Edmonton Music

• Making Edmonton a music city: plan suggests the way forward

  A new report has some suggestions on how to make Edmonton a music city.

  Canada

  May 30, 2024
  
• Edmonton Folk Fest announces 2023 lineup

  The headliners of the festival will be Feist on Thursday, Fleet Foxes on Friday, Old Crow Medicine Show on Saturday and Ben Harper closing the festival on Sunday.

  Entertainment

  May 24, 2023
  
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• K-Days announces line-up, new attractions for 2023 festival

  New at this year’s summer fair – K-Days – in Edmonton will be the world’s biggest inflatable obstacle course and a travelling mirror tent, according to Explore Edmonton.

  Canada

  May 23, 2023
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• Edmonton pianist finds way to play despite spinal cord injury

  After his spinal cord injury in 2019, Edmonton pianist Riccardo Baldini wasn't sure if he would ever be able to play again, but now he is ready for a live show.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2022
• Work by Edmonton music studio Velveteen nominated for 3 Juno Awards

  Velveteen has work nominated for Pop Album of the Year, Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year, and Adult Contemporary Album of the Year.

  Entertainment

  Apr 28, 2022
• ‘Full circle’: After 7 years, the Roxy Theatre reopens its doors in Edmonton

  It was a reopening for the ages Thursday night as, after seven long years, the Roxy Theatre reopened its doors and heart to Edmontonians.

  Features

  Apr 15, 2022
• Cadence Weapon captures Polaris Music Prize for hip-hop album ‘Parallel World’

  Cadence Weapon has won the 2021 Polaris Music Prize — considered one of the country's most prestigious music awards — for his album "Parallel World."

  Entertainment

  Sep 28, 2021
• Work on mural honouring late SNFU singer to start on Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue next month

  A massive mural to honour the memory of Ken Chinn (a.k.a. Chi Pig), the late singer of iconic Canadian punk band SNFU, will be completed on Edmonton's Whyte Avenue this summer.

  Entertainment

  May 27, 2021
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• Edmonton Folk Fest will not take place this summer

  "As profoundly disappointing as this news is, we believe this is the only safe way forward," festival producer Terry Wickham said.

  Entertainment

  Apr 12, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performs first shows since March

  It's not the usual packed house, but the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is ready to play for an audience.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2020