, Flesh Rag, Fontine, Norman Foote, Four Tet, Foxwarren, Pete Fowler, The Franklin Electric, Fresh Snow, Danielle Fricke, Friendly Rich, Frog Eyes, Fruiti, Fry Truck, F—-d Up, The Fuddles, Evangeline Gentle, Hannah Georgas, The Gertrudes, Get Off the Cop, Tim Gibbons,The Goddamn Goddamns, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Golden Feather, Good Luck Shop, Sarah Good, Goodnight Sunrise, Great Lake Swimmers, The Great Machine, Jacques Greene, Jeremy Greenspan, JG Ballad, Grey Lands, Greys, Grey\\Water, Groove Machine, GUH, Guilty Pleasure, Hachey the Mouthpeace, Jordan Haller, The Halluci Nation, Hamilton Children Choir, Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra,
Hamilton Suzuki School of Music, Hamilton Youth Steel Orchestra, Handsome Sultan, Haolin Munk, Harlan Pepper, Sarah Harmer, The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, Harrison, Harrow Fair, Haters, Neil Haverty, Ron Hawkins and The Do Good Assassins, Hayden, Piper Hayes, HEALTH, The Heartbroken, Hello Harvard, Matt Henderson, The Darcy Hepner Jazz Orchestra, The HiCats, Tim Hicks, Rebekah Higgs, High Kites, High Note Ramblers, Lacey Hill, Hollerado, Matt Holubowski, Holy Data, Hotel Mira, How to Dress Well, HSY, Humans, Huren, Ikonica, Illitry, Iskwé, Island People, Jambassadors, Jamie xx, Jaunt, Jean Caffeine, Jess and Tay, BA Johnston, Jon and Roy, Julianna Jones, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Julie & the Wrong Guys, Junior Boys, K’naan, Kaïa Kater, Mia Kelly, Harrison Kennedy, The Kents, Shawn Kerr, Kestrels, kid YEARS, Kiesza, The Killjoys,
King Park, Kingdom Shore, Shawnee Kish, Taylor Knox, Kode9, Komodo, Kotek, Chantal Kreviazuk, KROY, Pierre Kwenders, KTxKP, L-Spex, Rob Lamothe, Joey Landreth, Ryan Langdon, Language Arts, Daniel Lanois, Jessy Lanza, Lava Dolls, Bettye LaVette, Mikhail Laxton, Ada Lea, Alyssa LeClair, Lee Harvey Osmond, The Legendary Turnstylez, Hamilton Leithauser, Hubert Lenoir, Mattie Leon, Le Ren, Les Trois Accords, Letters to Lions, Hua Li 化力, Terra Lightfoot, Lightmares, Lights, Lindy, Linebeck, Little Junior, Live How You Live, Kellie Loder, Lone Rhu, Lonely Little Kitsch, Lonely Parade, LOONY, Los Chukos, Lost Faculty, Lost In The Trees, Loversteeth, Loviet, DJ Donna Lovejoy, Lowell, Sarah Lowes, LTtheMonk, Lucky Honey, Luckystickz, Luella, Luna Li, Corb Lund, Olivia Lunny, Catherine MacLellan, Mad Professor, Raine Maida, Dan Mangan, Shanika Maria, J Mascis, Mayor McCA, Eamon McGrath, McMaster Cybernetic Orchestra, Ryan McNally, The Marble Index, Melissa Marchese,
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Matt Mays, Matthew Runaway, Mean Old Hammer,The Medicine Hat, Megative, Aleef Mehdi, Melted Faces, METZ, Mexican Slang, Haviah Mighty, Minuscule, Mississippi Bends, Modern Space, Ariane Moffatt, Mokomakai, MonkeyJunk, Monowhales, Monster Truck, Jacob Moon, Moon King, MOONRIIVR, Motel Raphaël, Motëm, Mother Leads, Mother Tareka & the Rebel Funktion, Mount Farewell, Mountain of Wolves, Muffled Suitcase, Benjamin Muñoz, MVLL CRIMES, My Brightest Diamond, My Son The Hurricane, Mystery Machine, Nailbiter, The National, The National Academy Orchestra of Canada, Nautiluss, nêhiyawak, Neon Dreams, Angela Nethersole, Sarah Neufeld, New Friends, New Hands, Nezqwik, Willie Nile, Not Of, NOVIÆ, Nyssa, Mimi O’Bonsawin, Jesse O’Brien, Odario, Chris Oday, Odonis Odonis, Of Gentlemen & Cowards, Oh Susanna, Ohbijou, Ohmme,
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers, OMBIIGIZI, Opera Hamilton, Operators, Lindi Ortega, Osito, The Pack AD, Paley & Francis, Owen Pallett, Pandaléon, Peter Pankhurst, Gabrielle Papillon, Brant Parker, Partner, Passion Pit, Fred Penner, Paula Perri, Sandro Perri, Persons, Pet Sun, Peter Dreams, Petra Glynt, Pick A Piper, Lido Pimienta, Pineapple Girls, The Pistolettes, Plants and Animals, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Pleasure Craft, Poesy, Poor Nameless Boy, Postdata, Keegan Powell, Neeraj Prem, Kelly Prescott, PS I Love You, Pucumber Sasssquatch Family Band, Pumps, PyPy, Queen Cee, Rah Rah, Rapid Transit, Rarity, Reader, The Reason, The Recklaws, The Redhill Valleys, Lee Reed, Repartee, The Rest, Revive The Rose, Rexford Drive, Amanda Rheaume, Rhythm Express, Rise Carmine, River Tiber, Sam Roberts Band, Ben Rogers, Neena Rose, Shealagh Rose, Evan Rotella,
Sean Rowe, Royal Canoe, Royal Castles, Royal Seas, Rules,Run Maggie Run, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Serena Ryder, The Sadies, Said the Whale, Buffy Sainte-Marie, John K. Samson, Sandman Viper Command, Scattered Clouds, Scratcha DVA, $EAMS, Sensei, Several Futures, Sha Bang Bang, Shad, Shade, ShaaMaa, Sharon and Bram, Andy Shauf, Annie Shaw, Jamie Shea & The Gentle Reminders, The Sheepdogs, Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens, shishi, Shout Out Out Out Out, SIANspheric, Simon and The Alexanders, Mike Simonetti, Simply Saucer, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Single Mothers, SINS, Skiffs, Skirt Check, Alfie Smith, C.A Smith, Smoothie Lou, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Snowblink, So Young, Ben Somer, The Sorority, John Southworth, Speedy Ortiz, Spookyguava, Spoon, Spruce Invaders, Ginger St. James, Alex St. Kitts,
Stars, Status/Non-Status, The Strangers, The Stinkbugs, Steve Strongman, The Strumbellas, The Sugarman 3, Sun K,Sunshine Makers, Suuns,Superstar Crush, Adrian Sutherland, Tomi Swick, Tallies, Tanya Tagaq, Rory Taillon, Theo Tams, Tarantula X, Julian Taylor,Teenage Head, Texas King, Ian Thomas, Thought Beneath Film, 3:1, Thunder Queens, Timber Timbre, Michelle Titian, To Our Divide, TOBi, Tongue Fu, Too Many Zooz, The Trews, Trickbag, Trout Lily, TRP.P, ttwwrrss, TUNS, Turkey Rhubarb, Turnstylez, TV Freaks, Jeff Tweedy, Twin Within, Uncle Harry & The Kickstands, Vallens, Heather Valley, The Vanishers, The Vaudevillian, Menno Versteeg, Vierance, Viet Cong, Vilivant, Suzie Vinnick, Voodoo Glow Skulls,
Walrus, Ruby Waters, Willie Watson, Wax Mannequin, Weaves, Bry Webb, Sam Weber, Weekend Riot Club, White Cowbell Oklahoma, White Crowleys, Whitehorse, Alex Whorms, Wild Domestic, The Wild High, JJ Wilde, CJ Wiley, Charlotte Day Wilson, Roslyn Witter, Steven Wilson, Thompson Wilson, Wintersleep, Wish, Witherow & Wynands, Donovan Woods, Womb, Wooly Mantis, Donovan Woods, Hawksley Workman, Max Wray, WTCHS, X Ambassadors, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, Yassin + Sean Terrio, Lori Yates & the Drugstore Cowboys, Yo La Tengo, Young Galaxy, Young Rival, Yukon Blonde, Zeus, The Zilis, The Zolas, ZONES and Zoon.
That talent roll will grow longer still with the release of details around the 18th annual edition of Supercrawl in June 2026.
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TOP TO BOTTOM: Antibalas at Supercrawl 2014; Arkells at Supercrawl 2014; Broken Social Scene at Supercrawl 2018; Fateh at Supercrawl 2019; iskwē at Supercrawl 2018; Sharon Jones at Supercrawl 2015; Lido Pimienta at Supercrawl 2022; The Sorority at Supercrawl 2019; Spoon at Supercrawl 2014; Tanya Tagaq at Supercrawl 2017; Yo La Tengo at Supercrawl 2013
Video shot on location at Supercrawl 2019 by Thrillhouse Studios
James North: Neighbourhood of the Arts
A PLACE WHERE CREATIVITY LIVES
Since 2010, Supercrawl has showcased visual art installations in a variety of media, including projects and artwork by Hiba Abdallah, Kim Adams, Donna Akrey, Mark Ainslie, Asli Alin, All Our Relations Collective, Jaime Angelopoulos, Arts For All, Sonny Assu, C.R. Avery, Nedda Baba, Mary Anne Barkhouse, BecauseDesignMatters, Sarah Beck, Monique Aura Bedard, Beehive Craft Collective, Connor Bennett, BGL, Kiera Boult, David Brooks, Adam David Brown, Lea Bucknell, Dawn Hackett Burns, Nathan Eugene Carson, Tia Cavanagh, Tracie Ching, Jefferson Campbell-Cooper, Roy Caussy, Clear Eyes Collective, David Collier, Cesar C. Cordoba, Vanessa Crosbie Ramsay, Adrienne Crossman, Nathan Cyprys, Marco D’Andrea, Shayne Dark, Tanya Davis, Sara Deck, John Dickson, Eric Drass, dpai architecture, Dean Drever, Jason Edmiston, En Masse, Justin Erickson, Simon Frank, Jason Freiburger, Frenly, Melissa General, Shlomi Greenspan, Group of 7 Billion, Ann Marie Hadcock, Anthony Haley, Anitra Hamilton, Hamilton Perambulatory Unit, John Haney, Adad Hannah, Sandi Hartling, Alexa Hatanaka, Robert Hengeveld, Dave Hind, Katie Huckson, Alicia Hunt, Natalie Hunter, Alex Jacobs-Blum, Erika James, Carey Jernigan, Thea Jones, Svava Thordis Juliusson, kírkē, Koe Design, Jason Krugman, Leafton Labs, Ness Lee, Maria Legault, Gareth Lichty, Little Dada and the Boys, Tor Lukasik-Foss, Drew MacEachern, Vincent Marcone, Kelly Mark, Laura Marotta, Sean Martindale, Christopher McLeod, Nancy Anne McPhee, Andrew McPhail, Robert Michael, Zeke Moores, Chrix Morix, Amber Helene Müller St. Thomas, Marie-Jeanne Musiol, Shelley Niro, Susy Oliveira, Andrew Owen, Patrick Paine, Megan Press, Mark Prier, Sean Procyk, Nathalie Quagliotto, Red Tree Collective, Paige Reynolds, Jim Riley, Mitch Robertson, Jessica A. Rodríguez, Matt Rogalsky, Al Runt, Dustin Seabrook, Shake-n-Make, Chris Shepherd, Coral Short, Kimber Sider, Site 3 Fire Arts, Skawennati, Stephanie Springgay, St Marie φ Walker, stylo starr, Jordyn Stewart, Kyle Stewart, Max Streicher, Kearon Roy Taylor, Tyler Tekatch, Reece Terris, TH&B, Alison Thompson, Patrick Thompson, Matt Ryan Tobin, Kevin Tong, José Luis Torres, Brandon Vickerd, Matthew Walker, C. Wells, Elinor Whidden, Peter Michael Wilson, Tom Wilson, and Shellie Zhang. That roster will expand with the release of details around the 18th annual edition of Supercrawl in June 2026.
Supercrawl provides opportunities to local, regional and national artists and performers at both early and established stages of their practices. An annual call for submissions is issued to invite proposals from artists working in a variety of media.
Art-loving festival-goers will also find numerous gallery spaces and artists’ studios in and around Supercrawl’s neighbourhood, including Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Assembly, Centre[3], Coloma Studio, Gallery 4 Annex, Melanie Gillis Studio, Hamilton Artists Inc., HCA Gallery, Mills Hardware, RE-Create Outreach Art Studio, Studio on James, The Studios at Hotel Hamilton, Workers Arts and Heritage Centre and You Me Gallery.
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TOP TO BOTTOM: Dean Drever, Bear Hunt, at Supercrawl 2014; Max Streicher, Giants Ascending, at Supercrawl 2011
