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Stampede City Sessions is a Canadian produced television music program recorded live at Webber Academy Performing Arts Centre In Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Creators Lorne and Candace Webber based their series off of the American television program Austin City Limits. Having grown up with the 70s music showcase, the Webbers hope to achieve the same notability with their own music broadcast. The primary focus for the broadcast is to allow smaller, lesser known performers to attain more exposure. Stampede City Sessions have included artists such as Rosanne Cash, Lisa Hannigan, Mark Chesnutt, and Theo Fleury. Created in 2012, the show was initially broadcast on ShawTV. In the year 2017, Stampede City Sessions switched to PBS affiliate KSPS Public Television. This was due to Shaw TV “shut[ing] down its TV stations in Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton”. This change allowed Stampede City Sessions to increase potential viewership by about 2 million households, expanding to areas such as Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. Stampede City Session airs Saturday nights at 10 p.m. (GMT-6) on KSPS public television.

Availability
Emulated from Austin City Limits, the television series Stampede City Sessions provides a platform for a wide variety of genres to play a full-length concert broadcasted live on PBS affiliate KSPS Public Television in Spokane. Broadcasting to households in Western Canada, Montana, Idaho, Washington State, Eastern Tennessee, Southern Kentucky, Southern Virginia and Western North Carolina. Stampede City Sessions airs at 10 p.m. on Saturdays. Full episodes are broadcasted in Edmonton on channel 22 on Shaw Cable and channel 140 on Telus Optik TV. Full episodes are broadcasted in Calgary on channel 14 on Shaw Cable and channel 140 on Telus Optik TV. Full episodes are broadcasted on KSPS-TV on channel 202 on Shaw Cable and channel 374 in Shaw Direct National Satellite Service. Live tickets are available on the Stampede City Sessions website.

Format
Each session runs for approximately 60 minutes, typically consisting of an artist or two showcasing their live music skills. Beginning in 2012, the ‘home for great live music’ is now in its fifth season. With a potential reach of 3.3 million, cameras work to achieve close-ups and long shots to give audiences the full experience.

Venue
Stampede City Sessions are performed and recorded at the Webber Academy Performing Arts Centre Theatre in Calgary. The theatre first opened in 2012 and is a 500 seat proscenium style theatre. The stage is 14m wide x 12m deep with a 3m wing space on either side for performance purposes. Backstage features dressing rooms, a green room and a stage level loading dock, while the lobby has a bar, a patio, a merchandise area and ticket centre. The venue hosts multiple performers each year for the filming of the Stampede City Sessions.

Artists
The following is a sample of the many artists that Stampede City Sessions has hosted. List is current as of 12 March 2020.
 * Alan Kavanagh
 * Amelie Patterson
 * Big Sugar
 * Earl James Stevenson
 * Hoots & Hellmouth
 * Johnson Crook
 * Kelly Prescot
 * La La Brooks
 * Leahy
 * Leaving Thomas
 * Lindsay Ell
 * the lion the bear the fox (band)
 * Megan Bonnell
 * Nice Horse
 * Sam Weber
 * Scarlett Rabe
 * Scott Shea
 * Small Houses
 * Son of Ray
 * The Abrams
 * The Lil Smokies
 * The Northern Pikes
 * The Royal Foundry
 * Theo Fleury & The Death Valley Rebels
 * Until Red
 * Wool on Wolves