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本帖最后由 sweetlele 于 2012-6-29 16:52 编辑 0 _+ h5 E& _& A: z9 Z9 x# `" D+ d% @; U
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Kaleido Family Arts Festival
+ z/ r! X- I$ ?+ ?" 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.. N8 i1 q4 H1 @
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Tales Storytelling Festival
4 P0 T2 `9 Q. u* i5 \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 Boom5 {# m [0 R: w/ e( g% }
SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.; ]( j* S. J4 b6 j& C# Y, T
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$ @2 l4 x6 T- Y! p( c6 OCorn Fest
) V; b. H; C" W0 T' \4 \- x8 ?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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2 e% A; a5 m: WSymphony Under the Sky
8 h! u; R. c# Y6 e" \The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.$ F- Q: o* c7 Q$ j1 _2 a4 y% a
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Edmonton Blues Festival, q: Z% j# j& S. ^7 }1 i4 ^/ l
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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4 c! E# A# U% z' W" Q. D. ~Edmonton Latin Festival
8 @3 W/ |$ j/ F" `+ ~! u3 |$ pThe Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.. }/ Z( q& L( W; W: y% |
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Dragon Boat Festival. G/ s6 X! q9 F9 }- C1 ]$ P1 p% u
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
* \; p6 b: N2 @& s) E0 N. M* pThe 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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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
! n: p5 G8 h0 E+ e" {" P# |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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6 Q2 ^" I7 ^" _3 X0 ~Animethon Festival
" H# T( D) \ v) U( |- V% }: `. WAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.. @7 g. E5 m' a7 x. T$ ~
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Folk Fest
% t- ^# _0 }+ U7 cThe folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.
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, a( H7 Z+ H2 S7 y# e4 ?, v C: f# x) `Rock’n August
; l; P/ x4 t' v" Q9 B& OHundreds 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.( E' h- `) j2 ~: l0 \
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Fairy-Berry Festival
; u- H, A; ^2 z: i- PFairies, 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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" Z+ ]. m) h& rHeritage Festival
6 ]7 x. d7 c( e4 q; W) l$ j9 pServus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.3 d; k5 A9 |; @
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2 Q9 q, t1 r3 i- A' n" L( @Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival; L! C; B1 |; \0 f6 p. g! S* A
This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.3 m0 K4 |) l5 S; |. u
& \% @+ j4 K/ j- OThe Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show2 @) `9 o4 H. z: g" X% _! `
The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.( V! `! r8 t) o9 U, ~0 P% d9 T4 D
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& S( [0 m$ Y# C/ YCapital EX- h) p( R- N7 ~3 W# ^
Capital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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/ n' G- g6 G* \' r3 NEdmonton Indy
8 i( M% @$ u2 n! I2 P3 OWorld 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.% g# V! z' Q% d7 k. E
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Taste of Edmonton% ?+ B/ A" m5 N. x# ?* s! E- g
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 Festival
* }* C+ T( e! l1 T% K8 G+ uRace 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
v3 J! I; ]& I7 A- \Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.! k7 Z9 @" s6 z( h: U) @
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_8 e$ i: M, M% _! v8 r% uTriathlon Festival
* S% Z& t( n% A/ g; U( v8 [$ CThe 2012 Edmonton Triathlon Festival will be a weekend of fast-paced races for all ages and skill levels. It runs from July 6 – 8.
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The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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" ]( w' \/ B% V" K6 ^4 s% eVocal Arts Festival2 z& j. g! t4 \" o; c6 i% c
The Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.9 U7 }4 y5 r+ o* \1 m9 b
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9 [7 \- C" K( d$ t% ~, b3 zImprovaganza
e- u! {" }7 o4 ~+ }& C2 w# N$ cImprovaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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; n- w, h! z0 x; r- M1 ~ C ZEdmonton International Athletics Festival
}4 K+ I" r* w r) U/ |/ P2 e* FThis series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.' ~4 W1 a* z7 l% o: E( k
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Edmonton International Jazz Festival4 H9 b! t8 p, v, d3 c+ f
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 Festival3 U0 d" F- ^: H6 l9 p
The Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.
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# u- k6 U! g( |9 }5 n V7 UTurkish Festival9 B" H. e5 |9 q7 }/ l9 Z
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.
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Freewill Shakespeare Festival9 L4 _5 L& j: d
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.6 r8 g* z- q& Y4 o6 i) h' z
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3 o/ \1 `1 }: V+ s' e( ^Boonstock
, q4 z+ U0 [8 S5 \The 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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