Special Events
They are special for a reason - check out what unique shows are in town.
Special Presentations
Special Events are extra shows we booked above and beyond our presented season. Our Indigenous Series performances can be found here too!
5 Performances
The 2023-2024 season features 2 special events and 3 Indigenous Series performances.
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2023 Performance Series
06 September 2025
Martin Kerr
The 2025-2026 Maclab season kickoff! UK-born and Edmonton-based troubadour Martin Kerr knows exactly what he wants to do in his music. Through heartfelt lyrics, delicate instrumentation, and sparse production, he explores the nuances of everyday life as well as its wonders with a poetic and poignant perspective. After generating millions of streams and playing thousands of shows to rapt audiences, ...
...7:30 pm
11 September 2025
ASKO | Marek Tyler
Tickets by donation, minimum $5. All proceeds go to local Indigenous-led arts and culture initiatives. ASKO is a teaching lodge that you enter into with hesitation and humility. It is an immersive experience in which, if you bring an open heart and an open mind, you will learn to listen in a different register and come out of the lodge ...
...7:30 pm - 7:30 pm
04 October 2025
Martin Sexton
Martin Sexton puts his signature style on his rendition of this iconic Beatles album combining what Rolling Stone calls his “soul-marinated voice” with his inventive guitar prowess. We are all invited to Come Together to experience these brilliant songs celebrated in such a compelling reimagined way. ...
7:30 pm
05 October 2025
Tim Isberg
Originally from southern Alberta, Tim Isberg is an accomplished singer-songwriter, veteran soldier and multiple award nominee. From Rwanda to Afghanistan and other deployments in-between, Tim experienced the best and worst humanity has to offer. As a performer, Tim has entertained audiences in many corners of the world. Many of his storyteller songs stem from these life adventures and in his ...
...7:30 pm
18 October 2025
“In Spite of Ourselves” John Prine Tribute
Ever met anybody who describes themselves as “kind of a John Prine fan?” Me, neither. In fact, we like to think that there are only two kinds of people in the world: those whose lives have been profoundly changed by John Prine, and those who haven’t heard him yet. In Spite of Ourselves: A Celebration of the Music of John ...
...7:30 pm
28 October 2025
The Shape of a Girl | Free Event
What does it mean to be part of the in-crowd? In an imaginary letter to her absent older brother, Braidie struggles to understand news stories about the torture and murder of a local teenage girl and how the brutality she sees in the headlines is reflected in her own friend group. Revisiting memories, Braidie tracks her own complicity and participation ...
...1:00 pm
02 November 2025
Billy Bishop Goes to War
Billy Bishop Goes to War is a Canadian musical, written by John MacLachlan Gray in collaboration with the actor Eric Peterson. One of the most widely produced plays in Canadian theatre, the two-man play dramatizes the life of Canadian World War I fighter pilot Billy Bishop.[1] One member of the cast plays the part of Bishop in word and song, although he is also called upon to dramatize 17 ...
...7:30 pm
07 December 2025
The Good Lovelies Christmas Show
Good Lovelies’ much-loved Christmas tour is on this December, bringing holiday classics, wintery favourites and a sprinkle of the band’s originals that you’ve come to love. Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough, and Susan Passmore are Juno Award-winning songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, known for their rich harmonies and nostalgic sound. Blending folk-roots, old-time swing, bluegrass, pop, and soul, their music is a perfect ...
...7:30 pm
20 February 2026
Craig Cardiff
Craig Cardiff is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Well known in Canada, Craig is building a fan-base throughout North America and Europe. He can make any setting an intimate one, infusing his music with a humanity rare in today’s production-heavy climate. Craig keeps the relationship with his fans personal, inviting and accepting any opportunity to make his audience a part of the performance. ...
...7:30 pm
27 February 2026
Lynne Hanson / The Hearts
Lynne Hanson Too tough for folk and too blues-influenced for country, Lynne Hanson’s brand of porch music with a little red dirt can turn on a dime from a sunshine, blue sky ballad to a full on thunderstorm of gritty Americana swamp from one song to the next. Her hard living music has garnered her the nickname “Canada’s own Queen ...
...7:30 pm
21 March 2026
Danny Michel
His own self-described musical A.D.D. has kept Danny’s music fresh and exciting for a few decades now, and his thoughtful lyrics & earnest performances have earned him a devoted fan base, nominations for three Juno awards, The Polaris Prize, and The CBC’s “Heart Of Gold”. With a pile of albums under his belt, Danny is unquestionably one of Canada’s finest songwriters whose hopeful ...
...7:30 pm
04 April 2026
Rum Ragged
JUNO Award Nominees, Rum Ragged, take a bold approach to the distinct folk music of their home, the Eastern Canadian island of Newfoundland. With a reverence for their roots and a creative, contemporary edge, this young band has quickly become known as the finest performers of their great, living, musical tradition. Boasting bouzouki, fiddle, bodhran, banjo, guitar, and button accordion, ...
...7:30 pm
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