The Listing: Pop explosion this weekend on the Edmonton Comedian and Leisure Expo

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Edmonton is poised for a pop-culture explosion this weekend.

Celebrities together with Gabriel Luna from The Final of Us, Breaking Dangerous’s Giancarlo Esposito, John Rhys-Davies of Lord of the Rings fame and extra might be mingling with hundreds of followers on the Edmonton Comics and Leisure Expo.

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From anime to cosplay, voice actors to main stars, artwork periods and procuring cubicles, there might be leisure and unique alternatives for pictures and autographs for followers beginning Friday and working by Sunday on the Edmonton Expo Centre, 7515 118 Ave.

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Single-day tickets begin at $33 and weekend packages at $89 at fanexpohq.com.

ART

9/15-9/30: Barbara Hirst’s Within the Wind and Mild (Bugera Matheson)

9/15-10/6: Jim Macgregor’s Room for Magic (Bay 1)

Through 9/16: Shana Wilson’s Presenting Herstory (Peter Robertson)

Through 9/19: Mona Sahi’s What If I Knew? (Harcourt)

9/22-10/1: Mary Whale’s Between Strains – Merging Portraits And Tales Of Older Adults (Harcourt)

9/22-10/1: Brad Necyk and Gary James Joynes’ And All Of Every part (Harcourt)

9/23: Debra Ward’s Aerial View (Trinity Gallery)

10/7: Wilf Kozub’s The Final Vibrations of Summer season (Trinity Gallery)

10/12: Gary James Joynes’ (((SONIC SUNS))) (Peter Robertson)

Through 10/15: From Warhol to Banksy (AGA)

Through 10/15: Kenzie Housego’s I (Coronary heart) U (AGA)

Through 11/4: Furnishings (Alberta Craft Gallery)

Through 11/26: ᐋᐧᐸᑲᐧᓃᐊᐧᐣ Wâpakwanîwin (To bloom, it has many flowers) (AGA)

Through 12/31: Damian Moppett (AGA)

24/4/29: Uii Savage: Celestial Passage (AGA)

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BOOKS

9/14: Astrid Blodgett’s That is How You Begin to Disappear (Audreys)

9/16: J. D. Robertson’s Might and Ted (Audreys)

9/17: Shreyasi Brodhecker’s Coronary heart Fireplace: Poems from an Illuminator of Mild and Shadow (Audreys)

9/20: Natalie Kononenko’s Ukrainian Ritual on the Prairies: Rising a Ukrainian Canadian Identification (Audreys)

9/23: Shannon Hart’s The Affected person Doesn’t Come First…YOU DO: A Information for Well being Care Staff to Take Care of Themselves (Audreys)

9/28: Jennifer Powering Delisle’s Micrographia (Audreys)

10/3: Bryan Stevenson (Myer Horowitz)

10/4: David Martin’s Kink Bands (Audreys)

10/20: EPL Gala w/ Rainn Wilson (Westin)

11/19: Christine Sinclair (Edmonton Conference Centre)

COMEDY

9/14-17: Darius Bennett (Comedian Strip)

9/15: Zarna Garg (River Cree)

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9/15-16: Artwork Bellerose (Comedy Manufacturing facility)

9/15-16: Pete Zedlacher (Yuk Yuk’s)

9/16: Chris D’Elia (Jubilee)

9/21-24: Nicky Paris (Comedian Strip)

9/22-23: Brian Stollery (Comedy Manufacturing facility)

9/27-30: Edmonton Comedy Pageant Highlight Collection (Highlight)

9/28-30: Natalie Cuomo and Dan Lamorte (Comedian Strip)

9/29-30: Dan Schmidt (Comedy Manufacturing facility)

10/5-7: Rocky Dale Davis (Comedian Strip)

10/6-7: Chris Heward (Comedy Manufacturing facility)

10/13: The Finest Variety Comedy Tour (Yuk Yuk’s)

10/21: Leland Klassen, Mike Goodwin, Jonnie W. (Winspear)

11/2: Andrew Packer, Marc Anthony Sinagoga (Grindstone)

11/4: Ken Jeong (River Cree)

10/7-8: 6 Minute Warning (Highlight)

11/11: John Crist (Jubilee)

11/22: Simply For Laughs (River Cree)

11/30: Jeff Dunham (Rogers)

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EXHIBITS

Through 9/10: Perpetual Movement; Early Journey and Transport in Central Alberta (Musée Héritage Museum)

9/22-10/31: Pumpkins After Darkish (Borden Park)

9/29-11/4: Deadmonton Haunted Home (9300 47 St.)

Through 10/9: The Artwork of the Brick (TWOSE)

10/27: Mazes and Mind Video games (TWOSE)

FESTIVALS

9/22-24, 29-30: Oktoberfest (ICT District)

Through 9/24: Gotta Minute Movie Pageant (Edmonton LRTs, EPL branches, fava.ca)

9/15-17: Kaleido Household Arts Pageant (Alberta Avenue)

9/21-23: Play the Idiot Theatre Pageant (Backstage Theatre)

9/24-11/1: STARFest (Varied venues)

10/12-22: LitFest (Varied venues)

2024

3/25-31: Springboards New Play Pageant (Gateway Theatre)

5/2-4: Kinfest (Roxy)

5/30-6/9: Nextfest (Roxy)

7/15-28: The Magpie Collective: A Dance Pageant (MZD)

FILM

Through 9/24: Gotta Minute Movie Pageant (Edmonton LRTs, EPL branches, fava.ca)

9/21-10/1: Edmonton Worldwide Movie Pageant (Varied venues)

10/20: The Rocky Horror Image Present that includes Barry Bostwick, the unique Brad Majors (River Cree)

10/29: Soiled Dancing in Live performance (Jubilee)

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11/8: 299 Queen Road West: The A lot Music Expertise Tour (Winspear)

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11/Sep 11: Broad View Worldwide Movie Pageant (Metro)

MUSIC

9/14: Mr. ESQ & Particulars, Terell Safadi (Starlite)

9/14: Belvedere, The Devils Sons, Regal Foul (Buckingham)

9/15: Barbie Rave (Halfway)

9/15: Doreen, Stem Champ, Pallor, LN Baba (Aviary)

9/15: WAKE, Energy of Evil (Temple)

9/15: Whale and the Wolf (Starlite)

9/15: Alfie Zappacosta (Highlight Cabaret)

9/16: Metta Grove: Visionary Artwork Live performance (Citadel)

9/16: Dax (Halfway)

9/16: Alexis Normand, Burnstick (Aviary)

9/16: Rising Solar, Illyrian (Temple)

9/16: Sparrow Blue, Lifeless Levee (Starlite)

9/17: Black Pestilence, Citizen Rage (Temple)

9/19: U.S. Women (Starlite)

9/21: Jinjer (Halfway)

9/22: King (Halfway)

9/22: Christine Hanson, Charlie McKerron, Jonny Hardie (Muttart Conservatory)

9/23: Bez Obmezhen (Union)

9/23: Beast In Black (Starlite)

9/23: Half Lifeless, Man Meat, Open Eyes (Aviary)

9/23: Richard Inman, Zachary Fortunate (NLFC)

9/24: Bonnie Raitt, Royal Wooden (Jubilee)

9/24: Destroyer, Wayfinding (Starlite)

9/24: Vaughan and Pals Quartet Fest 2023 w/ Josephine van Lier (Holy Trinity Anglican Church)

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9/26: Hexis, Trauma Mannequin (Temple)

9/27: Terra Lightfoot, Ariel Posen (Starlite)

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9/27: Ariel Posen (Starlite)

9/27: Nightmares on Wax (Starlite)

9/29: Hamdi and Sicaria (Starlite)

9/29: Raffa Fl, Miishu, Don Juan, Bangerz (Chvrch of John)

9/30: Iron Maiden (Rogers)

9/30: Apollo Suns, Purple Metropolis Disco, The Static Shift (Aviary)

10/1: Barnes Courtney (Halfway)

10/1: Mico (Starlite)

10/2: Avatar (Halfway)

10/5: Daniel Caesar (Rogers)

10/6: Jack Botts (Temple)

10/7: Don Berner Large Band (Triffo)

10/7: D.O.A., Remoted Earthlings (Starlite)

10/7: Wilf Kozub (Trinity Gallery)

10/8: Altameda, Small Paul (Starlite)

10/10: Begonia (Starlite)

10/12: Elliott Brood, Shred Kelly (Starlite)

10/12: Godsmack (Rogers)

10/12: Skid Row, Buckcherry (River Cree)

10/12-23: Invoice Eddins performs Bach (Winspear)

10/13: Wu-Tang Clan, Nas (Rogers)

10/13: Bell Witch, Spirit Possession (Starlite)

10/13-14: Tim Tomashiro Salutes the Rat Pack (Highlight)

10/14: Randy Bachman (River Cree)

10/14: Tyler Hubbard (Halfway)

10/17: Boy Golden (Starlite)

10/18: Fefe Dobson (Starlite)

10/19: Protest the Hero, Moon Tooth (Starlite)

10/20: 5 Alarm Funk (Starlite)

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10/21: Good Lovelies (Aviary)

10/20: Valley (Rogers)

10/21: The Bouncing Souls, Anti-flag (Union)

10/22: Adekunle Gold (Halfway)

10/22: The Hockey Sweater (Winspear)

10/23: Martin Kerr (Winspear)

10/23: HIS HIS, Sam The Residing, Carl Glacier (Aviary)

10/24: The Doobie Brothers (Rogers)

10/24: Jeremy Dutcher (Winspear)

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10/26: Folsom Jail Revisited (Jubilee)

10/26: Dope Lemon (Halfway)

10/27: Cooper Alan (Halfway)

10/27: Billy Expertise, GOB, Calling all Captains and DJ Kwake (River Cree)

10/31: Ne Obliviscaris (Starlite)

11/3: Roy Wooden$ (Union)

11/4: Moontricks (Halfway)

11/6: Half Moon Run, Billie Marten (Halfway)

11/6: Bruce Springsteen (Rogers)

11/8: The Seashores (Halfway)

11/9: Portugal. The Man, Good Child (EEC)

11/9: Fionn (Temple)

11/10: KISS (Rogers)

11/11: Tom Cochrane, Trooper, Sass Jordan (EEC)

11/11: The Tea Celebration, I Mom Earth (Halfway)

11/12: Shania Twain, Tenille Townes (Rogers)

11/12: Loreena McKennitt (Jubilee)

11/12: Vaughan and Pals Quartet Fest 2023 w/ Don Ross (Holy Trinity Anglican Church)

11/14: Jonas Brothers (Rogers)

11/17: The Wonderful Sons, The Blue Stones (Rogers)

11/18: Skinny Pet (Halfway)

11/21: Depeche Mode (Rogers)

11/22: Charlotte Cardin (Halfway)

11/23: The Cat Empire (Halfway)

11/23: Monowhales (Starlite)

11/24: Le Youth (Chvrch of John)

11/24: Large Wreck (Halfway)

11/26: Dan Davidson, 5 Roses (Starlite)

11/27: Meshuggah, In Flames (Halfway)

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12/3: Vaughan and Pals Quartet Fest 2023 w/ Vertex String Quartet (Holy Trinity Anglican Church)

12/7: Blue Oyster Cult (River Cree)

12/8-9: Handel’s Messiah (Winspear)

12/14: Tenille Arts (River Cree)

2024

1/27: JP Saxe (Halfway)

2/15-16: Star Wars: A New Hope – In Live performance (Jubilee)

4/26-27: Celeigh Cardinal w/ the ESO (Winspear)

5/9: Kim Churchill (Aviary)

THEATRE/DANCE

9/22-23: Ballet Hispánico in Doña Perón (Jubilee)

9/22-24: The Razzle Dazzle Cabaret (Highlight)

9/21-23: Play the Idiot Theatre Pageant (Backstage Theatre)

9/23: Connections//Collisions Cabaret (MZD)

9/23-10/15: The Significance of Being Earnest (Citadel)

9/26-10/1: Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Occasions of The Temptations (Jubilee)

9/28-10/1: Cinderella (Roxy)

10/6-21: A Phoenix Too Frequent (Studio Theatre)

10/13-14: Possibly We Land (MZD)

10/17-11/5: Pochsy IV (Roxy)

10/19-29: Woman Mind (Roxy)

10/21-11/19: Little Store of Horrors (Citadel)

10/25-11/12: Mob (Gateway Theatre)

11/14-19:  Hadestown (Jubilee)

12/5-23: With Bells On! The Musical (Roxy)

12/7-9: Virtually a Full Moon (Citadel)

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12/14-23: Woman Mind (Roxy)

12/15-16: Shumka’s Nutcracker (Jubilee)

2024

1/18-20: She Loves You (Citadel)

1/19-2/15: Donna Orbits the Moon (Studio Theatre)

1/31-2/4: That is the Story of the Baby Dominated by Worry (Gateway Theatre)

2/10-3/3: Rubaboo (Citadel)

2/18: Vástádus eana/ The reply is land (MZD)

3/2-31: The Sound of Music (Citadel)

3/8-9: Entre Chien et Loup (MZD)

3/14-16: Motown Getdown (Citadel)

3/31-4/21: The Mountaintop (Citadel)

4/2-21: Ronnie Burkett’s Great Joe (Roxy)

4/5-20: Sweet & The Beast (Studio Theatre)

4/20-5/12: The Three Musketeers (Citadel)

5/9-12: Hits of Broadway: Celebrating Motherhood (Citadel)

5/17-6/2: Lifeless Letter (Gateway Theatre)

5/30-6/9: Nextfest (Roxy)

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