Edmonton Events

Annual Events

Address: 99 St & 102 Ave, Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB Dates: June 19 - July 1, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

During this 13-day festival, works from a broad range of Canadian and international artists are displayed throughout nearly 30 traditional and non-traditional spaces (banks, hotels, art galleries, libraries, government buildings) in and around Sir Winston Churchill Square. The square itself is transformed into a...

Address: 9330 Groat Rd NW, Heritage Amphitheatre � Hawrelak Park, Edmonton, AB T6G Dates: June 30 - July 26, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Shakespeare festivals are a dime a dozen, right? If you've seen one, you've seen them all. Not so!! Especially at Edmonton's Shakespeare Festival, presented by the Freewill Players every summer at Hawrelak Park. The company presents modern interpretations of the Bard's classics � think Baz Luhrman's \"Romeo+...

Address: 99 St & 102 Ave, Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB Category: Performance - Theater - Busker / Street Performer Dates: July 3 - July 12, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Buskers unite! Every summer, the acrobats, clowns, mimes and musicians who perform on street corners and in train stations the world over converge on Edmonton for an entertaining ten-day celebration of the buskers' art. About 1000 individual outdoor performances cheer onlookers, and another handful of new shows...

Address: 159 St and 45 Ave, Terwillegar Park, Edmonton, AB Category: Sports Event - Water Sports Dates: July 12, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

One of Edmonton's most hilarious summer events, the Sourdough River Festival focuses on the North Saskatchewan River and the antics it can inspire. Ostensibly, this is a race, but in reality it's way more. Competitors design and build rafts and then proceed to race them down the river from Terwillegar Park to Rafter's...

Address: 73 St & 116 Ave, Northlands Park, Edmonton, AB T5J 2N5 Dates: July 17 - July 26, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

It's an EXtravaganza! Formerly known as Klondike Days, this festival was revamped in 2005 and is now a huge event drawing over 800,000 people. Here's what to expect: lots of concerts from performers like Our Lady Peace and Nelly Furtado, a hysterical Chuckwagon Derby, arts and crafts shopping, a casino, parade,...

Address: 9330 Groat Rd, Hawrelak Park, Edmonton, AB T6G Category: Fair / Festival - Cultural Dates: August 1 - August 3, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

A three-day celebration of Edmonton's (and indeed, Canada's) multicultural heritage, this lively festival features more than 50 pavilions devoted to some 70 international cultures. Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, tastes and textures of Guatemala, China, Chile, Poland, Korea, Turkey, Uganda, Tanzania, Germany,...

Address: Various locations, Edmonton, AB Dates: August 13 - August 23, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

With more than 1000 performances of some 130 shows and over 77,0000 tickets sold, this is the largest fringe theater festival in North America, and is second in the world only to Edinburgh's (the original festival, in Scotland). For the duration of the eleven-day event, the entire city seems to be consumed by theater...

Address: Various venues, Edmonton Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: September 25 - October 3, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

One of the highlights of Edmonton's film festival is "24/One," in which filmmakers have 24 hours to complete a seven-minute movie. The results are always interesting, and frequently astonishingly good. There's also a series of midday short films that include lunch and discussion. The rest of the program is comprised...

Address: 7515 118 Ave NW, Northlands AgriCom - Hall E, Edmonton, AB T5B Category: Convention / Conference - Sports / Health / Fitness Dates: October 31 - November 1, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Powderfest is THE event for winter sports enthusiasts, a show and sale of all the coolest new gadgets and gear for skiing and snowboarding. Taking place simultaneously is the Edmonton Ski Club-sponsored Swap n' Sale, where you can sell all that gear you don't use, and pick up something you might.

Address: Rexall Place • 7424 118 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5B 4M9 Category: Sports Event - Rodeo Dates: November 11 - November 15, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

They say you can take the boy out of the country but you can't ever take the country out of the boy. That goes a long way toward explaining the huge popularity of this annual event, which seems a bit incongruous in cosmopolitan Edmonton. There are six rounds of fierce competition during the Canadian Finals, held each...