Dirt City Limits

Dirt City Limits


No. 19: Nuit Blanche, Fall Highlights and Protest Songs

September 29, 2015

Nuit Blanche was easily one of this fall's highlights, turning downtown Edmonton into a wonderland of arts last Saturday night.

On this week's episode of Dirt City Limits, Journal writers Liz Nicholls and Fish Griwkowsky talk about their experiences at Nuit Blanche and look ahead to some of fall's other events — from Ted Dykstra's musical Evangeline at the Citadel Theatre to Chris Cran's Sincerely, Yours at the Art Gallery of Alberta to the Oct. 19 federal election.

More and more Canadian musicians are raising their voices in protest of the current Prime Minister.

Stars frontman Torquil Campbell tweets his disdain on a daily basis, musician/public servant Tony Turner was suspended for his song, Harperman, while Blue Rodeo just released their anti-Stephen Harper tune, Stealin' All My Dreams. Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3C1SWVquXA.

Photo of Nuit Blanche installation, Gary James Joynes' Ouroboros, at City Hall. By Fish Griwkowsky/Edmonton Journal.