July 20th

 My ticket stub from the Kim Mitchell and The Pursuit Of Happiness show I saw on July 20th, 1990 at Northlands Agricom in Edmonton.

July 19th

 It was on July 19th, 2012 while on holidays in Newfoundland, I was in Corner Brook visiting when I saw that the Edmonton band Slates were playing the White Horse Lounge there. Well, I wasn't going to miss that. Very cool to see an Edmonton band that I really like in a place like Corner Brook.

Modest Mouse Live in Edmonton July 3rd 2025

 Holy shit Modest Mouse in Edmonton at the Jubilee Auditorium, this was a must see show for me, as I had never seen them before. So who better to ask to go to this show with than my buddy A-Bomb who likes the weird stuff as much as myself.

 I was a big fan of Modest Mouse, especially between 2004-2007 with the two albums released in them years Good News For People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. Talk about great album titles. And the music on these two albums are phenomenal. Though they have five other albums out, these are the ones I was familiar with. The weeks leading up to the show, I started checking out the others, and one I really liked was the 2000 album The Moon & Antarctica, especially the song "Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes".

 We got to the venue right on time as I never saw a listing for an opening band and we didn't want to miss any of the show. Well, there did end up being an opening band. And that band was called The Vaudevillian out of Ontario, a husband and wife team. When they first hit the stage and started playing, I thought this might be interesting, kind of a jug band hillbilly kind of vibe. The lady who sang also played a washboard with bells and such on it, and the husband played acoustic guitar. They mentioned their songs were all about sex and drinking, ok, that's cool. Well, by the third song, this act got old real fast. All the songs sounded the same and her voice grated on me sounding more like a cat meowing and in heat then actual singing, and there in between song banter was stupid. This was bad and I mean real bad. I have no idea how they got on this bill, but they certainly didn't belong. This was a very long and boring half hour set.

The Vaudevillian.

 It was now time for Modest Mouse, and after the opening band, I was super excited to see the main act. Having never seen Modest Mouse before, I wasn't sure what to expect. The months leading up to the show I got reacquainted with their music. Still not good with the song titles, but man, they put together some amazing albums. very produced weird intricate kind of music.

 But when Modest Mouse came onstage, a six piece band led by founding member Isaac Brock who plays lead guitar ,sings and writes the lyrics. Opening with the song "Parting Of The Sensory" from the album We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, I actually knew the title of the first song, yay for me! What caught me right off the bat was how loud and rocking the band was. And this went on through the whole show, this was the loudest show I have ever heard at the Jubilee Auditorium. And they were way more rocking then I had expected, which was cool by me. I was surprised that they played the song "Float On" so early in the set, third or fourth song. And yes they played the song I most wanted to hear "Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes" and holy fuck did it rock, so good. Another song that I knew the title to was "Fly Trapped In A Jar". I recognized most of the songs but couldn't tell you the titles, but man what a great show this was. A way more rocking loud show then was expected. Good times!!!

Modest Mouse.

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July 17th

  The Jeff Healey Band at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton on July 17th, 1989, so glad I got to see this show.

July 16th

  July 16th, 1999 I was in Vancouver to see Ozzfest at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. I got to see the original line-up of Black sabbath with a shit load of other bands such as Slayer, Primus, System Of A Down, Rob Zombie, Slipknot and bunch of others.

July 15th

 

  This was an awesome time. July 15th, 1995 myself a van full of buddies made our way to High River, Alberta for the traveling Tragically Hip tour called Another Roadside Attraction. And what a line-up, headlining was The Hip of course, others on the bill were Ziggy Marley, Spirit Of the West, Blues Traveler, Matthew Sweet, Rheostatics, Eric's Trip and The Inbreds. Good times!!!

July 14th

  It was on this day July 14th, 2011 that I saw The Tragically Hip headline an outdoor show on the Northlands Grounds in Edmonton with opening acts Broken Social Scene and Hey Rosetta!

July 13th

 On July 13th, 2018 I saw The Cult with opening act Mike McDonald of local band Jr. Gone Wild play a free show at Union Hall in Edmonton. This free show was sponsored by the Aurora Cannabis company.

July 12th

  On July 12th, 2008 I saw James Taylor play Rexall Place in Edmonton. Had front row seats for this one. And when James took a short intermission half way through the show, he sat on the edge of the stage and signed autographs. How cool is that!