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& }1 Q3 p$ y% P7 D. W' @Kaleido Family Arts Festival
0 Z. u5 i+ ?6 ?+ _6 s5 W7 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
" {2 s% |2 v9 ^0 G, O1 t8 UThe Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.
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+ {/ G+ H! e" b" S) S2 @, \! eSonic Boom" ?$ }4 S8 B& ]6 v; v0 g, v' s
SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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6 x- J) _& ]) U3 d) x+ i0 N/ jCorn Fest
; U& F9 R1 j+ XThis 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 Sky3 u0 W0 J* g5 q! U0 s7 m
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.( W% E, L' t2 y5 `0 j! h$ }
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Edmonton Blues Festival0 d0 V5 j6 G% [# T: C' @- _. j" w
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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5 _7 w( X# p, g1 V5 o* E% V8 hEdmonton Latin Festival4 Y6 g! e+ i8 u3 [* J, C
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.
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) N6 F1 T$ [( o* f8 }Dragon Boat Festival; _2 G' @$ J) I8 ]- M/ b
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' b; ]$ ~; M7 Z9 l8 y& j( f
The second annual Edmonton Rock Music Festival boasts a famed line-up that will excite all classic rock fans. It runs August 17 – 18., m( N* ]8 ]$ {. H5 I* c
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Edmonton International Fringe Festival! h+ r0 f) K9 X- v1 S6 {- V# Q
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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5 l# T6 i- h2 r8 ]Cariwest Festival
+ w: y. W6 x8 o+ M0 @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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Animethon Festival; z, C7 |6 a* Z4 d
Animethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.5 U' }1 x; H0 g6 q/ i; b Z) O' ]
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1 ^( D. R( q- J) v9 }' w' k1 WRock’n August
* f' o# s7 [ L" s+ I; pHundreds 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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Fairies, 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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4 t" t3 v$ C. C' {( }! OHeritage Festival% Z2 f* H: ]. m, S3 e$ T% |! i
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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Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival+ I: K3 K2 C" ?# P
This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.
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The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.
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Capital EX
( s/ @# D& @% U6 RCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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- r7 j+ n3 X, F9 I: K# [Edmonton Indy7 y2 ` d, Q- n8 C: Q
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 – 22.6 a7 d7 z x8 d' S
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Taste of Edmonton
" |- W+ t5 x# A& @' XA Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.2 L6 @) Z3 O# ]7 c8 w0 o
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Race Week Edmonton Festival% y2 L" m( @/ g8 v7 f
Race Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.( V! K8 T& u9 R! d
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# L7 @' A0 c- q1 @3 f9 [Whyte Avenue Artwalk) W( r% p- l: G! z! p
Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.1 D& q6 m* i+ Z- u1 H; s, Q% W
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Triathlon Festival
+ [. E, R3 s Z$ }/ C5 a3 RThe 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
3 d; }2 r' N' R9 {4 c2 YThe 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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Vocal Arts Festival
/ V# ?( r! s% f) X, KThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.' G+ ~8 {* w. t
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Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.. z4 d* t2 |; g
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- X2 C6 I7 p2 M5 F0 u: Y1 d/ YEdmonton International Athletics Festival
2 X" P" D N6 P4 e/ e$ Q% d) R# i6 BThis series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.4 v! Q2 H8 S( G( ~, _6 b3 I1 i
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" `/ F F! B1 l- B6 ]1 DEdmonton International Jazz Festival
6 r: x, f" N; X6 W- iThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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* ~; b" G9 L' {4 n; K" `- ?The Works Art and Design Festival
' x0 l2 m& b% J6 ]8 N$ YThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.
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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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# `' \5 a1 K* t% C, u$ X' H( JEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park( K# b9 M' q* e& g% F* `/ e+ i
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.' c( N9 Z" W' Q2 M& f, s. s
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Freewill Shakespeare Festival% u+ v* h7 ~. C( A3 I2 Y
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.' D# g; m0 S( K8 R4 E* ?, z- K
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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 1.9 R1 n. d; M: j- J( s. I' H+ {
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