UPSIDE DOWNTOWN 2026
Concerts + Art on Rotary Square, Casa
Thursday, July 2, 5pm: Skinny Dyck
Stage sponsor: Chinook Equipment
Community Highlight: South Country Fair
Food Truck Guest: La Gloria
Art activity: Silkscreen
FREE to attend!
Band Bio – Skinny Dyck:
Resist the urge to laugh at Skinny Dyck - the alias of western Canadian artist Ryan Dyck (or don’t, that’s kind of the idea). Marinating in the success of his off-brand twang is a new batch of Easygoing material that sees the celebrated songwriter stepping further away from a genre defined by its traditions. A sort of Mac Demarco meets Merle Haggard mishmash, like a second mezcal negroni before dinner. Dyck has steadily “carved out a space that resists easy categorization” (Tinnitist) with a project where traditional signifiers stand with left-field production choices and a restless sense of curiosity. Following steady Canadian and European touring - with recent stops at Calgary Folk Festival, Reeperbahn, the Great Escape to name a few - Easygoing sees Dyck moving a few steps further away from the country music environs he once wholly inhabited, but fear not, twang fans: rather than replacing that sound wholesale, he and his studio collaborators have instead created their own hybrid approaches, “distilling the spirit of wide-cut country” (Exclaim!) with a willingness to stand as a singular artist in a style that often rewards similarity.
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Upside Downtown Concerts + Art 2026 Schedule
Weekly concerts on Rotary Square at Casa every Thursday night after work from 5pm – 7pm. Meet your friends, have a drink, grab a snack, and listen to local music in the downtown core. While you’re visiting, explore the galleries inside Casa, as it is always FREE.
JULY 2 – Skinny Dyck
JULY 9 – Monks on Call
JULY 16 – Lady Grime & the Prairie Scum, Sparkle Blood
JULY 23 – Moranz & Fremlin, Those Folk
JULY 30 – Joce Ryome, Paul Kype and Texas Flood
AUGUST 6 – Double Rider, Ekkohs
AUGUST 13 – Toni Vere, Mallory Chipman
AUGUST 20 – Midnight Channel
AUGUST 27 POP UP, GET DOWN 5pm until 10pm
The Windbreakers, Hippodrome, The Boom Booms
A summer dance party with three bands, an art market, and we’re closing 8 Street!
See all the arts events happening in Lethbridge here: http://yqlarts.ca
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The Allied Arts Council is thankful to the Upside Downtown sponsors that support arts programming in Lethbridge: FACTOR, Spectrum Ale Works, Westco Construction, Davis Auto Group, City of Lethbridge, Warwick Printing, Tourism Lethbridge, Safeway, Anova Law Group, Wide Skies Music Festival, St. John Ambulance, Sonic Multimedia, MNP, Andrew Hilton. Nectar Tattoo, and Airau.
If you like this event and other free arts programming supported by the AAC, consider donating here: https://bit.ly/AACDonate
