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本帖最后由 sweetlele 于 2012-6-29 16:52 编辑
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Kaleido Family Arts Festival5 q" g* V1 S" `% R1 ~
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.+ ?% ]- f: M& @4 z {8 F& A
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Tales Storytelling Festival+ [0 ?/ d; w1 \- f, l) Z7 p9 d" [
The Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.# p+ _8 ?* e* s8 r7 Q1 w3 y% z6 N. j
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SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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( y7 R6 E# N( b) mCorn Fest
6 {2 }1 j0 Y7 c d3 Q! e$ zThis family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.# q' ^) x) F+ Y) t$ A
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Symphony Under the Sky
. X2 P* D+ b6 N8 CThe 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.- w E4 S$ u+ W) j, }; B6 X
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Edmonton Blues Festival
$ H- _( B" j% d; S! Q3 WThe Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.* F/ i" E" [, r- ]3 |/ u1 v: W
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Dragon Boat Festival" O- m' L" P5 L% Z" ^' n
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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Edmonton Rock Music Festival
- U* ]" \4 w! X9 Q8 N0 j$ s, x dThe 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) E+ Y3 N+ A3 _: C( ^) U* ?
The Edmonton Fringe Festival runs August 16 – 26, and features more than 1,600 performers and 220 plays over 10 days." l- J: F9 W( T, q) p( j+ Z& y$ t
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Cariwest Festival! o) y# b2 `+ E, j% N+ S
The annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.9 q- F5 `9 I! S. X9 ^& t, ~' l
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Animethon Festival n' P5 ?7 _# f/ ^0 q5 M6 }
Animethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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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.$ j" q4 ~; p6 y$ x
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& s1 f2 x- X) @( W7 FHundreds of classic cars makes Rock'n August one of the largest events to take place in the province of Alberta. It runs August 7 - 11.5 W- s: F) R) J0 B* f/ @
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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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Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6., ]+ t' d9 [, k' T( K8 c v
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7 _" ^6 u1 T) v( [2 H$ F9 {9 UBlueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival
1 t2 J5 M: G2 N+ o( i4 X6 Q) aThis year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.
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4 \7 K" V5 d o5 H) fThe Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show; t" ]; |; R# Z
The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.1 `' R4 W* q! r3 v; Q% F
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% l( D0 `/ ?7 C/ \( g3 e( C! ?3 MCapital EX+ f }1 F3 [+ q4 Z
Capital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.2 m* |- _/ e6 @( K' `# |. e
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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.
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. W7 m% |/ r# U9 q0 B- \$ P3 ^' NTaste of Edmonton# E: J" d/ x: _
A 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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Race Week Edmonton Festival7 N2 H: [4 v$ l- h" D! g
Race 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
* } L- T7 X! i9 }" ~. ]$ XWhyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.' f& m3 f# j$ ?2 n! v5 W$ B
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! v: q: R, x* n% t/ P6 OTriathlon Festival' W$ k+ E t7 s% @: l& E+ m* B
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! d3 R3 J% D y" F- `# a
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Edmonton Street Performers Festival& s' Z! N( e$ I
The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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The Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.! ]# g2 u# b- B& Y- }% I1 U
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Edmonton International Athletics Festival+ Q- H+ r5 s3 F0 H4 F
This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.
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Edmonton International Jazz Festival
- I3 s+ b- Y9 G! m8 d" J1 jThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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The Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.9 o9 L2 o1 c6 O' ~% e3 b7 U
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1 t7 w7 B8 v/ e; G$ Z; }Turkish Festival
: |3 ]2 \0 s8 ~The Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.
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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 24.3 e- n, S4 D G$ J6 \# G) P* N
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# N; a( u; p' P7 a, D2 hFreewill Shakespeare Festival
H4 e2 Q$ @- ~, {The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.6 s: c7 X$ Z( N4 t
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2 B5 d- q) u* n6 _0 sBoonstock
+ }, L7 _+ s; WThe 8th Annual Boonstock Music and Arts Festival takes place this year, with four days filled with band performances from June 29 – July 1.
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