UPSIDE DOWNTOWN
Concerts + Art on Rotary Square, Casa
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 5pm: Joce Reyome, Paul Kype and Texas Flood
Stage Sponsor: Davis GMC Buick
Community Highlight: Upside Downtown x Wide Skies Music Festival
Food Truck Guest: La Gloria + Bakari
Craft Night: Silk Screening (bring a shirt or tote bag of your choice to be printed on!)
FREE
Join us for an extra long concert this week as we partner with Wide Skies Music Festival to bring more live music to Southern Alberta!
Band Bio – Joce Reyome:
Joce Reyome has been dedicated to cultivating their distinctive sound which blends classic blues sound with raw vocals, and a throwback to the rich origins of uninhibited rock. Their sound is infused with inspiration from the likes of Etta James, Janis Joplin, and Tracy Chapman. Reyome performs with such genuine authenticity, it makes you forget they’re a genuine rascal about town. While they perform, they’re not just playing music for you, they’re leading you on a journey of complex heartbreak, blended with humorous interludes, and love personified.
Winner of the 2025 Solo/Duo Category of the International Blues Challenge, Reyome, a genuine soul, brings authenticity to their performances, turning audiences into active participants in a journey through heartbreak and humour. With performances on the Confederation Centre of the Arts main stage, at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, at JUNOfest 2024, at the East Coast Music Awards and more, they have captivated audiences across Atlantic Canada.
Band Bio – Paul Kype and Texas Flood:
A masterful guitarist, Paul has been playing guitar since the age of ten. Drawing upon the influences of guitar legends such as Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Paul has honed his skill to near perfection. He honors the songs of the greats by playing them with amazing precision and at the same time, investing them with his own intense feeling. After his solos, it is not uncommon to see people cheering jubilantly while shaking their heads in disbelief and awe.
In 1993 Paul formed Texas Flood with Jerry Adolphe, veteran Vancouver drummer of well known bands “Chilliwack” and ” Jim Byrnes”, and fellow club musician Simon Hardman. Through the nineties Texas Flood toured relentlessly ,eventually securing the Monday night slot as a house band at The Yale Hotel in Vancouver in the year 2000, a Monday night party that lasted three years. The year 2000 was a busy one that included a full festival tour as a backing band for Chicago lap steel legend “Freddy Roulette” and a trip late in the year to do some shows in Austin Texas, a lifelong dream.
Since relocating to Alberta in 2004, Paul has continued to work steadily with Texas Flood and as of March 2014 has just released their new CD “Long Time Comin’. ” Texas Flood is committed to keeping the rockin’ blues alive!
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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.
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
