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本帖最后由 sweetlele 于 2012-6-29 16:52 编辑
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Kaleido Family Arts Festival! E# Z2 z, P( M( y: n; X7 e
The 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
$ B: W& G0 C) y0 WThe Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st.- a8 _8 M r4 c" _( e9 u1 Z. j
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' N9 h( V1 R5 A& G) X9 LSonic Boom: D) b) g2 J' l f/ w
SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.+ N7 d: Y# y8 s( \
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Corn Fest/ A( y1 I5 Z! Z, ~5 T
This 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
7 K' b& B$ l9 o: i4 [ ]The 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.
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7 J5 e5 ^6 ]/ d, SEdmonton Blues Festival1 Q) D h) [% z( t
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.6 t$ ?. _ K. o+ r/ @
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Edmonton Latin Festival
! J c( N% I" f2 `) `3 pThe Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.% ]! o( S& s; N3 S/ U1 ]
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Dragon Boat Festival8 @3 p1 d1 f& ~% U; s2 }
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. i% d5 }9 b; } `! \
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Edmonton Rock Music Festival
n/ W; M* y- z/ m7 R" f gThe 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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Edmonton International Fringe Festival( Y! t/ j6 B/ ^
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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Cariwest Festival
& ]5 l) I' X/ i) e# }, X( @The annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.4 j& k# {$ `4 t; B+ j4 C/ j1 U
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Animethon Festival8 P* Y1 S J, b* D
Animethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.% W! n" i( T# a2 b
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Folk Fest: P* g! q' @: X0 L" O
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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Rock’n August8 A. A! f& R7 z% E% k
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.' j# Z+ z V) ^' r; S1 s. K
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Fairy-Berry Festival
- {! b, ?7 I4 I5 l/ I2 y7 HFairies, pirates, fairy-strawberries, shortcake, folk music, the Mindbender and Kidz Corn Mazes are part of the festival, which takes place August 4 - 6.) `' M! n, g: p' l& `8 j
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Heritage Festival: S' x2 q1 f M% X+ r. V
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. `9 W" _$ WThis year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival takes place August 3 – 5 in the Heritage Park in Stony Plain.
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( Z4 T. {3 W9 { ]% X" gThe Sherlock Holmes Pub’s Charity Car Show/ y" c/ g6 t+ ?2 j& P
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 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.
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Taste of Edmonton8 v6 b" [/ H- T+ ?
A Taste of Edmonton Festival is a dazzling array of tastes and sounds that fill Churchill Square. It runs July 19 - 28.) c: H. T' Q+ v; T! V6 U, R' O! U
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2 R/ D& l; l2 s) |' TRace Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.
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$ L, J7 u$ P% ]Whyte Avenue Artwalk5 X4 p' M/ [: B- W
Whyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.6 |' h& B3 ~/ O' X% b' F( Y
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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.* @* g9 N- I) K5 N
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Edmonton Street Performers Festival
" @& I6 l& l c: Y. \+ P, D7 wThe 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15.
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Vocal Arts Festival
+ l1 l' d; m# g- E% I- |8 q- PThe Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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Improvaganza8 }: O$ `: O! ], |
Improvaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.! I' l( v. r/ _& w1 Q+ f- v: a
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Edmonton International Athletics Festival
' D; p$ J/ g* d- C& o/ J6 }This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.7 I! q( @0 [! m9 Y# ] x
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Edmonton International Jazz Festival
0 C" {+ q' o0 ?1 Q( TThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.
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9 M9 e. |. q) D3 b4 ^/ ZThe Works Art and Design Festival, j2 N0 D# Q( [8 O
The Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.9 V K1 K' o; O% `4 e
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The Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.7 S* C, I6 S. v/ O; y5 U$ {
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; O7 K4 F, G8 c( ~# OEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park/ z! E0 q. \5 y' ], V* R3 `! }
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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- |! R1 |1 E8 m% r; QFreewill Shakespeare Festival5 ], w, T p9 ]8 k8 c3 O
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.
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Boonstock
# ?/ Q5 Z0 m! j8 [( UThe 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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