The 2023 Jasper Folk Music Festival is in the books and it's unanimous: it was the festival organizers, and the community, deserved. After successive years of cancelations due to COVID-19, the herky-jerkiness of last year's Chetamon Mountain wildfire-compromised event, and some soggy memories of les...

A combined still-life/portrait series celebrating queer identity is catching the eyes of Coco’s Café clientele. Local art enthusiasts and coffee addicts are likely familiar with the frequently rotating art collections housed by Coco’s Café . The business is an approachable starting point for local a...

Derek Loewen of Del Boy Druid is bringing a unique sound to two unique Jasper venues. Alongside New Orleans artist Azad Safavi , on August 17, Del Boy Druid  will take the stage at the Spice Joint Lounge . Local artist Wade Rimstead is also bringing his signature sound to the party. Then, on August ...

There’s a new series of concerts coming to town. On Sundays evenings, starting June 18 and running all summer, live music will reverberate over the grassy field at Jasper’s Commemoration Park . The free, acoustic concerts are being spearheaded by Jasper’s Marie-Pierre Flipo-Bergeron, known by her st...

Cedar T, a two-spirit artist of the Indigenous drag house, IndigiHauz, was one of several queens whose performance marked the crown jewel of the Jasper Pride and Ski Festival’s closing weekend.  The evening was called Sâkihitowin —a Cree word meaning love and kindness for oneself, family, and commun...

View Post The Municipality of Jasper is lifting up the community’s approaching mural festival. At their April 4 regular council meeting, council agreed to reallocate $25,000 to secure a wall sponsorship with the 2023 UpLift Mural Festival .  “This will elevate our community for years to come,” said ...

The menu is confirmed, the food order has arrived and the high school students of École Desrochers are set to serve up a meal fit for royalty—or at least a meal fit to help them discover Place Royale . In preparation for their upcoming exchange to Ottawa and Québec City, five Jasper high school stud...

Before our very eyes, Jasper’s Sons & Daughter is growing up. As Jasper’s favourite five-piece band prepares for their show tomorrow night (March 18) at the Jasper Legion, the home-grown musicians are reflecting on where they’ve come from and where they’re going next. “We’re trying to put our best f...

Canmore-based Sheepdog Brewing takes top spot in brewing competition If you were staying at Jasper Park Lodge during Superbowl Weekend (February 11), you may have been surprised to see not a throng of overdressed patrons, nor pyjama-clad women for the PJ Party, but a lot of dudes with long beards we...

More than 540 people lined up for a Sunday Community Dinner at the Jasper Activity Centre on February 26. Staff and volunteers with The Raven Bistro cooked and dished up Shwarma-seasoned pulled chicken and fire-roasted tomato chickpea stew on coconut jasmine rice, served with hummus, tzatziki, carro...

Nearly 120 Jasper residents gathered around the proverbial campfire to hear tales of triumph, tragedy, wildlife and wonder Tuesday night. On February 21 the Downstream Bar hosted Once Upon A Time, Stories from Jasper Story Tellers, a much-appreciated return-to-regular-programming for the Friends of ...

January 26 marked the second and last night of Jasper Theater Productions’ Theatre Tour. With a variety of performing arts acts presented in a multi-venue format, the show has made its mark as one of the most uniquely creative endeavours to come out of the Jasper arts scene in recent times. Creating...

A new culinary experience in Jasper has opened its doors, and its kitchen, to the tapas-hungry public. NBHD (pronounced Neighbourhood ) is located upstairs in the Patricia Centre Mall, the brainchild of Jasperites Tim Horrocks and Vladi Dostálová—two ambitious ex-pats who have since 2018 been servin...

Robson Valley rockers double billing with Jasper’s The Project, post-Street Party A new incarnation of a signature sound will be plugging in at the Jasper Legion this Saturday night. To Jasperites, musicians Seth MacDonald and Shara Gustafson are perhaps best known as organizers, hosts, and headline...

With sale of Mountain Galleries, Jasper artist and filmmaker is reflecting on a life lived in art As a 10-year-old girl, Wendy Wacko never struggled with what she would do when she grew up. “I always knew I wanted to live a life in art,” she said. Some six decades later, the Jasper-based arts promot...

When Julie Van Rosendaal was a young girl, she wanted to cook without help from mom. Embracing her child’s early love for cooking, Van Rosendaal’s mother told her she could start cooking by herself … as soon as she could read a recipe by herself. “So off I went with a stack of cookbooks to learn how...

After an award winning season debuting their hit play From Jasper, With Love, local theatre stars Pieter Van Loon and Joost Tijssen are helping Jasper youth take the stage. Since November 18, and continuing until December 16, the duo have been featuring winter acting classes for teens. In the meanti...

“If I can do this, you can as well.” John McLay was in Jasper for Booklovers Weekend (October 21-23), a three day dedication to books, book workshops, book writers and book readings hosted by the collaborators at the Jasper Municipal Library, JAG and Jasper’s Habitat for the Arts . Author John McLay...

HI Sleepy Hollow hosting Oct 19 A collective of artists and community-minded organizers are hosting an evening of live music and conversation October 19 about the challenges surrounding finding safe, affordable housing in Jasper. Derek Loewen, a staffer at Hostelling International’s HI Jasper, said ...

Photos by Tim Poaps and Bob Covey September 1-30 have been designated Culture Days in Alberta . On September 24, a vibrant celebration of music, food and culture took place in Jasper’s Robson Park thanks to the coordinating efforts of Jasper Habitat for the Arts and the Local Francophone Association...