The annual beloved street festival is coming up on July 4-6, and the entertainment lineup has been announced for both the main stage in front of Grant Hall and the stage in front of John’s Music.
Alongside the ongoing talent on each stage will be all the things that people love about Sidewalk Days, which is open from 10am to 8pm on July 4-5, and 10am to 5pm on July 6.
The street fair will take up nine blocks of Main Street, beginning on the block between Ross Street and Caribou Street all the way up to Manitoba Street.
The intersections of Fairford Street, Caribou Street, Athabasca Street, and Manitoba Street will remain open to traffic. The rest will be blocked off for foot traffic only.
Organizer Jacki L’Heureux-Mason estimates that the street fair will be maxed out with around 210 vendors this year, some from out of town and some local.
That number includes several different food trucks — featuring some local names, like Taste of Lebanon, Deja Vu Cafe, and Cornerstone Bar & Grill, among others.
The Children’s Village is returning, bigger and better than before. There will be an extra bouncy house to accommodate the crowds, as well as games, face painting, and entertainment on the children’s stage.
The inaugural Cosplay Alley, organized by the Moose Jaw Gamers Association, will have their heroic setup outside the Mae Wilson Theatre on July 6. The booth will feature some prominent cosplay groups from around the province, with photo ops of favorite characters in the lobby of the Mae Wilson and a virtual reality demo set up to try out.
Little Chicago Entertainment is the main sponsor for the Busker Hubs, located throughout the fair to wow the crowds with a number of different talents. The local company will also be revealing their mobile escape room at the street fair.
Returning with as much popularity as other years before, the Deja Vu Singer/Songwriter Showcase will take the Grant Hall main stage on July 4, from noon until 4pm. Many great applicants signed up for the contest, and only eight performers were selected to take part.
The showcase features local talent, with cash prizes and recording tome with Nebulus Entertainment here in Moose Jaw.
Sask Express is slated for a performance on July 5 at 6pm, made possible by sponsorship from Veroba's Family Restaurant & Moose Jaw Cleaning Service, and will be followed by crowd favorite and Sidewalk Days veteran Trick Ryder at 7pm.
The entertainment over all three days includes folk music, tap dancers, rock bands, blues musicians and all kinds of dance numbers — many of which are from Moose Jaw, and all of which are Saskatchewan talent.
L’Heureux-Mason encourages everyone to come down and check out Sidewalk Days, and to remember that there will likely be no smoking due to the revised city bylaw, and to leave pets at home — it gets hot and crowded during the day.
Sidewalk Days sees 20,000 visitors every year, which is why the team of volunteers make sure that all the activities lined up for the weekend are completely free and family-friendly — the only cost for the weekend is money to shop the various vendors.
To keep up with Sidewalk Days announcements, check their Facebook page for up to date information. More information about the Children’s Stage will be announced closer to the dates of the weekend.
A full list of the entertainment schedule is below:
Grant Hall Stage:
Thursday:
12 - 4pm — Deja Vu Singer/Songwriter Showcase
4:30pm — The Doctors
5:30pm — Random Honesty
7pm — Trick Ryder
Friday:
12pm — Tip Tappers
1pm — Tyler Gilbert
2pm — Annie MacLeod
3:30pm — Jacksonville
5pm — Resonance Duo
6pm — Sask Express
7:30pm — Tilted Kilts
Saturday:
12pm — Dance Images by BJ
1pm — Shemiel/Sasha
2pm — The Uncoolas
John’s Music Stage:
Thursday:
1pm — Travis Geib
2pm — Tip Tappers
3pm — Tyler Gilbert
4pm — Underclass Exile
5:30pm — The Treefellers
7pm — The 86’s
Friday:
1pm — Tessa Herzberger
2pm — Total Imaginary Mind Experience
4pm — Delta Maxxx
5:30pm — Chin Stitch
7pm — Dustin Ritter
Saturday:
1pm — Brian Paul
2:30pm — D’Cube
4pm — The Angry District
