Weekend fun in Edmonton: What to know before you go to Morgan Wallen, plus Wet Paint and Follow That Bird
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Morgan Wallen: The various ways strong-headed country superstar Morgan Wallen has avoided cancellation for his various transgressions is for sure part of his appeal and he knows it, down to naming his latest album I’m the Problem — where playing the title track he infamously walked off the stage during that live SNL performance.
A Billboard top-performing Hot 100 artist, some of the Sneedville, Tenn., artist’s millions-of-views hits tell a story of their own, including Last Night, I’m a Little Crazy and the Post Malone collab, I Had Some Help, at one point holding five of the top 10 country Billboard hits simultaneously.
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Hey, country fans absolutely know what they like, and if you want to join them in droves at Commonwealth to cap off this extremely strong country music summer around here, there’s still plenty of tickets left starting at an even $100 for obstructed view seating.
Don’t forget to check out the city’s tips on what to know before you go.
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Details: 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium, $100 and up at ticketmaster.ca
Temporal: This must-see duo abstract show pairs the compelling works of sculptor Catherine Burgess with the photographic experiments of artist Alison Rossiter, who uses expired photo paper to create a symbolic conversation through time. As with Burgess’ mesmerizing yet stoic objects, there’s a palpable relationship with situational space, where the intentional negative around the artworks brings on a sort of insistence of absence and presence.
Though smaller in scale, they really are objects you can sit with and get lost inside of, like Sol Lewitt’s constructions, or any decent Zen garden.
A conversation with the artists and Marie Lannoo — also in the gallery with Katie Ohe in their sculptural show Shift — happens 6 p.m. Friday, $20 for non-members, the members-only opening happening 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Friday.
Details: 11 a.m. Saturday through Feb. 22 at Art Gallery of Alberta (2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq.), adults $14, seniors $10, students free
Wet Paint Wrap Party: The Steadies, muralist-DJ Busyrawk and DJ SPORA all come together Saturday night to contemplate and bust a move in celebration of this year’s Edmonton Mural Festival, which added another flock of new wall art to our streets over the past couple of months, including on the Fringe Arts Barns, over in the French Quarter and on the side of the Starlite complex.
Besides the dancing and reflection, whiskey tasting and the MinBid auction are happening, so don’t miss this chance to immerse yourself.
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Details: 9 p.m. Saturday at Freemasons’ Hall (10310 100 Ave.), $38.61 at edmontonmuralfest.com
Bandstand Blast: Don Berner Big Band and Edmonton Arts Council brings you its third annual gathering at the fieldstone bandshell built in 1958, upgraded in 2017.
This time around, DBBB will deploy hits of the ’70s, funk and disco are promised, so fingers crossed for a version of the Meco Galactic Funk Star Wars theme — you might want to dress as Chewbacca just in case!
Details: 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday at the Borden Park bandstand (7641 Borden Park Rd.), no charge
Follow That Bird (1985): Worth it just to see the amazing balloon Big Bird poster Metro came up with, this was Sesame Street’s less successful yet still very charming version of The Muppet Movie, with some pretty amazing cameos, including SCTV stars John Candy, Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty.
Sent away to a dodo sanctuary in Illinois, Big Bird escapes and hijinks ensue when his friends back home in the New York walk-ups try to find him.
Bring Kleenex! And bird seed!
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Details: 1 p.m. Saturday at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), adults $14, under 18 $11
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