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Kaleido Family Arts Festival
9 @- a9 `- X/ P8 {0 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.( T! O1 _7 _/ T6 C
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Tales Storytelling Festival8 L: _/ f6 |8 Y' e* R
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 Boom6 E* g6 P9 b) h2 D) T
SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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1 k/ z& k; {5 b& X4 OCorn Fest
2 b5 G* j# x+ ?+ I! m- SThis family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.6 j; P+ J( c1 I' C* X" X8 g( J
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Symphony Under the Sky
: \, i+ v2 i: ~, A4 w. XThe 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.1 ~( r7 J- o- _
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Edmonton Blues Festival
. b* k( ^2 J8 O) OThe Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.8 ~/ Y. n/ Y3 n# F3 p$ a# e
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The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.: M# b$ U5 |0 ^/ G# x! p! z# `. n! L
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5 p7 M, L; R8 `( K% u$ XDragon Boat Festival
# X+ o0 `5 G- E1 TEvery 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
5 r2 ]7 F E! G$ |& i: ~4 iThe second annual Edmonton Rock Music Festival boasts a famed line-up that will excite all classic rock fans. It runs August 17 – 18.5 X' n, L: s. l
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; b! z8 V) I# T4 k& u+ n; Y6 aEdmonton International Fringe Festival
- J3 G% c5 n$ X5 AThe Edmonton Fringe Festival runs August 16 – 26, and features more than 1,600 performers and 220 plays over 10 days.5 p* ^# t; k, U$ c
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; ]' a' i* R5 Y3 d9 M5 i) b* ~Cariwest Festival
) J' g. ^* ~2 z4 vThe 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 Festival1 Z2 F; h4 h3 y7 _, B. z7 D$ q! q0 y
Animethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12./ s5 p. w' x4 i9 X! p) j1 u' N9 O
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Folk Fest, y% Q% {2 J1 l# I8 N: u
The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.
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7 \& ^2 {* a6 T9 k8 W* s9 o/ pRock’n August8 L- e) W* U) x$ @6 S
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.) U) p C0 c0 p; R" {/ I5 i
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Fairy-Berry Festival
3 v* P; D2 W" j: L8 m* [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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- J2 t7 |7 y* p; m& W7 { Z/ qHeritage Festival
! c. Z, b2 W! ?6 ?; h- fServus 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 Festival2 R0 t8 b- M% d7 c, ?* l
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 Show3 h# D" B, H) O6 V# Z; n
The Charity Car Show, which is part of Race Week Edmonton festivities, showcases more than 150 classic cars on display July 21.. U! y; e* E6 K, b; i q
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1 L$ p: n: }: OCapital EX4 [) x8 ~1 F5 Y
Capital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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Edmonton Indy0 s8 w1 n h& m8 _4 A
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 Edmonton6 O+ J4 x1 k6 v
A Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.% z4 u. r$ C% y' q2 S
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$ M4 m; N) Q# v% m9 D) NRace Week Edmonton Festival
, _6 p" |) Z$ L' c" mRace Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.' p9 c! \: S, K f c' _
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Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.) p0 {$ {* t3 r
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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
\& b1 ?, o* P& i% BThe 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.1 ]' z, R% A" o- \1 k- j0 i1 t% z
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Vocal Arts Festival. D. d8 p4 e, y! |
The Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.: u" O0 B6 f; c# k( l
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Improvaganza
, S. _- E: R/ L! pImprovaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.+ m7 S* z+ `+ y6 n9 |
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Edmonton International Athletics Festival
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The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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) h8 l8 E7 N/ }) MThe Works Art and Design Festival
/ p" L- v! h! B8 r6 ?+ G3 EThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.
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Turkish Festival
* p1 J$ R5 v0 e& K$ uThe Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23., `2 p2 I1 y( P3 H7 E, d
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Edmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park/ K- c1 h3 X0 `' D. p- B2 `' S$ s
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.
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Freewill Shakespeare Festival$ T/ v+ t5 t. D- ] `% y3 k
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.
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Boonstock
& N3 l5 j% e+ p) b# }) 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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