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    • Westbury Theatre
      • The Space Between Stars by Christine Lesiak
      • emBODYment: Aerial & Dance
    • Gateway Theatre
      • Opening Ceremonies & A-Line Variety Show
      • Late Night at the Gateway: Music
      • Late Night at the Gateway: Comedy & Music
      • Off the Page
      • NIKÂWIY ᓂᑳᐃᐧᕀ
      • JUNOfest presented by CBC Music at The Gateway Theatre
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        • Special Musical Performance: Noreta Lewis-Prince
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Media Releases

Skirt Design Competition, SkirtsAfire Media Launch 2017. Photo by Brittany Paige Balser.

Thank you for your interest in SkirtsAfire. For media inquiries, please contact Kate at Bottom Line Productions: kate@bottomlinepro.com

Press Release: The Shoe Project

Press Release: emBODYment

Press Release: JUNOfest at the Gateway presented by CBC Music

Press Release: Photo-Op: Opening Weekend of the Festival

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Next we're looking back at The Key of Me at Block Next we're looking back at The Key of Me at Block 1912 on March 5 featuring four incredible voices; @bella.novembre @estherforseth @taysim14 and @chelcea_short 🔥❤☕ 

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Our 2023 festival's "Late Night at the Gateway: Co Our 2023 festival's "Late Night at the Gateway: Comedy & Music" was so much fun! Relive the laughs with these great snaps from @april_mac_killins 
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On March 4th, "Songs in the Sanctuary" filled Holy On March 4th, "Songs in the Sanctuary" filled Holy Trinity Church with women's voices from ChandraTala Choir, Ariose Women’s Choir and Cantabo Women’s Ensemble. The night finished with headliner @maddiestorvold joined by upright base player Jill McKenna and fiddle player Aline Deanna. It was a magical evening!

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Photos from The Key of Me at @block1912 on March 4 Photos from The Key of Me at @block1912 on March 4, the opening weekend of our 2023 festival. We loved filling our newest Key of Me venue with sweet sounds by @alynnetrue @kaylawilliamsmusic and @shawnacaspi 

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The first Friday night of our festival, we filled The first Friday night of our festival, we filled the Gateway Theatre with music featuring @payphones.yeg and @lisanwaribe 🔥💃 Dance party included 🔥💃 

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Photos from the Opening Night Performance & Recept Photos from the Opening Night Performance & Reception of "The Space Between Stars" by Christine Lesiak, SkirtsAfire's 2023 MainStage Production. It was an honour to present such a phenomenal play.

Thanks to @ottoyeg for sponsoring with their delicious catering, to the @maddiestorvold Trio for sharing their music at the reception, and to the @edmontoncommunityfoundation for being our MainStage Production Sponsor!

Photos by @april_mac_killins and @bb_collective

"The Space Between Stars" Artistic Team
✨ Performed by Christine Lesiak and Sarah Emslie
✨ Featuring Sahl Wilkie
✨ Directed by Tracy Carroll
✨ Stage Managed by Nancy Yuen
✨ Set Design by Daniela Masellis
✨ Projection Design by Erin Gruber with Rebecca Cypher
✨ Sound Design by Aaron Macri
✨ Lighting & Costume Design by Skye Grinde
✨ Puppet dramaturgy by Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Peter Balkwill
✨ Lobby Installation by Ian Walker
✨ Videography by EPIC Photography
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#yegherstory #yegtheirstory #yegourstory #yeghistory #feeltheheat #internationalwomensday #edmontonart #exploreedmonton #yegfestival #yeg #womeninthearts #yegtheatre #cityoffestivals #yeggers #yegevent #yeg #yegdance #indigenousart #yegmusic #yegpoetry #yegdate #yegdesign #queertheatre #queerart
🛒 Our online store is now updated with our 2023 🛒 Our online store is now updated with our 2023 festival merchandise so if you missed your chance at snagging a shirt, you still have a chance! Head to the link in our bio to get yours now! 🛒

Artwork by @accessmystudio 
Sponsored by @duncancraigllp
Happy #NationalVolunteerWeek ❤️ We are spoiled Happy #NationalVolunteerWeek ❤️ We are spoiled with incredible volunteers who make our festival run during our busy 11 days, but also throughout the year on our volunteer Board of Directors and at our important casino fundraisers! We could not exist without the support of people giving their valuable hours, expertise and talents, sharing in the passion for SkirtsAfire. So THANK YOU to all our volunteers!

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SkirtsAfire respectfully acknowledges that we are telling stories on the traditional and ancestral homeland of diverse Indigenous peoples including Nehiyawak (Cree), Metis, Inuit, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux and Nakota Sioux, who have lived and travelled through this place thousands of years before us. We are all treaty people and as settlers to Treaty 6 Territory, which is also home to Métis Settlements and the Métis Nation of Alberta, we are striving to better listen, understand and learn from the Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing. We respect and celebrate the languages, history and culture of the First Nations, Metis and Inuit whose presence continues to enrich this vibrant community here in ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Amiskwacîwâskahikan, also known as Edmonton, and at SkirtsAfire.