Edmonton's Other Festivals

Edmonton is called “The Festival City” because of the more than 30 festivals that happen here each year.
These Festivals celebrate music, performing arts, dance, sports, and film.

Family Fun -

Some special times are the International Children's Festival, Edmonton's Capital EX summer exhibition and the Santa Claus Parade.

Music -

Fests of live music include Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival, Symphony Under the Sky, Edmonton International Jazz Festival and the world-renowned Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

Sports -

Watch and cheer, or put on your gear and compete. Some of our many sports events are the Canadian Birkebeiner Ski Festival and the rough and tumble Canadian Finals Rodeo.

Performance -

Among live theatre, dance and film fests are the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, the feats Festival of Dance and the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival.

Visual Arts -

Events include The Works Art Design Festival and the VisualEyez Festival of perfomance art.

The Capital EX

The Street Performers Festival

The Dragonboat Races

The Calgary Stampede

Heritage Festival

July 30 to August 1st are the dates of the annual Heritage Festival. During these three days 63 pavilions will represent over 85 countries from all over the world. There is food, art, performances, clothing and shops from all over the world. Come experience another culture and chat with people who would love to tell you about their cultural roots and their lives in Canada.

Rutherford House

"Rutherford House Historic Site" was the home of the first Premier of Alberta, Alexander Cameron Rutherford. A.C. Rutherford, his wife Mattie and their family moved into this beautiful brick house near the university campus in 1911. The family shared their home with friends, relatives and politicians for more than a generation.

Today, beautiful home has the same hospitality and offers visitors a look into the past with interpreters, tours and special events.

The Rutherford House also offers tours for ESL students with a choice of beginner, intermediate,or advanced English.

Father Lacombe Chapel

In 1861, Father Albert Lacombe and his Metis helpers constructed a log building to serve the new St. Albert Roman Catholic Mission. This simple chapel, Alberta's oldest building, became the centre of the thriving French-speaking Metis settlement of St. Albert. Today the chapel has been restored to look much as it did in the early 1860s. Visit the crypt where Father Lacombe and Bishop Grandin are buried. Take a stroll through the cemetery, the resting place of some of St. Albert's first residents.

See pictures of the chapel below:

Legal Murals

There are over 30 murals proudly displayed around Legal, welcoming visitors to this bilingual town. Legal's strong cultural heritage has collaborated with the L'Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta régionale Centralta to bring this project to life. The town now flourishes with a wonderful display of murals. Tourists from around the world have come to Legal for a taste of Northern Alberta culture. 


Below is a picture of one of these murals (click to enlarge):