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Purple City Music Fest Presents
Purple City Music Festival 2024 Weekend Pass
Fri, 6 Sep - Mon, 9 Sep
Show Start
7:00 PM MDT
Doors open
6:00 PM MDT
Purple City Music Festival (Multiple Venues)
Various Venues, Edmonton, AB T6G 2A8
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Description
PURPLE CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL IS BACK IN 2024
We are so excited to announce the return of Purple City Music Festival on the weekend of FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6th - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th 2024
About the festival:
Purple City is a forward-thinking music festival of the future. This multi-day, multi-venue, all-ages music experience in ithe heart of Edmonton's downtown core, is a youth inspired arts event that is focused on the newest sounds from the global underground. Purple City prides itself in being collaborative & community oriented and the core of the festival is built on the amazing groundwork of Edmonton’s rich and diverse music community.
The festival’s eclectic programming and passion for independent music continues to create a one-of-a-kind festival experience that showcases the best talent from our own backyard, in addition to opening our ears to some incredible national and international acts.
Purple City’s mandate is to create an event for all ages that is diverse, inclusive and progressive. From psyche rock to punk rock; avant garde to folk, Purple City is music Festival of discovery & indie staples a like.
Explore, expand your mind, dance & make new friends at Edmonton's newest destination boutique music festival.
WRISTBAND PRICING SCHEDULE
*limited Tier 1, 2 & VIP wristbands available
$100 - TIER 1 WRISTBAND
$125 - TIER 2 WRISTBAND
$150 - TIER 3 WRISTBAND
$200 - VIP WRISTBAND - (includes guaranteed, skip-the-line up entry to events, a t-shirt & limited edition, silk-screen poster).
PURPLE CITY WEEKEND & DAY PASS PICKUP INFORMATION
Friday: 5pm - 10pm: Rivercity Revival House Entrance
Saturday: 3pm-10pm: Rivercity Revival House Entrance
Sunday: 6:30pm - close: Purple City Merch Hub @ Freemasons Hall of Edmonton
*Individual show tickets are scanned upon entry at respective at the time of the show.
Unless you hold individual tickets or a VIP pass, entry to showcases are not guaranteed and is based on venue capacity so get there early to ensure you are able to attend!
Have a listen to the Purple City 2024 Artist Playlist on Spotify
For more info visit www.purplecityfest.com
Event Information
Age Limit
All Ages
Pop
Tamaryn
Tamaryn
Pop
Tamaryn is a songwriter known for her unique blend of shoegaze, dream pop, and electronic music. Her atmospheric yet powerful sound and distinctive voice have earned her critical acclaim and a dedicated following. In 2024, she is touring with her original band lineup, and including guitarist Rex John Shelverton, and will be performing songs from her entire catalogue, including the American shoegaze classic album "The Waves."
Doom Metal
Conan
Conan
Doom Metal
Conan’s doom is singular. Carved of granite. Yes, of course there’ve been changes since guitarist/vocalist Jon Davis founded the group in 2006, but the intention at the time toward superlative heavy – tonal extremity wrought with impressionist lyrics stripping ideas to the core where sometimes the whole line is just one word; they’ve always called it “Caveman Battle Doom” – remains at the root of everything they’ve done since. And across five studio records in the decade from 2012-2022, Conan have set the standard by which much of “heavy” anything is judged. And in comparison, most is found wanting.
But for every time you’ve heard about Conan’s music being like galloping steeds or frost-covered sharp-peaked mountains, etc., imagery of largesse and violence, the truth is Conan are an exercise in frequency. It’s the low resonance that shakes your chest, the depth of the bass – now handled by David Ryley (ex-Fudge Tunnel) – the push of air from Johnny King’s kick drum, or the way the dark-fuzz distortion of Davis’ guitar is offset by shouting vocals cutting through that sometimes punishing onslaught, rarely to offer comfort so much as add viciousness to the crash, plod and pillage.
In 2024, Conan sign to Heavy Psych Sounds as a recognized name and one of the foremost acts of their generation, wildly influential in their home country of the UK and well beyond; headliners in practice and theory alike. Their fifth LP, 2022’s ‘Evidence of Immortality,’ brought a dark ambience to coincide with its outright attack. With experiments in darkwave and synth adding breadth to the stated root purpose of aural force, it’s never been harder to guess where the next few years might take their sound, but whatever’s coming, Conan will make it kill. The better part of two decades later, their reliability remains unshakable. Which you want when your band is so heavy that the floor and your ribcage both start to vibrate. – JJ Koczan / June 2024
Punk
Radioactivity
Radioactivity
Punk
Dealing in fast, streamlined punk rock with ringing guitars, simple but effective melodic hooks, and a double dose of energy, Radioactivity were formed in 2013 by Jeff Burke and Mark Ryan, who had previously worked together in the well-respected garage punk band the Marked Men. Radioactivity began as a spinoff of the Novice, a band Burke worked with from 2010 to 2012 while he was living in Japan. When Burke returned to the United States and settled in Denton, Texas, he didn't want to let the songs he wrote for the Novice go to waste, so he reworked them and assembled a new band as a platform for the material. With Burke on guitar and vocals, Ryan on bass and vocals, Daniel Fried on guitar, and Gregory Rutherford on drums, Burke named the new band Radioactivity, and they cut a self-titled debut for Dirtnap Records that was released in October 2013. The group supported the album with live work, though they emphasized that they wanted to be known as a good band rather than a good local band, and aimed for quality over quantity when booking shows. Radioactivity's second album, Silent Kill, was released by Dirtnap on June 30, 2015. Bassist Orville Neeley replaced Ryan in 2016.
Hardcore Punk
Total Chaos
Total Chaos
Hardcore Punk
Thirty years ago in Pomona Valley, California, was the birth of Total Chaos. Created out of the desperate need to save a dying genre of punk rock, during a time that the market was saturated with a more commercial new style. It was more important than ever to express their social and political views. The idea of social responsibility was a significant thing, from organizing peace punk picnics, to protesting against the gulf war, their music had a meaning and stood for something. Over the years, the band has seen many things come and go, but they have stuck to their original ideals. Whether you are pop punk, street punk, hardcore punk, straight edge, political punk, goth punk, skate punk, crust punk, metal punk, or whatever box they try to put you in, Total Chaos unites you all into one scene: PUNK ROCK!
Folk
Kacy & Clayton
Kacy & Clayton
Folk
Kacy & Clayton are a Canadian psych/folk duo. New album The Siren's Song releases in the UK via New West on 27 April. Produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and recorded by Tom Schick at Wilco’s The Loft in Chicago. The Siren’s Song, is the follow up to their acclaimed 2015 New West Records debut Strange Country, and for the first time incorporates full, electric band arrangements. Combining the startlingly expressive voice and violin of Kacy Anderson with the intricate guitar work and warm harmony vocals of her cousin and musical partner Clayton Linthicum, their sound is an arresting amalgamation of psychedelic folk, English folk revival and the ancestral music of Southern Appalachia.
Pop
Wolf Eyes
Wolf Eyes
Pop
Wolf Eyes is a band from Michigan. Formed in the fall of 1996 by N. Young. They are known for their bizarre and otherworldly approach to music. Creating a sound that is both disturbing and hypnotic. The band has released numerous albums and EPs on various labels. With their intense and bizarre live performances, Wolf Eyes has garnered a reputation as one of the most frightening and weird bands in the world. Wolf Eyes is currently John Olson and Nate Young. They have performed together for over 20 years.
Alternative
Pelada
Pelada
Alternative