Edmonton is sometimes called "Festival City" because starting in June, there are festivals all summer long. The more famous ones are the Street Performers Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival, Fringe, Heritage Festival, International Blues Festival, and Jazz Festival. The first festival of the year is the Heart of the City Festival. The HOTC offers the opportunity for local musicians and artists to show their talents over a two day week-end. The music ranges all across all genres and must be all original compositions. Entertainers must work, live, or volunteer in the downtown area of Edmonton. You can come and listen in to the Festival for free. All the organizers, entertainers, and artists volunteer their time and it is a great venue to entertain folks who may not have the opportunity to attend the more famous festivals in the City.
Each year, the organizers hold an audition for musicians. Just the other day we, the Magpies, were invited to audition. Hopefully we get accepted to play. If so, this will be the 3rd consecutive year we play at this festival.
Over the next two weeks, we'll be working hard to prepare for the audition and then even harder after that to prepare for the Festival. The Festival takes place on June 4th and 5th in Giovanni Caboto Park, which is located in Little Italy at the corner of 95th St. and 108 Ave
Here's a poor quality sound track with photos from our performance last year. Song is called Sittin' Here. One that I wrote a couple of years ago and has a bit of a ragtime feel to it.
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