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Edmonton’s festival season is in full swing and this weekend alone will see no less than a half-dozen festivals go off. There’ll be huge laughs at Grindstone’s comedy festival while Muttstock’s gone to the dogs, Streetfest will fill downtown with art installations and street performers and then there’s the Found Festival in Old Strathcona.

While most festivals are obvious, the entire premise of the Common Ground Arts Society’s Found Festival is art in unexpected places such as Mika Haykowsky’s colourful and quirky sky-rat homes up in the trees.

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Running Thursday through Sunday in Old Strathcona, there’s also a music series with a solid line-up of local talent playing in a little outdoor space behind the Arts Barns’ Backstage Theatre at 10330 84 Ave. The festival is free but you do need tickets for The Hoedown, the celebratory after-party curated by Salem Zurch kicking off at 10 p.m. Saturday at the new Mile Zero Dance space, 9931 78 Ave.

The festival is full of surprises so check the lineup and schedule online at commongroundarts.ca and have fun with all you can find!

ART

Thru 7/7: Ernestine Tahedl (Bugera Matheson)

7/6: ArtWalk St. Albert 2023 (Various locations)

7/7-9: Whyte Avenue Art Walk (Old Strathcona)

7/7-15: (RE)ConFIGUREd: 31st Annual Naked Show (Harcourt)

Thru 7/8: Alice Teichert: Pulsar (Peter Robertson)

Thru 7/8: NO FEAR! 35th Annual Members’ Exhibition + Art Sale (Harcourt)

Thru 7/9: Edward Fu-Chen Juan’s Mending Roots and Yilu Xing’s Today’s Special (SNAP)

Thru 7/10: KIAS 15th Anniversary (FAB)

Thru 7/27: Patrick Higgins’ Life of the Party (Miller)

Thru 7/28: Helena Hadala’s Two Sides to the Story (Bugera Matheson)

7/28-9/10: Julian Forrest’s Collapse (Into Now) (Harcourt)

7/28-9/19: Mona Sahi’s What If I Knew? (Harcourt)

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8/3: ArtWalk St. Albert 2023 (Various locations)

Thru 8/13: Lana Whiskeyjack’s kisikayastew ᑭᓯᑲᔭᐢᑌᐤ…when the night shines like the day (AGA)

Thru 8/13: William Hogarth: Gone to the Dogs (AGA)

Thru 9/3: Home & Migration (AGA)

Thru 9/3: Unstructured (Lowlands Yards)

9/7: ArtWalk St. Albert 2023 (Various locations)

Thru 9/10: Dance Party (AGA)

Thru 10/15: From Warhol to Banksy (AGA)

Thru 10/15: Kenzie Housego’s I (Heart) U (AGA)

Thru 11/26: ᐋᐧᐸᑲᐧᓃᐊᐧᐣ Wâpakwanîwin (To bloom, it has many flowers) (AGA)

Thru 12/31: Damian Moppett (AGA)

24/4/29: Uii Savage: Celestial Passage (AGA)

BOOKS

10/3: Bryan Stevenson (Myer Horowitz)

11/19: Christine Sinclair (Edmonton Convention Centre)

COMEDY

Thru 7/9: Grindstone Comedy Festival w/ Scott Thomson as Buddy Cole (Grindstone)

7/6-8: Abby Roberge (Comic Strip)

7/6-10: Scott Thompson, Che Durena, Sophie Buddle, Garrett Jamieson, others (Grindstone)

7/13: Steve Hofstetter (Union)

7/13-16: Mo Mandel (Comic Strip)

7/14&16: The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival w/ Theo Von and Bill Burr (Kinsmen Park)

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7/20-22: Carlos Mencia (Comic Strip)

7/21: Ola Dada (Grindstone)

7/27-30: Sophie Buddle (Comic Strip)

8/3-6: Craig Conant (Comic Strip)

8/26: Dan Soder (Comic Strip)

9/2: Nurse Blake (Jubilee)

9/13: Dara Ó Briain (Myer Horowitz)

9/15: Zarna Garg (River Cree)

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9/16: Chris D’Elia (Jubilee)

10/21: Leland Klassen, Mike Goodwin, Jonnie W. (Winspear)

11/4: Ken Jeong (River Cree)

11/11: John Crist (Jubilee)

EXHIBITS

8/3-6: Edmonton Indigenous Fashion Week (River Cree)

Thru 9/10: Perpetual Motion; Early Travel and Transport in Central Alberta (Musée Héritage Museum)

Thru 10/9: The Art of the Brick (TWOSE)

FESTIVALS

Thru 7/9: Grindstone Comedy Festival w/ Scott Thompson, others (Grindstone)

7/6-9: Found Festival (Various locations)

7/6-17: The Works Art & Design Festival

7/6-17: Edmonton International Street Performers Festival 

7/8: Muttstock (Elmwood Park)

7/7-9: Whyte Avenue Art Walk (Old Strathcona)

7/12-17: C’mon Festival (Various venues)

7/15: Edmonton Jerk Fest (Northmount Community Centre)

7/20-30: Taste of Edmonton (Churchill Square)

7/21-30: K-Days (Edmonton Exhibition Lands)

8/4-6: Disco in the Park (Louise McKinney Park)

8/5-7: Edmonton Heritage Festival (Edmonton Expo Centre)

8/8-9/3: Freewill Shakespeare Festival (Edmonton Expo Centre)

8/10-13: Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Gallagher Park)

8/11-13: Cariwest (Churchill Square)

8/12: Edmonton Pride Float (Terwillegar Park)

8/17-27: ESO Outdoors (Various Venues)

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8/17-27: Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival (Old Strathcona)

8/17-27: ESO Outdoors (Various locations)

8/18: OPM Summer Fest (Union)

8/18-26: Edmonton Pride Festival (Various venues)

8/23-26: Symphony at Snow Valley (Rainbow Valley)

8/25-27: Purple City Music Festival (Various venues)

8/25-27: Edmonton Blues Festival (Re/Max Field)

9/1-3: CEMR MetalFest (Rendezvous Pub)

9/9: Super Friendly Festival (Midway)

9/15-17: Kaleido Family Arts Festival

9/21-23: Play the Fool Theatre Festival

FILM

9/21-10/1: Edmonton International Film Festival (Landmark Cinema 9 and Metro)

10/20: The Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Barry Bostwick, the original Brad Majors (River Cree)

10/29: Dirty Dancing in Concert (Jubilee)

11/8: 299 Queen Street West: The Much Music Experience Tour (Winspear)

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MUSIC

7/6: Free Golf Clubs, Pallor, Yoti (Backstage)

7/7: Calling All Captains, Eyes Front, Teacup Romance, Wayfinder (Starlite)

7/7: Product Of Anger, Amero, MUNK, Silent Script (Temple)

7/7: Bret Michaels, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat (River Cree)

7/7: DJ MORRISMORRIS, VISSIA, Haidee, Aliza (Backstage)

7/8: Bend Sinister, Zephyr Twins, Griller (9910)

7/8: Bill Currington (River Cree)

7/8: Between the Buried and Me (Union)

7/8: BAD HAM, Payphones, The Spanish Flies, On My Side, Maddie Killoh, Uglie, Graham Strach of Reform, Dwell (Backstage)

7/8-9: Social Distortion, The Bellrays (Midway)

7/9: The Provincial Archive, You Me and Zach, Dot Cardigan, Weak Material, Belonging, Holly Sangster, Cameron O’Neill, Mylia, Al3x4 (Backstage)

7/11: Orville Peck (Midway)

7/11: Sugarwash, Hippo, The Castagne’s (SoHo)

7/12: Death From Above 1979 (Stalite)

7/13: TLC, Shaggy (EEC)

7/13: Tribunal, Liminal Shroud, Everythingyoueverloved (Starlite)

7/14: Counterparts, Like Moths To Flames, Boundaries, Omerta (Starlite)

7/16: Ruby Plume, Darlin’, BOOSH, Sudden Love (Temple)

7/19: Volbeat (Rogers)

7/20: Gogol Bordello (Midway)

7/20: Widows Peak, Snake Pit, Pre-Breaker, Devolver (Starlite)

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7/20: Lyle Lovett and his Big Band (Jubilee)

7/20: Shaela Miller, Mercy Funk, AV & the Inner City (Churchill)

7/21: Good Nature, Monks On Call, Dwn.2.Fnk (Starlite)

7/21: Whitehorse, Moonshine Chaser, ZENON+ (Churchill)

7/21: Elijah Woods, Curtis Waters (K-Days)

7/21: Hooker Spit, Heir to Ash, Raising The Ruins, Myiasis (Temple)

7/22: The Watchmen, Nuela Charles, Legends of Drag, Kuzi Cee (Churchill)

7/22: Three Days Grace, One Bad Son (K-Days)

7/22: Sanguisugabogg, Kruelty, Vomit Forth, Gates To Hell (Temple)

7/23: AHI, Misery Mountain Boys, Payphones (Churchill)

7/23: Quiet Riot, Aldo Nova (K-Days)

7/24: Sparrow Blue, The Ramifications, STVB, Jess Stokes (Churchill)

7/24: Ruby Waters, Don Amero (K-Days)

7/25: Wendy McNeill (Kaffa)

7/25: Punch Drunk Cabaret, The Denim Daddies, The Frolics (Churchill)

7/25: All 4 One, C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams, Color Me Badd, Young MC (K-Days)

7/26: Gord Steinke and the Big Stein Band, FKB, AFTERSHOCK (Churchill)

7/26: Big Wreck, The Prairie States (K-Days)

7/27: The Sadies, Uncle Joe and the Nephews, Jesse Roads, Cab’Ral (Churchill)

7/27: Always ABBA, D’orjay (K-Days)

7/28: Nils Hoffmann, David Stone, David Miles, Yelrihs (Chvch of John)

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7/28: Martin Kerr, Leeroy Stagger, Steven Sware, Chantelle Marie (Churchill)

7/28: Teagan and Sara, Talk (K-Days)

7/29: Terra Lightfoot, Maddie Storvold, Ryan McMahon, Ntwali Kayijaho (Churchill)

7/29: James Barker Band, Doc Walker (K-Days)

7/30: Shawn Desman, Noelle (K-Days)

7/31: Grandson, Monowhales, No Love For the Middle Child (Union)

8/4: Avenged Sevenfold, Alexisonfire (Rogers)

8/12-13: Bella White (EFMF)

8/15: Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick (Rogers)

8/18: ESO Outdoors (Castle Downs Park)

8/18: Opera Al Fresco (U of A Botanic Garden)

8/19: Titilope Sonuga, Melafrique, Key 30 Orchestra (Triffo)

8/19: Carly Pearce (River Cree)

8/22: Blue Rodeo (Jubilee)

8/25: OFF!, Bootlicker, Bat Scratch, Vibes, Unwashed, Dead Fibres, HARSH, Kroovey Rookers (Starlite)

8/25: Milky Chance (Jubilee)

8/26: NF, Cordae (Rogers)

9/1: Mackenzie Porter (River Cree)

9/8: The Chicks, Maren Morris (Rogers)

9/11: 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Jeremih (Rogers)

9/14: Belvedere, The Devils Sons, Regal Foul (Buckingham)

9/16: Dax (Midway)

9/19: U.S. Girls (Starlite)

9/22: King (Midway)

9/23: Bez Obmezhen (Union)

9/23: Beast In Black (Starlite)

9/24: Bonnie Raitt, Royal Wood (Jubilee)

9/24: Destroyer, Wayfinding (Starlite)

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9/24: Vaughan and Friends Quartet Fest 2023 w/ Josephine van Lier (Holy Trinity Anglican Church)

9/30: Iron Maiden (Rogers)

10/1: Mico (Starlite)

10/5: Daniel Caesar (Rogers)

10/12: Skid Row, Buckcherry (River Cree)

10/12-23: Bill Eddins plays Bach (Winspear)

10/13: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas (Rogers)

10/13: Bell Witch, Spirit Possession (Starlite)

10/14: Randy Bachman (River Cree)

10/20: Five Alarm Funk (Starlite)

10/20: Valley (Rogers)

10/21: The Bouncing Souls, Anti-flag (Union)

10/22: The Hockey Sweater (Winspear)

10/22: Adekunle Gold (Midway)

10/23: Martin Kerr (Winspear)

10/24: The Doobie Brothers (Rogers)

10/24: Jeremy Dutcher (Winspear)

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10/26: Folsom Prison Revisited (Jubilee)

10/27: Billy Talent, GOB, Calling all Captains and DJ Kwake (River Cree)

10/31: Ne Obliviscaris (Starlite)

11/6: Bruce Sprinsteen (Rogers)

11/9: Portugal. The Man, Good Kid (EEC)

11/10: KISS (Rogers)

11/12: Shania Twain, Tenille Townes (Rogers)

11/12: Loreena McKennitt (Jubilee)

11/12: Vaughan and Friends Quartet Fest 2023 w/ Don Ross (Holy Trinity Anglican Church)

11/17: The Glorious Sons, The Blue Stones (Rogers)

11/21: Depeche Mode (Rogers)

11/23: The Cat Empire (Midway)

12/3: Vaughan and Friends Quartet Fest 2023 w/ Vertex String Quartet (Holy Trinity Anglican Church)

12/8-9: Handel’s Messiah (Winspear)

12/14: Tenille Arts (River Cree)

2024

2/15-16: Star Wars: A New Hope – In Concert (Jubilee)

4/26-27: Celeigh Cardinal w/ the ESO (Winspear)

THEATRE/DANCE

7/11-16: Disney’s Aladdin (Jubilee)

7/12-13: Barocco Rave (Triffo)

7/12-22: Austentatious (Walterdale)

7/14-30: Everybody Goes to Mitzi’s (Varscona)

7/15: Movers and Shakers: A New Cabaret (Mile Zero Dance)

7/18-30: Reeling: Dance on Screen (Mile Zero Dance)

Thru 7/23: Clusterflick: The Improvised Movie (Mayfield)

7/29: RuPaul Werq the World (Jubilee)

8/5: KHOJ (Triffo)

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8/6: Peppa Pig’s Adventure (Jubilee)

8/8-9/3: Freewill Shakespeare Festival (Edmonton Expo Centre)

8/12-9/10: Six – The Musical (Citadel)

Thru 8/27: Wedding Singer 1999 (Jubilations)

9/2-3: Theresa Caputo (River Cree)

9/23-10/15: The Importance of Being Earnest (Citadel)

9/26-10/1: Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations (Jubilee)

10/6-21: A Phoenix Too Frequent (Studio Theatre)

10/21-11/19: Little Shop of Horrors (Citadel)

24/1/19-2/15: Donna Orbits the Moon (Studio Theatre)

24/4/5-20: Candy & The Beast (Studio Theatre)

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