{"data":{"id":"7ecb416a-0d0d-40e1-a849-3ee4b7f7f54b","originKind":"SYNDICATED","title":"Edmonton events this week: Corb Lund, Rainmaker and Twin Peaks marathon","summary":"Corb Lund: Looking ahead a little, Corby’s four-night standoff with the Hurtin’ Albertans at Starlite Room starts Thursday with him playing two classic albums in full, starting with Five Dollar Bill from 2003 with (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots and No Roads Here.\n\nNext, it’s Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer, which spawned Truck Got Stuck and maybe my all-time favourite of his, Truth Comes Out.\n\nFriday and Saturday are already sold out, but you can still catch the other retro showcase Sunday, May 31, this time kicking off with 2012’s Cabin Fever (which I shot the album cover of, PS), featuring the timely Gettin’ Down on the Mountain and the wonderful Cows Around.\n\nThen, wrapping the run up, it’s 2007’s brilliant Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier in its entirety, with the smalls-resurrected My Saddle Horse Has Died and Lament for Lester Cousins among its gems.\n\nThis is going to be such a great set of concerts, see you in the twirling, headbanging dance pit!\n\nDetails: 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday at Starlite Room (10030 102 St.), $62.17 at thestarliteroom.ca\n\nRainmaker Festival: If you’re looking for something with a bit of a KDays flavour before that hits July 17-26, this two-day party in St. Albert is just the thing.\n\nBesides the rides, food trucks and games midway, there’s two nights of concerts, with punk heroes Gob headlining Rock Night Friday, backed by the awesome Econoline Crush, with Royal Foundry, TEN02 and Backwoods Superfreak rounding up the bill.\n\nSaturday is Country Night, Chad Brownlee up top, Morgan Klaiber, Ben Chase and Parliament of Owls also on the menu.\n\nBoth concerts start at 6 p.m.\n\nDaily general admission to the fair is $5, $9 for kids 7-12, with the 18+ concerts being $100 a pop, all in.\n\nThere’s also a parade and rodeo, head to rainmakerevents.ca for full info and tickets.\n\nDetails: midway 3:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Fri., 10:30 a.m. – 11 p.m. Sat., 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sun. St. Albert Kinsmen Fairgrounds (47 Riel Dr., St. Albert), ticket info above\n\nRon Josol: In town for one night only, L.A.-based Canadian-Filipino comedian Ron Josol is playing an intimate show Saturday in Old Strathcona.\n\nCalled the “bootleg version of Dwayne The Rock Johnson by Kevin Hart,” Josol’s good-natured, pleasantly uncomfortable vibe has been on the international comedy circuit for decades, discussing his roots in a world where “I used to have to tell everyone I was Chinese, because no one knew what the heck a Filipino was back then.”\n\nJen Sakato and Celeste Lampa are also part of this fun show.\n\nDetails: 9 p.m. Saturday Kinshi Rinji (8109 101 St.), $33.28 at eventbrite.ca\n\nHatiras: While this weekend’s CannaBliss Festival in Sturgeon County with Afroman, Rascalz and Snotty Nose Rez Kids has been postponed, its people are still keeping the buzz going with an event in town with some of the fest’s DJs.\n\nTwo-time dance-recording Juno winner and Daft-Punk-fan Hatiras sits atop the bill with Niagara’s Virgil Thomas and a dozen local spinners, including Tripswitch bringing it on home after Hatiras late Saturday night.\n\nDetails: 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday at The Faculty (10151 82 Ave.), $33.40 for both nights, or $22.73 Friday, $28.07 Saturday at eventbrite.com\n\nTwin Peaks (1990): “I’ve never watched it,” is a surprisingly common refrain talking about David Lynch’s bizarro TV masterpiece, so here’s a rare chance to do so on the big screen.\n\nThis multi-screening affair starts Friday night with the discovery of Laura Palmer’s body “wrapped in plastic” and the introduction to the world of impossibly good Agent Dale Cooper as he drives into the small town that would change his life (and ours) forever.\n\nThen, Sunday afternoon, Metro is showing episodes two and three, with the rest of the season playing subsequent Sundays through June 4, guaranteed to get you hooked on this weird little ecosystem where the owls are not what they seem.\n\nDetails: 9:15 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Sunday at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), $14 each or $40 for a series pass at metrocinema.org\n\nfgriwkowsky@postmedia.com\n\n@fisheyefoto.bsky.social\n\nBookmark our website and support our journalism: Don’t miss the news you need to know — add EdmontonJournal.com and EdmontonSun.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.\n\nYou can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today: The Edmonton Journal | The Edmonton Sun.","url":"https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/edmonton-events-corb-lund-rainmaker-festival","imageUrl":"https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/edmontonjournal/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/0522-take5-corb.jpg","publishedAt":"2026-05-21T15:53:02.000Z","sourceLabel":"Edmonton Journal Music","tags":["Entertainment","Festivals","Movies","Music"],"authorName":"Fish Griwkowsky","contentHtml":"\"Corb

Corb Lund : Looking ahead a little, Corby’s four-night standoff with the Hurtin’ Albertans at Starlite Room starts Thursday with him playing two classic albums in full, starting with Five Dollar Bill from 2003 with (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots and No Roads Here.

Next, it’s Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer, which spawned Truck Got Stuck and maybe my all-time favourite of his, Truth Comes Out.

Friday and Saturday are already sold out, but you can still catch the other retro showcase Sunday, May 31, this time kicking off with 2012’s Cabin Fever (which I shot the album cover of, PS), featuring the timely Gettin’ Down on the Mountain and the wonderful Cows Around.

Then, wrapping the run up, it’s 2007’s brilliant Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier in its entirety, with the smalls-resurrected My Saddle Horse Has Died and Lament for Lester Cousins among its gems.

This is going to be such a great set of concerts, see you in the twirling, headbanging dance pit!

Details : 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday at Starlite Room (10030 102 St.), $62.17 at thestarliteroom.ca

Rainmaker Festival : If you’re looking for something with a bit of a KDays flavour before that hits July 17-26, this two-day party in St. Albert is just the thing.

Besides the rides, food trucks and games midway, there’s two nights of concerts, with punk heroes Gob headlining Rock Night Friday, backed by the awesome Econoline Crush, with Royal Foundry, TEN02 and Backwoods Superfreak rounding up the bill.

Saturday is Country Night, Chad Brownlee up top, Morgan Klaiber, Ben Chase and Parliament of Owls also on the menu.

Both concerts start at 6 p.m.

Daily general admission to the fair is $5, $9 for kids 7-12, with the 18+ concerts being $100 a pop, all in.

There’s also a parade and rodeo, head to rainmakerevents.ca for full info and tickets .

Details : midway 3:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Fri., 10:30 a.m. – 11 p.m. Sat., 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sun. St. Albert Kinsmen Fairgrounds (47 Riel Dr., St. Albert), ticket info above

Ron Josol : In town for one night only, L.A.-based Canadian-Filipino comedian Ron Josol is playing an intimate show Saturday in Old Strathcona.

Called the “bootleg version of Dwayne The Rock Johnson by Kevin Hart,” Josol’s good-natured, pleasantly uncomfortable vibe has been on the international comedy circuit for decades, discussing his roots in a world where “I used to have to tell everyone I was Chinese, because no one knew what the heck a Filipino was back then.”

Jen Sakato and Celeste Lampa are also part of this fun show.

Details : 9 p.m. Saturday Kinshi Rinji (8109 101 St.), $33.28 at eventbrite.ca

Hatiras : While this weekend’s CannaBliss Festival in Sturgeon County with Afroman, Rascalz and Snotty Nose Rez Kids has been postponed, its people are still keeping the buzz going with an event in town with some of the fest’s DJs.

Two-time dance-recording Juno winner and Daft-Punk-fan Hatiras sits atop the bill with Niagara’s Virgil Thomas and a dozen local spinners, including Tripswitch bringing it on home after Hatiras late Saturday night.

Details : 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday at The Faculty (10151 82 Ave.), $33.40 for both nights, or $22.73 Friday, $28.07 Saturday at eventbrite.com

Twin Peaks (1990) : “I’ve never watched it,” is a surprisingly common refrain talking about David Lynch’s bizarro TV masterpiece, so here’s a rare chance to do so on the big screen.

This multi-screening affair starts Friday night with the discovery of Laura Palmer’s body “wrapped in plastic” and the introduction to the world of impossibly good Agent Dale Cooper as he drives into the small town that would change his life (and ours) forever.

Then, Sunday afternoon, Metro is showing episodes two and three, with the rest of the season playing subsequent Sundays through June 4, guaranteed to get you hooked on this weird little ecosystem where the owls are not what they seem.

Details : 9:15 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Sunday at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), $14 each or $40 for a series pass at metrocinema.org

fgriwkowsky@postmedia.com

@fisheyefoto.bsky.social

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