Proudly presented by our partners, BIG Winter Classic, Block Heater, and Ethnik Festivals, three artists will light up Olympic Plaza for Chinook Blast’s opening night!

Presented by BIG Winter Classic – Sunglaciers
Like their name might suggest, Sunglaciers’ music blurs the boundaries between dazzling indie-rock melodicism and icy post-punk experimentation. The band initially came together in 2017 as a collaboration between Mathieu Blanchard and Evan Resnik, both of whom handle an array of instruments.

Presented by Block Heater – K-Riz
K-Riz is part of a new generation of melodic MCs who can rap circles around their opponents and sing to their verses with equal aplomb. His brand of hip-hop is marked by sensitive, self-aware lyricism, ’90s-inspired R&B, and futuristic beats.

Listing the titans of R&B-inspired pop and jazz-oriented rap as his influences, from Stevie Wonder to Nas and Michael Jackson to J Dilla, the Toronto-born, Edmonton-based artist absorbs and spits out the specters of other eras while remaining spiritually in the present.

Presented by Ethnik Festivals – The Rondell Roberts Band
The Rondel Roberts Band is a soul band from Calgary, Alberta, that borrows from a variety of classic and modern genres such as 70’s soul, feel good funk, classic rock and golden era boom bap. TRRB adorns groove/backbeat oriented performances with contemporary original content and reinterpreted covered material that is bound to make listeners move.