Up + Downtown Music Festival is an Edmonton-made initiative that brings venues in the city’s core together for a holiday-weekend extravaganza. With an array of music genres offered throughout the three-day festival, attendees often find it hard to pick just one...
With Royal Canoe’s most recent release, Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit, debuting on Sept. 16, it was something that felt a bit anti-climactic for vocalist Matt Peters. “We’re feeling pretty great,” Peters said, while watching the Toronto Blue Jays...
With Rogers Place opening its doors in September, it felt like Edmonton’s downtown revitalization had taken its first major step. But the revitalization wouldn’t be where it is today if it weren’t for others laying groundwork, like executive director Jason Flammia...
From Oct. 9-11, the third incarnation of Jason Flammia’s Up + Downtown Music Festival took place, featuring over 70 independent artists and 11 venues throughout downtown Edmonton. Attendees with weekend wristbands, which were sold for $85, were granted access to...
