About the Site

The LCN event is an annual celebration of Leonard Cohen's life and music, held in Edmonton every September.

In 2008, the biennial Cohen event organized by The Leonard Cohen Files combined forces with the annual "Leonard Cohen Nights" festival in Edmonton for the best and largest event yet! The 2008 festival featured multiple concerts with artists from Jann Arden to Serena Ryder, open mike performances, poetry readings, and a visual arts display as well as a wide variety of participant activities.

This site lists information for participants - both local and international - for planning a trip to Edmonton, and to learn about past and future events. Links to specific areas of information are available below or along the left hand side of this page.

Please feel free to browse the site and contact us at cohenites@gmail.com if you have any questions or requests. Make sure to check out our official site at www.leonardcohennights.org as well.


Sunday, December 9

The Westin Hotel - "Home Base"



The Westin Hotel is the ideal location for Cohenite accommodation during the festival this July. It is not simply near most of the venues -- it is one of the main venues! There will be a wide variety of events held at the Westin July 23-28 (Wednesday thru Monday), including open mikes, a poetry evening, a rocking dance party and much much more. (See the "Activities" section of this site for details). In addition to the 24hr hospitality suite, where registration will be held, and numerous activities hosted in or near the Westin, it is also across the street from our main concert venue (no need to fight with an unfamiliar bus system)!

Plus, you get a discount! (Whoo hoo! Who doesn't love a discount?) Make sure to identify that you are with the "Edmonton 2008 International Leonard Cohen Event” group when booking your room to secure the rates listed below. (The room must be guaranteed for late arrival by either credit card or first nights payment.)


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Book early or miss out!

http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=0710099535&key=1969B

24 HOUR WESTIN TOLLFREE RESERVATIONS: 1-800-WESTIN1 (937-8461)

CUT-OFF DATE
The “cut-off date” for accepting reservations into room block is June 24, 2008. Reservation requests received after 5:00 p.m. local time at the Hotel on the cut-off date will be accepted at Hotel’s prevailing rate, based on availability. The rooms are likely to go quickly and we strongly advise booking by April 15th.

These guest room rates will also be offered by the hotel 2 days prior and 2 days after the meeting dates, subject to availability of rooms at the time of reservation.

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