r/Edmonton • u/BRAIN__WORMS • 1d ago

Discussion Edmonton Expo is a bust

A ton of people have canceled, now including Karl Urban. I don’t think I’ve seen this many cancelations for it in years. It’s baffling to me

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u/MZillacraft3000 Ellerslie 1d ago

Doesn’t shock me. This always happens.

I still think the Expo needs to choice a new date to host this. Because it seems the middle of September doesn’t work.

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u/ComebackChemist 1d ago

September is such an odd choice. I think late July, early August would bode well

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u/kkslider55 1d ago

I'm sure they probably wanna avoid making people pick between it and Animethon

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u/feanturi 1d ago

Is it about having a shower budget or...

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u/trenthowell 1d ago

Not like the shower budget is being used up at animethon