Edmonton 
Events Description
The Winterruption YEG festival returns with a stacked line-up of music and comedy taking place in downtown Edmonton.The mission of the festival is to provide an inclusive, diverse and representative showcase of music and comedy in a winter setting in downtown Edmonton.
Highlights include legendary LA punk band FEAR, making their way to Edmonton for the first time in nearly 40 years, Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, Funk powerhouse Thumpasaurus, indie-rap sensation Open Mike Eagle, Berlin multimedia artist Discovery Zone, Montreal’s Annie-Claude Deschênes of Duchess Says, Polaris Prize-shortlisted The OBGMS, Vancouver’s buzz punks PISS, RuPaul drag star Miz Cracker, Portland’s psych-rockers The Shivas, Bay Area indie-rockers Sour Widows, multi-disciplinary artist Vivek Shraya, London/Edmonton electro-pop musician Sean Nicholas Savage, Montreal’s Jane Inc., and many more.
2026 Lineup:
THUMPASAURUS * OPEN MIKE EAGLE * STOMACH BOOK * SHAD * MIZ CRACKER THE OBGMS* * DISCOVERY ZONE * PISS * THE SHIVAS * SOUR WIDOWS * NEON STEVE * ANNIE-CLAUDE DESCHÊNES * HANK PINE * FAZE * JANE INC * MOTHERHOOD * DIRTY FENCES * SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE * MIESHA & THE SPANKS * RIBBON SKIRT * VIVEK SHRAYA MART AVI * DJ SYDNEY BLU * JIM BRYSON * WUT * CHINESE MEDICINE *
L.A.M.S. * CHANGE THE BEAT: SHOWCASE & WORKSHOP * GHOSTFORM * JOLUCA * KUE VARO & THE ONLY HOPES * KING THIEF * ARMONÍA * K-RIZ * THE DENIM DADDIES * GREENWING * LIMITED HANGOUT * GRIMELDA * VERTTIGO * RHYTHM OF CRUELTY * KAYLA WILLIAMS & THE YACHT * DADDIES * WHITEY HOUSTON * CAT PISS * AMY NELSON * THE BLUE * PONY GOLD * LACHLAN NEVILLE * ILYSM * DJ SOUP * NON ULTRAS * LOAMNET * KEEGAN POWELL & THE JETPACKS LOVE PRO WRESTLING CHIC CHAMELEON YELRIHS CARTER FELKER CHAIRMAN DEAD FIBRES * GNARWHAL HYDRACAT * MOTO * EPHEMERAH * FILLE-FILLE * FEMMES VOYOUS * PSEUDO-ANTIGONE * PLËZHER GEORGIIE STREET * CUTOFFS * CRYPTOZOOLOGISTS PAINT DRYING DUAL NATURE PHEROMONE KILLZ RYA MARZETTI SOTERO POLOISMZ RADIO * FISH LIPS JILLIAN TREIDLER * POWERLOAD * WHILING * LUKE THOMSON * PURPLE CITY DISCO * DJ TWIST * SAUSHA SUPERNAULT * REBECCA BLK TEBBY & THE HEAVY * NAT NOLAN * TRINKETT * DJ SONNY GRIMEZ *
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets :
Festival Wristbands -$105.47 – $115.77
Individual shows: Varies – $17.70 & up
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday January 21 to Sunday January 25, 2026
– Schedule
Venue & Address
Multiple downtown Edmonton venues including The Starlite Room, Rocky Mountain Icehouse, and many more!
Wheelchair accessible
