Edmonton 
Friday, July 14 – Sunday, July 16, 2017
Astral Harvest – July 14 to 17 2017 @ Driftpile
Colonial Days Fair – July 12-15, 2017 @ Lloydminster
Badlands Passion Play – July 7 to 23, 2017 @ Drumheller Getaway to Drumheller
Wild Mountain Music Festival – July 14 to 16, 2017 @ Hinton
I. Family Events & Activities
1. Parks Day
With musical performances, children and adults alike experience nature like never before. Try your hand at “Learn To” activities including fire building, pemmican making and canoeing! Come out to Elk Island National Park and experience the great Canadian tradition of a day in the park with your friends and family! Details.
Saturday July 15, 2017 | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Elk Island National Park, 1-54401 Range Road 203, Fort Saskatchewan
Free
2. Western Canada Twins & Triplets Plus Festival Parade
In commemoration of 150 years of Canada’s confederation, the dominant new feature for the 2017 Twins and Triplets Festival will be Reconciliation Activity Centers, which will be represented by three large villages – Natives, French, and Wave of Immigrants (African-Americans, Eastern European and Asian settlers) settlers – to speak to the untold nuances of our Canadian history―to educate, inform, and cause the youth to re-imagine the future of Canada through participatory drama, theatre, music, and games along with a grand parade. Details.
Saturday, July 15, 2017 | 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Strathcona Park, 10139 87 Ave NW, Edmonton
Free
3. International Street Performers Festival
Over the next 10 days, a variety of musicians, jugglers, acrobats, unicyclists and acrobats will once again take over Winston Churchill Square, transforming it into an outdoor play space for audiences of all ages.The world’s best street performers and a celebration of Canada 150. Details.
July 7 – 16, 2017 | 11:30 AM –11:00 PM
Sir Winston Churchill Square at 99 Street and 102 A Avenue, Edmonton
Free
4. Parks Day
Join us to celebrate Parks Day! Horse drawn wagon rides, Kids games, Devon Discovery Walkers Hikes: 5 km or 12 km, Friends of Blackfoot BBQ Details.
July 15, 2017 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Waskahegan Staging Area- Cooking Lake-Blackfoot PRA
Also across various Alberta Parks
Enter a sandcastle-building competition, learn about bear safety, go on a scavenger hunt, enjoy a campfire or just connect with nature. (Events at locations near to Edmonton – Pigeon Lake, Aspen Beach, Buffalo Lake PRA, Rochon Sands, Sir Winston Churchill, William A. Switzer, Lesser Slave Lake, Miquelon Lake )
Free
II. Adult/ Youth Events
1. Live Music
1. Ben Harper: The new album is Harper’s second release for Stax Records. Perhaps most associated with icons like Booker T & The MGs, Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes, Stax is a seamless fit for Call It What It Is, due to its rich Civil Rights-era legacy and its dedication to spreading soul music in all its most powerful forms. Harper speaks reverently of the label, describing the honor and the privilege of calling it his home, and it’s clear the history holds a special place in his heart as both a fan and an artist. Details
Thursday, July 13, 2017 | 7:30 PM @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
- July 10: Duran Duran @ Rogers Place
- July 14: Matchbox Twenty & Counting Crows @ Rogers Place
2. Live Theatre
1. Follies: Set in a crumbling theatre on the eve of its date with the wrecking ball, the “follies girls” that used to dance at this theatre come for a final reunion with husbands, and baggage, in tow. With such memorable Sondheim songs as “Broadway Baby,” “Losing My Mind,” and “I’m Still Here,” Follies is a poignant look at what is, what was, and the choices that led from there to here.Details
July 5 – 15, 2017 @ Walterdale Theatre, 10322 83 Avenue Northwest, Edmonton |$19.75 to $22.00
2. I Heard About Your Murder: Everyone’s a bit suspicious and no one’s really free of guilt, but that doesn’t matter if we’re all friends, right? Betrayal really is the sincerest form of flattery in this sleek and fast-paced contemporary thrill ride, in the style of Cause and Effect and Evelyn Strange. The glamorously adroit cast includes trusted Teatro regulars Jenny McKillop, Mathew Hulshof, Kendra Connor, and Vincent Forcier, plus alluring curveballs Patricia Cerra and Garett Ross in their startling company debuts.Details
July 13 – 29, 2017 @ The Varscona Theatre, 10329 – 83 Avenue, Edmonton . | $23 to $37
3. Fifth Annual C’mon Festival
Chamber Music Festival. Details
4. Alberta Pianofest
Summertime fine arts programming in the form of public classical piano recitals and children’s concerts! Details
5. Freewill Shakespeare Festival
Professional, contemporary, innovative productions of the works of William Shakespeare by The Free Will Players. This year the Freewill Shakespeare Festival is proud to present The Merry Wives of Windsor (every even date and matinee) and The Merchant of Venice (every odd date). Details
Servus Student Sundays – Students with valid ID get in free every Sunday
III. Sports & Related Events
1. Edmonton Eskimos
vs Ottawa REDBLACKS
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
2. FC Edmonton
vs New York Cosmos
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton
3. Edmonton Prospectus
vs Swift Current
RE/MAX Field, Edmonton
IV. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events
1. Museum’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
Come celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday and the Strathcona County Museum’s 20th Anniversary at our Neighbourhood Block Party! Hotdogs, face painting and entertainment for all ages. Help us create a legacy art project by “Leaving your Mark” at the Museum. Enjoy the Canada 150 Exhibit and Tour the Museum. Details
913 Ash Street, Sherwood Park
2. Flapjacks at the Tracks
Come enjoy a hardy breakfast at the Grain Elevator Museum site – the centre of Spruce Grove. Breakfast prices – Big Bee $5, Lil’ Bee $3. Smitty’s Pancakes, Alberta Egg Producers Farm Fresh Eggs, and Sausages. Musical Guest – Aron Reppert Proceeds go to the Spruce Grove & District Agricultural Heritage Society. Details
3. Late Night Paintball
Grab your buddies and head down for an evening full of paintball and pizza!
Our night kicks off at 8:30 pm and we play until midnight! We’ll stop in the middle for a some late night nibbles on some toasty warm pizza for all our players! Details
Edmonton
4. Creating the Paranormal
Partnering with renowned world-travelled entertainer Nikolai Smith, this evening adventure is all about separating reality from fantasy in the paranormal field and letting our audience participate in the entire thing! Find out how the “psychics” do what they do by learning their tricks, have fun with mindbending experiments, learn about mind over matter, and how genuine paranormal activity gets separated from it all!!
Starting at the historical MKT Beer Market, the original train station of Strathcona before it was considered Edmonton, this evening promises to be an adventure that will leave you looking at the world in a brand new way! Details
5. The Sesquicentennial Parties: “Half Time”
Curated by Sarah Ormandy, “Half Time” is a performance party sporting event, featuring thrilling combinations of artist/athletes as they take to the turf and explore the performativity of sport. Come dressed for fitness and fandom. Details
10816 – 95 street, Edmonton
6. Northlands Urban Farm Tour
Are you interested in Urban Agriculture? Come down and visit Northlands Urban Farm. See the transformation of surplus urban space into a commercial farm and beekeeping operation. Learn more about this project and about the challenges and rewards of urban food production. Details
11320 79 St NW, Edmonton