WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: High on Open Sky

Posted on June 7, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music

It goes without saying that the biggest live event of the weekend is the Open Sky Music Festival down at Hawrelak Park – but we’re going to say it anyway. Some extraordinary talent takes the stages Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This is always a stellar event, with great music, food, and fun. The other big […]

Sinead O’Connor to headline new Edmonton summer music festival

Posted on March 23, 2012 By Albert Smith Dining, Front Slider, Music

Sinead O’Connor, Randy Newman and Blue Rodeo are playing in Hawrelak Park’s Heritage Amphitheatre this summer – some of the biggest names ever to have performed there. So say goodbye to the low level jealously that occurs among Edmontonians around the end of July when the Calgary Folk Music Festival happens the same weekend. The […]

TONIGHT: Surf rocker Donavon Frankenreiter plays Open Sky Music Festival

Posted on August 26, 2011 By Mike Ross Music

No more festivals! The summer in Edmonton, such that it was, is just too packed. Well, OK, one more … The second annual Open Sky Music Festival, celebrating “surf rock” and its related genres, is set to go at Saturday and Sunday at Hawrelak Park’s Heritage Amphitheatre, which is at least a thousand miles from […]

FORSOOTH! Freewill Shakespeare Festival opens tonight

Posted on June 30, 2011 By Staff Theatre

Usually in Shakespeare, the less-reputable characters are the bloodsuckers. At the Freewill Shakespeare Fest this year? Well, it’s in Hawrelak Park, so you…(bzzz)…do the (thwack!) math on (smack!, damn skeeters!) that one. Oh, get over it. Bring bug juice to the shows that open tonight (Thursday, June 30) and runs to July 24, and revel […]

Utopia Music Festival to be happy, shiny experience – even in the rain

Posted on June 17, 2011 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music

Rarely have the words “THE SHOW MUST GO ON” meant so much as they do for the promoter of the Utopia Music Festival. Dale Plourde, after working on this weekend’s Edmonton Pride Festival event for the past year, suffered a mild heart attack three days ago. Friends quickly revived him and he was rushed to […]

THEATRE: Freewill Shakespeare Fest offers you Moor

Posted on June 9, 2011 By LH Thomson Culture, The Latest, Theatre

Usually in Shakespeare, the less-reputable characters are the bloodsuckers. At the Freewill Shakespeare Fest this year? Well, it’s in Hawrelak Park, so you…(bzzz)…do the (thwack!) math on (smack!, damn skeeters!) that one. Oh, get over it. Bring bug juice to the shows from June 30 to July 24 and revel in the one reason good […]

Edmonton Rock Music Festival turns back clock Aug. 12-13

Posted on June 7, 2011 By Adrian Lackey Music, The Latest

Question: when does something classify as “Classic Rock”? On South Park, it was suggested it took 22.3 years for AIDS jokes to become acceptable and, therefore, funny. And we know the half-life of a McDonald’s french fry is 17.6 decades. So how long does it take for a band to be considered “classic”? If you […]

Guitar Shorty hits Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival

Posted on April 29, 2011 By LH Thomson Front Slider, Music

There are always some fairly righteous reasons to go to Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival, but this year is something a little special, at least if you like ripping guitar. Y’see, even though he’s not the headliner, this year’s edition – Aug. 19 to 21 at Hawrelak Park – is bringing in Guitar Shorty. And Guitar […]

Silver Skate Festival in full, cold swing this weekend

Posted on February 18, 2011 By Andrea Scharner Culture, Family

Music, mushing, skating and sleigh rides: Edmonton’s longest-running winter festival, Silver Skate, is back for another year. The festival runs at Hawrelak Park through Monday 21, February which is Family Day. Silver Skate is rooted in the Dutch tradition of the love of outdoor activity. The festival’s anchor events, the Edmonton Winter Triathlon (skate, ski, […]

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