Edmonton 
I. Family Events & Activities
1. Edmonton All Access
The City of Edmonton has developed a unique and collaborative active living, active recreation and sport strategy called “Live Active”. The Strategy will help align the City of Edmonton’s wide ranging contributions to ensure and generate the greatest benefit possible for all Edmontonians. Edmonton All Access is April 8th, and will bring to life the Live Active strategy through a city-wide, community-focused sport and physical activity day, including some professional development training opportunities. The City of Edmonton is opening their recreation facilities to Edmonton Residents to participate in sport, active recreation and active living opportunities for FREE. Details
Saturday, April 8 | Throughout the days
Edmonton Recreation Centres, YMCA’s and other venues.
Free
2. An Old Fashioned Easter
Bring the nostalgia back into Easter with a little old school fun. Take the kids out for some egg decorating, basket making and an Easter egg hunt to finish the morning. Pack your own picnic lunch and enjoy a break from egg decorating before the hunt begins. Details
Saturday, April 8 | 10 AM – 1 PM
Fort Heritage Precinct Village, Fort Saskatchewan
$20
3. Easter Family Fun Day!
Bring the family down for a variety of fun easter activities including games, music, snacks and an interactive Easter story craft. Details
Saturday, April 8, 2017 | 1:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Concordia Lutheran Church, 5420 – 19 A Avenue Edmonton
Free
4. Eggcellent Easter Egg Hunt
There will be an easter egg hunt, crafts, face painting and more. Families with kids up to 12 years old are welcome. Details
Saturday, April 8, 2017 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Ardrossan Memorial Hall, 60, 1 Avenue, Ardrossan
$7 to $10
5. Alberta and the Great War
Join us on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Learn about victory gardens, life on the home front and what it meant to go “over the top”. Also there will be a special Lego sculpture unveiling; all ages welcome. Details
Sunday, April 9, 2017 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Legislative Assembly of Alberta Visitor Centre, Edmonton
Free
6.Vimy 100
Edmonton will commemorate the centennial anniversary of Canada’s victory at Vimy Ridge. The event will be a remarkable experience for all ages. Visit Camp Vimy in Winston Churchill Square, talk with WWI soldier interpreters and hear their stories of the battle of Vimy Ridge. Parade: The heart of Edmonton will beat to the rhythm of a military parade as the city commemorates the 100th anniversary of the victory of a unified Canadian armed force during World War One at Vimy Ridge 100. All Edmonton Regiments will be represented along with the Edmonton Police Service. Details
Sunday, April 9, 2017 | 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Vimy 100 Commemoration Parade: 11:00 AM 12:00 PM
Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Free
7. Easter Eggstravaganza
Celebrate the season as your explore this magnificent home and learn about a variety of natural dyes and how they were used to colour eggs. Enjoy freshly baked cookies and a spring-themed craft. Be sure to keep a watchful eye for the Easter Bunny as you do your Easter egg hunt! Details
April 9, 2017| noon to 4:00 PM
Rutherford House, 11153 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton
Adult (18-64):$7.00
Senior (65+):$6.00/Youth (7-17 ):$5.00
Child (0-6):FREE
II. Adult/ Youth Events
1. Live Music
For more details, see Live Music & concerts in Edmonton
1. The Last Waltz Remembered
Friday, April 7, 2017 | 08:00 PM @ Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre | $65.55 to $72.50
2. Oh Canada!
Friday, April 7, 2017 | 08:00 PM @ All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 103 Street | $18 to $20
3. Prozzäk
Friday, April 07, 2017 | 7:00 PM @ The Ranch Roadhouse – 6107 104 St NW, Edmonton | $29.95
4. Thibaut Garcia
Friday, April 7 | 8:00 PM @ Muttart Hall, 10050 MacDonald Drive | $25 to $35
5. Le Boeuf Brothers
Friday, April 7 | 8:00 PM @ Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way | $28
6. Sing Holy Songs
Saturday, April 8 | 7:00 PM & Sunday April 9 | 2:00 PM @ Lendrum MB Church, 11210 – 59 Ave, NW, Edmonton | Free
7. A Wartime Talent Show dessert concert
Saturday, April 08, 2017 | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM @ Concordia University of Edmonton – 7128 Ada Boulevard, Edmonton | $15 to $20
8. Snakehips
Saturday, April 08, 2017 | 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM @ Union Hall – Edmonton | $25.00 – $50.00
9. Katatonia
Saturday, April 08, 2017 | 7:00 PM @ The Starlite Room, Edmonton | $30.99
10. Schubert’s “Great” Symphony
Saturday, April 8, 2017 | 08:00 PM @ Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre | $29 to $79
11. Katie Thiroux Trio
Saturday, April 8 | 8:00 PM @ Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way | $28
12. Concordia Concert Choir Home Concert
Sunday, April 09, 2017 | 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM @ Trinity Lutheran Edmonton | $15 to $20
13. Gordon Grdina New York Quartet
Sunday, April 9 | 8:00 PM @ Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way | $28
2. Live Theatre
Performing Arts and Theatre in Edmonton during April
1.Peter and the Starcatcher: Peter and the Starcatcher is the most hilarious evening of madcap fun! A dozen brilliant actors play more than 100 unforgettable characters using their enormous talent, ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination. This swashbuckling grownup prequel to Peter Pan will have you hooked from the moment you let your imagination take flight. Details
April 1 – 23, 2017 @Citadel Theatre – 9828 101A Avenue, Edmonton |$25 – $118.65
2. La Raccourcie: Jean-Joseph Simard has sought refuge deep in the bush, abandoning his work and his family. After years of isolation and solitude, his son Victor arrives. He’s come searching for his father, offering some unfortunate news and looking for answers. For Jean-Joseph the past re-surfaces along with its regrets and more; for Victor the future is what is at stake. Details
April 05 to 15, 2017 @ L’UniThéâtre – #126, 91 St., Edmonton | $15 to $28
3. 9 Parts of Desire. The Off Broadway hit play 9 Parts of Desire, written and performed by Heather Raffo, was inspired by a trip to a modern art museum in Baghdad in August 1993 and details the lives of nine Iraqi women that span the decades between the first and second Gulf Wars and occupation. Described by The New Yorker as “an example of how art can remake the world”, it is a portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women: a sexy painter, a radical Communist, doctors, exiles, wives and lovers. Details
April 6 – 15, 2017 @ Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave, Edmonton | $25 to $30
4. Kobzari: The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America (UBC) has had Taras Shevchenko as its patron for almost all its 100- year history. Furthermore, musical works arranged around the words of Shevchenko’s poems have been central to the UBC’s repertoire. Through the strings of their banduras and male voice chorus, the UBC has brought to life the already-moving lyrics penned by Ukraine’s national poet. Details
April 8 & 9, 2017 @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium | $18.75 – $60
5.Bright Burning: When a group of young people break into a mansion to steal stuff to pay off a drug debt, they unexpectedly confront their own ambition and sense of futility. Full of dark comedy and wild abandon, Bright Burning dramatizes the emotional cost of economic disparity to reveal the bottomless rage that often fuels the working poor. Details
March 30 – April 8, 2017 @ Timms Centre for the Arts, University of Alberta, 87 Avenue 112 St NW, Edmonton | $12 – $25
3. 2017 Bonfire Festival
Bonfire is Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual romp of new ideas in long-form improv. Starring the members of the Rapid Fire Theatre ensemble, each show at Bonfire has been created by one of RFT’s own. Every show at Bonfire is a new idea that we’ve never tried before; it might work, it might not, but either way it’ll be a joy to witness. Details
$12 – $50
4. Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival
This year marks the 109th Annual Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival – Canada’s first competitive music festival. Over 2,500 single and group entrants entered in over 1,000 classes will perform and compete! Choirs, bands, singers, pianists, guitarists, harpists, speech students, musical theatre performers, string players, woodwind players, and brass players will be showcasing, in a variety of classes, what they have learned this year. Details
Free
III. Sports & Related Events
U of A – Golden Bears & Pandas – Schedule
1. Ford World Men’s Curling Championship
It will be the final chance for countries to earn qualifying points to secure berths in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.Twelve teams, including the host team from Canada — which will be decided at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John’s — will battle for the world title. Details
Edmonton
$32 & up
FC Edmonton
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton
Edmonton Oilers
Rogers Place, Edmonton
IV. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events
1. Orchid Fair
2. GOBFest
GOBfest is Edmonton’s annual boardgame festival.
Join for board games, bring your gently used games for the Flea Market, Show off the games you designed at Prototype Alley and try a Role-Playing Game hosted by our friends at IntrigueCon.
Details
3. ACUA Ukrainian Easter Market
Come and get everything you need for Easter! Get all your pysanka supplies (17 different dye colours, wooden and derlin kistkas, wax, and more), to items for your Easter basket from paska toppers, basket covers, candles, and even pre-order butter lambs! Details
9534 – 87 Street, Edmonton
4. Tri-Municipal Expo
The Tri-Municipal Expo Business & Home takes place annually and features 159 booths, and attractions from home renovations, design and gardening needs, the latest and greatest gadgets, products and services, and all the traditional trade show treats. Details.
221 Jennifer Heil Way, Spruce Grove
5. Great Canadian Trade Fair & Sale
Family fun zone, Local businesses and more! Details.
2000 Premier Way, Sherwood Park
Children 5 and Under FREE
6. Devon Outgrown It Sale and EXPO
For ALL “outgrown it” items for the entire FAMILY! Sell or shop for GENTLY-USED AND NEW men’s, women’s, youth’s, children’s and babies’ clothing, books, movies, toys, games; electronics; small household items; hand tools and small power tools; sporting goods; pet supplies; businesses and services; and more. Details.
20 Haven Avenue, Devon
7. Lovable Littles Uptown Market
Join us for another day of shopping, entertainment and fun! Lovable Littles Uptown Market, located in a beautiful building in the heart of Terwillegar, features the best of Edmonton’s handmade artisans and local businesses. Devoted to all things baby and family, stop in with your little one’s or check us out with a friend! Details.
8. Light the Lamp: Hockey Heritage
Join us at the 32nd Annual Film Event Light the Lamp: Hockey Heritage with the Provincial Archives of Alberta. Celebrate “the best game you can name” and enjoy a selection of hockey-related audiovisual materials from the vaults of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. Relive the magic and the 30th anniversary of The Boys on the Bus, a documentary that follows the Edmonton Oilers through the 1986-87 NHL hockey season as they battle for their third Stanley Cup. Details.
8712-109 St NW, Edmonton
9. The Culinary Lab Series
Culinary Lab 01 will feature Chef David Leeder, who’s been trained in some of the top kitchens in the world, and Chef Edgar Gutierrez, local star of Tres Carnales and Rostizado. Together they will don lab coats and experiment with food, turning their kitchens into laboratories to produce six radically new dishes, benefitting the taste buds of all humankind. Details.