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" c' x+ F% V; S$ L1 XKaleido Family Arts Festival
/ B, _: c8 g& O) J5 L9 G/ |The 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 Festival
4 n6 T3 u& [+ J4 ]The Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.
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2 S& Q% F% n! V6 @4 n* @) FSonic Boom5 d+ j" r. m) c
SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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2 v- I* R# r ~0 BCorn Fest5 g: p+ U6 W! s3 J; a& F1 ]
This family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.
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Symphony Under the Sky& _; h# P/ z2 X, ~" e
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.
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/ K/ R1 a% ?0 h. X6 N6 q; CEdmonton Blues Festival/ N, g" ~9 P0 n" f( I
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.6 k0 c E( A( p$ S8 ^% X
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|& ]0 U3 h& ^! J" K4 ~8 ^Edmonton Latin Festival K& v7 z. {1 g J0 A$ K
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.
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0 q, g6 e- u* M2 A* w# P. qDragon Boat Festival3 z8 |1 N2 x! ]$ f- A
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.
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0 ]( P& f3 E2 v' A* wEdmonton Rock Music Festival
* a5 d% T& V$ O% k7 hThe 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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2 A# ]2 b9 O4 a! a+ NEdmonton International Fringe Festival
% H g) d% x: y! J9 u0 y, A+ sThe 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# U& j5 E: A/ B: ?
The annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.: ]& A4 e4 f- w5 V# k0 S
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Animethon Festival
~9 s3 t7 P; K7 lAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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Folk Fest
) @ i G) y/ L! b( ]The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.6 s' H- A& X1 b9 }
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2 L' O% q& n! u; u5 }+ _& y hRock’n August U6 V% e5 x) M8 @8 `
Hundreds 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.
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' ?5 r& ?: g" Z7 A% xFairy-Berry Festival
3 T4 y, J( L1 T2 zFairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.3 a) e4 W, Y$ s. x9 j
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Heritage Festival2 |; `- [* B# B P) N5 X
Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6." p* _4 g# G [4 A
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Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival
a; P0 C8 F1 T6 ^6 O8 DThis year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.- v5 _) |$ q5 z- c, @$ y
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The Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show
/ }& Q" w8 R% i WThe Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.
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9 J7 I3 ^- @$ R! d, U/ X- bCapital EX
! x* F) W6 J3 xCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.1 c) \5 f8 ~# T( k
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$ L$ l& V1 e/ \Edmonton Indy
+ j( v: I2 D0 O$ e, m) yWorld class open wheel racing has been a mainstay at the City Centre Airport each July since 2005. This year, the Indy runs July 20 – 22.3 @' e* y2 u& B$ P3 e
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Taste of Edmonton
) V8 [, q9 J% \" d/ MA Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.0 Q4 w( f; A1 O4 |+ k6 l$ z/ z
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Race Week Edmonton Festival
. S% y# X; V8 J& W/ CRace Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.
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Whyte Avenue Artwalk
. \) |* [, P6 y# ?, A4 |# ~Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.
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Triathlon Festival% n( d+ b- b$ h; k Q" M
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.* W# [/ a9 R2 K" a
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( q( J, J1 m5 S0 G4 yEdmonton Street Performers Festival1 r, y2 s! O2 e6 ~- _% U' C
The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15./ ^& k# T5 k4 [* z4 R
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Vocal Arts Festival
# x+ e, O' o" @# |- ~0 I+ j, LThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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4 N/ \5 G- B6 F8 [; H% y5 a& u$ vImprovaganza
2 R; {$ u7 H NImprovaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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. N7 ]6 v- U- C( Z' HEdmonton International Athletics Festival
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The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.8 X5 [9 `- p3 P: X8 P; |
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The Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.0 F0 N( }5 v" o* \
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The Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.) t7 n: G+ w' K. r1 Z) M9 \; a& k, j
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* x: d7 K8 ^+ s+ sEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
* O+ L( t/ s% oPets 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.
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3 h. U/ S1 f) n8 X! w1 wFreewill Shakespeare Festival; m5 u. w: k: P
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.
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Boonstock
; q) u" q; F: X9 j' z/ YThe 8th Annual Boonstock Music and Arts Festival takes place this year, with four days filled with band performances from June 29 – July 1.) O3 x3 }4 i: ?, x" g
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