Embrace the chill this year with Strathcona County’s Winter Freeze Fest! From December 19, 2020, to January 3, 2021, enjoy FREE activities for the entire family outdoors and in the comfort of your home.   Visit the Strathcona County Website for a full schedule of events. Winter Freeze Fest: When: Saturday, December 19, 2020 to Sunday,
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You get a pumpkin, you get a pumpkin, everyone gets a pumpkin … Granary Road’s annual Pumpkin Fest is bigger and better than any other year before! Head there on Saturday, October 17 or Sunday, October 18, 2020 for oodles of fall fun that the whole family can enjoy! Enjoy
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The Chinese Benevolent Association hosts the annual Mid-Autumn Festival in Edmonton. The Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is the second most important holiday in the Chinese calendar. All Edmontonians are invited to join the fun online this year! Enjoy workshops, talks and demonstrations and a final
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Music, art, magic… it all finds a home at the annual Kaleido Family Arts Festival. The year 2020 brought a lot of uncertainty and change for major festivals, but Kaledio is adapting with the times. Get ready for some physically-distanced, spontaneous events all summer long! Follow Kaleido Festival on Facebook, Instagram
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Cariwest Fest is one of Edmonton’s most colourful and vibrant summer festivals! From August 7 to 9, 2020, it’s three days of fun as Caribbean Canadians share their music, cuisine and carnival culture! What can you expect this year? Local performers bringing you amazing dance, music and fun, as well
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It’s a chance for all Edmontonians to celebrate the colourful, rich, and diverse cultures of people of Africa! We have so much to learn from our neighbours of colour and the annual Africanival is a great place to do that. Normally a free weekend of family fun in downtown Edmonton,
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See comedians, clowns, musicians, and other artists of all kinds at the Edmonton Street Performers Festival from July 3 to 13, 2020! This year marks the 36th year of the Edmonton Festival, which was the first and is the largest of its kind in North America. Performances are taking place online,
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Jazz comes in many forms: from Big Band and be-bop to music influenced by funk, R&B and Afro-Cuban, jazz holds a mixed bag. The Edmonton International Jazz Festival is thrilled to be the home to up and coming local musicians as well as acclaimed artists from around the world. For
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The month of June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, with June 21 being National Indigenous Peoples Day. The annual Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival (SSIF) has done an incredible job adapting to make their annual festival a series of virtual events this year. The events are taking place from
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If you live in Edmonton area, you are familiar with why its called the Festival City, but take a quick drive to the west on Hwy 16, and you’ll discover three small town festivals you won’t want to miss. Beguiling Bluegrass Just 45 minutes from the heart of downtown Edmonton
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