An Election Interview With Bob

This interview was from back when Bob ran for mayor of Edmonton. The topics remain important now as well.

Bob’s Back from Africa

Bob, Blake and Caley were in Africa helping with a new residence for orphans from the Kibera slums. The children's

Bob’s Holidays

All our "Friends of Naked" know that Bob has been operating the cafe as a place for local young artists

Naked Cafe

Well, it's been 25+ years and we've been providing a place for local musicians and artists to come and express

Improv – Supporting Inner City Youth

We’re excited to be hosting the monthly Improv with Boyle Street and Rapid Fire Theatre! Naked has been supporting inner

New Events Calendar

I’ve installed a new events calendar that should make booking events a bit smoother! You still submit a booking ON

Munya Mataruse

One of the coolest artists who just “walked in” one day years ago, was Munya Mataruse. (@MunyaMats) He just dropped in

Eviction of Naked – Fish Griwkowsky

This article by Fish Griwkowsky from back when Naked CyberCafe was first kicked out to make way for the “downtown

Non-Exclusive

One of the things that I love about the cafe is that we’re all the same within it’s walls. (That’s

Mboya Nicholson

Mboya Nicholson Mboya Nicholson is a wildly talented jazz pianist and we’re fortunate to count him as a good friend

Local neighborhood community music venue

It’s been 23 years that we’ve been providing a place for local musicians and artists to come and express themselves.

When Bob started Naked, it was on Whyte avenue, and was 24/7, smoking was still allowed, and computers were relatively new, so they were all occupied 24/7. Eventually Naked was on Jasper avenue for years until “Downtown Business” developers decided to create an “entertainment district” which didn’t exist on 104 street, and kicked out all the small, locally owned businesses including Naked, Hole In The Wall cafe, Frontpage Magazine, New City Suburbs etc. To make room for a bunch of hastily built bars.

While we’ve been around for a couple of decades, and have experienced our share of harassment (for being a local, creative space with artists, musicians, creative people, goth kids, after-bar drag queens and every other cross section of society) we’re still around and keeping the place open to provide somewhere for local young people to play music, and express their creativity.

Today, everyone has digital devices with them all the time, so while computer use is less, we’ve focused more on music. In fact our computers have been removed to make room for more people to sit and enjoy events.

Thursday open stages start at 9pm, and our stage (which is FULLY equipped) is available for local artists to book their shows, especially new local artists who can do a show and invite their friends, family and fans to an intimate experience.

We look forward to hosting more and more artists, and for those who need computer use, we’d suggest the Edmonton Public Library as an alternative.

Your non-exclusive late night cafe and music venue.

David