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本帖最后由 sweetlele 于 2012-6-29 16:52 编辑
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0 J1 {# i+ A; BKaleido Family Arts Festival
: X# S1 V& r6 ?: s1 M! H% t, z& V' pThe 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
, a0 Z) G! F( \6 b& p4 T c5 n3 bThe Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.2 V; H2 A" j$ C
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8 o* \9 H# A# G5 ^6 kSonic Boom
2 \" p9 K5 N3 Q. k' s8 ~* s- J4 ?SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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Corn Fest( B# c9 c3 P* l# ]; d$ S
This family festival has many activities including corn eating contests, corn mazes, face painting, and veggie art all on September 1.$ b2 ~" k1 U9 W$ B+ k# L0 D# J
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9 L% B! o1 E9 I+ jSymphony Under the Sky8 @7 Q- s4 i7 ~+ g, R# _
The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.$ _( }* Q. S' t* o' d
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Edmonton Blues Festival
) F; Y) L) o e. I u) ^0 e# EThe Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.0 j- v! D+ W$ W2 U* [
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7 [0 U: g1 D, f+ fEdmonton Latin Festival
( G; ]( ?0 B8 H7 `The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.
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# r5 j' q- i- o4 D4 T; QDragon Boat Festival4 i& j9 g! @9 G& ?: p& l
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 – 19.3 G Y3 q! i6 }, d
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1 s2 U3 @3 J+ t1 }& M/ U/ [2 W0 GEdmonton Rock Music Festival9 G% T1 n" p& L6 x" m7 _
The second annual Edmonton Rock Music Festival boasts a famed line-up that will excite all classic rock fans. It runs August 17 – 18.. `) Q( P' @/ J% H
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Edmonton International Fringe Festival, H8 Y; \; p: @
The Edmonton Fringe Festival runs August 16 – 26, and features more than 1,600 performers and 220 plays over 10 days.% _: i$ F% |8 I# b! {$ h& R3 h
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Cariwest Festival
- v" I- O& e) A/ WThe 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; ^+ e6 Q7 r7 c4 X$ b( s2 ^9 [
Animethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.
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Folk Fest
n" X t* K- B0 u1 a# A8 VThe folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.; M- x% ^: v9 Y
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: S7 q! p# ^/ {+ nRock’n August
5 E4 Q) P7 X& z( Z2 e( EHundreds 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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7 X; {- L$ e; g f7 bFairy-Berry Festival
9 B& [. e: v) `/ T& m( IFairies, 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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0 }6 y! `3 j: AHeritage Festival7 f% n. B+ z- v H. W# V0 H/ V$ N: C
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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# H( |' W( {$ @8 ^0 l, z) pBlueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival
, f9 s( e3 a D J# kThis 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 Show
" @1 N) }" S& A4 eThe 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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/ e; A) f9 s3 C! z0 M$ L6 aCapital EX
) W& }/ R0 [# [3 l4 U) k5 hCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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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 e ~( K7 e9 s$ {7 c
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Taste of Edmonton% p! h3 a! q. N0 O. g. y
A Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.) I( S! `4 n/ p& ?% i3 y
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! G: @, j( H3 U7 fRace Week Edmonton Festival
$ {5 @8 Q2 U/ W* p8 X, @3 j) }; u lRace Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy." ~( y2 g8 S; r9 V, D. _% k2 B2 j
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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.! g( T9 T0 q( s
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Triathlon Festival7 b; S/ s5 Y" ?' R' }% Y
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 a0 A/ B' H, X& s
The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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Vocal Arts Festival
1 v; y" e% p. |7 t% KThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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6 U5 j6 `* t* H8 Z5 @Improvaganza! g1 q9 W% Z# k; u7 A7 w& j
Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.
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Edmonton International Athletics Festival5 P6 _, s1 e: k9 S0 {' J
This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.9 X+ H, g/ p7 x; U% t
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$ O1 q* b3 r5 S7 g% lEdmonton International Jazz Festival: L: U* O0 O8 L
The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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% e' ?9 a& ]7 Y- u' ~9 A* DThe Works Art and Design Festival v6 F& K; ?: D2 G( g0 r
The 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 t; X" i$ q; ~2 OEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park2 h% i' X6 K; 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.
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Freewill Shakespeare Festival
1 D( [+ W- z) V0 \! d% C+ nThe Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.' L( f, C8 C: L* N& _" h+ P
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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. x7 ^" e; _2 A: t2 o9 i. R8 @3 Q' T0 y
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