Bundle up for some frosty fun at one of these wonderful Edmonton Winter Festivals! Edmonton is Festival City, which we love. It’s also undeniably a winter city, which some may find a little less endearing. Luckily the two come together for some fantastic frosty fun at these wonderful Edmonton Winter Festivals!

Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fête

January 18 – 19 | Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fête returns to the Alberta Avenue District this January 18 & 19, celebrating Alberta’s agricultural roots with a “Barnyard Fun” theme! Enjoy the coming together of Ukrainian, Métis, French Canadian, Inuit, and Indigenous cultures with light installations, whimsical balloon and ice sculptures, cultural stories, bannock by the fire, artistic workshops, axe-throwing, street hockey, and the famous Deep Freezer races! For more information, click here.

Flying Canoë Volant

January 29 – February 1 | Take an adventure with the flying canoe! Inspired from the legend of The Flying Canoe, the Flying Canoë Volant is a creative and interactive cultural event that celebrates French Canadian, First Nations and Métis traditions. This year, the festival will take place from January 29 to February 1, 2025 in three different locations. Enjoy games, entertainment and activities in Edmonton’s French Quarter, walk the colorful illuminated trails in Millcreek Ravine, and check out the canoe races at the Ecole Rutherford School. For more information, click here.

Silver Skate Festival

February 7-17 | Celebrating it’s 36th year, the Silver Skate Festival is Edmonton’s longest-running outdoor winter festival! Celebrate your love of the outdoors with snow sculptures, live music, folk stories, and more. Don’t miss the free fun in the Recreation Zone, the impressive snow and fire sculptures, fantastical tales along the Folk Trail, or skating on the outdoor rink! For more information, click here.

International Festival of Winter Cinema

February 7-16 | Bundle up, pack some chairs and popcorn, and come enjoy watch short films by local Albertan filmmakers projected onto a giant “snow screen” in Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park! This free event is happening in conjunction with the Silver Skate Festival. For more information, click here.

Climb YEG Ice Fest

February 27 – March 2 | Head to the urban ice climbing wall at Louise McKinney Park on February 27 – March 2, 2025  for the Climb YEG Ice Fest! Come cheer on the world championship competitors and take part in fun winter recreation activities like ice climbing clinics, fat biking, ice block pulls, ice games, live entertainment, a vendor village, and more! For more information, click here.

Leduc County Winter Try It Festival

February 8 | Bundle up and head out to the Wizard Lake for Leduc County’s annual Winter Try It Festival. Try a variety of winter sports and activities including skating, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, curling, broomball, and ice fishing, plus enjoy free maple taffy, hot dogs, hot chocolate, coffee, sleigh rides, live music, door prizes, and more! For more information, click here.

102.3 NOW! Radio Cardboard Cup

March 8 | Break out the scissors and packing tape – The 102.3 NOW! Radio Cardboard Cup is a fun and creative way to use all those old cardboard boxes you have sitting in the basement! Craft your unique tobogganing sled out of cardboard and register to race it down the Edmonton Ski Club hill for a chance at up to $1000 in prizes! Spots are limited to the first 102 registrants – Age categories are 6-9, 10-12, 13-17, and 18+. For more information, click here.