Festivals & Events
January
Jan Lloydminster – Winterlude Festival
Jan 12 Vermilion – Malanka Ukrainian New year Dinner & Dance
Jan 15-16 Lloydminster – Cattlemen’s Corral Crop Visions Exhibition
Jan 17-27 Edmonton – Ice on Whyte
Jan 22-26 Edmonton – The Canoe Theatre Festival
February
Feb 2 Sherwood Park – Writer’s Workshop Series
Feb 5 Edmonton – West Edmonton Mall Presents Mardi Gras
Feb 8-10 Edmonton – Monster Jam
Feb 9 Vermilion – PBR Bull Riding Event at Lakeland College
Feb 14 Edmonton – Fort Edmonton’s Park - Presents Valentine’s Party
Feb 14-17 Leduc – 2008 Alberta Winter Games
Feb 16-24 Hinton – Winter Magic Festival
Feb 18 Edmonton – Family Festival Downtown
Feb 23 Jasper – 5th Annual Caribou Loppet
March
Mar 6-9 Edmonton – Expanse Movement Art Festival
Mar 13-16 Edmonton – Edmonton’s Boat & Sportsman Show 2008
Mar 14-16 Vermilion – Lakeland College Little Royal Rodeo
Mar 27 Vegreville – Bunny Hop Easter Event
April
Apr-Dec Spruce Grove – Spruce Grove Farmers’ Market
Apr 7-12 Vermilion – Vermilion & District Music Festival
Apr 9-13 Vermilion – Dance Association Festival
Apr 11 Stony Plain – Tri Municipal Trade Show
Apr 11-13 Edmonton – The 2008 Edmonton Body, Soul & Spirit Expo
Apr 11-13 Sherwood Park – The Great Canadian Trade Fair & Sale
Apr 11-13 Hinton – Burn the Floor Dance Festival
Apr 14-18 Sherwood Park – Sherwood Park Music Festival
Apr 18-20 Fort Saskatchewan – Fort Sask. Chamber of Commerce Trade Show
Apr 18-20 Vermilion – Ukrainian Dance Festival
Apr 18-19 Edson – Edson Chamber of Commerce Trade Show
Apr 21-27 Stony Plain – Pitch In Canada Week
Apr 21-May 7 Edmonton – 2008 Kiwanis Music Festival
Apr 23 Fort Saskatchewan – Dancer’s Dancing
Apr 25-May 7 Hinton – Yellowhead Rotary Arts Festival
Apr 25-26 Hinton – Home & Leisure Show
Apr 30 Vegreville – Bike Roadeo & Child Find Clinic
May
May 1-30 Fort Saskatchewan – Art Society Exhibit
May 4,11 Jasper – Spring Run Off
May 5-10 Fort Saskatchewan – Art & Quilt Walk
May 10 Spruce Grove – Annual Garage Sale
May 10 Sherwood Park – Mother’s Day Strawberry Tea
May 10-11 Edson – Medicine Lodge Rodeo
May 16-17 Sherwood Park – Women’s Olympic Qualification Wrestling Tournament
May 19 Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Centre – Celebration of Dance
My 23-25 St. Albert – St. Albert Kinsmen Rainmaker Rodeo & Exhibition
May 27-31 St. Albert – 2008 International Children’s Festival
May 30-Jun 1 Stony Plain – Farmer’s Days & Kinsmen Rodeo
May 31-Jun 2 Lloydminster – 4H-Expo
June
Jun – Sep Spruce Grove – Grain Elevator Tours
Jun 4-7 Edmonton – Dreamspeakers International Film Festival
Jun 5-15 Edmonton – Nextfest 2008-The Syncrude Next Generation Arts Festival
Jun 5-8 Grande Cache – Wild River Rendezvous
Jun 7 Jasper – Banff Jasper Relay
Jun 7 Fort Saskatchewan – Legacy Park Family Festival
Jun 7 Edmonton – Heart of the City Presents – 2008 Music & Art Festival
Jun 13-14 Edmonton – Festival of Beer
Jun 14 Lamont – Heritage Street Festival & Classic Car Show
Jun 14 Stony Plain – Show & Shine Car Show
Jun 15 Spruce Grove – Country Music Jamboree
Jun 20-29 Edmonton – Edmonton International Jazz Festival
Jun 20-Jul 2 Edmonton – The Works Art & Design Festival
Jun 21 Vermilion – Days of Olde Antique Classic Car Show
Jun 21 Wabamun – Fun Days
Jun 27 Fort Saskatchewan – Out of School Bash
Jun 21 Edmonton – National Aboriginal Day
Jun 27-Jul 23 Edmonton – 20th Annual River City Shakespeare Festival
Jun 27-Jul 13 Edmonton – Feats – Festival of Dance
Jun 30-Jul 1 Spruce Grove – Street Performers Festival
Jun 30 Innisfree – Canada Day Celebrations
Jun 30-Jul 1 Hinton – Föhn Festival
July
Jul 1 Across Canada – Canada Day Celebrations
Jul 1 Edmonton – Canada Day River Valley Festival
Jul 1 Sherwood Park – Parade into Summer
Jul 4-6 Vegreville – Vegreville Ukrainian Pysanka Folk Festival
Jul 4-13 Edmonton – International Street Performers Festival
Jul 6 Stony Plain – Great White North Triathlon
Jul 9-12 Lloydminster – Colonial Days
Jul 15 Jasper – Parks Day
Jul 17 Stony Plain – Stony Plain Centennial Homecoming
Jul 17-26 Stony Plain – Quilt Show & Walk
Jul 17-26 Edmonton – Capital Ex Festival
Jul 18-27 Edmonton – Taste of Edmonton
Jul 18-27 Edmonton – 2008 Visualeyze – A Festival of Performance Art
Jul 19 Jasper – Parks Day
Jul 21-Aug 3 Edmonton & Athabaska District – Historic Festival
Jul 24-26 Edmonton – Rexall Edmonton Indy
Jul 24-26 Vermilion – Agricultural Society Fair & Trade Show
August
Aug 1-4 Grande Cache – Canadian Death Race
Aug 1-4 Grande Cache – Deathfest
Aug 1-3 Stony Plain – Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival
Aug 2-4 Edmonton – Historic Festival
Aug 2-9 Lloydminster – Arts Without Borders Festival
Aug 4 Lloydminster – Lloydminster Folkfest
Aug 4-6 Hinton – Mary Reimer Memorial Rodeo
Aug 7-10 Edmonton – Folk Music Festival
Aug 7 Lloydminster – Quick Draw, Festival Awards
Aug 8-10 Edmonton – Cariwest – Edmonton Caribbean Arts Festival
Aug 10 Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village – Ukrainian Day
Aug 13 Innisfree – Innisfree Annual Fair
Aug 13-16 Jasper – Jasper Heritage Rodeo
Aug 14-24 Edmonton – International Fringe Theatre Festival
Aug 15 Stony Plain – 15th Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Aug 15-17 Edmonton – Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival
Aug 16 Spruce Grove – Corn Roast & Kids Carnival
Aug 22-24 Edmonton – The 10th Annual Labatt Blues Festival
Aug 24 Edmonton – Ukrainian Music Fest
Aug 24 Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village – Friends’ Ukrainian Music Fest
Aug 29 Fort Saskatchewan – Back to School Bash
Aug 29-30 Sherwood Park – Sherwood Park Beer and Wine Festival 2008
Aug 29-31 Jasper – Behind the Scenery Wildlife Festival
Aug 29-Sep 1 Edmonton – Symphony Under the Stars Festival
September
Sep 7 Edmonton – Harvest of the Past & Taste of Heritage Food Fest
Sep 14 Fort Saskatchewan – 28th Annual Terry Fox Run
Sep 17 Edmonton – Festival of Fine Chefs
Sep 21 Spruce Grove – Country Music Jamboree
Sep 24-26 Sherwood Park – 2008 Canadian Urban Forest Conference
Sep 26-Oct 4 Edmonton – Edmonton International Film Festival
Sep 27 Spruce Grove – Community Harvest Festival
October
Oct 4-5 Edmonton – Haunted Pumpkin Festival
Oct 18-19 Edmonton – Women’s Show
Oct 18 Hinton – Small Business Award Gala
Oct 20-26 Sherwood Park – Elizabeth Antique Show & Sale
Oct 23-31 Edmonton – Interfear Arts Festival
Oct 24-26 Sherwood Park – Christmas in October Craft Show & Sale
Oct 30-Nov 1 Lloydminster – Stockade Roundup
November
Nov 1 Stony Plain – Spirit of Stony Plain Masquerade Ball
Nov 5-9 Edmonton – Canadian Finals Rodeo
Nov 6-10 Edmonton – Global Visions Film Festival
Nov 11 Fort Saskatchewan – Remembrance Day Ceremony
Nov 22 Stony Plain – Christmas in November
Nov 28 Fort Saskatchewan – Christmas Lights Up Celebration & Moonlight Madness
Nov 28-29 Vermilion – Antiques, Collectibles & Antique Show
Nov 29 Fort Saskatchewan – Santa Claus Parade
December
Dec 1 Vermilion – Lakeland Mall’s Festival of Trees
Dec 5 Stony Plain – Rotary Carol Festival
Dec 14-Jan 2 Edmonton – Candy Cane Lane
Dec 31 Edmonton – New Year’s Eve Downtown
Dec 31 Sherwood Park – New Year’s Eve Family Gala
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