Celebrate our city’s art and culture with Art in Motion!

Art is on the move this September on First Street SE, starting at the Esplanade and flowing down the street to Towne Square, and throughout the broader downtown area. This multi-faceted event kicks off at noon and moves into the evening and night. Enjoy FREE all ages daytime activities, including Saamis Immigration SHINE cultural performances, roving street performers, and then wrap up the evening with night shows on the festival stage.

Support, celebrate and engage with local artists and community organizations! Included in the line-up for this year only, we are proud to host from 4-6 PM in the theatre the Lieutenant Governor Alberta Arts Awards, honouring Alberta’s most accomplished artists!

Take in live art demonstrations by local artists and art organizations or get hands on and create it yourself! Enjoy live music, cultural and street performances or get in motion with community groups like Cousins Skateboard Community, Medicine Hat Skateboard Association, Pop Up Parks with Hula from the Heart and the Sensational Path Sensory Bus.

Get bold, bright, and messy in our Colour Blast Zone where you can cool down with a fun watercolor fight then take a stroll through Foam Frenzy. Enjoy our kids zone with FREE face painting, bouncy castles and much more.

Now that you've worked up an appetite stop by one of the local food trucks on location or explore downtown and treat yourself to shopping and more tasty eats!

There will be tons to see and do as you get on the move with Art In Motion!

Local band Snakes and the Riot will be rocking the stage before our headliner closes out the night!

Headliner Hawksley Workman goes live on the FREE outdoor festival stage at 7:30 PM!

Hawksley Workman is a JUNO Award-winning and Gold Record certified singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Since his ground-breaking self-produced indie debut For Him and The Girls (1999) through to chart-topping singles of 2020, Hawksley has careened between major label international smash hits to Canadiana soaked indie releases.  Boasting a catalogue of17 solo records, Hawksley’s genre defying style strings together folk, chart pop and irrepressible cabaret. His show-stopping vocals on songs about weather, love, heartbreak and tales of end-times have garnered him a league of devoted fans. 

Performing over a thousand shows worldwide, Hawksley has headlined prestigious venues like Massey Hall and The Olympia in Paris. For a uniquely Canadian artist Hawksley has built loyal fan bases in the UK, France, Norway and Australia launching many successful tours, demystifying and delighting fans while drawing on an enviable catalogue of mischievous favourites, glammy stompers and heartfelt hymns to small town Canada.

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