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Edmonton Festivals: Festivals, festivals, and more festivals!
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  • VTShounen
  • Updated By VTShounen on February 26, 2003
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  • An absolute must if you are coming during the summer.

    Edmonton is known as Festival City, for good reason. To compensate for the dreary, long and dull winter, the city comes alive with a bunch of festivals, one after another, from June to August.

    The bigger ones are Children's Festival (St. Albert), Jazz City (downtown), The Works - visual works (downtown), Street Performers (downtown), Klondike Days - parade, fair, exhibition (throughout the city, mainly Northlands and downtown), Heritage Festival - multicultural celebration (Hawrelak Park), Folk Music Festival (Gallagher Hill), Fringe Festival - alternative theatre (Old Strathcona).

    My personal favourites are Taste of Edmonton during K-Days, Heritage Festival, and Fringe Festival.

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    Edmonton Festivals: Today it is the Fringe Festival!
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  • kymbanm
  • By kymbanm on August 27, 2005
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  • Fringe crowds ... - Edmonton
    Fringe crowds ...
    by kymbanm
    The city of Edmonton is known for it's love of festivals ..... and during my visit, it is the time for the Fringe Festival! Blocks upon blocks of food and kitcshy souvenier selling booths, some art, lots of street performers, and other theater venues scattered throughout this portion of the Strathcona neighborhood.

    I have to say, half the fun is actually people watching ... some in costume after performing, some in costume just for fun, some not in costume ...... but look like they are :)

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  • Website: http://www.tourism.ede.org/
  • Other Contact: festivalcity.ca
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    Edmonton Festivals: Edmonton Festivals!
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  • Jefie
  • By Jefie on January 5, 2005
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  • There are so many festivals in Edmonton, no matter when you decide to visit you're sure to catch one. My personal favorites are the Edmonton folk music festival, Edmonton's Klondike Days, the Fringe theatre festival and the Street performers festival. Have fun!

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  • Directions: All over the city
  • Website: www.edmonton.com
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    Edmonton Festivals: Edmonton Folk...
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  • By Shara.Buchan on August 26, 2002
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  • Edmonton Festivals - Edmonton
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    Edmonton Folk Festival
    Tickets
    At the Festival ticket office at 10115 - 97A Ave. in Edmonton or charge by phone (VISA or Mastercard) at 780-429-1999 or through Ticketmaster 780-451-8000 (limited supply). Maximum 10 adult passes per customer. See Ticket Info for details.

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  • Directions: Where Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in beautiful downtown Gallagher Park. When August 8-11, 2002
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    Edmonton Festivals: If you're ever in Edmonton...
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  • Rice_Paper
  • Updated By Rice_Paper on September 11, 2002
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  • Edmonton Festivals - Edmonton
    by Rice_Paper
    If you're ever in Edmonton around mid August, make sure you head down to Whyte Ave and check out the Fringe. Hundreds of groups of performing artists hold live shows in intimate theatres all over the Old Starthcona area. You'll also see street performers from all over the world around the area doing what they do best, entertaining.

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    Edmonton Festivals: The Place to Shop if you...
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  • Updated By Shara.Buchan on March 18, 2004
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    The Place to Shop if you really like to Shop.

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    At almost 500 000 square metres, West Edmonton Mall is the largest, most comprehensive indoor shopping and entertainment complex in the world as well as Alberta's #1 tourist attraction. Millions of visitors come from around the world to visit this mall which features over 800 stores and services, over 110 restaurants and kiosks, the world's largest indoor amusement park, the world's largest indoor waterpark, an NHL-size ice arena, four seaworthy submarines in the world's largest indoor man-made lake, dolphin shows, an exact replica of the Santa Maria ship, a miniature golf course, 19 movie theatres and a Las Vegas style casino. With the Fantasyland Hotel, many fine restaurants and nightlife, the mall is a vacation resort in itself. Open 365 days a year, hours vary for retail and attractions.

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  • By playdium on January 13, 2007
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    Edmonton Festivals: Heritage Festival in August.
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  • By voxel999 on August 26, 2002
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  • An amazing multi-cultural festival of food, song and dance and music.

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  • Address: William Hawrelak Park
  • Other Contact: http://www.edmontonheritagefest.
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    Edmonton Festivals: Edmonton in the summer..
    RiFF66
  • By RiFF66 on November 1, 2004
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  • Best time to come to Edmonton is during the summer. For one thing, you miss the cold winters, and you are able to be here in time for all of the city's great summer festivals!

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    Edmonton Festivals: Edmonton Folk Festival, Jazz City and The Fringe
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  • By rugbyspark on June 29, 2003
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  • Edmonton is transformed into a "festival city" in the summer time, and with mostly sunshine and lots of hot weather in late July/August, it is a great time to visit the city and take in the sights. These are my personal two favorite festivals, if you like music and theatre. The Fringe can be kind of hit and miss though depending on your tastes. It may be worth your while to ask around about certain performances, and make sure you are prepared for some less than moralistic plays - some which might be considered absolutely absurd! All in the name of artistic impression, I'm afraid... All kidding aside, it is very affordable to take in some of this Edmonton blended culture, and a good idea to do so, because in the winter YOU'LL BE SHUT IN BY THE EXTREME WEATHER FOR A FEW MONTHS!! :)

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