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When

Runs from Friday July 14 2023 to Friday July 14 2023

Approximate running time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Venue

Yukon Arts Centre Mainstage
300 University Drive
Whitehorse YT Y1A 5X9

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Performance Notes

× Following the current Yukon Government COVID-19 restrictions that have been lifted, the YAC Mainstage will operate at 100% capacity for this event. Social distancing ‘bubbles’ are not in place and other members of the public may be seated next to you. Mask use is recommended.

Ticket Pricing: (Select Seating Location in Step 1 - Orchestra or Balcony)

Orchestra Seating: $60.00

Balcony Seating: $40.00


Since debuting in 2001, Broken Social Scene have personified the unyielding, incomparable power of IRL human connection. It’s hard to know what to make of an ongoing experiment like Broken Social Scene. BSS aren’t so much a united front as a perpetually mutating aggregate of competing creative energies.

Once a two-person basement recording project, broken social scene came to life onstage as a shadowy improvisational entity with a revolving-door roster, each concert a wholly unique experience dependent on the room, the weather, what they ate for dinner that night, and who was dropping in to play.

But by pursuing improvisational freedom over commercial considerations, broken social scene set a new gold standard for indie rock in the 21st century with 2002’s you forgot it in people, an album that pushed the genre far beyond its noisy ’90s slacker roots toward a more sonically expansive, emotionally expressive vision.

Throughout their two-decade run, broken social scene have achieved all the markers of modern indie success—rave reviews from pitchfork, invites to play coachella and lollapalooza, multiple juno awards and letterman appearances, and name-drops in lorde songs.

The Yukon Arts Centre enjoys a productive partnership with the Dawson City Music Festival, supporting the signature summer festival and co-presenting artists in Dawson City year-round. DCMF is thrilled to join YAC in collaborating on this exciting presentation, and while BSS can't get to Dawson City at this time, DCMF is always excited to participate in bringing notable artists to the north. YAC and DCMF look forward to continuing to work together, and aim to present high calibre performances in Dawson City together in the future.


If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill. Please contact the Box Office at (867) 667-8574 or emailing boxoffice@yac.ca if you are unable to attend due to illness.