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Nightlife and entertainment
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Edmonton's enthusiastic self-promotion as Canada's "Festival City" may have something to do with its relative shortage of indigenous
nightlife
. There are any number of small-time nightspots, especially in Old Strathcona, putting on live music, but larger clubs capable of attracting big names are thin on the ground. Such big-name acts as do appear - as well as theatre companies,
Alberta Ballet
(tel 428-6839),
Edmonton Opera
(tel 429-1000) - tend to use the University of Alberta's Jubilee Auditorium, 87th Avenue and 114th Street (tel 427-2760,
www.jubileeauditorium.com
), and the Citadel Theatre, 9828-101A Ave (tel 426-4811, 425-1820 or 1-888/425-1820,
www.citadeltheatre.com
): the latter, with five performance spaces, is Canada's largest theatre complex. Some companies, plus the
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
(tel 428-1414,
www.edmontonsymphony.com
), use the excellent new performance space, the Francis Winspear Centre for Music, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square (tel 428-1414,
www.winspearcentre.com
). The season for most of the city's dozen or more theatre companies runs from May to September. For revivals, foreign films and art-house
cinema
, try the old Princess Theatre, 10337-82nd Ave (tel 433-0728).
The best
listings
source is the free weekly
Vue
(published Thurs, available from stores, hotels and street kisoks), as well as the entertainment sections of the city's main newspapers, the
Edmonton Journal
and the
Sun
.
Tickets
for most classical music, dance, opera, theatre and other events - including big-name concerts and Edmonton Oilers
ice-hockey
games, which are played in the Skyreach Centre (formerly the Edmonton Coliseum), 118th Avenue and 74th Street - are available from Ticketmaster outlets (tel 451-8000) around the city. Other useful information
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