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Kaleido Family Arts Festival
$ y7 z& ^. t, A) ?* h/ d" l9 E% dThe 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
2 \$ s0 s# Z' i+ @The Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.
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Sonic Boom
; f7 C, F+ S! J1 m \; YSONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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Corn Fest! o# Q- f9 y, P- ~( k5 F7 @
This family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.3 `( D4 k* p* F+ j. o6 r# i
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Symphony Under the Sky: ^1 r H# D( j1 c
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
. o. r6 b1 u0 B+ ~& fThe Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.3 Y e) C; _, m+ f- u' y
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8 L, F; a, a# vEdmonton Latin Festival! ~, ^) C* C5 H% X5 e. T& O# P
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.4 F" Z( }8 u# Z. B; \3 K, ^
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% [' {6 t' | vDragon Boat Festival
2 t7 g! q& T _( D2 ZEvery 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.- d2 E) Y9 \5 ^: j' }( r
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Edmonton Rock Music Festival
" h9 y8 h. J6 r# I1 h+ t# {' D3 `The 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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Edmonton International Fringe Festival
/ `! K8 V" Y! s8 i0 iThe 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 Festival3 l) ~8 p( v1 b" g- z
The annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.
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Animethon Festival
: w7 X6 j: V, X+ n- z: ?3 t. \$ DAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.5 k7 @+ N0 n% e6 t1 [$ a6 e5 W
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The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.
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1 R& Z- ]7 m3 BRock’n August
, M9 }; T' s: u* m$ A% ^, r3 L. CHundreds 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.# z' [" ^* u. k j
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Fairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.
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$ l; ^5 |# N: ^9 k( O2 r+ c) QHeritage Festival; `' B7 B- `* P
Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.! V, v9 V& T: ~0 U! E7 j$ A
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9 U& o9 E5 X2 U8 ` ?; hBlueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival$ j5 `# K: o: V i
This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.
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% c1 F3 {+ \* }# U& s- ]: FThe Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show
; P# m1 k$ h& X# a m2 N' \The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.( _5 H" ]0 N$ h2 |, P5 M
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Capital EX
* d& }& \8 Q- k+ s' w a: t! sCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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, P& g1 U" J u. e) |! jEdmonton Indy
/ i2 v" w. [' }7 x+ w* z# 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.+ v- A1 B9 Y# l
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: v. G& O+ ~2 e) \3 b3 OTaste of Edmonton
3 P# }; z% B( p: G! kA Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.
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% r6 b" w# N1 QRace Week Edmonton Festival
0 o. e# ~5 O, ~+ FRace 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
( G4 L, R% }" G4 M2 |Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.* I' B! E' A9 n) U0 Y( H
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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., H: e% K/ x' V8 g5 x
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3 G' a9 h3 ~& G/ N& ?Edmonton Street Performers Festival
( T9 y" X. f3 R* Q8 G$ T2 T7 lThe 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.4 G# R; c% H$ S( g, j
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Vocal Arts Festival
5 l9 F# [# _! k7 d: L! L5 V2 SThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.% L1 K i, h% j% O
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Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23./ O( ?: A0 y. b' k( q' f. N
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( y- D; F# \2 ?4 Q% S4 rEdmonton International Athletics Festival8 @3 x9 |& d8 P* m$ O* c
This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.
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: n. h, _% f- Q4 D. \! v3 HEdmonton International Jazz Festival
! \2 e- S* V+ AThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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) C0 A7 [: i9 S6 gThe Works Art and Design Festival
' m; `( P) [- D! }6 ~% @5 c6 r7 PThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.6 }+ X( c4 t" e' b% \3 q
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The Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.3 K& a4 o) |+ J; o8 F2 ?5 Y
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Pets 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 24.1 J- ^" k# m# _$ f+ D
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The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.
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Boonstock
9 i* ~$ `4 @: ?" }( aThe 8th Annual Boonstock Music and Arts Festival takes place this year, with four days filled with band performances from June 29 – July 1./ H1 G+ }9 q5 L: I$ s% I
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