Convention
2022September 16–18, 2022
Edmonton Expo
Edmonton EXPO Centre · Edmonton
Drop-in tournaments, free-play stations and equipment management for Fan Expo's Edmonton show at the Edmonton EXPO Centre.
Tournament · 2023
Canakup 2023
Canakrn's own community tournament, hosted with NorQuest College Esports, bringing 180 competitors from across Western Canada together for a weekend of platform and fighting game brackets.
- Date
- March 25–26, 2023
- Venue
- NorQuest College
- Where
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Duration
- 2 days
- 180Competitors
- Western CanadaPlayer draw
- 2Days of brackets
The event
Hosted in partnership with NorQuest College and its esports program, Canakup is Canakrn's community-focused tournament. The 2023 edition brought 180 competitors from across Western Canada to the NorQuest atrium for two days of platform and fighting game brackets, live commentary and free play between sets.
Canakup is where Canakrn's grassroots roots show most clearly: a weekend built by players, for players, with the production quality of a much larger event.
Live commentary
Every set called from the desk
A two-person commentary desk called the brackets all weekend, with the feature station mirrored to the big screen so the atrium could follow along between their own matches.
On the floor
More from the floor
Up next · 2023
Game Con Canada
June 23–25, 2023 · Edmonton EXPO Centre
Previously · 2023
Alberta Esports Expo
February 18–19, 2023 · Edmonton EXPO Centre
Festival activation
2022–2025Mid-July, 2022–2025
GDX at K-Days
Edmonton EXPO Centre · Edmonton
Four consecutive summers of drop-in tournaments and free-play gaming at K-Days with GDX, including 3,900+ controller checkouts during the 2025 activation.
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