Edmonton! No fooling, it's April! And has been for a while... I hope you enjoyed the long weekend, but it's past time I post my monthly events calendar, eh?

The spring in your step may be caused by squishing wet ground, but there's still plenty to do, mostly indoors, with some indie music & theatre festivals plus lots of music in the clubs, pubs, & concert halls.

#YEG #YEGmusic #YEGarts

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April Edmonton Festivals & Events

Apr 8-12: Hi-Light Festival of indie rock with multi-act showcase nights at Blackbar, Dive Bar, The Buckingham, and The Aviary. $20/night or $55/fest.

Apr 8-14: NorthWestFilmFest at Metro Cinema. Includes finalists for an Edmonton film prize, as well as international indie movies.

Apr 9-11: RapidFireTheatre hosts Bonfire, a festival where they test out new structures or themes for improv shows.

More #YEGmusic news: The Blue Chair Café is closing at the end of April.
https://bluechair.ca/

The restaurant has been out of my budget for a while & is really more oriented to date-night rather than just coming out for the music, so I haven't been there often. But they have been featuring excellent local & touring folk & roots performers (+modern Mexican food) for two decades.

If you've been meaning to check them out (again or for the first time), you've got 4 weeks to do so.

New #YEGmusic venue opened up this month, Club 97 in the Quarters area of Edmonton (1 block east of Churchill Square, a spot most recently occupied by Brittany's Lounge).

I heard about it Sunday from a young woman who is organizing multi-disciplinary art nights there (performance + visual arts). And then today @apaulagetics shared the monthly community newsletter with an article & profile:

https://bmcnews.org/story/club-97-enters-the-quarters

I haven't yet found a website or even a IG/FB account for them yet, so the article is all the info I know. Monday night jazz jam will be a nice addition to a mostly empty night on my weekly music listings.

Matt Beringer and Hannah Georgas were fantastic tonight!

#TheNational #yeg #yegarts #yegmusic