Every Thanksgiving, various downtown venues play host to Edmontons Up Downtown Festival. This year marked the fifth anniversary of the event, an anniversary which brought new challenges. One might say that the theme of this year was perseverance. Poor weather, technical problems, late starts and bad behaviour could have ruined the weekend for the many concert goers that packed venues in Edmonton's central core. However, Edmontonians are gritty, and tough as nails, and did not allow for these factors to ruin the best annual music festival the city has to offer.

One can’t help but feel like they won the lotto when looking back on the past four music soaked days and nights.