Pop Nuit 2014

We are so excited to be one of the sponsors for Pop Nuit, Winnipeg's alterna-pop music festival!

Part of the New Music Festival, Pop Nuit celebrates Canadian pop musicians who continue to break boundaries & create new, exciting sounds. 

Plus, there are some great local acts appearing again this year!

Clockwise from top left: Colin Stetson, Venetian Snares, Hannah Epperson, Mahogany Frog.

Four performers, two events:

Pop Nuit 1 - both local acts!

Saturday, January 25th (tomorrow!)

11pm

Union Sound Hall

Venetian Snares

with 

Mahogany Frog

Pop Nuit 2

Friday, January 31st

10pm

Millenium Centre

Colin Stetson 

with

Hannah Epperson

Read more about these great Canadian pop performers here.

These will be shows you won't want to miss.  Hope to see you there!

Blog post by Jessica C

Romeo + Juliet - Win a Pair of Tickets!

We here at Out of the Blue are excited to announce a special (and local!) contest in partnership with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Amanda Green and Liang Xing in Romeo + Juliet
Photo: Rejean Brandt

We are teaming up with the RWB to award you with a pair of tickets to see Romeo & Juliet!!

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If you've visited us or browsed the Village this past week, you may have noticed beautiful ballet costumes in our windows!  We're so thrilled to have these amazing pieces on display.

Amanda Green and Liang Xing in Romeo + Juliet
Photo: Rejean Brandt

The contest is simple: swing by the store, fill out a ballot and you could win 2 tickets to see R + J !

Check out the dancers' dazzling costumes:

Photo by Bruce Monk

Talk about  (really)vintage-inspired garments! This ballet's style is right up our alley.

Praise for R + J:

"Romeo and Juliet leaves you longing for a few more pages of music and another lovers' pas de deux."

-The Winnipeg Sun

This ballet adaptation of the timeless tale first premiered on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet stage on September 30th, 1981 (RWB's blog will tell you all about it).  23 years later, R + J are back! 

Note: the pink dress on the far left is not a ballet costume; it's one of our dresses!  It is definitely ballerina-inspired, and would be a sweet outfit to wear to R + J or on your Valentine's Day date!

Romeo + Juliet plays at the Centennial Concert Hall February 12-16. 

Amanda Green and Liang Xing in Romeo + Juliet
Photo: Rejean Brandt

How great is it that we live in a city where we can see a classic Shakespearean tragic love story set to music and transformed by a professional ballet company? 

Being a Winnipegger can be pretty great.

Come on down and see us to win your free tickets to R + J!