Head down to Edmonton's Snow Valley Ski Club, opens a new window to take in FREE concerts with music and poetry every Tuesday evening this summer from July 8 to Aug. 26 starting at 7:00 p.m. Listen to artists from EPL's Capital City Records and Capital City Press as they share their work at the bottom of the ski hill in the beautiful Rainbow Valley and take in art from Capital City Art every other Tuesday starting July 8. Free of charge, we'll be collecting non-perishable food items for the Edmonton Food Bank.
This is always a popular event, and we encourage guests to bring your own lawn chairs if you are able. Dogs are allowed and there is food and drink available on site.
Inclement Weather
In case of heavy rain or air quality advisory of 10+, EPL and Snow Valley will attempt to move the event indoors if possible. We will post on our websites and social media channels by 5pm the day of the event if a change in venue or cancellation occurs.
Tuesday, July 8
Music from Robin Cisek
Robin Cisek is a Métis alt-pop artist from Edmonton, blending edgy synth music with commanding vocals and vulnerable lyrics. A two-time CBC Searchlight finalist and award-winning artist, she’s charted internationally on radio. Cisek recently released a self-produced album called Tempered. Robin’s bold artistry shines in her emotionally resonant music. She has turned personal struggle into powerful art rooted in resilience.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
Jo-Ann Godfrey came to Canada at the age of fourteen from Copenhagen, Denmark and became a Canadian Citizen. She is an alumna from the University of Alberta where she studied Creative Writing. She earned a B.A. in English/French. Her work of poetry and short stories, with a sprinkle of essays and artwork, has been published from coast to coast in Canada, and some in the United States. Her work has also appeared on various mediums over time and on Poetry Moves on Transit, 2019. She published a chapbook entitled Tranquility of Focus in September, 2021and her most recent publication credit, before the Capital Press Anthology, is from The Prairie Journal #82, 2024, two poems, one called Walking Backwards for a While and the other Deep in the Desert. She lives with her husband in Edmonton on Treaty 6 Territory.
Stevie Colvin was born in Saskatchewan and raised in Alberta. She is one of nine children born to Al and Audrey Fieger: Leslie, Anne, Fritz, Wink, Alanna, Patti, Jay, Stevie, and Paul. Stevie is the proud mother of three adult children: Sarah, Geoffrey, and Michael. As she and her husband Bill approach their 41st wedding anniversary, they eagerly anticipate the arrival of their eighth grandchild, who will join cousins and siblings Ryan, Adrienne, Desi, Archie, Lena, Logan, and Lincoln. Stevie enjoys spending time with her family, backcountry hiking, camping, cross-country skiing, and relaxing in the sunshine with a good book.
Christina Lara is a queer, neurodivergent writer from amiskwacîwâskahikan. She lives in the north east end of the city with her husband and a small piece of the starless void that has taken the form of a cat.
Featuring art from Anita Nawrocki
Tuesday, July 15
Music from Lindsey Walker
Lindsey Walker searches for beauty in the darkness in her Edmonton Music Award Album of the Year nominated 'this desolate bliss.' Apocalyptic, cinematic and achingly sincere, the magnetic intensity of this album explores the wages of regret with palpable hope. An undulating tapestry of dark brooding anthems and sensual hymns, Walker defies lost loves legacy, cobbling a glorious new vision from the ashes. This bold new direction from her acclaimed debut album Our Glory marks an artistic evolution of haunting power.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
Kat Cameron is the author of Ghosts Still Linger (University of Alberta Press, 2020), winner of the High Plains Book Award for poetry in 2021 and a finalist for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award. She is a recipient of a 2024 Alberta Foundation for the Arts grant. Her poems have recently appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Arc Poetry, Literary Review of Canada, Prairie Fire, and Paragon Press.
Alexander Hayes (they/he) is an autistic, queer, transgender writer and the project lead of YEGWrites Press. Their fiction explores darker themes and characters from an empathetic standpoint, while their poetry and non-fiction mainly focuses on the intersectionality of their identities and their lived experience. They won the 2021 Dr. MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship and the 2023 Sharon L. Henderson Award for Young and Emerging Writers, and have published in The Bolo Tie Collective, Lida Literary, Capital City Press, and YEGWrites, with YEGWrites Vol. 2 forthcoming.
Anna Mioduchowska’s poetry, translations, stories, essays and book reviews have appeared in several anthologies, and literary journals such as Prism International, CV2, the Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, the New Quarterly, The Polyglot and others, and has aired on the CBC and CKUA Radio. She has published two poetry collections: In-Between Season and Some Souls Do Well in Flowerpots. Another poetry collection, Eyeing the Magpie, was published in collaboration with four fellow poets. She is a member of the Stroll of Poets Society, sings in the Polonia Choir, and spends the warm months volunteering in the Green and Gold Community Garden.
Tuesday, July 22
Music from Beppie
Stephanie Nhan (Beppie) is a Canadian music educator and children’s artist who has released seven albums, earning two JUNO nominations and a 2023 Western Canadian Music Award. With over 25 years of teaching and performing experience, she offers music programming for schools, festivals, and libraries. Inspired by her life as a parent and educator, Beppie creates energetic, inclusive songs that help kids express themselves and celebrate who they are.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
Louise Fairley is a member of the Stroll of Poets (Edmonton) and The Ontario Poetry Society. She has placed in the international Maria W. Faust sonnet contest, as well as in the Canada-wide 2022 Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest, and in competitions sponsored by The Ontario Poetry Society. Her work also appears in EPL’s Capital City Press Anthology II (2022). Her poems appear in Canadian chapbooks and anthologies.
Leslea Kroll is a playwright and poet living on Treaty 6 Territory in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). Her play Riverside was featured last year in EDMONten as well as Theatre in The Wings’ inaugural Canadian National 10-Minute Play Festival. Her book Ride the Red Thread is a series of vignettes inspired by trips taken on Edmonton public transit.
Kim Mannix (she/her) is a journalist, poet and short fiction writer who lives and creates on Treaty Six territory in Sherwood Park, Alberta. She currently serves on the Board of the Edmonton Poetry Festival and is an avid believer that everyone, everywhere has a little poetry in their soul. Her writing has appeared in numerous Canadian and American journals and anthologies, and her first book of poetry is forthcoming with Wild Skies Press.
Featuring art from Gwen Bodie
Gwen fell in love with the ancient art of batik about 45 years ago when a friend returned from a trip to Thailand with a sample. Through a course offered by the City of Edmonton, Gwen began the wonderful journey of mixing cold-water dyes, waxing the cloth and watching the designs emerge. Her inspiration is most often the beauty and exquisite colors and designs of nature. Gwen is recently inspired by the habitats created by the exotic aquariums designed by 19 Islands - the designs, colors and flow of these amazing habitats.
Tuesday, July 29
Music from Téa G
21 year old Pop and R&B artist Téa G (Tee-ah Gee) from Edmonton, Alberta has a voice beyond her years. Her ability to match the vocal stunts of icons like Ariana Grande and Beyoncé has gone viral, garnering millions of views and over 242,000 fans on TikTok since she began posting during the pandemic. In 2019, her debut single “Say” hit over 550,000 streams on Spotify and was chosen to be on their curated playlist “New Music Friday Philippines.”(690,000+ Followers) Following the release of her first single, this Filipino-Canadian philanthropist was invited to represent Canada at Asia’s premier entertainment conference: Music Matters Live by All That Matters in Singapore. Téa G had opportunities to perform for the Taste Of Edmonton Festival, JUNOfest Showcase, Breakout West, and opened for Grammy Award Winner Carrie Underwood and multi-platinum recording artist and JUNO Nominee Tyler Shaw for the Stampede City Sessions.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
Brenda Gunn returned to creative writing when she retired after more than 30 years as an elementary and special ed teacher and reading specialist with Edmonton Public Schools! Her first book, Florilegia, is a collection of award-winning poems she wrote between 2019 and 2024. A month after it was released, Florilegia charted # 1 on Audreys Books Edmonton poetry bestseller list! Brenda's poems appear in local, national, and international journals and anthologies. Brenda has been featured on CKXU Radio's Not Your Mother's Poetry show, and her first-ever submission, a Haiku, was painted on the sidewalk outside Stony Plain City Hall! She's been awarded the Writer's Guild of Alberta Mary Bell Scholarship to participate in their mentorship program, and, in 2022, excerpts from her collection, Ancestral: Poems About a Man Who Knew of Me, were shortlisted for the Kansas-based Meadowlark Books Birdy chapbook prize. Brenda is a member of the Parkland Poets of Stony Plain, the Edmonton Stroll of Poets, Saint City Writers of St. Albert, The Ontario Poetry Society, and the League of Canadian Poets. Most recently, two of her poems placed in the TOPS national long verse contest, and her long poem Offering won first prize. She is currently at work honing Offering and other poems into the full-length version of Ancestral, based on the colourful life of her maternal grandfather.
Earlier this year patti sinclair's poetry book, The Late Season was published by At Bay Press (based in Winnipeg) and is gettable through any fine book shop (presently on order at EPL). patti is a ramshackle poet and settler of Ukrainian, English, & Scottish ancestry. She has been creating on the sacred land of the Papachase for over 25 years. Forthcoming and recent publications & events include We’Moon Datebooks 2025 & 2026, the anthology: Poets Re-Imagine Canada: A Primer for a Land beyond Acknowledgements. (Available at EPL & published by Edmonton Stroll of Poets Society). As well, patti was featured at the Edmonton Poetry Festival’s 20th Anniversary this past April.
Tuesday, August 5
Music from Joel Jeschke
Joel Jeschke is a sought-after drummer and composer not bound by genre, from his alternative rock band Whale and the Wolf to his modern-jazz ensemble, and a freelance resume spanning nearly everything between. Jeschke’s debut album, Time & Place is a study in balance, asymmetric time signatures gently tempered by an unpronounced visceral pulse and manic dissonance consoled by yearning melodies. This record tenderly navigates a harsh landscape by vacillating between polar states. As the frustrated on-the-verge-of- an-epiphany chaos of "The Number Twelve" challenges you with madness, it soon departs and you are comforted, with solemn introspection in "Song For When It Rains". Beyond everything else, these works speak deliberately, with a desire to be heard, and understood. Even while wandering, Joel’s musical voice ventures towards the unknown, in hopes of making a point-not-yet discovered.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
Trudy Grienauer is a storyteller and student of life from Edmonton, Alberta. She has published in The Fieldstone Review and The Prairie Journal and is a regular contributor to Edmonton’s Stroll of Poets events and anthologies. Two of her poems have been included in the hardcover anthology “Vistas of the West”, and her poem “Rossdale, April” travelled on Edmonton buses as part of the ETS Poetry Route.
Lauren Kalinowski is a freelance writer and poet who lives and works in downtown Edmonton. and has too much to say. She is a creative writing graduate, construction project manager, and four-time mom.
Jon Lai (he/him) is a lifelong resident of Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His previous poems have been published in Boyle McCauley News, NorthWord Literary Magazine, and Capital City Press Anthology Vol. 4.
Featuring art from Samantha Gullekson
Tuesday, August 12
Music from Escape Goat
Escape Goat's funk-infused rock is a unique sound, leaning hard in the direction of the alternative funk rock of the 90s, bands like the Chili Peppers, Faith No More, and Primus, with frequent nods to other influences that include Prince, Tool, and Rush. From 2018 to 2023, the band released 2 EPs: “Free” and “System Upgrade”. Their third offering, released one song at a time over 2023/24, is the 4-song EP called “Temperature”, recorded with Brett Reid at Edmonton's own Red Bear Records. And already their sets are featuring material written for EP #4.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
David van Belle is an Edmonton-based playwright and occasional poet whose works include The Highest Step in the World, GIANT, The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (all with Eric Rose at Ghost River Theatre), Liberation Days (Theatre Calgary) and BUZZ JOB! The True Story of Cal Cavendish (One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo). David has been Writer-in-Residence for the Edmonton Public Library, Playwright-in-Residence at Alberta Theatre Projects, an ensemble member of One Yellow Rabbit and Creator-in-Residence for Ghost River Theatre. His 1940s-era adaptation of A Christmas Carol is currently running annually at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton.
Katerinea Musienko's two favourite things are spending time with and without her family. She envies her son's endless energy which inspires her to continue the battle with iron deficiency. The battle with imposter syndrome is a bit harder—Katerina had to start a whole career in content writing to prove to herself that her writing in English can be as impactful as in Russian, her mother tongue. While she enjoys her full-time big-girl marketing job, she manages to carve out time to write. She has a blog where you can find other examples of her writing and thinking: katetells.com
Erin Sekulich (she/her) is a long standing dreamer, evolving her playard fantasies into the written word as the years have progressed. She gravitates towards telling the stories of the forgotten past and secrets hiding in plain sight.
Tuesday, August 19
Music from Baby Jey
Baby Jey are the soundtrack to expansive landscapes that evoke warm melodies and cold memories. You can hear them when you stare into the sun with your eyes closed, seeing only redness through your eyelids. The Edmonton, Alberta artists write strangely familiar melodies that are more strange than familiar, marrying earnest country charm with the satisfying complexity of your favourite jazz and pop records. Inspired by the Americana upbringing they never had, their augmented melodies provide authentic modernity to a classic sound.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
Kevin Mohabir is a Queer Guyanese writer, educator, & designer born and raised in Northeast Edmonton. They've been exploring the way stories shape our identities (and versa vice) since the early 2000's, especially in interactive media like tabletop games and theater sports.
Caitlin Opdendries (she/her), a first-generation Edmontonian, has been writing since she could hold a pen. Her heart is divided between Alberta's prairies and the Pacific Northwest; she draws endless inspiration from the people and landscapes of both places. She would never turn down a new houseplant, an iced coffee, or a chance to sit and write. Follow Caitlin’s writing on Instagram at @hyperlexical.
Judith Lam Tang is a Chinese Canadian author, advocate, and activist. She writes about social justice and climate activism at judithlamtang.com. Her essays have been published in The Globe and Mail, The Festival Of Literary Diversity’s literary magazine and Edmonton Public Library’s Capital City Press Anthology Volume IV (2024). She lives in Edmonton with her husband, her daughter, and many plants. Her forthcoming nonfiction book, Muted Colours, is scheduled for release in 2027 by Dundurn Press.
Featuring art from iHuman Youth
Tuesday, August 26
Music from 0Stella
With sell-out shows in Ireland and Canada, and performing for Oscar-winner Glen Hansard, 0Stella's [oh-Stella] alt-rock Irish fusion is captivating audiences everywhere. This is rock and roll with traditional Irish fiddle and bodhrán (sometimes wrapped in thick distortion) and catchy pop melodies that shimmer with rebellion. 0Stella sings in both English and Irish and regularly engages the crowd to sing along in both languages - whether performing solo or with her 5-piece band. 0Stella's unique sound deftly combines Canadian rock with Irish storytelling and folk music and draws comparisons to Paramore, Garbage, Lana Del Rey and The Frames. The zero-waste advocate (thus the zero in her name) accumulated a staggering 8,500 kms of cycling in support of her two albums, Freefall (2022) and Skyward (2023), while advocating for environmental conservation. The cycling album tour took 0Stella across Canada and Europe.
Readings from Capital City Press Authors:
Published internationally in literary journals and anthologies, Katharine Weinmann writes award-winning poetry, walks long distances, sees beauty in life’s imperfections and photographs its shimmer. She blogs at A Wabi Sabi Life and lives with her husband and their dog, Walker, in Sherwood Park.
Vanishta Tancoo is originally from Trinidad and currently living in Edmonton. She enjoys murder mystery and horror movies/books, cheesecake and spending time with her family. Her creative spark is fueled by storytelling, nurtured by curiosity and everyday moments.
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