Our organization has been through many changes, but our goal remains the same. To offer unique performing opportunities as Edmonton’s entertainment Drumline and provide unique educational experiences to our members! Our expertise in the marching arts allows us to achieve this.Our members learn how to take their music and performing skills to the next level! We currently offer a program in Drumline. As we continue to grow, other programs will be returning such as Brass and Woodwind ensembles, summer Colourguard/dance, and Marching Band. We are committed to providing different opportunities to the public with our community arts programs!

Become an Empire Backer

Back the September 2026 to 2027 season of Northern Empire Performing Arts

You marched. You know what it took. The early call times, the reps that finally clicked, the show you still think about. The members stepping onto the floor this season are living every bit of it, and they need people in their corner.

Empire Backers is our booster club, and it's how alumni, families, and friends of the program keep this thing running all season long. Every dollar goes straight to the members: competition fees, uniforms, props, travel, and the kids whose families can't cover a full season on their own.

And here's the part that makes it easy. Every Empire Backer gets a full charitable tax receipt for their total season donation, issued automatically through CanadaHelps. One hundred percent of your gift supports the program, and you get every dollar back on your receipt at tax time. Support the kids, lower your tax bill. That's the deal.

Pick your tier. Pay it all at once for the season, or spread it monthly. Either way you're in for the whole September 2026 to 2027 run, and it all leads to our summer home show, where the season you helped build takes the floor.

BRONZE BACKER

$300 for the season, or $25/month

You're on the roster. Bronze Backers get:

- One ticket to our summer home show

- Your name on the Empire Backers Supporters page

- An Empire Backers window decal for your car

- A year-end impact recap showing exactly what your support built

Full tax receipt for your $300 season gift.

SILVER BACKER

$600 for the season, or $50/month

You're closer to the action. Silver Backers get everything in Bronze, plus:

- A second ticket to our summer home show, so you bring someone

- Reserved seating at the summer home show

- Your name read aloud at the show

Full tax receipt for your $600 season gift.

GOLD BACKER

$1,200 for the season, or $100/month

Only ten spots. Once they're gone, they're gone for the season.

This is the one. Gold Backers get everything in Silver, plus the perk money can't usually buy:

- Your name on The Booster Wall, riding on the band truck all season long

Ten names travel every road this program travels, to every competition, every early morning call time, and all the way to the summer home show floor. Your name rides with them wherever they go. It's the closest thing we have to marching with them again. There are only ten spots, and when they're claimed, the Wall is full for the year.

Full tax receipt for your $1,200 season gift.

Become an Empire Backer for the September 2026 to 2027 season. Back the Empire.

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