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THU MAR 29
VIDEO GAMES LIVE
9910 The Shiverettes with
Sister Suzie with grooves all night provided by Petroleum Sound Club; 8pm; Free ACCENT LOUNGE The Denim
with Garrett James; 6-10pm; All ages AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every
Thu, 8pm BLUES ON WHYTE Little Mike & The Tornadoes; 9pm BLVD SUPPER X CLUB B**ch A Little, Wine Alot (house, hiphop and reggae music); Every Thu; No cover BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Karaoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm BRICK & WHISKEY PUBLIC HOUSE Big Rockin' Thursday
Jam & Open Mic; Every Thu, 8pm CAFE BLACKBIRD YEG Music Presents: Piper Rempel, Sunshine Dealer, Kylie Jewel, and Adam Marchand; 7pm; $10 (door)
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“I like to say it’s all of the power and emotion of an orchestra, but combined with the energy and excitement of a rock concert, and mixed together with all the cutting edge visuals and interactivity and fun that videos games provide,” Tallarico says. “I created this show for everybody. You don’t have to know anything at all about video games to come out and enjoy it.” Though, a familiarity with the music doesn’t hurt. Tallarico describes video game music as an intimate embrace of sound that’s much more personal than the scores featured in other interdisciplinary mediums. “When you play a video game, you become that character, and the music that you hear throughout the game becomes the soundtrack of your life,” he says. “It’s very different than if you watch a movie.” Tallarico arranges music from storied game franchises like Super Mario Bothers, The Legends of Zelda, Warcraft, and Mega Man, while also highlighting the music from newer games like Overwatch and Undertale. “I wanted to prove to the world how culturally significant and artistic videos games have become, but the other goal was to help usher in a whole new generation of young people to appreciate the orchestra and to appreciate the arts.” Multiple successful crowd-
Fri., Mar. 30 (8 pm) Video Games Live Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium From $40 funding campaigns validate his ambitions. The current Kickstarter for Video Games Live’s latest album shot past $100,000 in just two days, and has since met its $193,000 funding goal with three weeks left in the campaign. “It really is a show by the fans for the fans. They help me decide which new songs to create and to record on the new album and to bring on the road with us,” Tallarico says. “It’s a different setlist every night. Over the last 16 years, I’ve created over 170 different segments for Video Games Live, but we can only play about 19 of them a night.” Tallarico curates the setlist from Facebook discussion threads for each city, polling attendees on what they’d like to see and hear. Their input complements fixed-attractions, like Jason Paige (singer of the original Billboard chart-topping hit from Pokémon, “Gotta Catch ‘Em All”). He’ll perform at Video Games Live in Edmonton and at each stop of the tour across the rest of Canada. “It kind of gives away what the encore is going to be—but that’s OK.” Kevin Pennyfeather
YARDBIRD SUITE Sahil Chugh
Quartet; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $11 (members), $15 (guests)
BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Thu
ARIA'S BISTRO Open mic
hen veteran composer Tommy Tallarico dared in 2002 to produce Video Games Live—an audiovisual spectacle featuring symphonic music— no one in the business thought it would work. Tallarico recalls the game publishers, symphonies, and concert venues telling him “people who play video games don’t go to a symphony, and the people who do go to a symphony certainly don’t play video games. You’re crazy, kid. Get out of here.” But 11,000 people showed up to his first show in Los Angeles, silencing the doubters and starting a wave of momentum that still rolls today. Video Games Live now holds a Guinness World Records for the most concerts performed by a touring symphonic production (450, and rising), as well as the record for most concurrent live viewers at a symphony: 752,000 at a concert in Beijing, China in 2015. “No time ever in the history of music have millions of young people around the world come out to watch a symphony,” Tallarico says. “Before Video Games Live, it never happened.” The concerts feature some of the greatest video game music of all time performed by symphonies and choirs around the world with rock ‘n roll lighting, special effects, dynamic video screens, and a little stage magic to heighten the experience.
a Branch; 2nd Thu of every month, 7-8:30pm; No cover (donations welcome)
THE ALMANAC Tuneful Tables
ARDEN THEATRE Kobo Town;
W
WOODRACK CAFÉ Birdie on
DJs
7:30pm; $35
Video Games Live presents a new spin on old and new classic game songs
WINSPEAR CENTRE Lights with guests Dear Rouge and DCF; 8pm; $29-$196
Daddies; 9-11pm; $10; 18+ only featuring Mariel Buckley with Maddie Storvold; 6pm; $15 and up (adv)
SYMPHONY FOR THE GAMERS
UNION HALL Protest the Hero; 7pm; $20 (plus service charges); 18+ only
CENTURY CASINO–EDMONTON BOWIE: The Tribute;
Main Fl: Rock N' Roll, Funk & Soul with DJ Modest Mike; Every Thu; Wooftop Lounge: Dear Hip Hop with Freshlan; Underdog: Underdog Comedy Show
THE COMMON The Common
Uncommon Thursday: Rotating guests each week ON THE ROCKS Salsa Rocks:
every Thu; dance lessons at 8pm; Cuban Salsa DJ to follow
FRI MAR 30 ATLANTIC TRAP & GILL ALL
Trap bands; 8:30pm AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every
Fri, 9pm AVIARY R U S T O W L with
Dylan Ella, Morewine, High Tides, and Doreen; 9pm; $10 (door) B-STREET BAR Karaoke; Every Fri-Sat, 9:30pm BLUES ON WHYTE Little Mike &
The Tornadoes; 9pm BOHEMIA FRIGS–BASIC
Behaviour Tour with Dri Hiev, Le Plaisir and more; 8pm; $10; 18+ only
SEWING MACHINE FACTORY
The Rubber Bully's, Apollo Spitfire, Bad Action Hero; 8pm; $10; 18+ only SHAKERS ROADHOUSE 7Even;
9pm; $10; No minors SHERLOCK HOLMES– DOWNTOWN Rhythm Revolver;
9pm SHERLOCK HOLMES–WEM Amy Weymes & The Attaboys; 9pm SIDELINER’S PUB Friday Night Bands: live music; Every Fri STARLIGHT CASINO Paul Woida;
8pm STARLITE ROOM Alvvays with
Frankie Rose, Lab Coast; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $20; 18+ only UNION HALL
#PEARLDROPSTHEBASS– Doctor P & Cookie Monsta; 9pm; $35-$65 WILD EARTH BAKERY–MILLCREEK Live Music Fridays;
Each Fri, 8-10pm; $5 suggested donation YARDBIRD SUITE Dan Davis
Quintet; 7pm (doors), 8pm (show); $20 (members), $24 (guests)
Classical JUBILEE AUDITORIUM Video
Games Live 2018; 8pm; $40 and up WINSPEAR CENTRE Good Friday at the Winspear; 7:30pm; $36-$46
DJs BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Main Floor: DJ Late Fee; Every Fri; Wooftop: Selection Fridays with
Remo, Noosh, Fingertips & guests; Underdog: Rap, House, Hip-Hop with DJ Teddy Plenti; every Fri
7pm; $34.95 (plus GST at Ticketmaster or with venue); 18+ only
BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Ka-
CHVRCH OF JOHN Technoir;
raoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm
Fridays with DJ Echo & Freshlan
9pm; $10 (adv), $15 (door)
CAFE BLACKBIRD Joe Semple Quartet; 7pm; $15
EL CORTEZ MEXICAN KITCHEN + TEQUILA BAR Resident DJs
DENIZEN HALL Skratch Bastid
with Flavours with Nick Degree B2B Acid Wash; 8pm; $20 (adv at YEGLive or Foosh Apparel) FIDDLER'S ROOST Acoustic
Circle Jam; 7:30-11:30pm
CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Radio
Active; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Live music every Fri; all ages; 7pm; $5 (door)
HAVE MERCY Thigh Thursdays with El Niven & The Alibi and friends; Every Thu, 8:30pm; No cover
Boyz; 9pm
LB'S PUB Open Jam hosted by Russell Johnston
CHVRCH OF JOHN TING; 10pm
NAKED CYBERCAFÉ Thu open
stage; 7pm NORTH GLENORA HALL Jam by
CASINO EDMONTON Whiskey CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT
Flight 42; 9pm; Free
DENIZEN HALL Champ City Soundtrack; Every Fri-Sat DUGGAN'S BOUNDARY Mike
Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers every Thu; 7pm
Dominey; 9pm
REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON Wannabe: A Spice
Slaughterfest V; 7pm; $15 (adv at Blackbyrd or local bands), $20 (door); 18+ only
Girls Tribute; 8pm; Sold out REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL Throwback Thursday
with The Sissy Fits; Every Thu, 8:30pm; Free
THE FORGE ON WHYTE
HILLTOP PUB James Beaudry
and Friends "End Of Time" 10 Year Anniversary Show; 9pm LB'S PUB Ali Bright; 9pm; No
SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke
minors
Thursdays with JR; Every Thu, 9pm-1am
LEAF BAR AND GRILL Karoake
SEWING MACHINE FACTORY
Hewson Grey with Lyra Brown, Emily Bachynski; 8pm; $10; 18+ only
at the Leaf; Every Fri, 9pm; Free • The Return Of The Highlites; 9pm; $5 MERCURY ROOM Calling All
THE COMMON Quality Control
playing the best in hip-hop, dance and classics; Every FriSat, 9pm; No cover GAS PUMP Live DJ; 10pm THE PROVINCIAL PUB Video
Music DJ; 9pm-2am Y AFTERHOURS Live DJs; Every
Fri-Sat
SAT MAR 31 ALIBI PUB & EATERY Rising Star Showcase of Cooper Studios; Every Sat, 12-3pm AUSSIE RULES KITCHEN & PIANO BAR Piano Show; Every
Sat, 9pm AVIARY Whitey Houston with
Bud Frasier, the Electric Razors and Solid Brown; 8pm; $12 (adv at YEGLive), $15 (door) B-STREET BAR Karaoke; Every Fri-Sat, 9:30pm BLACK DOG FREEHOUSE Hair of the Dog: Shaguar; 4-6pm; No cover BLIND PIG PUB Saturday
afternoon live music showcase; Every Sat, 3-7pm BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ Mbira
Club Jam hosted by Rodney Jewell; Every Thu, 7-11pm
Captains with Bedroom Talk, Loser Points, and On The Frontline; 8pm; $10 (adv at YEGLive or Blackbyrd)
SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE
ON THE ROCKS The
BLUES ON WHYTE Little Mike & The Tornadoes; 9pm
Ramifications; 9pm
BOHEMIA Jesse Roads Blues
REC ROOM–SOUTH EDMONTON COMMON X Band; 8pm
BORDERLINE SPORTS PUB Ka-
SHAKERS ROADHOUSE Blues
Thaw At The Shaw with Shinedown, In This Moment, One Bad Son, and Ten Years; 6pm; $59 and up (Ticketmaster) SQUARE 1 COFFEE Singer/
Songwriter Open Mic Hosted by Tommy Barker; Every Thu, 7-9:30pm STARLITE ROOM Alvvays with
REC ROOM–WEST EDMONTON MALL Mourning Wood; 9:30pm;
Free RENDEZVOUS PUB The
Unreliables, Sleyvn Sly, Detrick, It Ends in Tragedy; 8pm (doors), $12
Frankie Rose, Lab Coast; 8pm (doors), 9pm (show); $20; 18+ only
ROSE & CROWN PUB Keith
TAVERN ON WHYTE Open
SANDS INN & SUITES Karaoke
stage with Michael Gress (fr Self Evolution); every Thu; 9pm-2am
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Retson-Spalding; 9pm with entertainment, Every Fri, 9pm
Renaissance; 8:30-10:30pm; $15
Band; 8pm; $10; 18+ only raoke/DJ; Every Thu-Sat, 9pm CAFFREY'S IN THE PARK Radio
Active; 9pm CARROT COFFEEHOUSE Sat
Open mic; 6-10pm; Free CASINO EDMONTON Whiskey
Boyz; 9pm CASK AND BARREL Stovetop;
4-6pm; No cover CENTURY CASINO–ST. ALBERT
Flight 42; 9pm; Free