For current weekend activities, see Things to do this Weekend in Edmonton
I. Family Events & Activities
1.Rattle & Strum
The recipe for fun? Take a scoop of toe-tapping tunes, add a dash of silliness, then rattle and strum until you’re ready to fall over! Rattle and Strum gets kids of all ages dancing, clapping, singing, and playing. With Heather Blush on guitar and Steve Hazlett on drums, you on percussion, and everybody singing, this highly interactive band leaves nobody out and is known for original music that parents enjoy too!
2. Family Yoga Playshop
Come prepared to stretch, laugh, breathe, relax, be silly, make animal sounds, connect and have fun with your family and community! This class includes individual, group and partner yoga, magical journeys, games, music and so much more.
Spring Break Activities in Edmonton
II. Adult/ Youth Events
1. Live Music
See Live Music in Edmonton for more details.
Maroon 5 on Thursday @Rexall Place
Oliver Swain Live in Concert @ Capitol Theatre
John Stetch, Fern Lindzon, Rene Marie @ Yardbird Suite
The Austin Lounge Lizards @ Saint Basil’s Cultural Centre
Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto @ Winspear Centre
Wind Rose Trio @ Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Sondheim on Sondheim @ Theatre Lab (Room 189), MacEwan University
Rebecca Caine @ Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre
Songwriters’ Concert, Contemporary Combos @ John L. Haar Theatre
2. Performing Arts
See Performing Arts in March article for more details.
Events this weekend include
The Book of Mormon @ Northern Jubilee Auditorium.
Vigilante @ Maclab Theatre
Arcadia @ Shoctor Theatre
A Dream Play @ Timms Centre for the Arts
First Time Last Time @ Varscona Theatre
The 11 O’Clock Number @ Varscona Theatre,10329 83 Ave, Edmonton
III. Sports & Related Events
1. Canadian College Finals Rodeo
School’s back in session and it’s time for Canada’s best collegiate cowboys and cowgirls to compete for the marks they need to take home a national title. All six major rodeo events will be featured, along with Team Roping, Goat Tying, Breakaway Roping and Pole Bending.
2. Edmonton Oilers
3. Edmonton Oil Kings
4. Relay For Life Youth 2015
Relay For Life is a community fundraising event where Canadians across the country join together in the fight against cancer.
IV. Exhibitions & Other Events
1. Farm & Ranch Show
Northlands Farm & Ranch Show has been serving Western Canada’s agriculture industry for over 47 years, and this year promises to be bigger and better than ever. Events include Rodeo, Prospect Steer & Heifer Show, Stock Dog Demonstration, Alpaca Spring Show & more!
2. Western Canada Fashion Week
Western Canada Fashion Week is celebrating our 10 year anniversary in 2015. Join us for nine nights of different programming; with runway shows, design competitions and performers, there’s something for everyone!
3. Spring Art Walk
St. Joseph’s College and Catholic Social Services present the Spring Art Walk. Silent Art Auction, Entertainent & more!
4. Tri Municipal Expo Business & Home
Tri Municipal Expo Business and Home, hosted by the Stony Plain & District Chamber of Commerce, is an annual event held each year and is the largest Expo in the Tri-Municipal region. It provides our attendees a more diverse and wider variety of products and services to reach the demand of our growing community. This not to be missed event has something for everyone in the family.
5. Edmonton’s Board Game Convention
Here at GOBfest, we’ve made it our mission to be inclusive to gamers of all levels of experience and commitment. This convention is organized by members of the Players of Games on Boards (or short, POGOB!) – a gaming group with over 300 members that has been meeting in Edmonton on Sundays since 2006. Also features games for children. Details
6. Women’s Self-Defense Seminar and Strength Training
Women’s Self-Defense Seminar by Krav Maga Solution: Awareness and prevention, defend and escape; it just might save your life. – Krav Maga the Worlds most effective Self-Defense system Today. Strength Training by Ripple Effect. Details
Strength training: Friday March 27, 2015 | 06:00 PM – 9:00 PM @ Ripple Effect, 9602A-60 Ave, Edmonton.
Women’s Self-Defense: Saturday March 28, 2015 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM @ Krav Maga Solution – 321 Kaska Rd. Sherwood Park.
7. Easter Artist & Craft Market and Easter Workshop
Participate in Easter workshops that will teach pysanka making for different levels, pascha making, butter lambs, and much more! This timely event will teach participants the tricks to mastering traditional Ukrainian Easter customs.
8. Bead Market
Come and find your unique beading supplies. Bring your family and friends. Shop together, design together and beading together. Details
9. Northern Lands
Northern Lands will be a place to learn about wine, to taste it, to drink it with food from one of Canada’s most fertile agricultural regions and culinary labs, and to gather for a pint of the country’s most exciting craft beers. All that and Northern Lands raises funds for the High School Culinary Challenge and the Edmonton Community Foundation Grateful Palate Fund. Details
10. Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Experience the beauty, fragility, and array of life on our planet through the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum.