Edmonton 
Activities and Events in Edmonton: Friday, February 3 – Sunday, February 5, 2017
Current Weekend: Things to Do this Weekend in Edmonton
I. Family Events & Activities
1. Ice on Whyte 2017
The 2017 edition of the Ice on Whyte will be filled with a heritage village, ice carving competitions, live music, outdoor interactive play, games, crafts, food, hot beverages and much more! Celebrate Canada 150 at the 2017 Ice on Whyte. Visit the heritage village of Strathcona and meet ordinary people from our past that have made extraordinary contributions to our past, present and futures. Details
2. Flying Canoë Volant
In the spirit of a great winter city, the Flying Canoë Volant is a creative, interactive, cultural event, designed to celebrate local history and everything that is great about a long winter’s night. Details
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Rutherford school, 620 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury, Edmonton
3. Cinderella
By Edmonton OPERA: Warm up this winter with Rossini’s feel-good Cinderella (La Cenerentola), a bel canto opera that boasts whimsical composition and dramatically rich singing. Rossini takes the familiar fairytale of Cinderella and adds his own spin to it, replacing the wicked stepmother with a quirky old stepfather, and turning the story into a delightful comedy of mistaken identities. Details
Tuesday February 7, 2017 | 7:30 PM
Thursday February 9, 2017 | 7:30 PM
11455 87 Ave NW, Edmonton
Child $20.00
4. Lunar New Year
We invite you to join us on this day with friends and family and community to celebrate and welcome in the year of the Rooster! Lion Dancing Performances, Martial Arts Demonstration, Traditional Chinese Dancing mixed with Hip Hop Ballet and more….Details
5. Chinese New Year
Take in the sights of our annual feature Zodiac show while enjoying our warm hospitality. Try your hand at planting and taking part in some amazing activities!! Details
6. Dance Craze
Calling all Pre-teens! We have one of Edmonton hottest Events with Dj Feminessence spinning today’s hottest hits and mixes (Clean Versions) at our up and coming Pre-teen Dance for ages 11-15. Details
10575-115street, Edmonton
7. Arctic Snow Day
Engineer a mini-toboggan for our snow slide, build a collaborative ice sculpture, feed our yeti, watch special demos on our science stage, stop in at the many activates facilitated by our invited guests, play Arctic Skill Games with the Inuit Edmontonmuit and much more. Details
II. Concerts & Theatre
1. Live Music
For more details, see Live Music & concerts in Edmonton
1. Arkells: Details
2. USS Details
3. Jim Witter Details
4. Catherine MacLellan
5. The Daniel Schnee Quartet
6. Missae Breves
7. Big Wreck Details
8. The Women of Folkways
9. Harris Eisenstadt’s Old Growth Forest
10. The Philosopher
2. Winter Roots Roundup Festival
The festival focuses on knitting together the best of folk, roots and blues music through film, workshops and live performances. Details
3. Live Theatre
Performing Arts and Theatre in Edmonton
1. Fortune Falls: Written, directed and composed by Jonathan Christenson, Fortune Falls is the allegorical tale of the rise, fall and reinvention of a prosperous town, once home to the world’s largest candy factory. One shocking day the factory is closed, leaving one lonely man to guard the abandoned factory and a community to contemplate endings and new beginnings. Details
2. NeoIndigenA: Rubaboo opens with the powerful and poignantly beautiful NeoIndigenA. Choreographed and performed by award-winning artist Santee Smith, NeoIndigenA is a performance of the soul exploring our relationship to all living entities and elements – it promises to be both transcendent and primordial. Details
3. Shadow Theatre presents Annapurna: Twenty years ago Emma walked out on Ulysses, her cowboy-poet husband. But now Ulysses is in dire need of help and despite her better judgment Emma tracks him down to a trailer park in the wilds of Colorado. Their comic and conflicted reunion is full of barbed wire wit and brutal honesty. But to their surprise, the more they begin to understand the issues that drove them apart, the more they find themselves drawn together again. Details
January 18 to February 5, 2017 @ Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave, Edmonton
4. Disgraced: A Hope and Hell Theatre Company production, originally presented by David Mirvish. A New York dinner party. A shattering cultural collision. When discussion turns to politics and religion, the match is lit on a combustible powder keg of identity politics. Details
January 21 to February 12, 2017 @ Shoctor Theatre – 9828 101A Avenue, Edmonton
4. Rubaboo Arts Festival
Rubaboo is a multi‐disciplinary two week festival committed to redressing the erasure of culture and moving us in understanding and inclusion. Rubaboo showcases Aboriginal plays, music, dance, art, food, family events, artist workshops – and is the only festival of its kind in Alberta! Details
III. Sports & Related Events
1. Rogers Hometown Hockey
The Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour is the ultimate hockey fan experience, making stops in communities across Canada. Our FREE festival kicks off in Edmonton starting at 12pm on Saturday February 4th and will feature family-friendly programming and activities all weekend long. Help us celebrate Canada’s game by picking up a virtual autograph inside the Rogers Tent, meet your favourite NHL Alumni in the Scotiabank Community Locker Room, and cheer for your local minor hockey teams in the Cheer Like Never Before contest.Details
Sunday, February 05, 2017 | 09:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Sir Winston Churchill Square – 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq NW, Edmonton
2. Monster Jam
Monster Jam® is the most action-packed live event on four wheels where world-class drivers compete in front of capacity crowds in both monster truck racing and freestyle competitions.Details
Sunday, February 05, 2017 | 1:00 PM
Northlands Coliseum – 7424 118 Ave. NW, Edmonton
3. Fatbikes 4 MS
Enjoy our beautiful winter season in Edmonton’s River Valley as you take on the trails with fellow fatbike enthusiasts. The course includes a 10km loop and two checkstops, but why not try the challenge course or complete multiple laps!?Your involvement and dollars paid, raised or donated in this event help us fund programs and services for people affected by MS in our community, as well as help fund ground breaking MS research that bring us closer and closer to finding a cure for multiple sclerosis. Details
IV. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events
1. Connections, Conversations & Cocktails
2. Margaret Trudeau: Changing My Mind
Margaret Trudeau is a Canadian icon. She became a prime minister’s wife, grieved both the death of a son and former husband, struggled with bipolar disorder, and now proudly celebrates the success of her son, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, all under the intense scrutiny of the public eye. Details
3. Crankpots Ceramic Studio Ladies Night
Come along and paint 4 ceramic soup or cereal bowls. Potluck dinner everyone brings a plate of food and we supply a glass of wine. Details
4. Edmonton Fitfest
The Edmonton Fitfest is a FITNESS FESTIVAL. It is high energy, with large screens, great music, lights, performances and lots of activities to try. Come prepared to have fun and sweat. Details