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本帖最后由 sweetlele 于 2012-6-29 16:52 编辑
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6 y* v6 ? P X! R2 H6 i) hKaleido Family Arts Festival
q+ L+ g6 G1 o1 S2 G G7 \' \( {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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Tales Storytelling Festival" r6 m$ \. G/ U" m, T( L3 L) o8 ^
The Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st." B9 X# K( {+ X) C' {
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. B& y. k8 J; I8 t/ T( a. CSONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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Corn Fest
+ c" [7 f" h1 r6 k# @This family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1." p" G5 A, o: Y! u0 Y; O- ?: o
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Symphony Under the Sky0 F: `( ^& V* J; t3 w
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.
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Edmonton Blues Festival4 R8 s: n; Y& n
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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Edmonton Latin Festival: o, |* k9 Y- C! R
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.
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, I( ~7 G$ B+ K% o2 jDragon Boat Festival
- K& V$ B, N, o, aEvery 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 – 19.0 u! ~ G2 ^* q% p1 s! s
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Edmonton Rock Music Festival
! l" R: |4 w. B q" N fThe 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
+ G! B& r% j2 z3 K9 }. RThe Edmonton Fringe Festival runs August 16 – 26, and features more than 1,600 performers and 220 plays over 10 days.6 k# P) y' ] V$ X9 i0 v1 l
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/ A8 e5 R+ _. D. A) K( vCariwest Festival
7 L1 {9 D- f2 n( nThe annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.
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* ?5 f( v. `4 W- N9 TAnimethon Festival8 _! G9 g$ O! ~5 j+ \2 q" C- e. G
Animethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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/ g0 [ M l: m" NFolk Fest
4 l6 l5 B: m5 A! q1 \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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Rock’n August D" g9 ]9 x: J$ R/ {+ t
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 - 11.0 a& A* @1 a* [- C& U) x% N) Y; i
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Fairy-Berry Festival
# l) J& j# u2 [0 h9 B7 c8 sFairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.* C5 I8 V2 b8 w/ K8 t0 D* p' _8 T0 c
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8 M% a' P2 I9 v" eHeritage Festival* s4 W. k# G h% B
Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.8 V$ O/ \2 K; v8 p. g/ @# g
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! e1 d3 C3 C, ~; R3 gBlueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival
, y' P2 F. U+ WThis year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.; ? o; @5 f; x2 A0 p! R
+ V. T3 Z$ o0 \The Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show. U, i3 D+ B. ]
The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.$ N) C7 A& {# u% u
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Capital EX
) a0 F# j: x; j) iCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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Edmonton Indy
. f4 f) K# K3 a' Z* 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 – 22.9 w( }# x, V0 T* O# b
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Taste of Edmonton$ h1 A+ v" L, V3 b
A Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.4 F3 M# _ }! A8 u3 [
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Race Week Edmonton Festival$ I, q" L! v2 M" q# n, i
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
/ M% D- h! M2 _0 u, x& P: ] U/ qWhyte 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 Festival6 l% M/ S$ x& }; M9 m
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.! f3 V' u- }1 z
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( M( O. U9 w2 C: E" q( E: i8 GEdmonton Street Performers Festival7 W4 [$ |# Y! K
The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.! [. F( f+ z: C
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- K/ s* X) r, g l1 u4 [, G; `Vocal Arts Festival! O* o# I4 V8 |$ Q
The Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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Improvaganza9 Z; E! V$ ?9 ~
Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.! `8 I, j6 P h2 A7 {# M
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) b8 V0 T' a- U& X h" B0 x$ v- \Edmonton International Athletics Festival0 K8 m; O$ N) i3 a) M% M1 y
This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.0 q/ U1 z: h/ B6 j+ `- J+ }: ]/ b
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Edmonton International Jazz Festival0 ]0 k7 S5 S) U+ y/ l, U
The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.! }6 d- H( c# Q3 G# J0 g
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The Works Art and Design Festival
& X/ M P8 Z. `1 l5 I8 h% K7 RThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.# }4 e! B% f; I* i5 P$ O
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Turkish Festival
! l h& l& z; V: I: yThe Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.: S% y+ d3 [ r4 W
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Edmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
" {* P4 X& D7 P& WPets 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. J) h2 y1 V' n
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Freewill Shakespeare Festival
4 v# B6 I. z2 d$ T: h g/ B8 J% `The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.
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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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