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Kaleido Family Arts Festival8 p( Q7 ?, e- c4 H* n
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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; ?# ]" ~' b! b1 L3 J4 {Tales Storytelling Festival
5 ~' ^. a: p r7 D' e. o4 RThe Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st./ `, Y5 _" J' r8 ~! w8 x
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Sonic Boom
* | V* O6 \% C/ N- WSONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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! J: R( b6 @* [+ A% j4 F1 m; c' W4 LCorn Fest
9 w5 V/ D- @! N+ IThis family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.+ ^8 e- w2 ~( c% D
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Symphony Under the Sky7 c, G% H- Y- b
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.2 k" Y8 m1 }/ _# W$ Q
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$ g$ w' J# }' m' D8 GEdmonton Blues Festival
1 A C, ?5 ~+ M3 l% l! e0 ^4 }: hThe Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.8 e( b6 z6 d. z1 {9 A
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Edmonton Latin Festival4 W; ?. n% n6 z+ z( c$ r% A5 Y; G( v
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.
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O6 [9 l, @( H5 w! l& tDragon Boat Festival
/ K& F x. d; }* tEvery 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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/ q& o' H7 J6 g( W* hEdmonton Rock Music Festival4 Y. c5 c+ X( N; \$ P1 u5 K
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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0 ]( y# o! v# b6 B3 ~& W3 Z zEdmonton International Fringe Festival4 B3 W* [& m: G4 f. @$ g
The 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) I" c6 f+ o/ l% b( G% y
The annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12./ g p6 y3 S. w' o' p/ R
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Animethon Festival
9 J6 W1 Q# [/ L' z+ r6 N0 g+ e; ~Animethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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Folk Fest
( B1 j( W$ U4 }. g% UThe folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.
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7 M+ R* T$ x* L/ ~) h8 WRock’n August* H% g9 s5 I8 V3 s
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 - 11.2 W5 l3 n5 r0 [, c; x" W6 ^
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: M5 o" U- Z) Q' }- P ?8 nFairy-Berry Festival
& }0 c2 `/ X! GFairies, 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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Heritage Festival
1 k( R: E- M4 Y1 z4 x4 cServus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.
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Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival: a$ Q9 m: w: i8 a, l& v( z* K, S
This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain. q- u2 H6 r, j# x; D/ g, F, N
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The Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show6 G- V Q* P: d
The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.9 f$ U$ j$ X; W C$ d
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( u- u! Z$ D2 j/ U4 r4 u1 M+ pCapital EX
! P% j8 x- v2 V1 S5 F; VCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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Edmonton Indy
& h8 g: `$ b3 ]! A0 `3 tWorld 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.$ I+ E' l( d v; o& ? ]
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Taste of Edmonton1 |6 w) F( h# C4 x, i# |6 E
A Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.; W* ?* g% \! ~! G/ k* ?) Z
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' i+ ]/ U+ {( C0 A1 ^% e1 B. `Race Week Edmonton Festival
# J# W- \* s) T vRace 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% I2 k1 A( y5 Z. |4 e. z
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
( C& M8 U4 x" w- i" ]$ PThe 2012 Edmonton Triathlon Festival will be a weekend of fast-paced races for all ages and skill levels. It runs from July 6 – 8.4 a; U0 B. U3 s4 @( k
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: g) ^! C- M5 jEdmonton Street Performers Festival+ U4 \2 L6 K5 U3 I1 c2 l! b# Y
The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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Vocal Arts Festival( v: {- ?3 O! ]; y/ y, s: `
The Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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3 F5 Z' y T" i" [/ l+ i! Y pImprovaganza! a& A1 n: P+ C3 L' e
Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.& ^; X! z" o4 H, g
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2 V9 l5 T3 ?& }% }) S, SEdmonton International Athletics Festival _( S0 g* ?" o9 {! H% x; h
This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.
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Edmonton International Jazz Festival
/ [. `5 |' V/ r8 I, `6 dThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.4 r ]8 ]4 I5 \' _1 H
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: ? _. ~9 H9 S F% @2 x7 gThe Works Art and Design Festival
; T# M/ s% N5 A- ^The Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.
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Turkish Festival
# o2 h2 |0 f! n$ Q+ G4 z$ eThe Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.
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E; ~" z8 ?; N* }. y( zEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
8 a9 N% }" ?5 ?; n7 EPets 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 w' {/ J/ l J6 Y( k6 g) ? m
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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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* I0 s; n% Q1 J6 _4 DBoonstock
/ T; r0 i: a' C4 t9 i9 OThe 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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