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Kaleido Family Arts Festival
! E) S6 q v- r4 O+ _2 IThe 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
+ n7 U- D& p8 bThe Tales Storytelling Festival promotes the tradition of oral storytelling with many different story sets taking place on September 1st., F) `, L2 U* H6 f
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SONiC BOOM is Edmonton's Modern Rock music festival. It takes place September 1.
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Corn Fest9 G% f7 R( {1 w; s* g1 s
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
: z4 Q! \' y( H0 @$ E/ \5 zThe 18th annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival will take place in Hawrelak Park August 31 – September 3.
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; Z, Z7 @4 }0 t% e3 }2 K1 N( IEdmonton Blues Festival$ F+ u" a. y z8 ^0 v) n
The Edmonton Blues Festival is bringing the best in blues to the Heritage Amphitheatre from August 24 – 26.
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Edmonton Latin Festival9 {4 ]2 p3 k/ X2 \) ?, n, o0 x' v
The Edmonton Latin Festival shares the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, food and music. It runs August 18 - 19.
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Dragon Boat Festival4 c+ l/ b1 y" G& ~ \4 k
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 – 19.9 A$ I7 H4 }/ D$ `) L9 r
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& n! r5 `. p U) y1 REdmonton Rock Music Festival
& h$ G' O, S% j( ?, mThe 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! F* P9 R: }. A+ h( ^
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
3 y7 G m; o2 j$ M7 x/ `; }/ IThe annual Caribbean Arts Festival proudly showcases Caribbean culture through musical entertainment, food and a carnival parade from August 10 – 12.* Y( k9 e' \2 c* |: C" o
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5 @# }) |# C. yAnimethon Festival
: ?6 h3 U m7 J/ r0 z4 t7 Y" BAnimethon is a Japanese Animation themed festival held annually in Edmonton from August 10 – 12.9 ^! |. |5 m8 }8 B' u
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Folk Fest8 `; v z% m; X" v0 j
The folk music festival is famous for offering world-class music at affordable prices. The Folk Fest runs August 9 - 12.: ?+ c2 ~6 d( `; }$ O; H
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Rock’n August6 H! }; {- l' _
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 - 11.7 P A1 l0 D/ F6 I+ z
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1 x7 q6 a2 R0 D4 p' l' nFairy-Berry Festival' P& D* ^$ L2 |7 E
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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1 V) ^+ L7 M" ]0 eHeritage Festival$ @7 @; v1 N9 P# r! x6 S
Servus Heritage Festival will feature 63 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures from all over the world from August 4 – 6.6 Y3 o& d* ~9 E" K7 E+ y
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) A& n: I' w/ G9 L+ y" Y: O0 r: F$ DBlueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival
$ M$ N1 p$ x: l; i wThis 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' R8 o, G% n' c6 [3 S
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
+ j$ y3 X6 Z+ l0 j! X1 u3 fCapital EX is Edmonton’s premier midway fair, with games, rides, concerts, shopping and food from July 20-29.
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Edmonton Indy
1 j, @& j* n, k& K4 p4 `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 – 22.2 C% E& M& a* C T/ @
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3 Q3 q+ q5 S% L9 }& [' q6 GTaste of Edmonton+ P( V8 b" j* Y* Q% d6 _8 p
A 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 Festival
" T1 J" Y" Z* gRace Week Edmonton (RWE) happens July 18 - 21 this year, but is an annual event centred on the Edmonton Indy.* H9 j) [; W0 u
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Whyte Avenue Artwalk
! T! T9 ^$ |8 O: j4 Q+ V. J, E9 mWhyte Avenue Artwalk is an opportunity for artists and art lovers in the community to get together and celebrate art July 13 – 15.
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. ^0 u# L; L2 b$ E3 ^1 [) |Triathlon Festival
& X( t/ R2 c- u j& v# A% j0 v" eThe 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
6 G) y' {' t6 j/ `The 10 day event boasts a variety of international acts, and takes place July 6 - 15., s8 W, ~( F$ N9 n
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The Vocal Arts Festival celebrates Canadian vocal artists and runs from May 25 – July 1.
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8 K) b6 }8 g- pImprovaganza
8 Q: J8 J% Y, Y6 g3 f1 oImprovaganza is billed as Canada’s largest improv festival. It runs June 13 – 23.% [5 w* G1 x0 n
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This series of athletic events and conferences takes place May 25 – June 25.# U; F5 J4 b9 g6 T9 H" i9 K
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Edmonton International Jazz Festival
2 p: @9 Y1 p0 W( v1 _; q: ^3 qThe Edmonton Jazz Festival Society exposes audiences to all kinds of jazz music, and runs June 22 – July 1.$ n& h+ H& H( l# U( b1 i* L
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) d& x. L: L) W/ O7 kThe Works Art and Design Festival
+ n8 z f! J" C, ?* y/ I! yThe Works festival attracts visual artists and patrons from around the world and runs June 21 – July 5.4 |3 z- Z8 `: K6 F7 l
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Turkish Festival
, \6 e$ Q: v" a9 L% wThe Turkish Festival celebrates Turkish culture and heritage through cuisine, art, dance and music. It takes place June 23.) H3 I0 K+ [; M
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+ d3 Q" @# O: r! T* _8 sEdmonton Humane Society Pets in the Park
1 b9 s0 q1 q( J: x9 Q# KPets 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.! e; W- A: b' R+ @" ?! u
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5 t4 @! r% y$ X' H! U+ qFreewill Shakespeare Festival. q) Q5 R' i3 Y( m! }
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival features professional productions of two plays by William Shakespeare and runs June 26 – July 22.
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' I8 e- n$ h3 a3 z; o7 V) ^Boonstock
; }( U g2 a5 ?! @, W+ P+ g' q' MThe 8th Annual Boonstock Music and Arts Festival takes place this year, with four days filled with band performances from June 29 – July 1.: q. ?6 v- E E8 G
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