Dead Venues film recalls Edmonton’s lost, lamented clubs
By Sandra Sperounes, Edmonton Journal May 6, 2015 3:07 PM
A gig poster from New City for the Dead Venues project.
Preview
Dead Venues
With: Post-film performance by Jr. Gone Wild
Part of: Global Visions Film Festival
When: Friday at 7 p.m.
Where: Metro Cinema, 8712 109th St.
Tickets: $15 plus service charges via globalvisionsfestival.com
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, The Ambassador Hotel was home to one of Edmonton’s sketchiest dives.
The Ambo, as it was usually called, featured a low ceiling, crappy sight lines (thanks to a few posts lining the dance floor), lax ID policies, and a cranky waiter with missing fingers.
The basement venue, located on 106th Street, was also one of the best places to see touring and local punk and alternative acts: Descendents, Tupelo Chain Sex, Mojo Nixon, Neurosis, Big Drill Car, Edmonton’s Jr. Gone Wild, Unsound, and Idyl Tea...
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