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Kaleido Family Arts Festival
! s8 \- Q9 e4 Y% o, BThe 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 – 9.4 D% r. ~" Z' m" d
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Tales Storytelling Festival7 |' ]) I1 C* T: V V" i/ q1 T
The Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.* t+ f7 \- {) G) D
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Sonic Boom, p9 d Z# g% O8 a
SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.; d: I8 [& F0 \) F4 H% a9 f. @6 t
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Corn Fest% z6 l* ^# ?- A1 `9 f+ T
This family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.- @7 U( L' g; J) V5 F
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* X) C- Z/ b! h+ eSymphony Under the Sky
& {% u' W* l' F& B( |. L' J5 SThe 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.' q+ |) N! N0 n o& g" P7 i1 I
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F2 O, @ K, A" Q) L* `. yEdmonton Blues Festival( b3 A/ L: f4 }' S1 \/ D
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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" y- i( m8 Y& y* e% REdmonton Latin Festival
) ?% r, i7 k1 U8 xThe Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.! O# ]; u N/ O0 q S4 ~7 w
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) O/ ?7 l, u8 i/ \# qDragon Boat Festival
# i! t2 t! `7 p9 eEvery 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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9 A3 n$ r1 s `6 x0 q% C8 p3 _0 jEdmonton Rock Music Festival
# U; X1 S7 n& O1 @The 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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( o9 ~4 w3 j/ X$ A( r2 [Edmonton International Fringe Festival. X! F) @( A I) T
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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The annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.- k) ~5 C1 Q% R( d- G
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Animethon Festival
# T& C6 G9 o* p3 w. DAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.9 a; M0 m" u4 Z: r s2 a, A: K5 n, B
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The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.6 _6 A+ b( p" I: J6 n% C9 R
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Rock’n August
2 J1 T: o9 c7 U! e/ IHundreds 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 Festival9 D- E9 x( z' N. C K# L
Fairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.7 x% t# E* z, z& |8 ^) u* g: G
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Heritage Festival
$ [$ P8 [$ D8 b5 PServus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.
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8 B/ ?6 o( o( z: N- q+ `Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival' b# d+ I. V4 A9 g2 o% L, Y/ h
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 Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show9 y4 [0 _0 y! n5 x+ u
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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# u$ ~1 k4 s2 ~/ SCapital EX
9 Q6 S2 F) E0 @6 v4 X& JCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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' j9 K* ]1 q2 t! ?Edmonton Indy
' z+ Z p1 R o( e9 ^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.
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Taste of Edmonton
% W# {/ q3 Z$ z0 T0 QA 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 (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.' i+ Z4 L" {# f
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Whyte Avenue Artwalk
4 r; M: {' U% `; {9 |! sWhyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.3 h; ^" j7 r! n* j& y! I8 u. b
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. a' k" r( K( W! L! X d1 c) [/ e1 tTriathlon Festival0 q1 J* n$ }! X2 F
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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9 c# G; f* `8 m" _Edmonton Street Performers Festival
3 Z; z9 @1 v1 B6 D( U( bThe 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.( q8 f3 A) Y- r! K
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) _: v! z; k( m3 NVocal Arts Festival
. H' T9 _ k) \3 {& e! dThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.' b) K' f9 V) H+ g
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Improvaganza
* S! r2 X6 F5 C1 [% T3 \5 x) RImprovaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.
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( ~# a4 _& I' g' ^* y( }; TEdmonton International Jazz Festival
3 {. N$ t$ w$ U- _2 s) LThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.) _4 I2 r! z/ p6 y% U
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) }3 H" k, B: X2 ^The Works Art and Design Festival
# f7 W" {* T2 W' c" U6 V0 ?# B9 |The Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.
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9 q/ n4 m8 u; L4 O& o6 o% \; ATurkish Festival
. r5 @8 n, k; `( w# j7 M8 {2 rThe Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.
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9 x: A0 e. e+ ^* NEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
: {$ r0 {6 w8 u4 m0 a' l" Q% |: bPets 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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The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22. E. y2 ?) @6 s. n' B+ N
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; k2 P4 m/ [" T' mBoonstock
5 t: m7 |' w7 C% p5 E7 d! fThe 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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