Calgary Calgary climbs to the
peak of Canada’s music world By Brenlee Coates
The new National Music Centre. C
algary is often championed for its heyday in July when the city becomes a 10-day-long rodeo beer-slugging party during the
Calgary Stampede. Te rising music scene will peak
with the scheduled opening of the new $132-million National Music Centre in 2016, bringing a different angle to the city’s reputation. Te new National Music Centre Te National Music Centre (NMC),
known for its collection of over 2,000 rare instruments and artifacts, is also a great place to catch live music in Calgary. At its current facility, located at 134 11 Ave. SE, NMC hosts as many as 200 events each year at its Stage One performance space. Every type of event can happen at NMC, from sit-down jazz performances, to raucous punk and hip hop shows, to touring out-of-town electronic acts. In early 2015, NMC will prepare to move into its new 160,000-square-foot facil- ity, which is currently under construction in downtown Calgary and scheduled to open in the spring of 2016, but it will continue to host live music events at its current space until September 2015. For
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How to get there Air Canada and WestJet offer 67 flights per week
Flight duration 2 hr 5 min
more information on the project and to check event listings, visit
nmc.ca. Palomino Smokehouse & Social Club
Along with the oversaturated décor
of a proper Cowboy/Western bar and tattoo-covered staff, Te Palomino offers reliable live entertainment all week long. Many of its shows are free in the up-
stairs dining area, where you can mow down great barbecue dishes from the smokehouse, and catch a range of lo- cal and international acts across many genres. Downstairs, in the Showroom, general admission gains you entry to one of the most celebrated live music spaces in Cowtown. Te Palomino rests right
off the C-Train, just steps away from the Calgary Tower landmark in the middle of the city’s bustling downtown. Wine-Ohs
A blues and jazz scene is ripe in Cal-
gary, whether it’s blues locals slinging tunes at Mikey’s Juke Joint & Eatery every night of the week, the city’s best blues players jamming at Te Blues Can in Inglewood, or jazz, blues and soul mu- sic filling up the Cellar at Wine-Ohs. You access the downstairs venue
through the side door of Wine-Ohs building, that faces an alley, conjuring the excitement of an underground speakeasy. Te subterranean Cellar sets the tone
for a throwback, and on most nights you can enjoy the music that fuelled the decadence of Te Jazz Age while tast- ing wines from its robust wine list – but you can also find local indie bands and singer-songwriters playing an intimate set.
Ironwood Stage & Grill Te Ironwood Stage & Grill is con-
sidered the best live folk/roots venue in town since it took over the bones of the old Garry Teatre. Te building, built in 1936, was built with the most powerful
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Photo courtesy of Allied Works Architecture.
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