UPCOMING:
Mar 12, 2023 @ High Line Brewing, Calgary, AB
Presented by Bug Incision.
All shows in Edmonton, AB unless specified otherwise.
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::: 2023 :::
Jan 14, 2023 @ The Next Page, Calgary, AB
w/ Jung People
*includes collaborations with Jung People.
::: 2022 :::
Dec 17, 2022 @ The Aviary
w/ Jung People*, Thee Cosmic Brick Road
*includes special crossover performance with Jung People.
Oct 27, 2022 @ The Aviary
Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars
w/ Kelly Ruth, Low Earth Orbit
*Stasis album release
::: 2021 :::
Sep 8, 2021 @ The Aviary
Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars
w/ City + i.o., Low Earth Orbit
::: 2020 :::
Jan 19, 2020 @ The Sewing Machine Factory
Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars
w/ Kelly Ruth & Allison Balcetis, Jr. Chicken 1.95
Jan 7, 2020 @ The Metro Cinema
Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars
*Live music pre-show before Swans ‘Where Does A Body End?’ documentary
Presented by CJSR
::: 2019 :::
Oct 9, 2019 @ The Aviary
Pigeon Breeders (Will Scott / Myles Bartel) + Ghost Cars (Matthew Belton)
w/ guests l.n. baba, Smokey, Jean Pare Jr.
::: 2018 :::
Aug 10, 2018 @ The Sewing Machine Factory
Pigeon Breeders original lineup: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Tyler Harland
w/ guests Zebra Pulse, Kelly Ruth, Family Injera
July 8, 2018 @ The Aviary
Pigeon Breeders (Will Scott / Myles Bartel) + Smokey (Nickelas Johnson)
w/ guests Alder & Ash, Touching God, Redress
May 2nd, 2018 @ The Aviary
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Nickelas Johnson
Stephen Ferris art show
Co-Presented by Collective Arts
April 21st, 2018 @ The Aviary
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Nickelas Johnson
w/ guests Jung People, Fitness, Tab C.A. & Tension Collectors
March 3rd, 2018 @ Spazio Performativo (Mile Zero Dance)
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Nickelas Johnson
w/ dancers Gerry Morita, Jeannie Vandekerkhove, and Richard Lee
Part of the “Night Cuts” series by Mile Zero Dance
::: 2017 :::
December 15th, 2017 @ The Sewing Machine Factory
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Nickelas Johnson
w/ Soft Ions, L.N. Baba, Molan
* “Live At Skymall” cassette release show
November 18th, 2017 @ Metro Cinema
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Nickelas Johnson
* Performance before a screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain
Part of “The Cinema of Psychedelia at Metro Cinema” series
July 22nd, 2017 @ Mill Creek Cafe
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Nickelas Johnson
w/ Boothman, Sound of the Mountain, Firestarter, Burnbank
June 23rd, 2017 @ Good Life Community Bicycle Shop, Calgary, AB
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott, Myles Bartel & Sean MacIntosh
w/ POSTNAMERS, Yankee Yankee, Echo Beach
Sled Island 2017 Concert
May 13th, 2017 @ Skymall
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott / Myles Bartel / Nickelas Johnson
w/ CJ Boyd, Ethan Bokma, l.n. baba
* Ethan Bokma 10″ release party
Presented by Sweaty Palms
April 8th, 2017 @ St. Faith’s Church
*performing as Grok (Will Scott, Myles Bartel, Liam Trimble of Diamond Mind)
w/ Rhythm of Cruelty, Pyramid // Indigo, Feverfew, Smokey and the Feeelings
and visual accompaniments by Courteney Morin, Lukas Zapata, Kitsune, Simone Kousol-Graham, and Jenna-Katheryn Heinemann.
Presented by Mangled Tapes and Sweaty Palms
March 17 and 18, 2017 @ Holy Trinity Anglican Church
“Trance Sessions” presented by Mile Zero Dance and New Music Edmonton
Part of the 2017 Now Hear This Festival (New Music Edmonton)
Pigeon Breeders: Will Scott, Myles Bartel & Scott Smallwood
Dancers: Jeannie Vandekerkhove, Tony Olivares & Gerry Morita
Visuals: Stacey Cann
::: 2016 :::
December 1, 2016 @ The Sewing Machine Factory
w/ Borscht, Prince Bunny, Sam The Living
Presented by Sweaty Palms
August 21, 2016 @ Spazio Performativo (Mile Zero Dance)
w/ Tatsuya Nakatani
Presented by SubArctic Improv
* Parisian Beggars performance (Will Scott & Myles Bartel, featuring percussion by Kevin Gaudet)
July 2nd, 2016 @ Neon Sign Museum
w/ dancers Gerry Morita and Jeannie Vandekerkhove
Mile Zero Dance’s RV There Yet? pop-up series
June 30th, 2016 @ Cha Island
w/ Redress, Not I, Pyramid//Indigo
Presented by Blurred Lenz
June 24th, 2016 @ Wine-Oh’s (Calgary, AB)
w/ Pyramid//Indigo, Man Forever
Sled Island 2016 performance
May 28th, 2016 @ 9910
w/ Withermoon, Holgans
Withermoon and Holgans double cassette release show
Presented by Blurred Lenz
April 27th, 2016 @ The Underdog (Black Dog Basement)
w/ Pyramid//Indigo, Static Control
Presented by Ramshackle Day Parade and Blurred Lenz
April 16th, 2016 @ Revolver (Bonnie Doon Mall)
w/ Borscht (Solo)
Record Store Day 2016
March 10th, 2016 @ Metro Cinema (Garneau Theatre)
Musical Guest before film “A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting Existence”
January 21st, 2016 @ Mile Zero Dance / Spazio Performativo
w/ Nancy Sandercock (dance), Kate Stashko (dance), Nico Arnáez (music), Vincent Forcier (text), Sydney Lancaster (visual art)
Subarctic Improv
Presented by Mile Zero Dance
January 14th, 2016 @ Accent Lounge
w/ Borscht, Space Classic
::: 2015 :::
November 21st, 2015 @ Emmedia
w/ Friesen/Waters Duo, Pyramid//Indigo//Cytokinesis
Presented by Bug Incision
November 13th, 2015 @ [Secret Venue]
w/ Pyramid//Indigo, An Ant And An Atom, Valiska
Presented by Endless Bummer
October 24th @ Spazio Performativo
following Benjamin Kamino’s “Nudity + Desire” piece
Presented by Mile Zero Dance
August 19th @ Wee Book Inn
Presented by New Music Edmonton
for NME’s Fringe Players 2015
August 4th, 2015 @ Wunderbar
w/ Zebra Pulse, High Tides
* “Concrsecence” Cassette Release show
[Includes collaborative performance w/ High Tides]
July 19th, 2015 @ Harcourt House
w/ Max Uhlich, Conjure, Skin (Calgary)
Presented by Endless Bummer & ARTTRA
June 24th/25th, 2015 @ Leroux Music Studios, Calgary, AB
w/ Echo Beach, An Ant And An Atom
Presented by Innovāre Accord
Leroux Music’s Sled-Island After Party
June 24th, 2015 @ Commonwealth, Calgary, AB
w/ Ben Frost, loscil, Sarah Davachi, Yankee Yankee, SET, Psychic Pollution, Joyful Talk
* Part of Sled Island 2015
June 21st, 2015 @ Bohemia
w/ prOphecy Sun, Bong Sample, The Olm
June 11th, 2015 @ Wunderbar
w/ High Tides, N3K Trio, The Worst
* High Tides “O’Keefe” cassette release show
May 7th, 2015 @ Wunderbar
w/ Jealousy Mountain Duo, Zaum, Zebra Pulse
April 15th, 2015 @ Broken City, Calgary
w/ R. Ariel, Crun (+One)
Presented by Bug Incision
March 20th, 2015 @ Holy Trinity Anglican Church
w/ Abram Hindle, Shawn Pinchbeck & Chenoa Anderson
“Late Night Electroacoustic” concert for Now Hear This festival
Presented by New Music Edmonton
::: 2014 :::
November 9th, 2014 @ Wunderbar
w/ Citadel, Christ Appearing as Sun, Bong Sample
October 26th, 2014 @ Wunderbar
w/ Jung People, Slow Girl Walking
August 23rd, 2014 @ Tubby Dog, Calgary, AB
w/ In Vacuo, Mayland, The Oceania Tenor
Presented By Innovāre Accord & Leroux Music
* Set included guest drums by Noah Michael (If I Look Strong; You Look Strong)
August 22nd, 2014 @ Dickens Pub, Calgary, AB
w/ Jung People, Nok Novum, Raleigh, Devonian Gardens, If I Look Strong; You Look Strong, Illuminated Minerva, Lucid
Presented By Innovāre Accord & Leroux Music
August 13th, 2014 @ Bohemia
w/ Brendan Anderson, DNE
Presented by Ramshackle Day Parade
July 10th, 2014 @ Emmedia, Calgary
w/ Yaocave, The Cancelling Hunger Prophecy, State Buddhism
Presented by Bug Incision
May 10th, 2014 @ Cha Island
w/ Eschatons, Failing, Edronet
Drone Day 2014
Presented by Weird Canada and Ramshackle Day Parade
April 15th, 2014 @ Cha Island
w/ Piotr Kurek, Post Namers, Meat Force, Evan A. James, K.M. Toepfer
Presented by Endless Bummer, Ramshackle Day Parade, and the Polish Cultural Institution of New York
March 22nd, 2014 @ Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Performance of “Astral Migration” (visuals by Lindsay McIntyre)
w/ Thom Golub & Kate Stashko, Gene Kosowan and Marion Garver Fredrickson “The Ghosts that Guard the Gateway”, Anthony Marasco “Weld”, Greg Samek “Meshes of the Afternoon”
Now Hear This: Festival of New Music 2014
Presented by New Music Edmonton
March 7th, 2014 @ Ortona Room
w/ Zebra Pulse; screenings of Michael Snow’s “Wavelength” and Lindsay McIntyre’s “Barge Dirge”
Show in Memory of our friend David Finkleman
February 15th, 2014 @ Listen Records
w/ Zebra Pulse and Jom Comyn
Wyrd Distro Launch Party: Edmonton Edition
Presented by Weird Canada
January 25th, 2014 @ The New Castle Pub
w/ The McGowan Family Band and N3K
Jamuary: A celebration of Jam bands and Jam culture
Presented by CJSR
::: 2013 :::
December 29th, 2013 @ Wunderbar
w/ Jung People, Boosh!, Ghost Cousin, Look Away, [willscott]
November 30th, 2013 @ Lantern Church, Calgary, AB
w/ Jung People, Ghostkeeper, Savk
Album release for Jung People’s Gold Bristle LP
November 2nd, 2013 @ L’unitheatre
w/ Vipers Without Vapours, Lindsay McIntyre, Rossanna Terracciano, Tim Mikula and Ben Gorodetsky, Gerry Morita and Lin Snelling, Amy Kubanek, and Vibe Tribe with St. Crispin’s Improv
Spontaneous Combustion: a night of improvised performances from a variety of disciplines
Presented by Mile Zero Dance collective
October 27th, 2013 @ Wunderbar
w/ Jung People, [willscott]
Jung People Gold Bristle mini-tour
October 25th, 2013 @ Natural Cycle, Winnipeg, MB
w/ Animal Teeth, Figure
Jung People Gold Bristle mini-tour
October 24th, 2013 @ Owl Acoustic Lounge, Lethbridge, AB
w/ Jung People, An Ant And An Atom
Jung People Gold Bristle mini-tour
October 12th, 2013 @ C103
w/ Nate Wooley
A third set was performed in collaboration.
Presented by New Music Edmonton
September 7th, 2013 @ Cha Island
w/ Postnamers, The Royal Iguana Fur, Meat Force, Tomahonquii, Neurocancer, Pornography
Peace Country Diaspora showcase
Part of Endless Bummer festival
August 22nd, 2013 @ Pawn Shop
w/ Egyptrixx, Borys, Wind Rose, Shawn Pinchbeck, Skruntskrunt, Nik 7
An evening of audio and video synthesis
August 3rd, 2013 @ Wunderbar
w/ Boosh!, Jung People, Ben Disaster
Part of Bermuda Festival
July 22nd, 2013 @ Bohemia
w/ Borys, Night Court
Presented by Ramshackle Day Parade
June 15th, 2013 @ The Exploration Place, Prince George, BC
w/ Nam Shub, Christians, etc.
Part of Casse-Tete Festival for Experimental Music
June 1th, 2013 @ The Artery
w/ Energetic Action, Rhythm of Cruelty, Zebra Pulse
Energetic Action Becoming LP release
May 7th, 2013 @ [Secret House Venue]
w/ Shane Krause, Bent Spoon Duo, Citadel
May 2nd, 2013 @ Wunderbar
w/ Aerosol Constellations, Zebra Pulse
Zebra Pulse Heavy Babies CD release
March 19th, 2013 @ Wunderbar
w/ Segue, Snow, Royal Iguana Fur
February 10th, 2013 @ Wunderbar
w/ Look Away, Rhythm of Cruelty, Diehatzu Hijets
Fundraiser for McDonald Family Animal Rescue
January 5th, 2013 @ Bohemia
w/ Zebra Pulse, Segue, Valiska, Yankee Yankee, Matthew A. Wilkinson, Everybody
Coolfest 2013
::: 2012 :::
November 15th, 2012 @ Muttart Hall
w/ various
New Music Edmonton festival
November 3rd, 2012 @ Elevation Room
w/ Mark Templeton, Jom Comyn
October 25th, 2012 @ Cosmopolitan Music Society
w/ various artists
Sounds of Strathcona Festival
October 19th, 2012 @ Wunderbar
w/ Jung People, Zebra Pulse, Action News Team
October 4th, 2012 @ Bohemia
w/ Not The Wind Not The Flag, Doldrums (Don Ross & members of Taiwan)
*Pigeon Breeders were joined by guitarist Connor O’Brien (Flint, Fuck the Tundra) for this performance.
Presented by Ramshackle Day Parade and Bug Incision
October 2nd, 2012 @ Wunderbar
w/ Help; poems by Mary Wood and others
Help’s A Viper In The Mind album release
Presented by Old Ugly Recording Co.
September 28th, 2012 @ New City Legion
w/ Pizzarrhea!, Harakan, Speed Control
August 30th, 2012 @ Wunderbar
w/ Jung People, Dutch Hey Wagon, Lords Kitchner
August 22nd, 2012 @ Bohemia
w/ Chishu Ryu, Potier., Lakes / Horses Making Crafts
CD Release of Luminous Debris
Presented by Ramshackle Day Parade
July 5th, 2012 @ Bohemia
w/ Christopher Riggs, Yankee Yankee, Bent Spoon Duo, Zebra Pulse, Yaocave
Presented by Ramshackle Day Parade
June 30th, 2012 @ Bohemia
w/ Pizzarrhea!, Agaperaygunexperiment, keepmesafe, etc.
Bohemia art night curated by Philip Jagger
June 13th, 2012 @ Wunderbar
w/ Pizzarrhea!, Scraam
April 6th, 2012 @ Bohemia
w/ Zebra Pulse, Mugbait, Potier., Allison Balcetis & Thom Gollub
Presented by Ramshackle Day Parade and Tonus Vivus
Part of the Spring 2012 season for Tonus Vivus
March 17th, 2012 @ Pith Gallery, Calgary, AB
w/ Taiwan, Zebra Pulse, Potier.
Presented by No Face
::: 2011 :::
December 4th, 2011 @ Wunderbar
w/ Taiwan, Scraam, Minuet
November 22nd, 2011 @ Bohemia
w/ Commodities, Potier.
August 22nd, 2011 @ Bohemia
First performance
Open Mic presented by Ramshackle Day Parade
Pigeon Breeders 