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Podcast: Festival City Faces Change
TLDR
Our latest podcast: Festival spaces are always in demand. What is the changing shape of Edmonton going to mean for where we celebrate?
Public events and public spaces
Edmonton is a festival city. Our summers are especially busy with celebrations of community, culture, food and the arts. With major construction projects like LRT expansion forcing some of the biggest and most recognizable festivals to move, at least temporarily, itโs a chance to examine what these events need to keep festival-goers happy and expand. And itโs a chance for Edmonton to see if itโs providing what the festivals, and neighbours, want from use of public space.
At the spring 2019 magazine launch, Oliver Community League vice president Luwam Kiflemariam lead the discussion on what weโre learning about festival spaces in the core during a time of change.
The panel is:
- Bob Black, executive vice president of the Katz Group and executive VP of the Oilers Entertainment Group, Special Projects
- Paul Lucas, general manager of Taste of Edmonton
- Stephen Raitz, urban planning student at the University of Alberta
*For previous podcasts of panel discussions from The Yards, check out our episodes on the effects of cannabis on living centrally, who we remember, transportation changes in the city and safety of women in core neighbourhoods.
Podcast produced by Jeff Samsonow.
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