7 h. ago Take Five Edmonton Events: Dance to the sweet music at the Oilers playoff parties

South of the rink, north of the Bob and Doug statue, DJ DJ Alize will be hosting the official Tailgate Party from a balcony at the tip of the arena overlooking the crowd, spinning tunes when appropriate.

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7 h. ago Oilers playoff parties, Rapid Fire improv, and more things to do in Edmonton this weekend

South of the rink, north of the Bob and Doug statue, DJ DJ Alize will be hosting the official Tailgate Party from a balcony at the tip of the arena overlooking the crowd, spinning tunes when appropriate.

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27 h. ago Watching a Toronto Maple Leafs game at Maple Leaf Square made me a believer

MLSE's Toronto Maple Leafs tailgate parties have become an integral part of NHL playoff season in the city year after year, and I, a non-sports watcher, went down to find out what all the fuss is about for the first time.Let's set the stage. It's the eve of Game 2 in the battle of Ontario, and I'm packed like a sardine in a southbound TTC train headed, alongside dozens if not hundreds of blue-clad compatriots, to watch the game from outside Scotiabank Arena at Maple Leaf Square.Now, I'm a Leafs fan by virtue of birthright only — I can count on one hand the number of full games I've actually sat through — but, already seeing the sheer volume of fans planning to be physically present at the game (a tiny fraction, surely, of their total fan base), it's beginning to dawn on me that I've been missing out on something major this whole time. I just have to figure out what, exactly, that major something is, and Maple Leaf Squar...

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3 d. ago There's a secret hack for getting Toronto Maple Leafs playoffs tickets for cheap

Any Toronto Maple Leafs fan who lives close enough to Scotiabank Arena has probably complained at least once in their lifetime about the high ticket prices, particularly in the playoffs.Looking at the resale market for playoff tickets for this year, whether you were looking to see the team in Toronto or Ottawa, you couldn't get in for a price cheaper than at least $300 or so.But if you are willing to be a little bit patient, things might just swing in your favour — and save you a few bucks toward finding your way into the building.During Sunday night's Game 1 against the Ottawa Senators, prices showed for as little as $151 on StubHub in the minutes after puck drop during the opening frame.If you waited until the end of the first period, the cheapest price for a standing room ticket in the upper deck had gone down to $85 at 7:48 p.m. By 8:14 p.m., those same tickets had dropped to $83, and at 8:18 p.m., they'd been put up at $67, perhaps uncanny ...

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7 d. ago Fun things to do in Edmonton this weekend: Downtown Defrost, BeerFest, and 420 with Cheech & Chong

The Downtown Defrost: Celebrating its impressive 10th anniversary with DJ sets from California rapper Channel Tres and Brooklyn singer Yeaji, this bouncy, multi-stage dance party is notably family-friendly on Churchill Square (ages 12 and under get in free). The main event happens inside a giant (non-heated, so layer up) tent and up on the overlook […]

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2 w. ago Shumka fest, Canadian Film Day and more in Edmonton this weekend

Shumka Dance Festival: Dazzlingly visual and full of jaw-dropping skill leaping back centuries, Shumka’s inaugural dance fest has schools across Canada presenting their finest ensemble work. With performances running all day Friday and Saturday, dancers will get professional feedback, all leading up to a separate competition show 7 p.m. Saturday. The costumes, the makeup, the […]

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2 w. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Còig, the Hollywood Sandwich and Bring Out Your Dead

Còig: Heavily lauded, multiply awarded Cape Breton Celtic supergroup Còig bounds into Northern Light Folk Club Saturday in a show that’s guaranteed to be high-energy and soul-enriching. While the band is sometimes larger with adjoined solo players — hence its name meaning “five” in Gaelic — for this show Rachel Davis, Darren McMullen and Zakk Cormier will […]

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3 w. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Smokey at Aviary, Mile Zero Horizons Cabaret and No Other Land

Smokey: It’s local musician and public art master Smokey Johnson’s 45th birthday and, in honour of it, he’s released a beautiful, rather chipper new indie pop song called Ready to Die. You can watch the preposterously charming jumping-kids video online, but the awesome, re-emerging local promoter Double Lunch has also put together a great lineup […]

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3 w. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Gale & McClelland, Kane Brown at Rogers, and McCauley rink event snow

Tom Gale & Neil McClelland: It’s your last chance to see this pairing of two established and innovative nature oil painters in the new and rebranded Bugera Lamb Fine Art, now downstairs just past the Jasper Avenue bend in the ever-evolving 124 Street gallery landscape. Medicine Hat-born Gale has been painting expressive landscapes for the […]

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4 w. ago Major Edmonton roads reopen amid central Alberta snow event, road conditions still poor: police

Shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday, the Edmonton Police Service said it had reopened Whitemud Drive in both directions.

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4 w. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: GOBfest, Expanse 2025 and Trashed Ambulance

GOBfest: Listen up, meeple! This family-friendly annual boardgame-lovers fest is back, a chance to sample games of every taxonomy, including strategy, co-operative, single-player, physical and dexterity, word and party games. There are tournaments, a Sunday flea market, prototype alley and open gaming from the convention library of 200-plus games — really just a sweet chance to […]

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