East Town Get Down; Music Festival Collaboration

May 22–23, 2025

A collaborative showcase of multiple shows across Alberta from May 22nd to East town get down on the 24th with traveling and regional bands who are playing these shows. Giving artists more opportunities in Alberta when they are traveling in for one off events.

Key Impact Area: Building cultural bridges through music, increasing access to live performances.

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About The International Avenue Arts and Culture Community

International Avenue Arts and Culture Community (IAACC) supports arts and cultural initiatives in East Calgary. IAACC is the heART of the commUNITY when it comes to free arts programming for the community, supporting artists of all ages giving them an economic uplift, and celebrating diversity through the arts by way of free community events.

Contact

Email: info@westanthem.com

Alberta spans five treaty territories and eight Métis settlements. Like their ancestors, many Indigenous individuals and families make their homes across the prairies, including the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika – the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuu T’ina Nation. The Métis People of Alberta include the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, both from here and as visitors from elsewhere, have helped care for these lands for generations. We recognize they have traditions and relationships to the land far outstretching the arrival of settlers.

We are extremely grateful for these lands on which we reside, work, and play. We make this acknowledgement as an act of gratitude and reconciliation. While championing the arts in Calgary and across Alberta, we intend for our work to contribute to the valuing of traditional art forms and result in greater opportunity for the creative Indigenous talent who walk these lands today.