Winterruption presents Kornbread

The 3rd Winterruption YEG festival returns to it’s regular January timeframe in 2023 with a stacked line-up of music, drag and comedy taking place in Edmonton January 25 to 29th. The winter festival takes place in multiple downtown stages indoors and out, including The Starlite Room, Rocky Mountain Icehouse, The Station On Jasper, Soho Yeg, 9910, Evolution Wonderlounge, Downtown Edmonton Community League, ICE District Plaza, Temple & The Cask & Barrel.

Started in 2019 in conjunction with Winterruption festivals in Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, and Calgary’s Big Winter Classic, Winterruption YEG works closely with the local business and the arts community of Edmonton. The mission of the festival is to provide an inclusive, diverse and representative showcase of music, drag and comedy in a winter setting in downtown Edmonton. Highlights of this year’s festival include the UK’s Shame, Toronto’s Fucked Up, RuPaul Drag Race star Kornbread “The Snack” Jete, Parquet Court’s A. Savage, Holy Fuck, Tempers, Wax, Hannah Georgas, Mauvey, Hawksley Workman, Comedy from Nick Thune, Natasha Lyn Myles and Girl Brain, Polaris winner Pierre Kwenders, Queer Vegan Punk Band From The Faroe Islands Joe & the Shitboys, Mexico’s Sgt. Papers, Jasmyn, Mattmac, Fartbarf, The Cups N Cakes Episode 200 Recording featuring The Garrys, Zoon, Status/ Non Status, Stripmall, Wolf Willow, Sean Davis Newton & Motherhood, Local wrestling from Love Wrestling, up & coming and establihsed locals Verttigo, Munashe, Home Front, Jesse Jams & the Flams, Raygun Cowboys, Pepper, Brasstactics, Velocitractor, Stretcher Hymen, Ladonna Stone, Colleen Brown and much much more. We are proud to be signatories of the Keychange pledge and we are committed to supporting diversity and equal representation in the music industry.

Festival wristbands are already on sale and individual show tickets are on sale Thursday, Nov 17 at 10am through www.winterruptionyeg.com. Limited festival wristbands are only $49 plus service charge, with other events ranging from free to $32.50 per show.

Check out more details, artists, sponsors and volunteer applications at www.winterruptionyeg.com

Winterruption YEG takes place on Treaty 6 territory, the traditional territories of the nehiyaw, Dene, Stoney Nakoda, Nakota Sioux, and Annishnabe. We would also like to acknowledge this land is home to Metis and Inuit peoples. The volunteers, producers, patrons, and artists humbly admit that we are learning what it means to be on Treaty territory and unceded land. We recognize the land as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting. We know there is still important work that needs to be done to honor the treaties and. Indigenous histories, languages, and cultures influence our music community, and we are grateful to be guests on this land.