Winterruption YEG Announces Lineup
The 2nd Winterruption YEG festival returns after a 2021 hiatus with a stacked line-up of music and comedy taking place in downtown Edmonton from January 27th to 30th, 2022. Spread out across multiple venues in Edmonton’s downtown core, Winterruption is a must for any music fan.
The Cups N Cakes Network is ecstatic to return as a media partner with this up & coming music festival and is extremely excited to help announce this year’s lineup. So without further ado…..
Headliners for Winterruption YEG’s return will include indie stars TOPS, Indigenous hip-hop stalwarts Snotty Nose Rez Kids & DJ Shub, Brooklyn’s Diet Cig, Polaris prize nominee DijahSB, Juno nominee Julian Taylor, live music legend Rich Aucoin, a new CnC favourite in Boy Golden, and San Antonio’s Garrett T. Capps & Nasa County.
Also notable are Cups N Cakes favourites: Cayley Thomas, Eamon Mcgrath, Fitness, Wolf Willow, Altameda, The Bobby Tenderloin Universe, Charlotte Cornfield, Astral Swans, Shaela Miller, Miesha & The Spanks, Wolf Castle, and Slow Down Molasses.
(pssst… did we mention you can explore past Cups N Cakes coverage of these incredible acts by clicking the hyper-links?)
Rounding out the lineup are daysormay, The Provincial Archive, Chastity, The Hearts, Strange Breed, Sister Suzie, Tzadeka, Stem Champ, Crystal Eyes, Sean Hamilton, The Eclipse, Jillian Lake, and Lauriers.
For those willing to brave the cold, the festival will also feature free outdoor events showcasing the best of Edmonton from Karimah, Brasstactics, The Denim Daddies, St.Arnaud, Kimberley MacGregor Band, Shag, K-Riz, Aladean Kheroufi, pseudo-antigone, and Rosina Cove & Experience Points.
In 2020, the Cups N Cakes Network partnered with Winterruption for their inaugural year. We had a blast and documented our fantastic weekend here. We certainly think you’ll have just as much fun and so does the festival’s producer Brent Oliver:
“Getting back to programming music and comedy downtown has been something everyone has been waiting for for nearly two years. This year’s festival should be a celebration of the resiliency of Edmontonians and our arts scene, and one hell of a good time.”
Festival wristbands and shows are on sale starting Monday, Nov 15th at 10am through on the Winterruption YEG website.
(Limited festival wristbands are only $45 plus service charge, with other events ranging from free to $22 per show. The festival also requires all patrons, volunteers, artists and venue staff to be double vaccinated against Covid-19. Negative tests will not be sufficient.)