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Published Jul 28, 2023 • 5 minute read
The Old Strathcona Farmers Market is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a two-day party. Friday will see a night market with live bands and Saturday will see 83 Avenue closed to accommodate entertainers and guests. Photo by OSFM /Supplied
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In 1983, a group of vendors began setting up in the gravel parking lot to the east of the Arts Barns, which originally housed Edmonton transit buses and was known at the time as the bus barns.
The Fringe Theatre Adventures moved in to share the space with the Old Strathcona Farmers Market (OSFM) in 1995 and with significant renovations, the Arts Barns were created. More significant renovations happened again in 2002 to create the space we know today.
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In its 40th year, the OSFM sees the Arts Barns fill with vendors and shoppers every Saturday all year long and this weekend they’re hosting a two-day affair to celebrate the milestone.
Friday will be a ticketed event featuring a night market, food, drinks and live entertainment from 5:30-10 p.m. including DJs, pianist Matt Day and The Retrofits. Saturday is free and along with the regular market open from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 83 Avenue, a.k.a. Backstreet Plaza, will be closed to cars and filled with roving family-friendly entertainment and music from David Jukebox Leigh and Stevon and Kayla.
More details and tickets to Friday’s event can be found at osfm.ca.
ART
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)
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)
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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
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)
11/30: Jeff Dunham (Rogers)
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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)
The Art of the Brick, created by contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya, features more than 1 million LEGO bricks transformed into sculptures including original pieces and reimagined LEGO versions of famous masterpieces. It’s the latest exhibit at Telus World of Science, on display until Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Shaughn Butts /Postmedia
FESTIVALS
Thru 7/30: Taste of Edmonton (Churchill Square)
Thru 7/30: 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)
Cariwest parade participants dance their way through downtown Edmonton, Aug. 6, 2022. Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia
8/12: Edmonton Pride Float (Terwillegar Park)
8/17-27: ESO Outdoors (Various Venues)
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
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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
7/27: The Sadies, Uncle Joe and the Nephews, Jesse Roads, Cab’Ral (Churchill)
7/27: Always ABBA, D’orjay (K-Days)
7/27: Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos w/ The Brasstactics (Starlite)
7/28: Nils Hoffmann, David Stone, David Miles, Yelrihs (Chvch of John)
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)
7/30: Mitch For Mayor, Revolution Engine, Vanity Hour, Cold Like Penguins, Young Howler (Starlite)
7/31: Grandson, Monowhales, No Love For the Middle Child (Union)
7/31: Moonshine Bandits, Dusty Leigh, Brandon Hart (Starlite)
8/1: Defeated Sanity, Stabbing, Display of Decay, Repugnant Scum (Starlite)
8/4: Avenged Sevenfold, Alexisonfire (Rogers)
8/10: Hardball, Take Sides, Pizza Bath, Umi Yokai (Buckingham)
8/12-13: Bella White (EFMF)
8/15: Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick (Rogers)
8/17: Tanika Charles, Melafrique (Soho)
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)
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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)
9/1-2: ESO’s Disney in Concert: A Dream is a Wish (Churchill)
9/3: Shumaila Hemani and the Sufi Ensemble (CO*LAB)
9/8: The Chicks, Maren Morris (Rogers)
9/11: 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Jeremih (Rogers)
9/14: Belvedere, The Devils Sons, Regal Foul (Buckingham)
9/15: Barbie Rave (Midway)
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)
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: Godsmack (Rogers)
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)
10/18: Fefe Dobson (Starlite)
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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)
10/26: Dope Lemon (Midway)
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)
11/11: The Tea Party, I Mother Earth (Midway)
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
Thru 7/23: Clusterflick: The Improvised Movie (Mayfield)
7/29: RuPaul Werq the World (Jubilee)
Thru 7/30: Reeling: Dance on Screen (Mile Zero Dance)
Thru 7/30: Everybody Goes to Mitzi’s (Varscona)
8/5: KHOJ (Triffo)
8/6: Peppa Pig’s Adventure (Jubilee)
8/8-9/3: Freewill Shakespeare Festival (Edmonton Expo Centre)
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8/12-9/10: Six – The Musical (Citadel)
Thru 8/27: Wedding Singer 1999 (Jubilations)
9/2-3: Theresa Caputo (River Cree)
9/9: Душа народу – The Spirit of a Nation (Jubilee)
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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