K-Days entertainment this year was not up to the standards that have had people flocking to the stages at Northlands. Of the concerts we attended the concerts on the North Stage were more well rounded appealing to a number of different groups and genres. The South stage had groups from the baby boomer era's from the ICE Cube to the beach boys and Cheap Trick, with the Village People mixed in. Walk off the Earth, Marianas Trench, Billy Talent and Lil Jon. A number of the artists had appeared previously at K-Days.
The North Stage was much more varied, The unfortunates and 54-40, the Alberta Music Showcase, The Odds, Brent Butt (Comedy), Destroyer (KISS cover Band), Doc Walker (Country), The Headpins and PRISM, with a little Improv comedy and a silent Disco.
It is unfortunate the The EEDC currently running Northlands, and Northlands did not see a need to be varied on both stages and provide a varied entertainment experience for attendees. In all most of the artists existed before the target audience at k-days existed. Overall Opinion is that there was a lot of opportunity to reach and draw in people who may not attend the festival/fair.
When you consider fairs that are doing similar shows are providing a higher quality of entertainment for less cost. The PNE for example (
https://www.pne.ca/events/month/) Dean Brody, The GooGoo dolls, Wilson Phillips, Marianas Trench Air Supply, Jann Arden and Chicago as you can see even though some are older groups or artists they are also a lot more varied in styles and slightly higher quality. The Shows at The Canadian National Exhibition we won't even compare as that is a completely different level of show.
Now having attended a number of the shows, I found the entertainment was good, just in a lot of cases dated.
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| Krissy Feniak in Hall D |
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| DESTROYER (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| DESTROYER (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| DESTROYER (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| DESTROYER (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| DESTROYER (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Hailey Benedict (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Hailey Benedict (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Doc Walker (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Doc Walker (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Doc Walker (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Doc Walker (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Doc Walker (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Prism (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Prism (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Prism (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Prism (Ron Palmer Photography) |
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| Cheap Trick (Courtesy Dale MacMillan/K-Days) |
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| Cheap Trick (Courtesy Dale MacMillan/K-Days) |
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Rides are always part of every fair and K-days was no exception. It is amazing to see the line ups for some of the rides, Not sure that I would want to go on a ride after eating some deep fried coffee, or a super Turkey Drum Stick, or Sushi, let alone be behind some who has on say the polar express. On another note though the line ups for the rides were not long and I would say from the faces (including those that were a little green afterwards) everyone was having a ball on the midway.
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| The Zipper brought back for its 50th anniversary |
It was interesting though to listen to some of the conversations going on while, with the girls screaming about going on the crazy mouse and the guys going it is so lame, to Husbands and Wives/Boyfriends and Girlfriends arguing over riding the the sling shot, sometimes the conversations are as much fun as the rides.
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| Night shot across the midway |
Next up the shows which will be a 2 parter so that we can show one of the truly greatest shows at K-Days, that most people missed. Stay Tuned......
Part I Part II
Part III PowWow Part IV Entertainment
