UPSIDE DOWNTOWN - POP UP, GET DOWN
Concerts + Art on Rotary Square, Casa
Thursdays, July 3 – August 28, 5pm to 7pm
Cash Bar
FREE
This Thursday July 10: Makiisma
Chinook High School Battle of the Bands Performers, preshow 4:45: Ukrainian Band
Food Truck Guest: Bakari
Having performed and toured as a violinist and vocalist with numerous bands over the past decade, Brown was no stranger to the music scene before the spring of 2017 when Makiisma, backed by a three-piece band, took shape. As Makiisma, Brown, a lab technician by day, creates music infused with heartfelt passion. Topped with haunting vocals, soulful violin, and energetic keys, her music draws the listener in and leads them on a journey through the many dynamic shifts that are characteristic of her songs. Makiisma’s unique song-writing and melodic intuitions have led the band to pen their own genre for their music; doom-folk. Bringing together elements of the classical world with her passion for heavy, raw, expressive music Makiisma creates songs that lie somewhere between Portishead, Black Mountain, and death gospel artist Chelsea Wolfe.
Makiisma released her debut album ‘Lady Misery’ in March 2020. Visit
http://makiisma.com
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Upside Downtown Concerts + Art 2025 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 3 - Veronica Raine, The Decadent Phase
JULY 10 - Makiisma
JULY 17 - Joce Reyome
JULY 24 - Joshua Beebe & The Forest Orchestra, Willy Big Bull & Wintercount
JULY 31 - John Wort-Hannam
AUGUST 7 - Nuela Charles
AUGUST 14 - Bailey Kate Band
AUGUST 21 - Richard Inman & The Western Canadian All-Stars
AUGUST 28 POP UP, GET DOWN 5pm until 10pm
Shaela Miller + Guests, ADEQUATE!, Hippodrome
A summer dance party with three bands, an art market, and we’re closing 8 Street!
This summer in The Gallery at Casa: Re:Turning the Stories, a community exhibition with over 40 local artists reflecting on their relationship to the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden and Nikkei cultural stories in southern Alberta.
Order an Upside Downtown 2025 concert t-shirt designed by Tatianna Cook from Nectar Fine Tattooing and printing by So Normal Print Shop by visiting
http://artslethbridge.org
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, Precon, Andrew Hilton, Anova Law Group, CIR Realty, Nectar Fine Tattoo, Safeway, So Normal Print Shop, Tourism Lethbridge, and Warwick Printing. Thank you to our media sponsors: CJOC, The Ranch, and MyLethbridgeNow.com.
If you like this event and other free arts programming supported by the AAC, consider donating here:
https://bit.ly/AACDonate
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