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本帖最后由 sweetlele 于 2012-6-29 16:52 编辑 5 \0 {; [3 s# c7 j
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Kaleido Family Arts Festival
& m8 v7 D6 D4 j5 U) yThe Kaleido Family Arts Festival is a free festival that features all forms of art such as music, dance, theatre, film, literary, and visual arts. It runs September 7 – 9.
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Tales Storytelling Festival8 e" m" o% r, _ g3 B/ L& G* V8 @
The Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.' x* @2 d5 }! n0 L
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Sonic Boom
0 s4 q# q% ^( _6 BSONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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! M2 @. `$ J6 B% K8 ?" O5 yCorn Fest
2 i3 @+ c* i3 K9 a) U% c9 }# oThis family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.$ ^& I# X0 p( E! R! \- T2 e
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* y ~, t2 _; T, _Symphony Under the Sky& z4 b' b+ {. {% f& w2 [
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.
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Edmonton Blues Festival) \' w3 @+ a% `4 v! ?* s
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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7 J5 `& J) ?# `: {& V8 s6 K0 V$ m+ UEdmonton Latin Festival8 {5 e% S3 ?, p7 I9 m
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.8 q7 `# X* C) r1 @3 H( s2 S5 i
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3 t5 m% `8 o( ^ c! bDragon Boat Festival7 ~& W5 S# q, b" |" U) K0 l
Every year, on the third weekend of August, you can expect to see dragon boats racing down the North Saskatchewan River. The Dragon Boat Festival runs August 17 – 19.8 \6 N$ y9 Y0 m8 U
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) x) j/ I( O: i- Z& {! A7 gEdmonton Rock Music Festival
; I* r: @" Y6 A0 j2 F4 eThe second annual Edmonton Rock Music Festival boasts a famed line-up that will excite all classic rock fans. It runs August 17 – 18.
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, p+ t2 x% f' r3 W. q! VEdmonton International Fringe Festival
) t1 _1 K6 z C6 a* X9 }; M L( G& m2 AThe Edmonton Fringe Festival runs August 16 – 26, and features more than 1,600 performers and 220 plays over 10 days.
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Cariwest Festival
$ h' n9 o. |# h% a4 nThe annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.
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' a5 {! M6 _3 O; M, h9 t: rAnimethon Festival
9 U4 U) B0 L4 p2 T9 V! AAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12., C) v2 h, Q2 Z( s/ D
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Folk Fest
% [4 M" D" I7 [ SThe folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.
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2 `1 t0 n3 A! D6 @) I" C9 aRock’n August
& @. y; ~. t: }5 }: ~) ~0 j3 VHundreds of classic cars makes Rock'n August one of the largest events to take place in the province of Alberta. It runs August 7 - 11.0 ?0 F# n! y) a2 l! e+ Z+ ]# I5 b
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Fairy-Berry Festival
2 n+ V* e" K* A4 f! }Fairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.% O! Q' M, v) P- s, H4 A) ?
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8 P- I6 }% c2 {Heritage Festival+ C) M) b( J# j6 T% E2 ]7 E z& L
Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.
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$ l3 R* g! h9 C5 zBlueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival0 ~4 g6 ]2 j' n' J( ^. r8 g
This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain., i$ q; \. l% z4 h3 j
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The Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show2 d8 ^# a, _3 e: f: T# X0 s9 J
The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.; ~5 \) w' k5 ?7 C* ~# g
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: P" R. F* n' y' n( O% `" qCapital EX5 ~& M6 l* R$ W8 F) L4 t8 H
Capital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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( W: N; g( n1 T- LEdmonton Indy- }0 @& V. z& P' q4 S
World class open wheel racing has been a mainstay at the City Centre Airport each July since 2005. This year, the Indy runs July 20 – 22. n: n7 q* d) ` H1 s8 Q* Y" C) z
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/ {& S1 \% ~" A; Z0 xTaste of Edmonton4 Q: w8 x" O! s& W2 {3 N" j
A Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.6 ?9 G. Q3 C! {2 S9 F \
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Race Week Edmonton Festival
& `" Y) x" Q: T) Q; V X9 n1 J. _, WRace Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.
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# W w& A1 h4 VWhyte Avenue Artwalk/ ~/ ^% B6 q. y& H5 ?$ h, f: B4 x
Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.+ q+ [' z9 b7 M9 M/ F" c
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Triathlon Festival4 Q6 P6 K- F" [ F" X3 @6 R6 R8 `! a
The 2012 Edmonton Triathlon Festival will be a weekend of fast-paced races for all ages and skill levels. It runs from July 6 – 8. O+ l3 u0 u0 s. [5 [; Y
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, K" n7 m0 f2 {2 s$ P7 rEdmonton Street Performers Festival9 c6 _ D# E" t: J9 D
The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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- ^; s1 V+ k6 ]8 C- S5 t6 H4 k% UVocal Arts Festival
' W8 \/ e) s1 L* T; T3 mThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.6 J3 Q! U% D: ?) Z( c
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Improvaganza
8 N+ N* W9 z% N* `Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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: _) m9 m* f0 M' ^ t( B: K) \6 c* WEdmonton International Athletics Festival2 F f; W: _* v k( K; y
This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.
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- h- ?' n7 G' |3 y- k3 b5 KEdmonton International Jazz Festival
; V' h! T4 |3 ~8 ^0 u* d9 UThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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9 _( V! @8 @' W1 h4 z/ DThe Works Art and Design Festival
# o1 t4 t, \% D( U L7 \, vThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.
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Turkish Festival3 g* M! ^8 y% t% T7 v
The Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.
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Edmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
0 f. t2 ~9 u2 n6 [8 lPets in the Park is a fun run or walk to raise funds for the care of animals at the Edmonton Humane Society, taking place June 24.6 p5 O) B+ l. S- T
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1 C. q) d# \# G/ S; vFreewill Shakespeare Festival
" w- C" r. z7 Q7 Y0 q5 q$ [The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.9 x, X% e8 [( K' _* f
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- o) L% j' Q. d4 lThe 8th Annual Boonstock Music and Arts Festival takes place this year, with four days filled with band performances from June 29 – July 1.& j( q9 z" k' n5 b% b) w8 F
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