Weekend Events
If you happen to look at Gallagher Park and wonder what the heck all those people are up to, it’s cool, it’s Folk Fest.
But that’s not the only festival in Edmonton this weekend. Heck no! It’s also Cariwest, so expect Jasper Avenue to be flooded with colour for the parade tomorrow, and then party all day at Churchill Square.
It also happens to be Animethon weekend.
And today is International Beer Day! So, drink some beer.
Now, outside of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival there’s still music to be had.
You can’t much more opposite folk than metal. The Starlite Room and Brixx are hosting Metal Fest 2011 tonight. Down at Hawrelak Park tonight you can help raise money for the Canadian Liver Foundation at a concert with Sister Gray and The Apresnos. Also tonight…The Secretaries, Hellfire Special, Throttle, and Nature are at the Pawn Shop…Over at Wunderbar, you can help Hang Loose raise money for a “Solidarity Rock” trip to Cuba. They’re playing with with Service:Fair and The Frolics.
Tomorrow night at Wunderbar it’s Field + Stream, Extra Happy Ghost, and Lab Coast…Dragonette is at the Edmonton Events Centre, with Dirty Radio…and The Weekend Kids, with Old Sins, Liv, and The National Security Council are all at Brixx.
This weekend also officially opens the Garneau Theatre as the new home of Metro Cinema. (For non-Metro movies, Gregg’s got some thoughts.)
FC Edmonton is home to the Puerto Rico Islands Saturday night, at Foote Field.
And a reminder: The LRT does not stop at Coliseum station this weekend, but still runs Clareview to Century Park.
Get your kicks
In all of today’s excitement over the Netherlands-Uruguay semi-final at the World Cup, let’s talk local soccer.
FC Edmonton is back on the pitch tonight, taking on one of Canada’s stronger teams, the Ottawa Fury.
FC is in the midst of exhibition games and friendlies, while the Fury is trying to lock-up the Northeast Division of the United Soccer League’s (USL) Premier Development League for the second year in a row.
Here’s hoping some of this World Cup excitement spills over to Foote Field tonight (7:35), and for the rest of this summer’s practice season. That way the team is all confident for the real season in 2011 and gives us a show.
Tonight is pretty busy
I had a little note here to mention that Improvaganza started tonight.
Then I found out our new soccer team, FC Edmonton, has its first exhibition game over at Foote Field.
The Edmonton Capitals are playing too.
So, tonight is the opening gala of the tenth (10!) year of our improv festival. That’s a pretty unique festival. I dig that.
I do know enough soccer to know that FC usually means "Football Club."
That new soccer team, FC Edmonton, hits the field (Foote Field that is) to take on the Montreal Impact. This summer’s series of games are all exhibition, friendlies and practice for the team. It’s first season in the North American Soccer League (NASL) is next year. But, if you’re like me, you have World Cup fever right now and a little footie is just what you need.
They call it footie, right?
And the Capitals play Victoria at 7pm at Telus Field.
