VENUE CHANGE: Cee Lo, Metric, Cake and more….are heading indoors
SONIC BOOM 2011 is moving inside! The annual modern rock festival happening Sunday, Sept. 4 celebrating the local modern rock radio station Sonic 102.9 FM has changed its venue to Northlands Expo from the outdoor Northlands grounds. The headliners will remain the same: Jane’s Addiction, Cee Lo Green, Metric, Social Distortion, Cake and more; and […]
Giant Invisible Robot, The Unseen honoured as Edmonton Fringe breaks attendance records
It’s not called North America’s biggest Fringe festival for nothing. Fringeopolis, this year’s edition of the annual theatre fest in Old Strathcona (and more far-flung locales), has set a new record, hitting somewhere around 102,000 tickets sold on Saturday. If that sounds low, keep in mind that’s just show attendance; the festival as a whole […]
CONCERTS: Smash Mouth on Oct. 1, Wilderness of Manitoba on Aug. 31
Without the casino circuit, one-hit wonders would be an endangered species – and some people seem to feel this is a bad thing. But consider Smash Mouth, coming to the River Cree Casino on Saturday, Oct. 1. Here was a fun little band that had a fun little song called Walkin’ in the Sun in […]
GIGGLE CITY: The Birdmann thinks outside the nest
To atone for banging on Australian street performers who ruin every summer festival in Edmonton (No. 4 on list of Eight Dumb Things About the Fringe), our special guest today is … an Australian street performer! The Birdmann (Trent Baumann) is actually working “inside” at this year’s Edmonton International Fringe Festival, even though his act […]
THIS WEEK: Top-drawing Fringe plays advance to Bonus Round – the Holdovers!
The people have spoken. Eleven of the top-grossing and most critically acclaimed plays (for the most part) at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival are going onto the BONUS ROUND! Otherwise known as the famous “Fringe Holdovers,” these following productions will enjoy extended runs at three area theatres: The Westbury in the Arts Barns, the Holy […]
Chris Isaak takes it to Bakersfield at the River Cree Casino
If you’ve either had enough Fringing for the year; or maybe the Blues Festival isn’t really your scene – there are number of live music gigs happening tonight (Saturday, Aug. 20) you may want to check out: Cygnets (Pawn Shop) – always-popular local band Cygnets is playing an early show at the Pawn Shop on […]
Analog cable won’t end any time soon, says Shaw
*More: Analog TVs gather dust in thrift stores as digital switch approaches Analog television broadcasting will be a thing of the past in Edmonton next month, but analog cable could chug along for years in the city, according to a cable industry executive. As of September 1, 2011, cable service providers can, if they wish, […]
META-FRINGE – Grim & Fischer laugh in the face of Death
What follows are mixed cocktails of published recent reviews of the Edmonton International Fringe Festival – conflating the critical writing of the brave theatre reviewers from the Edmonton Sun, Edmonton Journal and Vue Weekly magazine. (Brackets) – mark a change from one voice to another. Three out of three reviewers agree the following Fringe plays […]
Eight dumb things about the Fringe
The Edmonton International Fringe Festival is the best festival in Edmonton. There. It had to be said. Seriously, you won’t find a higher concentration and variety of artistry in one spot at one time anywhere else in town any other time of the year, the folk fest being a distant second. The Fringe draws around […]
META-FRINGE: Rocket Sugar Factory, Bye Bye Bombay, Pornstar USA and The Hysteric
At this point in the International Fringe Theatre Festival, continuing at almost 50 different venues through Sunday, canny fans know what’s good and what’s not-so-good – thanks to a dedicated legion of theatre critics, most of which come out of the woodwork at roughly the same time every summer. What a coincidence that there’s a […]
Maria in the Shower release CD at the Artery
It almost feels wrong to write about Maria in the Shower for an online-only publication. The “folk cabaret” band would probably prefer to see this article in typewriter font on aged yellow paper. “We wish there could be a time without electricity,” says drummer Todd Biffard, noting singer/trumpet and accordion player Jack Garton always brings […]
