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Kaleido Family Arts Festival
5 {" p0 s$ u% EThe 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.* x' g' c0 u# R9 R: p8 M! T
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Tales Storytelling Festival
: V* x, x& v* ^* d5 {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 Boom
! P- i3 Q5 K) |! h3 A9 k' E7 ]5 aSONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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( X @1 t1 i v3 gCorn Fest
5 I/ H+ f9 H6 U* A! eThis family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.
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Symphony Under the Sky i; _3 u5 \+ ]4 d& r$ d
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.0 [: ?+ C* A. g" {" P
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Edmonton Blues Festival
' F( t" M8 }/ g5 dThe Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.! r3 l) Y6 o. o; T4 ~
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: v" V/ w$ j {) b" M$ t3 b4 p' \5 } jEdmonton Latin Festival7 p* N; o1 k1 v5 u. M
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.5 b2 z# k! Z( T, h4 l; q: [1 S
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: Q9 d) C+ E5 C, j. r( |4 ~( WDragon Boat Festival
0 g% [5 n" E) v2 w5 _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., F1 g; e$ k1 t6 ]3 ]) v+ k& d4 E6 O9 b9 Y
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! m% q( G% U( x+ E' O/ u+ xEdmonton Rock Music Festival( ]9 Y; m/ r* w. r& \7 f& {* U
The second annual Edmonton Rock Music Festival boasts a famed line-up that will excite all classic rock fans. It runs August 17 – 18.2 ]* F$ b. s. r) F# ^7 t
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Edmonton International Fringe Festival8 f; }1 `; c, b* W& U+ R( B
The Edmonton Fringe Festival runs August 16 – 26, and features more than 1,600 performers and 220 plays over 10 days.9 q* f- Y1 R& a! S* s5 ?) _$ ?
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! q/ k p9 L# O1 e4 a/ p& fCariwest Festival1 D. a( ? n f Q/ Y
The annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12. u& L; q9 Q6 y* g
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- t! n9 G2 X' d, e! W1 R" DAnimethon Festival
- l& D6 e4 F) B* @) A+ XAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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/ `4 A; X3 I# o( {2 U( _' oFolk Fest
% d' D! m5 Q" j) E! `The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.5 \4 m& n' _6 K" ^" ?
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+ D( b7 N5 o. F1 l7 hRock’n August. j0 P" L; [9 L8 F
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.
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Fairy-Berry Festival
/ F. E {$ P) ^; QFairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.1 C; q+ J h2 ^) [6 C% P
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# b# s5 \$ O3 B1 W @1 aHeritage Festival
w W) s7 o* g* N: }/ oServus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.' v2 {$ }* g# W, I1 g
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Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival& a/ k0 O4 G. M. P& \
This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.+ \7 v% S8 b; a) `7 I7 E/ a8 ]
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The Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show
% X- O0 G1 \, r% D9 M: g. HThe Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.+ G- p% Q F7 E8 @, o: S
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" F* E+ q; A5 l7 Q+ |Capital EX- S# Z, I$ C! p- D2 t
Capital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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Edmonton Indy3 x+ J: Z4 O& F$ k5 u# H
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." R' b3 U [6 F
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. @6 O- x# j: @5 bTaste of Edmonton
3 K& M* z8 ^* nA 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
/ s& j" A+ Y( v HRace 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
+ z# O" M- Y, `' p% Y1 ZWhyte 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 Festival
( X; }6 h3 W" r, X7 ?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 Festival
: y# m: C- l" ?4 }8 F0 HThe 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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Vocal Arts Festival
; O8 Y% |+ j |) y; Y K2 P8 |The Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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( L& @" o4 q, W' REdmonton International Athletics Festival
U& |) U7 W5 \/ d) Y3 ~3 qThis series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.$ l6 a3 f7 A/ z3 Q( {" @: a, ]/ Z
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0 O! c; y2 A1 O, Q+ U1 N' \4 w6 fEdmonton International Jazz Festival
$ g" H4 n$ k9 j0 R" }The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.8 v! k- b8 G" w/ {1 t
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: W8 d7 v, B" R5 v8 UThe Works Art and Design Festival
' w) x% S8 u- A: ?! q3 ?( n ]The Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.4 W' i7 Y1 g. f' v7 c
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The Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.% Y' h9 q2 [! N) _4 q2 T
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Edmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park/ ]* S+ D/ ^! \/ ?
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 24.3 A9 B9 L. q/ m6 j
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Freewill Shakespeare Festival, @+ _0 K6 o' r' g$ y5 r1 t
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.6 u- `# }" X5 H3 I1 h5 N
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$ H1 _- }& a" p `# i$ X) O, S6 PThe 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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