Media Kit

Key Messaging for Edmonton Music Community
As a member and supporter of the Edmonton music community, we encourage you to start sharing news that the JUNOs are coming back to Edmonton with your audiences and networks. ‍

If you are a promoter, venue or festival organizer, consider showcasing past JUNO nominees and winners in your programming, or highlighting this accomplishment when promoting your artists. ‍

If you’re a musician, past winner or nominee, share your experience and excitement about the Edmonton JUNOs on your social channels, with live audiences and at industry events.

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Feel free to customize these key messages for your context.

• The JUNO Awards are coming back to Edmonton  March 13, 2023 hosted at Rogers Place.
  
  
• We can’t wait to participate in all the JUNO Week festivities that will bring the city alive with music leading up to the main event.
  
  
• This is an exciting moment for Edmonton to host Canada’s music industry and show off our incredible local talent.
  
  
• Edmonton’s music scene is diverse, experimental, constantly evolving, and has produced some of the world’s most notable groundbreaking musicians in almost every genre.
  
  
• We are a city that loves music, supports local artists and showcases them every chance we get whether it’s at our renowned festivals, a farmers market, a busking spot on Whyte Avenue, to the large scale venues like Rogers Place, to the smallest corner of a local pub–Music is alive and well in Edmonton.
  
  
• During JUNO Week we will celebrate our music history, our present and our future and especially our emerging artists and the next generation of ticket buyers, venues, promoters, and industry who will shape Edmonton’s musical voice on the world stage in the decades to come.
  
  
• Keep checkingjunoawards.cafor announcements and programming leading up to JUNO Week including mentorship programs like the Alan Slaight JUNO Masterclass for up and coming artists.

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FAQs

1. When will further event details be announced such as nominees, the host, etc.?
Gloabl superstar Simu Liu is back for the second year in a row to host for the 2023 JUNO Awards! Please stay tuned for more announcements.

2. When will tickets go on sale for the 2023 event?
Tickets for the The 2023 JUNO Awards, with performances by Nickelback, Tate McRae and hosted by Simu Liu, are on sale now! Visit ticketmaster.ca/junos.ca
3. Why is this a significant event for Edmonton to host?
JUNO Week is a wonderful opportunity for Edmontonians to participate in this national celebration of art and music through community activation and programming. It will also shine a light on our thriving hospitality and service industries, as well as give us a chance to showcase our venues to music artists and industry professionals from across the country.

4. What can we expect during JUNO Week in March 2023?
More details will come, but the city will come alive with music and culture leading up to the JUNO Awards event. We expect local business owners, the music community and local venues to embrace hosting acts and special activations in their spaces, which will make this a truly unique Edmonton celebration of Canadian music.

6. When is the 2023 event?

‍JUNO Week festivities from March 9 to 13, 2023. The 52nd Annual JUNO Awards will broadcast live on CBC from Rogers Place on Monday, March 13, 2023.

7. When was the last time the JUNOs were in Edmonton?
2004, 19 years ago. This is the second time Edmonton will host the event. 

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Edmonton Facts

· Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the northernmost city in North America with a population of over one million people. We are the gateway to Canada’s North.

· Edmonton’s River Valley is 22 times the size of New York’s Central Park

· Edmonton is one of Canada’s sunniest cities, experiencing an average of 325 sunny days and 2,345 bright sunshine hours per year, and 17 hours of sunlight in the summertime.

· Edmonton is less than a two-hour flight from Seattle, a quick three-hour flight from San Francisco, and the drive to Jasper National Park s just three and a half hours west of the city.

· Edmonton International Airport has over 60 non-stop national, US and international destinations

· Want to take the scenic route? Edmonton is fully accessible through Via Rail Canada. Bask in the magnificence of the Canadian Rockies or the beauty of the windswept prairies

· Edmonton is Canada’s youngest and fastest growing capital city.

· Edmonton’s population is one of the youngest in the country, with 31 per cent of individuals under the age of 25 and an average age of 37.7.

· Edmonton is #9 on the Top Global Sports Cities Index. It is the only Canadian city on the list.

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