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124 street & area business association |
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 In 1988 the merchants of the business district, 124th Street, extending from Jasper Avenue north to 111 Avenue in central Edmonton, formed a business association. Through the efforts of many members working with the Board over the years, 124th Street has physically improved with streetscaping and infrastructure work. Many businesses have seen the benefits of locating or expanding within the 124th Street business area.
Many of the businesses have been on 124th Street for years, providing specialty sales and service to Edmonton and surrounding areas.
With easy access to 124th Street, the area has become a natural business district for specialty shops, professional services, fine restaurants and bistros. 124th Street is the home of the famous "Gallery Walk", featuring some of the best art the city has to offer. |
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 A blues/roots venue and neighborhood café with well-traveled tastes. Features local and well-known touring musical acts.
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 The CKUA Radio Network was founded in 1927 on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton. CKUA is Canada's first educational broadcaster and Canada's first public broadcaster.
Since its inception, CKUA has grown from a one room, low wattage radio station staffed by exceptionally dedicated amateur radio enthusiasts, into a full fledged radio and Internet broadcast network staffed by world class broadcast and business professionals.
CKUA has evolved from a government of Alberta operation to a public not-for-profit foundation, with a limited commercial license. CKUA currently enjoys over 160,000 weekly listeners and is financially supported by listener donations, program sponsorships, subscriptions, and through corporate partnership.
CKUA is recognized as the voice of Alberta artists, musicians and cultural enthusiasts. Each week, CKUA broadcasts 168 hours of eclectic and entertaining programming that, in keeping with tradition, includes educational based music and informational series. Blues, Jazz, Classical, Celtic, Folk, Contemporary and Alternative music all make up CKUA's broadcast day. This broad spectrum of music is drawn from CKUA's internationally renowned music library. Comprised of more than a quarter million CD's and LP's, the library contains an excess of 1.5 million musical selections. |
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 Expressionz Café - The School of Life is a Centre for the Arts and Well-Being; an intimate place where people come together to network, and to share their creative ideas and expressions in an inspiring, friendly and relaxed environment that promotes originality, wellness and harmony.
Expressionz will serve the community by providing artistic and life skills mentoring programs for children, youth, and the community at large, and by promoting health, well-being and mind-body awareness through the Arts. It will also serve as a performance venue, market and gallery for professional and up-and-coming artists.
By bringing together professional artists, teachers, practitioners, and those wishing to learn and participate in the arts, Expressionz sets and achieves the goal of developing a vibrant community, one in which a diverse group of participants engage creatively and thoughtfully with each other. |
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 Megatunes is an independent music retailer established in Calgary, Alberta Canada in 1988. While megatunes.com is open 24 hours a day, their flagship street store is located in the heart of the Uptown 17 district of Calgary, Alberta Canada and their Edmontin storeb is located in the heart of Old Strathcona on Whyte Avenue.
Megatunes has generously offered concert space for U22 presentations, as well many of the U22 artist albums can be found in their stores. |
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alberta music industry association |
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 The Alberta Music Industry Association is a non-profit, service-based association dedicated to helping professionals in the music industry to succeed in their careers.
Their mission is to foster the excellence, diversity and vitality of Alberta artists and the Alberta sound recording industry.
AMIA provides professional development opportunities, educational support, mentoring and training opportunities for Alberta artists and sound recording professionals, lobbies government agencies in support of music industry issues, works toward the economic growth of our industry as changes in technology bring new methods and opportunities for expansion, initiates fundraising and sponsorship activities for the association, maintain the support and growth of the Western Canadian Music Alliance, and advocate the values and interests of Alberta artists in the community. |
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 Cantos Music Foundation was created on January 1, 2003. It was formed from the integration of two local organizations that focused on understanding and presenting music to the community: TriumphEnt Foundation and Cantos Music Museum.
TriumphEnt Foundation, founded in 1990, presented programming centered specifically around the organ family of instruments. Cantos Music Museum, founded in 1997, focused on developing a world-class collection of musical instruments and related materials.
Through the integration of TriumphEnt Foundation's annual programs and the Cantos Music Museum, Cantos Music Foundation is able to bring a broader range of programs and other offerings to the community.
Thei vision is to be a national catalyst for discovery, innovation and renewal through music, with the mission of creating engaging music experiences for the community using our unique collection, our cultural spaces and our expertise. |
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edmonton folk music festival |
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 Beginning in 1980 with one staff and 300 volunteers, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has grown and matured to become one of the leading folk festivals in the world.
The quality of the music and the depth of the performer lineup is the single greatest ingredient in our success. Terry Wickham, producer, selects artists within a broad musical mandate. We have consistently increased our artistic budget in order to bring the best performers anywhere to Edmonton. Our vision is to continue to improve as a world-calibre folk music festival. At the same time, we work very hard to raise money through fund raising activities and through soliciting corporate sponsorships to keep ticket prices accessible for ordinary families. |
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 KERFMUSIC is based in Calgary, Alberta and was founded in 2006. Most of the music that you'll find on KERFMUSIC are from artists that hail from western Canada - places like Vancouver, Nelson, Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Winnipeg and many places in between. But word has been getting out and more artists from the east (eastern Canada that is) are seeing KERFMUSIC as a great place to showcase and sell their music.
Our mission is to provide a web portal for independent musicians by helping them succeed in their music. KERFMUSIC provides high quality MP3 files (min 224 kbps) that will play on your computer and any MP3 player that supports the mp3 format. Our model is very simple: when you download this music you are getting top quality encoded files. Guaranteed! There are no restrictions on the files. And you are supporting some great independent artists. Which should make you feel good.
So what’s a kerf? Literally defined, it is the width of a groove made by a carpentry cutting tool, i.e., a saw. Although it’s a traditional technical term, we like to think of being in the groove in a more abstract way: as an essential part of life. |
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northern lights folk club |
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 The Northern Lights Folk Club is a completely volunteer run, Non-Profit Society, dedicated to the promotion of live acoustic roots music in the Edmonton area.
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