Up + Downtown Music Festival

UP + DT volunteers! Want to check out a free show this Saturday? Today is the last day to get your name on the guest list for the NextGen City Jam with Death From Above 1979, Scenic Route to Alaska, Royal Tusk, Cadence Weapon, and Sister Ray.

Cups N Cakes Network sat down with Kristen & Chris from Language Arts for a chat at this years Up + Downtown Music Festival; check it out!

Listen in as Jeff from Cups N Cakes Network chats with RALEIGH during this years Up + Downtown Music Festival

Up+Downtown 2018 is officially done! As sad as we are to have it end, we're filled to the brim with gratitude for our stellar volunteers, staff, artists, sponsors, partners and YOU.
Extra-special thanks to CKUA Radio Network, Alberta Music, The Grizzlar Coffee & Recordsar, CBC Edmonton, CJSR FM 88.5, YEG Live, Edmonton Public Library, Exclaim!, Cups N Cakes Network, Alberta Foundation For The Arts (AFA), Edmonton Arts Council, Downtown Business Association of Edmonton, City of Edmonton, Blindman Brewingn, Collective Arts Brewing, Village Brewery, Strathcona Spirits, Big Rock Brewery, Bent Stick Brewing Co., Yellowhead Brewery, Nerd Nite Edmonton and all of our venues. We couldn't have done it without you! See you next year!
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Who should you high five? One of our amazing volunteers of course! This festival would not be the same without them. We love you all!

Mmmmmm, delicious notes of citrus. A hint of coffee, and fresh juniper. Have you had the chance to enjoy the refreshments provided by our sponsors Collective Arts Brewing Big Rock Brewery, Blindman Brewing, Bent Stick Brewing Co., Village Brewing Company, Strathcona Spirits and Yellowhead Brewery? Make sure to get some today!

Thank you to all our #updt2018 partners and sponsors! We are so grateful for your support!

Alberta Music showcase is tonight at Downtown Edmonton Community League with the fantastic lineup of Josh Sahunta, VISSIA, Jesse and the Dandelions, Nuela Charles and Michael Bernard Fitzgerald. It's going to be so cozy there tonight!

We hope you've all enjoyed the last couple days of the festival. Up+Downtown 2018 is quickly coming to a close! Don't miss out on the incredible musicians we’ve got for you on day 3, including Mourainè, Jr. Gone Wild, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Earthless, Brant Bjork and many more!
Check out the full schedule: http://updt.ca/schedule/

Looking for something a little bit more intimate tonight? Be sure to catch LINDSEY WALKER, Poor Nameless Boy and Mauno tonight, presented by and at CKUA Radio Network. Doors at 7:30, showtime at 9:15.

We can never give enough credit to our partner Exclaim! They are presenting the sick lineup of Counterfeit Jeans, Astronoid, Zeal & Ardor and Brant Bjork(DJ set) tonight at Freemason's Hall (upstairs.) Doors at 8, showtime at 9:15pm.

"I have been and always shall be your friend." Do you know which movie that is from? If so, you can be in good company tonight at The Greatest Generation podcast at Freemason's Hall(downstairs.) Courtesy of the folks from Nerd Nite Edmonton, doors at 7, showtime at 8:15pm. Live long and prosper...

Have you had a chance to try some amazing coffee from The Grizzlar Coffee & Records? If not, you should. They are sponsoring our lineup The Starlite Room tonight! It's going to be a wild night filled with The Scrags, CANIBALES, K-Riz, Mercy Funk and Antibalas! Doors at 7, showtime at 7:30. It's the place to be tonight!

If you're carrying around one of our handy printed program guides, please note a couple changes that have been made since printing: United Bass Kollective DJs will play until 12:30pm at 9910​ - FOONYAP​ is no longer playing at CKUA (we wish her a super speedy recovery from that pesky back injury!). LINDSEY WALKER kicks things off at 9:15pm, Poor Nameless Boy at 10:05pm, and Mauno at 11:15pm. -Set times for Antibalas with CANIBALES, The Scrags, K-Riz, Mercy Funk​ have been slightly adjusted. Show starts at 7:30pm at The Starlite Room.

Stoner rock guru Brant Bjork chats with Vue Weekly before his set at Up + Downtown Music Festival. https://bit.ly/2E0oO8u

**Schedule update ** We have a few changes since we printed out program guide: Jonathan Richman starts at 8:45pm at Freemasons' Hall (upstairs); Jom Comyn and Language Arts are playing over at The Starlite Room instead of Temple, Jom Comyn at 8:30pm, RALEIGH at 8:20pm, Language Arts at 10:10pm, FRIGS at 11pm, and SUUNS at 11:55pm; at 9910 we have Perpetuals at 9:15pm, nêhiyawak at 10:05 and Destroyer at 11pm.

A few shots from last night frm our talented photo team! Images by Allison Dragsten Photography, Eric Kozakiewicz Photography and Skip Is Chris Photo Co.!

At long last, we're BACK for the 6th annual Up + Downtown Music Festival, featuring a TON of incredible artists over the next 3 days.
Day 1 promises to be next level! We've got a packed evening with SUUNS, Destroyer, Tanya Tagaq, Mike Edel, Stop Podcasting Yourself + so many more!
There's still time to snag your festival pass, day passes or individual show tickets! Don't miss out on the good times: http://updt.ca/tickets/

Just one more day until Up+Downtown 2018!!
Do you have your tickets to Tanya Tagaq with guests Too Attached (plus Book Reading)? Trust us, this is one you're not going to want to miss! Get your tickets to here: https://yeglive.ca/…/tan…/oct-5-2018/ mcdougall-united-church