{"id":603961,"date":"2026-04-14T18:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603961\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:35:12","slug":"expect-pop-up-performances-and-activities-around-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603961\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect pop-up performances and activities around Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Arts Council has a fun-filled April on schedule, all of which will be taking place in downtown LRT stations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edmontonarts.ca\/about\/projects\/community-programming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">L-ART-T<\/a> is the Edmonton Arts Council\u2019s LRT pop-ups, with interactive activities and performances taking over the stations on multiple occasions. Whether it\u2019s getting a poem made just for you, a spoken word performance, or something you\u2019d never expect on an LRT ride, you\u2019re going to have a great time.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect<\/p>\n<p>There are five different experiences happening this month (April), with the first one actually happening today!<\/p>\n<p>Today, on April 14, poetry towers will light up the tunnels of Corona Station from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. If you have time to spare, the arts council recommends sitting with a poet and having a personalized haiku made just for you.<\/p>\n<p>Following this pop-up, there will be another experience on April 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. At Churchill Station, the council will be prepping riders with bat info ahead of National Bat Appreciation Day. You can receive artifacts, swag and fun facts, all courtesy of the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Not to mention, Dracula will be making an appearance, taking comedic requests and handing out themed candy.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on April 21 from 5 to 7 p.m., MacEwan Station will light up. Once again, you can sit with a poet and have a personalized haiku made for you. If you\u2019re more into participating yourself, you can write a poem for another ride with block poetry on April 23 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Government Centre Station. Here, you can listen to the poets share their powerful spoken word pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The final pop-up will take place on April 25, from noon to 5 p.m. at Corona Station, bringing it all back to where it began. You can celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/yegindiebookstores.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Edmonton Indie Book Store Extravaganza<\/a> with spoken word poetry and illuminated towers. It\u2019ll definitely be an afternoon you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n<p>If you have the time, make your way to an LRT station for one of these spectacular pop-ups. You won\u2019t regret it.<\/p>\n<p>When: Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to Saturday, April 25, 2026<br \/>Time: Various times<br \/>Where: Multiple Edmonton LRT stations<br \/>Cost: Free<\/p>\n<p>Recent posts:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curiocity.com\/edmonton-group-chat-whats-trending-april-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Edmonton Group Chat: What your friends are talking about this week (April 14)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curiocity.com\/local-bookstores-edmonton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Local bookstores in Edmonton to indulge in your reading fantasies<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-loaded \" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776191712_493_Screenshot-2025-07-07-090847.png\" alt=\"Alyssa Gallardo\" title=\"Alyssa Gallardo\"  \/>Alyssa Gallardo<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa is a Staff Writer for Dished and Curiocity Edmonton. She\u2019s a big fan of everything entertainment, and can always be seen running around the city going from concert to concert.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/curiocity.com\/author\/alyssa-gallardo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read articles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Arts Council has a fun-filled April on schedule, all of which will be taking place in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-603961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}