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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 Festival& `7 \8 `8 N7 H6 J3 [: b( E- [& g' L
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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" D0 G# n/ M# k4 k7 @Tales Storytelling Festival
! W9 A" o$ G! m3 {8 Y" G- _) SThe 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
6 S) v8 r q% GSONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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Corn Fest
8 o& R* u k' x2 ` aThis family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.$ m7 ?; }9 u9 s, | J
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Symphony Under the Sky* v! I. ?' j1 e$ r6 d6 \' L9 u3 h
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.
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, B7 F, a C8 ~Edmonton Blues Festival
8 W \. O; y2 a9 UThe Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.1 L# {8 ~3 e8 L2 L. D
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Edmonton Latin Festival s7 c3 [/ z: L- }& l; h3 p
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.
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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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5 a: t2 d5 b# Q# m3 k) n, ~9 kEdmonton Rock Music Festival* Z& W" B5 f% U9 A. ~% q( p( i3 @" f( w
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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& O2 J f: ?" ~* b5 H) BEdmonton International Fringe Festival" e3 [( O1 s& U" D: \
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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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
* o* Y3 i5 c, S; q. \" Y+ T6 TAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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0 F$ M, I& v1 z' ], W& r2 xFolk Fest5 \! l9 I6 K" a- \
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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; p1 }: J, M4 W% u7 QRock’n August
- r' p. A& w1 x, v$ ~- N" b" q, uHundreds 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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( I+ g. v2 H8 a+ C% b F2 ^Fairy-Berry Festival" T7 Y, s4 C& L) N8 b; x+ }
Fairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.1 w; h K4 ~) y* X% K' H6 C- {
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. [3 S# ~/ c7 `( J6 b* yHeritage Festival! Z9 }' q' J; S" a4 } s
Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.& P4 f* W2 ~$ m& }; H n& I
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This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.2 _: u' R3 }: B4 T9 R6 c
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The Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show
0 |3 y% q- w ~6 r+ ? eThe 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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Capital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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Edmonton Indy
+ O* S4 k9 @/ H7 MWorld 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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" W* @% i {9 o# F+ U! DTaste of Edmonton
$ }0 E% P( U+ V$ b, `A Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.. c8 x( O* U% r
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Race Week Edmonton Festival
, V% }& M8 Q. r$ o/ L% U1 yRace Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.- {5 }4 ^! ~( X) x) [, |/ P
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; h8 d, b" y4 }/ tWhyte Avenue Artwalk
7 \ \. N7 H7 v4 i( |Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.( P" t$ P* r: n1 T' f
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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.* V) \' P! r0 U z
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Edmonton Street Performers Festival
( P! Z/ Q6 V2 B2 u) \The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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Vocal Arts Festival
# i0 t4 S4 q' \, ^$ C# _7 D; |' f) EThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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" f& G& _( M# z* k- C YImprovaganza4 y x) O' D) e+ K' ~
Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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Edmonton International Athletics Festival
9 P; N6 r, p1 UThis series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.- D$ y. h, C, p5 [( R- Y
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Edmonton International Jazz Festival- ~' K/ m+ j9 w6 R5 H7 R+ H5 t2 R
The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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The Works Art and Design Festival
5 T9 N' e4 c2 j5 V' IThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.4 H& z( C% N( G
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1 v: z) u( `! ?3 S$ YThe Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.7 [; X! W# S3 @
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Edmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
! R6 @4 S/ j% PPets 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.; q% W- P* [; d9 S6 d$ C" a6 B% H
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2 i2 i- q, G' V( B" kFreewill Shakespeare Festival
6 A7 U3 F8 r) Q; f9 ~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 U7 k* r! h7 s2 [% C' AThe 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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