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Beep beep! If you’ve ever wanted to take a look at a bunch of Edmonton’s downtown galleries in one go, the perfectly named Explore Edmonton is giving you the opportunity.

This Saturday, a one-day, map-crawling ArtBus service is rolling through a loop of eight specially-designated Art Stops.

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Participants on the route include Mitchell Art Gallery (11110 104 Ave.), SNAP Gallery and Print Shop (10572 115 St.), Harcourt House (10215 112 St.), Alberta Craft Council (10186 106 St.), Latitude 53 (10130 100 St.), Art Gallery of Alberta (2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq.), Edmonton Arts Council Shop and Services (9930 102 Ave.) and Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre (10124 96 St.).

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The two chartered ETS buses frequently stop at each of these locations, moving to the next, and it’s free to ride.

Once aboard, a tour host will greet riders and invite them to grab a free exhibition zine that includes a dedicated page for each gallery exhibition, a kid-friendly colouring activity and space to write quick notes or catch thoughts from the tour.

Riders will get a stamp at each Art Stop as they explore the given exhibition, so it’s a collectible activity. A host from Rapid Fire Theatre will also entertain on each route.

Besides specific art and activities, many of the galleries have wares so you can get ahead on holiday shopping or bring home a treasure for yourself.

General highlights include light refreshments served at Harcourt and Mitchell, studio tours of SNAP, the closing reception of the Ghost Stories group show at Ociciwan, tours at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at AGA where you’ll find a Handmade for the Holidays market, and 10 per cent off at the EAC shop.

Remember the AGA is still charging $14 admission for adults, $10 for age 65+, students and youth under 18 free — but also $3 off for EPL and Arc cardholders.

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The complimentary initiative runs from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, supported by the Meet Me Downtown Grant.

Hop aboard the cultural express — and keep your feet off the seats!

ART

Thru 11/24: Taiessa: variegata (Harcourt)

11/25: ArtBus (downtown art venues)

11/25-12/7: Steve R. Coffey: An Exhibition of New Paintings (West End)

Thru 11/25: Adrienne Dagg: Crawling Sideways (Harcourt)

Thru 11/25: Steve Driscoll: A Place Like No Other (Peter Robertson)

Thru 11/25: Ghost Stories (Ociciwan)

Thru 11/25: Gary James Joynes: Sonic Suns (Peter Robertson)

Thru 11/25: Heather Shillinglaw: ᒥᓂᐢᑎᐠ ᒥᐦᑭᓈ ᕁ my mind digs in the soil like a turtle (Art Gallery St. Albert)

Thru 11/25: Stickman: Against the Wall (Sterling)

Thru 11/30: Alberta Craft Collaborations (Alberta Craft Gallery)

Thru 12/1: Darren Emanau + Twlya Exner: A Force of Nature (Gallery@501)

Thru 12/1: Riki Kuropatwa: Roadshow Series (Bugera)

12/1-24: Holiday Exhibit (Bugera)

12/2-16: 2023 SNAP Members Show and Sale

12/8-16: 2023 Art-O-Rama (Harcourt)

Thru 12/8: Small Works group show (Collins)

Thru 12/9: Bolos and Boxes (Bay 1)

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Thru 12/9: Silent and Present group show (Bleeding Heart)

Thru 12/16: Lisa Mayes: CodesWitcher, Alicja Habisiak-Matczak: Built to Last (FAB)

Thru 12/31: A Link with Nature: Early Botanical Photography; Second Skin (AGA)

Thru 12/31: Damian Moppett (AGA)

2024

1/5-2/17: Andrzej Maciejewski: Ephemeral Fields ; Susan Diebel: Figuring It Out (Harcourt)

Thru 1/28: Ally McIntyre: Kindling (AGA)

Thru 1/28: The Collectors’ Cosmos: The Meakins-McClaran Print Collection (AGA)

2/3: Jadene Grimmon (Trinity)

Thru 2/3: Jacqueline Huskisson: Liminal Spaces (Art Gallery St. Albert)

2/17: Brett Miles (Trinity)

Thru 2/25: Uii Savage: Celestial Passage (AGA)

Thru 3/3: Between Things: Alberta Ceramics (AGA)

Thru 3/10: ᐋᐧᐸᑲᐧᓃᐊᐧᐣ Wâpakwanîwin (To bloom, it has many flowers) (AGA)

3/16: Terri Heinrichs (Trinity)

4/6: Nancy Corrigan (Trinity)

BOOKS

11/23: Andrew Greville Watts’ Affiliation signing (Audreys)

COMEDY

11/23-26: Derek Seguin (Comic Strip)

11/24: Vance Banzo (Grindstone)

11/24-25: Chris Heward (Comedy Factory)

11/24-25: Ted Morris (Yuk Yuk’s)

11/26: The Debaters Live on Tour Holiday Special (Festival Place)

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11/27: Ukrainian Stand Up (Grindstone)

11/30: Jeff Dunham: Still Not Cancelled (Rogers)

11/30-12/2: Rick Ingraham (Comic Strip)

12/1-2: Bob Angeli (Comedy Factory)

12/1-2: Brittany Lyseng (Yuk Yuk’s)

12/2: Sunee Dhaliwal (Endeavour)

12/2: Ben McKay, Braydon Lynch (Grindstone)

12/7: Tarah Buchanan, Ben Dyck (Lone Pine)

12/7: Sunee & Dalbir (Grindstone)

12/8: Simon King (Dive Bar)

12/8-9: Patrick (Main Event) Maliha (Yuk Yuk’s)

12/15-16: Chad Anderson (Yuk Yuk’s)

12/14-23: Die Harsh: A Christmas Musical (Varscona)

12/16: Dan Schmidt (Comedy Factory)

12/22-23: Art Bellerose (Comedy Factory)

12/24: Ex-Baby Motha, Andrea Wright (Al Shamal Shriners)

12/29-30: Simon Glassman (Comedy Factory)

12/31: Todd Ness, Sean Lecomber (Yuk Yuk’s)

2024

1/13: Adam Blank (Endeavour)

1/19: Chelsea Handler: Little Big Bitch (Jubilee)

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1/30: This Is That (Festival Place)

EXHIBITS

Thru 2/24: First Languages (St. Albert Musée Héritage Museum)

FESTIVALS

11/30: Eats on 118 (Alberta Avenue)

2024

1/24-28: Winterruption YEG (various)

2/9-24: Canadian Birkie Ski Festival (Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area)

3/25-31: Springboards New Play Festival (Gateway Theatre)

5/2-4: Kinfest (Roxy)

5/14-19: From Cradle to Stage (Walterdale)

5/30-6/9: Nextfest (Roxy)

7/15-28: The Magpie Collective: A Dance Festival (MZD)

8/1-4: Big Valley Jamboree: Cody Johnson, Lainey WIlson, Keith Urban (Camrose)

8/8-11: Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Gallagher Park)

8/15-25: Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival (Old Strathcona)

FILM

11/24,28: Hands That Bind (Metro)

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11/25: How to Ruin the Holidays (Metro)

MUSIC

11/23: Mariel Buckley & Suzie Ungerleider (Festival Place)

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11/23: The Cat Empire (Midway)

11/23: Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire), Super Ego, Fear the Mammoth (Buckingham)

11/23: Monowhales (Starlite)

11/23: Rum Ragged (Aviary)

11/24: Acrusinnn, Gonzzalo, Zaiter (Temple)

11/24: Big Wreck (Midway)

11/24: The Flying Crawdads (Blue Chair)

11/24: The Hello Darlins (Festival Place)

11/24: Ill Defined, Umi Yokai, Sound Foundation (Aviary)

11/24: Le Youth (Chvrch of John)

11/24: Alix Perez (Starlite)

11/24: Sparrow Blue (9910)

11/24-25: Tony Desare: Sinatra and Beyond (Winspear)

11/25: Charlie Austin; Spiral Flamenco (Blue Chair)

11/25: Dayglo Abortions, L.A.M.S., Supermodel Taxidermy (Temple)

11/25: The Provincial Archive (Soho)

11/25: Riot City, Spell, Tower Hill, Poltergeist (Starlite)

11/25: The Super 92 (Black Dog)

11/25: Katie Tupper (Aviary)

11/25: UltraViolet Ensemble (Betty Andrews Recital Hall)

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11/25: Frank Walker, Burgess, Kjords (Union)

11/26: Dan Davidson, Hailey Benedict (Starlite)

11/26: Edmonton Youth Orchestra (Winspear)

11/26: Jim Findlay (Blue Chair)

11/27: Garneau String Quartet (Muttart Hall)

11/27: Meshuggah, In Flames (Midway)

11/29: The Celtic Tenors — A Celtic Christmas (Festival Place)

11/29: Scott Helman, Sofia Camara (Starlite)

11/30: The Congregation (Soho)

11/30: ESO New Music: Of Time & Flames: Poetry in Music (Winspear)

11/30: Fools, Rage Revival, Sexy Dreams (Aviary)

11/30: Hannah Georgas, Sam Lynch (Starlite)

12/1: Dave Babcock and the Nightkeepers (Blue Chair)

12/1: Bassjackers (Union)

12/1: Jed and the Valentine, Maddy Killoh, Travis Matthews (Aviary)

12/1: KOAN Sound (Starlite)

12/1: Stevon & Kayla, K4TGR4M, The Age of Willing (SOHO)

12/1: Suicide Pact, Closetalkers, Conmoción (Starlite)

12/2: Absent Mind, Undivided Attention, Pre-Breaker (Aviary)

12/2: Sean Brewer (Black Dog)

12/2: Swiftmas: Taylor Swift Dance Party (Starlite)

12/3: DJ Paul from Three 6 Mafia (Union)

12/3: Vaughan and Friends Quartet Fest 2023 w/ Vertex String Quartet (Holy Trinity)

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12/4: Festival of Lessons & Carols (Winspear)

12/5: Christmas with Buzz Brass (Arden)

12/5: Serena Ryder (Winspear)

12/5: Alberta Symphony Orchestra: Verdi-ssimo (Santa Maria Goretti)

12/6: Lagwagon (Union)

12/7: Blue Oyster Cult (River Cree)

12/7: Drake Milligan (Cook County)

12/8: Culture Shock, Nineteen91 (Starlite)

12/8: Grey the Band (Aviary)

12/8: Kentucky Eileen (Blue Chair)

12/8: The Kryple Experience (Temple)

12/8-9: Handel’s Messiah (Winspear)

12/9: Borgore, Grind Your Teeth (Union)

12/9: Brad Bucknell and the oHNo Band (Blue Chair)

12/9: Cikwes, Enoch Attey, Cheyenne Rain LeGrande (Aviary)

12/9: Raygun Cowboys, Fire Next Time, The Devil’s Sons (Starlite)

12/9: Tides of Kharon, Enosis, Tatara (Starlite)

12/11: Edmonton Opera: Home for the Holidays (Jubilee)

12/14: Tenille Arts (River Cree)

12/15: Borrowed and Blue Christmas Show (Blue Chair)

12/15: Funk Hunters, Maddy O’Neal, Caraboo (Union)

12/15: Mint Club, Super Ego, Repulse Reprise (Starlite)

12/15: Pigeon Breeders, Pike, Whiling (Aviary)

12/15-16: ESO’s A Lightly Classical Christmas (Winspear)

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12/16: Calcium, Chassi (Starlite)

12/16: Keithmas Food Bank Fundrager (Temple)

12/16: K-OS, Robbie G (Starlite)

12/21: Call Off the Gods, Velvet Hooks, Trevor Mann (Aviary)

12/21: Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid), Furthermore, Boiling Lye (Buckingham)

12/22: Fort Knox Five, Father Funk, The Sponges (Starlite)

12/22: Sam Heine sings Sinatra (Blue Chair)

12/22: Kayzo (Midway)

12/22-23: ESO’s A Very Merry Pops (Winspear)

12/23: An Elegant Affair – A Very Count Basie Christmas (Triffo)

12/23: The Emo Nightmare Before Christmas w/ DJ Katie Sutton (Starlite)

12/28-29: ESO’s Hollywood for the Holidays (Winspear)

12/29: The Velveteins (Aviary)

12/30: Prism, Harlequin (River Cree)

12/30: Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert (Winspear)

12/31: Fruit Loop New Year’s Eve 2024 (Starlite)

2024

1/5: Pallor, Window Lamp, Utils (Aviary)

1/6: Real Sickies, The Brewtals, Overdrive to Oblivion (Aviary)

1/13: Joshua Hyslop (Parkview)

1/13: Logan Klaus (Starlite)

1/18: Jeremy Fisher (Festival Place)

1/18: The McDades (Maclab)

1/20: ESO’s Ennio Morricone: A Fistful of Film Scores (Winspear)

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1/25: Geese, Hot Garbage (Starlite)

1/25: Machine Head (Midway)

1/26: Battles, Good Information, Asko (Starlite)

1/26: Ghastly (Midway)

1/26: Vundabar, Thomas Thomas, Mom Weed (Starlite)

1/26: Wake, Withdrawl, Detherous (Temple)

1/27: Debbie Friday, Janette King, Limited Hangout (Starlite)

1/27: JP Saxe (Midway)

1/27: Alfie Zappacosta (Festival Place)

1/28: Hotel Mira, Fake Shark (Starlite)

1/28: Musical Mornings (Winspear)

2/2: A Joni Mitchell Tribute: Sarah Slean with the ESO (Winspear)

2/7: The Free Label (Starlite)

2/8,10: ESO’s Mozart & Mendelssohn (Winspear)

2/9: Aaron Pritchett, Matt Lang (Century)

2/9: ESO’s Mendelssohn & Hope (Winspear)

2/10: City and Colour, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Ruby Waters (Rogers)

2/10: David Francey (Parkview)

2/10: Ikky (Double Dragon)

2/14: The Strumbellas (Midway)

2/15-16: Star Wars: A New Hope – In Concert (Jubilee)

2/20: The Man in Black (Midway)

2/23: The Rural Alberta Advantage (Midway)

2/23: Souls in Rhythm (Maclab)

2/24: Newberry & Verch (Parkview)

2/25: Mad Caddies (Starlite)

2/24-25: ESO Classics: Stern Conducts Music of Courage & Resistance (Winspear)

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2/27: Organist Mark McDonald Plays Holst’s the Planets (Winspear)

3/1: Psycho Circus: Circus of Light (Starlite)

3/2: ESO’s Gerschwin, By George! Rhapsody in Blue’s 100th (Winspear)

3/4: Kxllswxych (Starlite)

3/7: Jeremie Albino (Starlite)

3/8: ESO Classics: Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 (Winspear)

3/9: Ímar (Festival Place)

3/9: Women of Folkways (Parkview)

3/9-10: Corb Lund, 49 Winchester (Midway)

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3/14: ESO’s Castle’s & Warriors: Transcendent Sounds (Winspear)

3/15: Rêve, Ralph (Starlite)

3/22: Bywater Call (Maclab)

3/23: Kevin Chen Plays Beethoven’s Emperor (Winspear)

3/23: DZ Deathrays (Starlite)

3/23: Tim Isberg Trio (Parkview)

3/23: Skofa, Dovi, Kozak Siromaha (Union)

3/24: Franz Liszt Via Crucis w/ Kappella Kyrie (Anglican Parish of Christ Church)

3/30: Saxophonic Reverie w/ Melissa Aldana (Triffo)

3/31: Dahkabrakha (Winspear)

4/4-6: ESO Classics: The Organ Concert (Winspear)

4/6: Ben Sures & Eileen Laverty (Parkview)

4/6: Mini Pop Kids (Jubilee)

4/9: Tyr, Trollfest, Aether Realm (Starlite)

4/10-12: Edmonton Opera: Golijov’s Ayre (Triffo)

4/10-11,13: ESO’s The Magical Music of Harry Potter (Winspear)

4/12-13: ESO Robbins Pops: Latin Fire (Winspear)

4/19: ESO Pairings: Tchaikovsky & Folksong (WInspear)

4/20-21: Angela Cheng Plays Clara Schumann (Winspear)

4/20: Pharis & Jason Romero (Parkview)

4/25: ESO’s The Wolf of Lafontaine: Song & Dance (Winspear)

4/26-27: Celeigh Cardinal w/ the ESO (Winspear)

4/27: Close Talker, Postdata (Aviary)

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4/28: Young Artists Concert (Holy Trinity)

5/2: Rory Gardiner (Maclab)

5/2-4: ESO Classics: Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony (Winspear)

5/4: Talk (Midway)

5/9: Kim Churchill (Aviary)

5/10: Foreigner, Headpins (Rogers)

5/11: M is for Music (Winspear)

5/14: Laube Plays Liszt (Winspear)

5/17: ESO Pairings: Rachmaninoff & Dance (Winspear)

5/18: Zuzana Šimurdová (Holy Trinity)

5/18-19: ESO’s Fantastic Dances: Rachmaninoff & Ravel (Winspear)

5/23: Ones — The Beatles #1 Hits (Winspear)

5/31-6/1: ESO Robbins Pops: From Broadway to Hollywood (Winspear)

6/2: Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony (Winspear)

6/4: Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic (Winspear)

6/12: Derina Harvey Band (Maclab)

6/13-15: ESO’s Marvellous Melodies: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto (Winspear)

6/16: Musical Mornings (Winspear)

6/21: Don Berner Big Band Meets the Rhythm Gunners Big Band (Triffo)

10/18: Jordan Davis (Rogers)

11/19: Bruce Springsteen (Rogers)

THEATRE/DANCE

11/23-12/3: Elf — The Musical (Arden)

11/25: CONNECTIONS//COLLISIONS (MZD)

11/25-12/23: A Christmas Carol (Citadel)

Thru 11/26: She Loves Me The Musical (La Cité)

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12/2: Timmy Happy Christmas (Festival Place)

12/5-23: With Bells On! The Musical (Roxy)

12/6-16: Harvey (Walterdale)

12/7-8: Nutcracker: A Burlesque (Varscona)

12/7-9: Almost a Full Moon (Citadel)

12/14-23: Die Harsh: A Christmas Musical (Varscona)

12/14-23: Girl Brain (Roxy)

12/15-16: BWDC presents Face to Face (Tim Ryan Black Box Theatre)

12/15-16: Shumka’s Nutcracker (Jubilee)

12/15-24: The Nutcracker (Jubilee)

12/15-29: Narnia — The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe (Festival Place)

12/16: All Tease All Shade: Seasons Groomings (Evolution)

12/17: God Is a Scottish Drag Queen Christmas Special (Metro)

12/27: Henjamin Sir & Guests Remember Ben Sir (9910)

12/27-31: Cirque de Soleil CORTEO (Rogers)

2024

1/9-14: Mean Girls (Jubilee)

1/18-20: She Loves You (Citadel)

1/19-2/15: Donna Orbits the Moon (Studio Theatre)

Thru 1/21: Alison Wunderland (Spotlight)

1/31-2/4: This is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear (Gateway Theatre)

2/1,3: Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Jubilee)

2/7-17: Amigo’s Blue Guitar (Walterdale)

2/9-10: Ballet Edmonton’s Avancer (Triffo)

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2/10-3/3: Rubaboo (Citadel)

2/17: Gershwin’s Magic Key (Winspear)

2/18: Vástádus eana/ The answer is land (MZD)

2/23-24: Beijing Dance Theatre in Hamlet (Jubilee)

2/25: Canada’s Drag Race (Jubilee)

3/2: Bill Nye: The End is Nye (Jubilee)

3/2-31: The Sound of Music (Citadel)

3/8-9: Entre Chien et Loup (MZD)

3/14-16: Motown Getdown (Citadel)

3/16: Charlotte & the Music-Maker (Winspear)

3/22-23: Hansel & Gretel (Jubilee)

3/22-4/6: Champions of Magic (Festival Place)

3/31-4/21: The Mountaintop (Citadel)

4/2-21: Ronnie Burkett’s Wonderful Joe (Roxy)

4/5-20: Candy & The Beast (Studio Theatre)

4/11-12: Golijov’s Ayre (Triffo)

4/17-27: The Swearing Jar (Walterdale)

4/20-5/12: The Three Musketeers (Citadel)

5/3-4: Ballet Edmonton’s Unir (Triffo)

5/9-12: Hits of Broadway: Celebrating Motherhood (Citadel)

5/10-11: Der Wolf & The Rite of Spring (Jubilee)

5/10-11: Wheel of Fortune Live! (River Cree)

5/17-6/2: Dead Letter (Gateway Theatre)

5/28-6/1: Wagner’s Das Rheingold (Maclab)

5/30-6/9: Nextfest (Roxy)

7/10-20: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Walterdale)

The List is published every Thursday. If you have events you’d like amplified, or have any corrections or updates, please email [email protected].

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