Sin River

09/25/2024

The Manifest Tour - presented by 2 Doors Down Edmonton and helping us to raise funds for our youth program and My Backyard 2025.
BRING NEW AND LIGHTLY USED HOODIE, SWEATER, JACKETS!! Lxst Cauz collective is collecting warm winter gear for the homeless. Let's help keep someone warm this season!!

S.I.N. youth band Afflicted Affection opens, followed by RC Sindicate and a great lineup of hip hop artists. Check out the poster, find their socials, their music and more and message us for tickets. 2DD in house MC Colby Jones will be keeping things moving and grooving all night. Limited tickets available!! 20$ At one of the best kept secrets in the city. IYKYK. And if you don't message us!!

09/03/2024

DRUM DRUMS DRUMS
Sin River having some fun after all the work is done. Jamming out with after miking up the drum set. Great practice for Afflicted Affections drummer.
Want to join what we do? Send us a message and we will get back to you.

09/03/2024

Setting up outside to take in the last days of summer and jam outside as often as possible!! With the kids and all the other musicians who wander through from time to time.

Today became a lesson in how to mic your drum set for a show.
Afflicted Affection has a show coming up in October. Keep watching for event details.

Message us if your child is interested in joining bands. All genres are welcome
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08/17/2024

07/28/2024

"LOVE YOU GUYS! BRINGING COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER!"
Those were the last words of the night from Q-Mike (Quentin McGie) - singer of RC Sindicate and founder of the My Backyard block party music festival. The festival originally started 10 years ago, as a backyard birthday party, bringing local musicians and talent together. This quickly grew to a huge block party requiring permits to block off the whole street. The festival is free and family friendly creating a place for local talent to express themselves in a safe and supportive environment. This opened up the idea for a bigger purpose..... the next generation of artists......the kids.
3 years ago Q-Mike and his partner Elysia North started Sin River, and the S.I.N (Strength In Numbers) kids music program. Creating a safe place for kids to freely express themselves through music & arts, and learn the fundamentals of the industry through mentoring while learning life skills. This became critical for the mental health of our youth and quickly had others interested.
The My BackYard event has been self funded for years, and this was the first year that Sin River, with the growing community support, had recovered a portion of the money invested in the festival. This money was going back into the youth program to develop growing artists and give them the skills they need to succeed.
Unfortunately the success was quickly damaged by local theft. One of the big costs to the event is the rental of the stage sound equipment, which was securely locked up waiting to be returned the next day. Sadly some people decided to cut all the locks and steal a significant amount of cables for the copper content. This theft ended up costing the program all the funds raised, and then some to replace. The theft in the city of copper has become a big part of a larger criminal enterprise and Q-Mike and Sin River fell victim. All the good they did, money raised, and love for bringing community together went out the window in a blink of an eye. And now this event along with the future of the S.I.N kids music school existence is being threatened due to the financial burdens this theft left on the program.
The goal was to bring community together. Support. Encourage. Create a stage and a place to showcase your talents and find new connections. Friends helping Friends.
Now they need YOUR help. After all the community support Q-Mike and his team have given Edmonton, he needs to recover the lost funds in order to continue his efforts in developing the next generation of local artists.
This is where you come in.....By donating any amount, your contribution will have a huge impact on the future of our seasoned youth that have spent the last 3 years working hard with this program. As well as the many other youths that have shown interest who were waiting for Sin River to expand. By sharing and spreading the word we will rise up against the petty theft in this city and show them we as a community can't be defeated. We will stand together and persevere through all odds.... Strength In Numbers! Lets bring awareness to this cause, to the kids, to the future of local Edmonton artists and community!
Lets stand together.

"LOVE YOU GUYS! BRINGING COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER!" Those were the last words of the night from… shannon jones needs your support for S.I.N. Kids music school

07/25/2024

My Backyard was an amazing time. We are working hard at getting the footage and pics from My BackYard together. Will be posting soon. More thank yous and other announcements to come. Keep watching.

07/16/2024

C-Ment Concrete Services thank you for your support.

07/15/2024

Thank you from all of us at My Backyard and Sin River. Find Dancy Car audio at www.dancycaraudio.ca

07/13/2024

Thank you for your support. Local radio online. www.unityxradio.ca My Backyard has received an amazing amount of support from Unity X radio and Rocken Buddha. Anyone throwing a local event, contact these guys. They want to speread the word, any genre, let them know show times and reach more people. Thank you again

07/12/2024

Sin River has had an enormous show of support the last few months. We would like to thank Superscoots for their support in helping us make Backyard 2024 a success. We are excited to check out live demos at 121 ave and 67 st July 20th. Don't miss it.
Want to learn more about electric scooters and how you can get one? Go to www.superscoots.ca

07/03/2024

What you need to know about ~ My BackYard 2024 ~ The Local Invasion
Location - 121 Ave and 67 Street
All Ages
Free Admission to the event 12pm - 10pm
Demo’s of some of the fastest scoots in the west from SuperScoots - See www.superscoots.ca
Bring your own chair
Pets allowed on leash
Magic show for kids 3pm
Street parking and bus access
Fundraising Event - All proceeds from the event will go towards the launch/securing a space for our S.I.N. Kids band program.
Photo Booth Fun
Free Face painting - All ages - 1pm - 4pm
S.I.N. Kid band program presents - Afflicted Affection taking the stage around 4pm
Bouncy Castles - Time to be announced
BBQ - Carnivore and Vegan options
Live Music All Day
Memorial Rock Garden - Paint the name of the ones you miss on a rock and add it to our memorial rock garden. These will be kept and used year after year. They live on in our memory.
Want in on the Afterparty Fundraising event -10pm - 2am - See https://www.facebook.com/share/mEQSATWir9E8KXpq/ for more information
My Backyard

06/28/2024

Adamstock is gearing up. Aug 16 -18 join us in Sundre Alberta. Get your tickets today at www.adamsarmy.ca

Adams mission carries on! 🎶👩🏻‍🎤🎶

He was born August 20 1998, a beautiful, healthy little boy. Just before his first birthday, it became evident that there was something wrong. At just 13 months old, he was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue tumour. With an aggressive treatment plan, he fought hard and became cancer free...

06/28/2024

The lineup is out. We are gearing up and counting down the days to My Backyard .
We will see you all July 20th.
More info soon. Look for us in your events.

06/26/2024

Aidan learning Sepultura

06/20/2024

Our Lineup
My Backyard
The Afterparty Fundraiser
My Backyard 2024 After Party Fundraising Event

06/04/2024

Student field trip
Lane Allen Recording Homestead Recorders
affection ( Sin Kids band )
Quentin Michael Mcgie
2 Doors Down Edmonton
Elysia North

05/28/2023

Good day in the Sin River Records school yard landscape and then twister. Lol.

05/16/2023

Performance discussion with Braxton Jones.
Growing in life discussion with
X PROJECT. X-ray Perry
Awesome jam yesterday guys.