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I. Family Events & Activities
1. Alvin and the Chipmunks Live On Stage
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: LIVE ON STAGE! is a brand new, music‐filled interactive live show featuring the Chipmunks and Chipettes, America’s favorite animated music groups. Based on the characters from the hit Fox movies, the show will bring the music and excitement of a live rock concert to life as the Chipmunks perform hits byOne Direction, Maroon 5, Carly Rae Jepsen, Elvis Presley, and more! Details
2. Christmas / Holiday Events
1. Christmas in the Park
This event will include all the old favourites: twinkling Christmas lights, storytelling by the campfire, luminary maze, hot dogs and chili, maple taffy on a stick and Christmas carolers. Old Red and horses pulling sleighs will be ready to dash through the snow and enjoy a visit with Santa and his reindeer. Details
Fire show at 7:30PM
2. Leduc Santa Claus Parade
3. Santa Claus Parade – Fort Saskatchewan
4. Big, the Musical
By St. Albert Children’s Theatre.
5. A Christmas Carol
Join for this holiday theatre tradition in Canada and watch Ebenezer Scrooge being visited by the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
6. Christmas in the Heartland
Experience authentic holiday customs at the annual Christmas in the Heartland celebration. Ice carvings, sleigh rides, festival markets and many more family activities will be held across eight community halls and churches.
4. Discover the Dinosaurs
Discover the Dinosaurs is for the entire family, and especially kids, to explore the mystery of pre-historic life in an environment of learning, discovery, and fun. Discover the Dinosaurs is a unique hands on exhibit that consists of up to 40 moving and replica museum quality dinosaurs that gives you the opportunity to actually get close and touch the dinosaurs! Beyond the exhibit, additional fun activities are available for kids of all ages, which make spending the day with the dinosaurs a great experience for the entire family.
November 28-29, 2015 | 10:00 AM
7515 118 Ave NW, Edmonton
Children:$25.00 (2-12yrs)Exhibit Plus
Children:$17.00 (2-12yrs)Exhibit Only – at the door
Seniors: $17.00 (65+). Children 24 Months and under free
3. Christmas Lightup Events
Christmas/Holiday Lightups & Displays
Enjoy a winter wonderland of Christmas lights from November 27 until January 3, 4-10 PM, 7 days a week. Santa and free hot chocolate will be on-site November 27-29, December 4-6, 11-13, 18-20, and 22-23, 4 – 9 PM. Details
November 27, 2015 – January 3, 2016 | daily 4:00 PM-10:00 PM @ Leduc(53.221611, -113.657028)
2. Festival of Trees – Edmonton
The event is a valuable fundraiser for the University of Alberta Hospital, the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic. See over 100 decorated trees and displays, join in the kids activities, Santa’s breakfast, Luncheon & Fashion Show and the Glamorous Gala Evening.
November 26 – 29, 2015 @ Shaw Conference Centre
Adults: $10; Seniors: $5; Children (2-12): $2; Youth (13-17): $5
3. Festival of Trees – Stony Plain
Events also include Craft Sale, Entertainment & Sweet Shoppe, Breakfast with Santa.
November 27 – 29, 2015 @ Heritage Park Pavilion ,5100 – 41 Avenue, Stony Plain
4. Brighten Up Beaumont
Horse drawn sleigh rides, music, skating, hot chocolate, crafts, live entertainment a visit from Santa are all included in this fantastic event!
Friday, November 27, 2015 | 06:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Fireworks at 08:30 PM @ Beaumont Composite Highschool & Fireworks at Four Seasons Park
5. Lights Up – Fort Saskatchewan
Downtown Holiday Lights Up Celebration.
Friday, November 27, 2015 | 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM @ City Hall, 10005 – 102 Street, Fort Saskatchewan.
6. Enchanted Forest – Fort Saskatchewan
Come enjoy the splendor of the holiday season as we transform The Dow Centennial Centre, The Shell Theatre, City Hall and Fort Saskatchewan Public Library into Enchanted Forests.
Friday, November 27, 2015 – January 8, 2016 @ Fort Saskatchewan.
7. Christmas in Central Park
Join for an afternoon of fun and the official “light up” of Spruce Grove’s Christmas lights. Crafts, games, a visit from Santa and fireworks are all part of the festivities.
Saturday, November 28, 2015 | 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM @ Central Park, 450 King St, Spruce Grove
4. Christmas/Holiday Concerts
Christmas Carols & Holiday Concerts
1. The Celtic Tenors
2. Luminaria
3. Te Deum Christmas Concert
Sunday, November 29, 2015 | 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM @ Lendrum Mennonite Brethren Church | By donation
4. The Salvation Army’s Cristmas Concert
5. Duke Ellington’s ‘The Nutcracker Suite’
6. Mercy Me with the ESO
7. Concordia Concert Choir Christmas Concert
II. Adult/ Youth Events
1. Live Music
See Live Music & Concerts in Edmonton for more details
1. Ori Dakari’s Exodus
Friday, November 27, 2015 | 08:00 PM@ Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way, Edmonton | $24.00 – $28.00
2. Nir Felder Trio
Saturday, November 28, 2015 | 08:00 PM @ Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way, Edmonton | $24.00 – $28.00
3. Edmonton Youth Orchestra in Concert
Sunday, November 29, 2015 | 02:00 PM @ Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre, Edmonton | $10 – $15
2. Performing Arts & Theatre
For more details see Performing Arts & Theatre in Edmonton.
1. Theatresports on Fridays & CHiMPROV on Saturdays @ The Citadel Theatre – Ziedler Hall
2. She Loves Me from November 21 to 28, 2015 @ U of A – Auditorium, Campus Saint-Jean, 8406 91 Street NW, Edmonton
3. Convergence from November 27 to 28, 2015 @ La Cite Francophone (L’Unitheatre), 8627 91 Street, Edmonton
4. Chapter Two: A Comedy in Two Acts from November 26 to 28, 2015 @ Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre, Spruce Grove
5. Darcy Oake on November 30, 2015 @ Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park.
6. Cafe Daughter from November 26 to December 06, 2015 @ Varscona Backstage Theatre, Edmonton
7. Iphigenia at Aulis – Euripedes from November 26 to December 5, 2015 @ Timms Centre for the Arts, Edmonton
III. Exhibitions & Other Events
1. Magna Carta: Law, Liberty & Legacy
See and experience the iconic document that changed the course of law, justice and human rights. The Magna Carta is one of the most significant historical documents in the world. It embodies principles that have underpinned the development of parliamentary democracy and the legal system in Canada, much of the Commonwealth and across the world. Details
2. Christmas Markets
1. Make It Edmonton
Make It is a handmade market devoted to creating positive opportunities for artists and designers, and to giving enlightened shoppers the opportunity to buy unique, ethically made items from top artisans from all over Canada.
2. Holiday Glam
Join us for an evening of Black Friday type specials (for purchase only that evening), prizes, raffles, injectable and chemical peel demonstrations, “Contouring Magic” makeup class with the one and only beauty blogger Jasna Relvas (must register) and also, hors d’oeurves and champagne!
3. Clayworks Studio Link’s Annual Winter Pottery Sale
There will be unique handmade pottery by professionals and students as well as artwork and crafts by local artisans.
4. St. Albert Indoor Christmas Market
The St. Albert Indoor Christmas Market features around 70 vendors per Saturday with products ranging from produce to baking to toys to furniture. All products in the market are hand-made, home-grown, or home-baked.
5. DBG Crafters Christmas Sale
Seasonal handmade crafts from the bounty of the Garden! Wreaths, centerpieces, dried floral arrangements, potpourri, candles, cards, unique gifts, cookbooks and much more.
6. The Royal Bison Fair
The Royal Bison is an Edmonton-based, twice-a-year festival of the best and quirkiest art, craft and design this city has to offer.
7. Fort Saskatchewan Christmas Marketplace
8. Golden Prairie Marketplace
Golden Prairie Marketplace REPO is a one-day, family-friendly community market celebrating the works of vendors who are Indigenous, who identify as racialized, or who have disabilities, especially those within the queer, trans, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit communitie.
9. ACUA’s Christmas Market
We are offering some great workshops during the Christmas Market including Woven Guardian Angels, Wheat Weaving, and Card Making! One of our sponsors is also offering Wreath Making and Whoville Tree Making. We will have a large market featuring local artists, artisans, crafters, and home-based businesses.
10. Hand2Hand Christmas Market
36 premium handmade vendors including pottery, sterling jewelry, cards, activewear, wood work, skin care, Christmas ornaments and wreaths, woolen goods and so much more.
3. Movember Mustache Fund Raising Party
We are a group of NAIT students in DMIT2027 – Project Management, who are setting up a fund raiser for Movember as part of an in class project. Join us for some free food and a chance to win prizes! The event is open from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM, but mustache competitions will occur between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM with a variety of prizes up for grabs! Guys and gals are welcome as categories include the best real “stache” and most creative fake “stache”. We will also be crowning a Man of Movember and Miss Movember at the event. Details
4. Ask Her Talks
In the lead-up to World AIDS Day, Edmontonians have a unique opportunity to hear directly from five African women experts who are among those most intimately involved in the ongoing work to turn the tide of HIV and AIDS in Africa. The Ask Her Talks is a groundbreaking speaker series launched by the Stephen Lewis Foundation to sold out audiences in May 2015. Details