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Place: 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2G9
Date: 01 Jan-1970
Impression & Feelings: EdmontonFringe
  • Category is Nextfest 2020: Online ⠀ ⠀ Our 2020 Category is Nextfest 2020: Online ⠀ ⠀ Our 2020 t-shirts have arrived! These shirts are being modeled by our Festival Director (@elleinedmonton) and Festival Producer (@mbandcompany) in the trendy Roxy on Gateway parking lot. Don't they look amazing? ⠀ ⠀ Thank you to our friends at @print_machine making these amazing shirts and helping us to keep our t-shirt tradition going. We love them, and they are the softest shirts ever! ⠀ ⠀ Festival 🎨: @northofnearby ⠀ 👕 Design: @steventeeuwsen ⠀ ⠀ #yegarts #yeg #yegonline #yegtheatre #yegfestivals #arts
    Swipe left to view this year's #nxtfst music lineu Swipe left to view this year's #nxtfst music lineup. Introducing... ⠀ ⠀ 🎵 @marlaenamoore - Thursday, June 4, 2020⠀ ⠀ 🎸 @mercyfunk - Sunday, June 7, 2020⠀ ⠀ 🎤  @malloryandthemystics - Wednesday, June 10, 2020⠀ ⠀ Want to catch their act? Tune into Nextfest 2020 from June 4th - 14th at http://nextfest.ca/nextfesttv/.⠀ ⠀ 1st 📸: @matsimpsonphoto⠀ #yegarts #yeg #yegonline #yegtheatre #yegfestivals
    Can you believe our 2020 festival is only one week Can you believe our 2020 festival is only one week away? ⠀ ⠀ We've begun tech runs and rehearsals. Our emails are overflowing! But so are our hearts as we prepare to launch our first-ever online festival. ⠀ ⠀ This entire ride has been such a learning experience for our whole team and we're feeling so grateful to our artists, alumni, supporters, audience members, and you. See you in the chat, pals! ⠀ ⠀ Festival 🎨: @northofnearby ⠀ #yegarts #yeg #yegonline #yegtheatre #yegfestivals #arts #yegworkshops #yegtodo
    Let's learn and create together! Our Workshop Seri Let's learn and create together! Our Workshop Series is now live on our website! And guess what? It's all FREE. ⠀ If you're bored, want to uplevel your skill, or just want to try something new, this is the perfect way to connect during our 2020 Festival. Sign up today -- Link in our bio. ⠀ ⠀ A big thank you to @syncrude_canada our Workshop Presenting Sponsor, for making these workshops possible! ⠀ ⠀ Festival 🎨: @northofnearby ⠀ #yegarts #yeg #yegonline #yegtheatre #yegfestivals #arts #yegworkshops #yegtodo
    450+ Physically distanced artist. 11 Days. Online. 450+ Physically distanced artist. 11 Days. Online. #nxtfst⠀ ⠀ Our 2020 festival schedule is now live on our website. Click the link in our bio to join us for emerging art like you've never seen it before. ⠀ ⠀ Festival 🎨: @northofnearby ⠀ Program design: @steventeeuwsen ⠀ #yegarts #yeg #yegonline #yegtheatre #yegfestivals #arts #festivalprogram
    Where were you in 2016? ⠀ ⠀ For the first time Where were you in 2016? ⠀ ⠀ For the first time ever, Nextfest moved to the southside of Edmonton after the Roxy on 124th Street fire. Nextfest took over Old Strathcona, Bonnie Doon Centre, and the French Quarter. Dancefest was inspired by the letter V (Verge, Voyage, & Velocity), and the SMUT Zoo was open to all who dared to enter the lion’s cage.⠀ ⠀ 2016 was also Steve Pirot’s last year with Nextfest. As he went on to work on other projects, Ellen Chorley stepped into the Festival Director role alongside Maggie Barton Baird, our Festival Producer.⠀ ⠀ The Roxy on Gateway (lovingly dubbed the Nextfest Clubhouse) became our home in 2016. Similar to our switch to online this year, 2016 was a time when the hearts of Nextfest came together to mourn and create, not knowing what the future of the festival would look like.⠀ ⠀ Thank you for helping us continue to create, no matter where we are. #tb #nxtfst #yeg #yegarts #yegtheatre #yegmemories
    Happy ???day! Here's another Nextfest #throwback.⠀ ⠀ Fast forward to 2009. The noughties were coming to an end but Nextfest was just getting started with the first-ever Rise Up Nite Club hitting the stage of The Artery. This year the festival ran from June 11th - 21st and we welcomed Murry Utas back for his second year as the Festival Manager alongside Steve Pirot. ⠀ For context: In 2009, The Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow ruled the summer and The Hangover had just come out in theaters. ⠀ ⠀ Nextfest is filled with hundreds of memories all being formed at once. We can't wait to make more memories with you this year even though the Roxy on Gateway is far away. #yeg #yegarts #nxtfst #tb #yegtheatre #yegmusic
    We were going to try to do a throwback Thursday, b We were going to try to do a throwback Thursday, but who even knows what day it is anymore? ⠀ ⠀ It's time for some nostalgia! Even though the first Nextfest was in 1996, the oldest photos we have in our archives are from 2002. In this year, Steve Pirot (Festival Director 2001-2016) had just expanded the festival from 6 to 11 days the year before. ⠀ ⠀ The Roxy on 124th was filled with a rebellious roar that can be heard in these pictures. ⠀ ⠀ Vanessa Carlton's A Thousand Miles was top of the charts and the 124th street were a beautiful 21°C. ⠀ ⠀ We are so excited to bring this energy to Nextfest 2020. Are you ready?⠀ ⠀ 📸: unknown #yegarts #yeg #yeghistory #theroxy #nxtfst
    Introducing: the Nextfest Virtual Mentorship progr Introducing: the Nextfest Virtual Mentorship program. For the first time ever, we are offering free online one-on-one mentoring from a variety of Edmonton Arts professionals. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀Click the link in our bio to find out more and to apply. #yegarts #yeg #yegfestival #yegmentorship 📸: @matsimpsonphoto
    Every Nextfest is filled with hundreds of stories Every Nextfest is filled with hundreds of stories all happening all at once. As we plan the 2020 festival, we’re taking some time to reminisce about our favourite non-socially distant #Nxtfst artistic works, dance parties, workshops, and experiences this week. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So we want to know, what’s your favourite Nextfest memory? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀📸: @matsimpsonphoto
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