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Localize Services takes top prize at TEC Edmonton’s 2014 VenturePrize Awards
Localize Services was the big winner at TEC Edmonton’s 2014 VenturePrize Fast Growth competition, with company founder and CEO Meghan Dear walking off with the top prize of $100,000. The awards, held...
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Modest Mouse returns to Edmonton
Modest Mouse with Kevin Drew & Mimicking Birds: July 24 at Shaw Conference Centre. Tickets: $46.50 plus service charges. On sale: June 6 at Ticketfly. Isaac Brock and his mice are playing a stretch...
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Gigs: Iggy Azalea, Dropkick Murphys, Buck 65
* Iggy Azalea will work, work, work on Saturday, July 12 at Shaw Conference Centre. Tickets are $45 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, June 27 at Ticketmaster. The Australian rapper, still one of...
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Crosby, Stills, Nash &“Young” cover Iggy Azalea
Jimmy Fallon’s latest coup? Getting Crosby, Stills & Nash to join him — as Neil Young — for a rendition of Iggy Azalea’s hit, Fancy. She hits our neck of the woods on Saturday, July 12. Tickets to...
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Upcoming gigs including Beach House, Danny Brown, Chet Faker and Zeus
Danny Brown: Saturday, Aug. 9 at Encore (West Edmonton Mall). Tickets: $30 plus service charges via Zoobis. Eamon McGrath with Slates, Switches and Stepmothers: Friday, Sept. 12 at The Pawn Shop....
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Gigs: Theory of a Deadman, Asking Alexandria, Get Together Alberta
* Theory of a Deadman with Head of the Herd: Monday, Nov. 17 at the Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets: $27.50 and $3.50 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Sept. 26 at Ticketmaster. * Asking Alexandria...
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alt-J, Milo Greene, Zerbin set Edmonton dates
* alt-J is all yours, Edmonton. For one night only, that is. The award-winning experimental British rockers will perform Monday, Sept. 14 at the Shaw Conference Centre. Tickets are $45 plus service...
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Steel industry gathers for annual awards at Shaw Conference Centre
A crowd of about 600 architects, engineers, entrepreneurs and community leaders are expected to be on hand Thursday evening as the province’s steel industry celebrates its best and brightest. The...
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Gigs: Dawes, Rise Against, Against Me!, Primus, The Bros. Landreth
* Is Dawes one of your favourite bands? You’re in luck! The roots-rock outfit will perform Friday, July 10 at the Starlite Room. Tickets are $25 plus service charges. On sale: Friday at Ticketfly. The...
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Tail Creek relocates to Shaw Conference Centre
Edmonton is about to welcome another music festival — if only for this year. Organizers of the Tail Creek Mud & Music Festival don’t have enough time to finish improvements to its outdoor site near...
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Three Days Grace get Human with Edmonton fans
Three Days Grace are making their first trek across Canada with their new frontman Matt Walst. The Ontario rockers will perform Friday, Nov. 20 at the Shaw Conference Centre as part of a 15-stop tour....
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Wu-Tang to enter Edmonton
Wu-Tang Clan with special guests: Friday, Sept. 18 at Shaw Conference Centre. Tickets: $69.50 and $89.50 plus service charges. On sale: Friday 10 a.m. at Ticketfly. …
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Gogol Bordello, Matt Good and k-os book dates in Edmonton
Gypsy punks Gogol Bordello are in the mood to celebrate. Eugene Hutz and his band are marking the 10th anniversary of their debut, Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, with a series of Canadian and U.S....
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Surmacz-Ahumada's pro debut short and sweet
If you sneezed, if you blinked, then you missed it. Making his first fight as a professional boxer, Edmonton’s Stan Surmacz-Ahumada stopped Winnipeg’s Dale Daniels 48 seconds into the opening round...
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Scary clowns, haunted barns and Night of the Walking Dead
Having Halloween fall on a weekend this year has been a boon for those wanting to extend the yearly celebration of all things spooky. Both Friday and Saturday are packed with activities, from theatre...
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Billy Connolly delivers post-Halloween fun: 10 ways to have fun in Edmonton...
Documentary Listen to Me Marlon is being shown at the Metro Cinema on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31. Marlon Marlon Brando’s complex life and work are examined in Stevan Riley’s 2015 documentary...
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Gogol Bordello remember iconic Gypsy Punks album with anniversary tour
Gypsy punk he might be in spirit, but the reality is that Eugene Hütz has settled down. The former New Yorker is currently based in Brazil, where he’s found the people and the attitude to his liking....
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Eat My Words: Festival of Trees annual gingerbread contest a winner, again
Every year since I became the food writer at the Journal in 2008, I have been lucky enough to be asked to judge the annual Gingerbread Contest at the Festival of Trees. This year, with a fresh layer of...
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Replay: Edmonton Economic Development Corp. Impact 2016 event
Brad Ferguson, President and CEO of Edmonton Economic Development Corporation addresses the Edmonton business community during the annual Impact luncheon at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton on...
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David Staples: New plans, partnerships and attitude for improved Northlands
At long last it’s a new and improved day for Northlands, one where Edmonton’s oldest booster group actually works for the city’s interest, as opposed to its own interest. Northlands is now negotiating...
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