Edmonton's enthusiastic
self-promotion as Canada's
"Festival City" may
have something to do with its
relative shortage of
indigenous
nightlife .
There are any number of
small-time nightspots,
especially in Old Strathcona,
putting on live music, but
larger clubs capable of
attracting big names are thin
on the ground. Such big-name
acts as do appear - as well as
theatre companies,
Alberta
Ballet (tel 428-6839),
Edmonton
Opera (tel 429-1000) -
tend to use the University of
Alberta's Jubilee Auditorium,
87th Avenue and 114th Street (tel
427-2760,
www.jubileeauditorium.com
), and the Citadel Theatre,
9828-101A Ave (tel 426-4811,
425-1820 or 1-888/425-1820,
www.citadeltheatre.com
): the latter, with five
performance spaces, is
Canada's largest theatre
complex. Some companies, plus
the
Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra (tel 428-1414,
www.edmontonsymphony.com
), use the excellent new
performance space, the Francis
Winspear Centre for Music, 4
Sir Winston Churchill Square (tel
428-1414,
www.winspearcentre.com
). The season for most of the
city's dozen or more theatre
companies runs from May to
September. For revivals,
foreign films and art-house
cinema
, try the old Princess
Theatre, 10337-82nd Ave (tel
433-0728).
The best listings
source is the free weekly Vue
(published Thurs, available
from stores, hotels and street
kisoks), as well as the
entertainment sections of the
city's main newspapers, the Edmonton
Journal and the Sun
. Tickets for most
classical music, dance, opera,
theatre and other events -
including big-name concerts
and Edmonton Oilers ice-hockey
games, which are played in the
Skyreach Centre (formerly the
Edmonton Coliseum), 118th
Avenue and 74th Street - are
available from Ticketmaster
outlets (tel 451-8000) around
the city.
Clubs, discos and live
music
Blues on Whyte at the
Commercial Hotel , 10329-82nd
Ave (tel 439-5058). One of the
city's better live music
clubs; bands most nights,
Saturday jam sessions. Cook
County Saloon , 8010-103rd St
(tel 432-2665). Deservedly...
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Festivals
Hardly any area of
entertainment goes
uncelebrated by a festival at
some time of the year in
Edmonton, the self-proclaimed
"Festival City".
There's almost always
something good on. One of the
best events - and one of the
few to merit a special...
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