Nightlife and Entertainment
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.
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