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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
, Y: }' F/ S4 TThe 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
% J" U4 v* I$ R. V; HThe Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.! p# h3 V2 m) u
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SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.( A- @# P: H [& M& B
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Corn Fest
2 p& V- j- r7 B* d F gThis family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.5 `( [( y! z% V/ h2 o" }4 T
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; x7 E8 }1 Q+ r& H8 H. DSymphony Under the Sky
: g. V$ W1 Q* U/ o- `& H: yThe 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.. x* ~6 N# R* F6 ^9 y' H& J* C
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+ o0 `! T8 d9 {; k" S& kEdmonton Blues Festival3 t4 G+ f3 }; H
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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* ]8 O3 Y: S& ^: Y$ Z( sEdmonton Latin Festival4 R8 K1 |8 e, R. ]& V' M, `
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19./ `, J6 d# K A+ m) j% I
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+ X" a8 F' d6 z4 c6 zDragon Boat Festival
& p) k0 ?7 l7 S4 C5 XEvery 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.. |' u7 l5 V6 [( T- O# Z
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Z9 K# E V, v% i3 C1 S- g$ fEdmonton Rock Music Festival' }! R. P/ A7 T( x! C8 T
The second annual Edmonton Rock Music Festival boasts a famed line-up that will excite all classic rock fans. It runs August 17 – 18.7 L( s/ v( Z( Y3 [- R! i* x5 \
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6 `8 ^1 J5 p( c' _9 Y9 n8 ~& yEdmonton International Fringe Festival9 s0 B; ?' ~! c' @( l( u
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
3 a8 Y" h3 | v0 s% H XThe annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.4 K8 ?2 ] r2 k; ]
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Animethon Festival
1 | x! B6 A# ^8 |- ^0 v4 @# g* TAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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0 [5 |* L) q# EFolk Fest1 a. ~8 Y! V! e2 S5 K# g: h
The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.0 m/ t( x% V& z7 b9 s9 ? l5 w6 I
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; [3 w; m6 ^3 O* l( M5 h9 M1 y7 xRock’n August
# D4 y4 j# f) I2 D* KHundreds 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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4 ?0 A8 _4 x# `& O3 xFairy-Berry Festival. n' I: X' ]% O) h% I$ A. q
Fairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.% Z% l( J- U: e
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Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.
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$ R$ j9 a1 T/ K. G! O8 v6 DBlueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival
' X: `2 }8 b, w% ]This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.8 c+ T: S9 o/ _! L* T
0 x8 ~3 C* i1 [) w" F+ NThe Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show5 V9 K7 @9 g7 D8 `/ B% w; q3 I
The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.( z- l, e8 H4 {; ]4 p2 l6 X
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) w8 @% H) Q x2 P. \3 d2 LCapital EX4 o5 T* P* l& X4 ^2 x0 K, n
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
4 t' L* p5 U* w2 e/ \5 O2 }World 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.( S# a1 c0 z% V$ m
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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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( a9 q6 \4 i# |: f# l- mRace Week Edmonton Festival, r7 L6 e$ V& T; H3 K
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
3 l0 b% ^7 a8 u4 ?: `& VWhyte 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 Festival8 g3 N q. I: o9 y. m( t- A
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.
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Edmonton Street Performers Festival7 F+ u y q% R# K
The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.9 c- H$ o7 t; H$ o
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' p8 @- U2 K2 Y5 z3 g( YVocal Arts Festival
3 n" q* J# U& @* y& Y: u- A' yThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.( r+ S5 D: y, N
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Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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: |- T) N t; D, {- N: d+ K) f& }Edmonton International Athletics Festival' R: @& l% E1 A y, P! r
This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.# j2 i; p: H$ @, O/ G
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2 H2 \, h& \1 ?( ZEdmonton International Jazz Festival
8 Y# x% w+ v# k$ x4 a1 k% }1 CThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.' J: d2 i; ~/ K( g6 n
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The Works Art and Design Festival
9 Y) W! D. m2 RThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.# H: h0 w S8 p; }0 i- ?
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The Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.
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! f5 k" o- L7 s' ^: n, \2 U. GEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
: a- g/ C; g! X; O6 g( 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.
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Freewill Shakespeare Festival
4 L' |" U2 b, n, wThe Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.! q' E3 f6 X/ I7 V
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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 1.2 m _3 `5 C1 i; x/ ~ Q9 i
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