2013 CONCERT PREDICTIONS: Year of Young Women ahead
Hari Seldon – central character in Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi masterpiece “Foundation” – was onto something there, but he didn’t need to make such a big deal about it. It’s easy to predict the future by analysing the events of the past. At least it seems to work for the near future of major concerts expected […]
Mark Meer elected Edmontonian of 2012 in landslide victory
We should’ve known what would happen if we put Mark Meer on the list. Of course he was voted GigCity’s Edmontonian of the Year – in a landslide, with 68% of the vote. He’s such a tireless self-promoter and wields such a formidable clout in social media that winning our little contest/social experiment was a […]
NYE MUSIC PREVIEW: Should old gigs be forgot and never brought to mind?
New Year’s Eve is a weird gig. Traditionally for musicians it is the highest paying job of the year, but it’s a party more than a concert, and the musicians are expected to be entertainers more than the artists they are the rest of the year. It’s also the one show where you’re playing second […]
REAREND IN VIEW: Our top stories of 2012
The most popular stories GigCity published in 2012 started in January with a viral video of “strange sounds in the sky” that prompted a local debunker to create a hoax video to prove the original was a hoax, but the plan backfired when her video went viral, too, as did the article we wrote about […]
Vote now for Edmontonian of the Year!
If Time magazine can choose a “Person of the Year” from eight billion prospects, we can certainly do it from among the mere one million citizens of Edmonton. It’s kind of like Vue magazine’s “best of Edmonton,” but there can only be one. We just don’t have the budget. The only criteria was “made waves […]
Who is the Edmonton Person of the Year?
We’re making a list – but we’ll be checking it three times, at least. The hunt is on for Edmonton’s “Person of the Year,” for no other good reason than “why the hell not?” And you – yes, you, reader – can play a part. In the first phase of what will undoubtedly be a […]
McDades speak out: You will practice your fiddle and you will love it!
It must be hard to rebel against your parents when your parents are folk musicians. It’s pretty much the most rebellious form of music known to man outside of punk rock, which is really just folk music writ large. But rebel one must. As a teenager, Solon McDade actually experienced a crisis of fashion that […]
LOCAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC: Hot chocolate for the ears, cider for the soul
It’s hard to know if Edmonton musicians are more or less inclined to record Christmas music than musicians in other places – hard to know because, frankly, we’re too lazy to do the math. It’s that time of year. But there are telling signs. Area artists, generally, don’t seem as inspired by Edmonton’s long beautiful […]
Alexisonfire to host its own Celebration of Life
A rock band is the only living entity that can be present at its own wake. If only human beings could enjoy such flowers at our own funerals, to witness the outpouring of love and adoration from friends and family and fans that disbanding rock bands experience on farewell tours. One last time. The Last […]
Come on down! The Price is Right to hit Edmonton
Why has this not been in Edmonton before? We love shopping! Part of a successful series of touring TV game shows, the “Price is Right” is coming to town – at the Jubilee Auditorium on Sunday, March 10 – and we get to play. Tickets go on sale Friday. This is a for-real game show, […]
THEATRE: Bus ride finds true meaning of Edmonton
If you’re lacking either Edmonton or Christmas spirit or both, a ride on the magic bus could do wonders. And no, its not the No. 5 on the last Friday of the month. “Birdie on the Wrong Bus” is billed as a heart-warming slice of Edmontonia, making its world premiere at the Show Globe Festival […]
TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS: Toys, candy, family, four ghosts
If you haven’t found the true meaning of Christmas by now, you’re probably not going to find it in a Christmas show – but that doesn’t stop them from trying. Edmonton sees the same set of Christmas shows every year, year after year, in one similar form or another, and people keep flocking to them […]
