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More To Do
I. Family Events & Activities
1. Kaleido Family Arts Festival
Kaleido welcomes arts and cultural experiences with multi-arts collaborative performances such as music, dance, theatre, film, literary and visual arts with performances on rooftops, sides of buildings, back alleys, parks and found spaces. It’s an extravagance of creative exploration, imagination, and play. Details
2. Callingwood Cornfest
The Marketplace at Callingwood is hosting the 17th Annual Cornfest, a family event in Edmonton that raises funds for the Edmonton Firefighter’s Burn Treatment Society. Event includes Fresh, hot buttered taber corn from Tanner Farms (by donation), Hot dogs and other delicious food & refreshments, Fire truck tours with the Edmonton Firefighters, Petting zoo, Pony rides, Bouncy castles galore, Live musical entertainment and more!
3. Harvest of the Past & Harvest Food Festival
Join us for our final special event of the season and witness traditional harvest activities from the period of 1892-1930. Celebrate Alberta agricultural roots with an old-fashioned threshing bee complete with vintage farm equipment and grain deliveries to a historic elevator.
4. Fall Family Festival
Fun, crafts and games for the whole family in the splendor of the fall Garden. Create your very own scarecrow, build a bird house, or make some fall-themed crafts together. Enjoy a beverage and bake a yummy apple by the Grebe Pond.
5. Harvest Festival
Join us at the Grain Elevator Park for old fashioned fun for the whole family, including a face painter, balloon artist, live music, games and children’s activities, tours of the provincially designated grain elevators, photo booth fun, hot buttered corn on the cob, a scavenger hunt, and more!
6. Neighbour Day
This fun family event introduces visitors and residents – old and new – to all of the opportunities in recreation, culture, and social services. It is an opportunity for you and your family to see what is offered through the City of Fort Saskatchewan and our many community organizations and businesses.
8700 – 84 St, Fort Saskatchewan
II. Adult/ Youth Events
1. Edmonton Burlesque Festival
The Edmonton Burlesque Festival is a not-for-profit four-day extravaganza celebrating all things burlesque, vaudeville and fabulous. It is aimed at the local, national and international theatre and arts community. The long weekend encompasses ingenues and impresarios, the avant-garde and outrageous, in a series of intimate showcase and feature events including workshops and competitions!
2. Bermuda Fest
Bermuda is an annual multi venue festival located in Old Strathcona promoting independent live music and visual art.
JAPAN Film Festival @ Metro Cinema on Sept 12 – The Consulate-General of Japan in Calgary and the Japan Foundation, Toronto, bring you 3 contemporary films in Japanese with English subtitles, all Free Admission.
3. Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic
Queen – It’s a Kinda Magic recreates Queen’s 1986 World Tour concert, featuring over 20 of the band’s greatest hits such as ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘We Are the Champions’, ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘Fat-Bottomed Girls’. Painstaking attention has been paid to all the music – the iconic voice of Mercury, the amazing guitar solos of May and the groundbreaking Rock harmonies. And with state-of-the-art sound and lighting and authentic costumes, this is as close as you’ll ever get to the real thing!
4. Tri City Rat Pack
Much like the originals, the Tri City Rat Pack – Terrell Edwards, Bernard Quilala and Donavon Weihmann – combine comedy, and friendly banter with their mutual appreciation for the legends of Jazz and R&B when they hit the stage.
5. Dala
Juno nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine of Dala write and sing in harmony best described as angelic. These two best friends met in their high school music class in 2002; they have since released five albums and toured extensively across North America. Darlings of the Canadian music scene, Dala are now poised to bring their fresh brand of acoustic pop music to the world.
6. “Weird Al” Yankovic: The Mandatory World Tour
“Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history.
7. Primus & The Chocolate Factory
Eighth studio album by American rock group Primus.
III. Sports & Related Events
1. KO Boxing
Join us for a knockout night featuring intense boxing competition. The main event is an 8 round bout with Cam O’Connell from Red Deer taking on Randy Lozano from Mexico City. Hometown boxer Cody Ries will go head-to-head with Paul Bzdel from Saskatoon in a highly anticipated re-match. The first fight was a four round bout that was a split decision.
2. WWE Live
3. Edmonton Oil Kings
4. Edmonton Eskimos
vs Calgary Stampeders.
5. FC Edmonton
Regular Season Home Game #11. Vs Tampa Bay Rowdies
6. Runs & Walks
Flexxaire Parkinson Step ‘n Stride
5km Run/Walk, 10km Run on Saturday September 12, 2015 | 10:30 A.M. @ Rundle Park
Edmonton Gorilla Run
5K/ Little Gorillas Run 1K/5K on Saturday September 12, 2015 | 10:00 A.M @ 82 Ave & 114 Street, Corbett Field, University of Alberta
Strides for Change
5K Walk/Run on Sunday September 13, 2015 | 10:00 A.M. @ Goldbar Park
Spinal Cord Injury Wheel, Walk or Run
2.5K/5K/10K Wheel, Walk or Run on Sunday September 13, 2015 | 10:00 A.M. @ St. Albert –
Rotary Run for Life
5K Run or Walk, 10K Run, Half Marathon Run on Sunday September 13, 2015 | 8:00 A.M. @
IV. Exhibitions & Other Events
1. Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive
The Creative Stitches & Crafting Alive!!… Shows are Western Canada’s #1 Sewing and Crafting events showcasing, Sewing, Scrapbooking, Quilting, Knitting, Needlework, Fibre Arts, Beading and Paper Crafting, with Hands On Classes, Educational Seminars & Free Stage Shows!!
Saturday, September 12, 2015 | 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM
2. Ukrainian Arts Gallery & Artisan Boutique
Grand Opening of the Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts (ACUA) Gallery & Artisan Boutique.The gallery will feature unique and original works of art and music created by artists of Ukrainian heritage from Canada and abroad. Special exhibits of Marianna Savaryn and Linda Craddock will be on display for the opening.
Special presentation by local artist Larisa Sembaliuk-Cheladyn@ 7:00 PM
3. What the Truck
Food trucks.
Devon Outgrown It Sale @ September 12, 2015 | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at the Devon Community Centre.
4. Robust Reds
Robust Reds is one of the largest charitable wine tasting galas in Edmonton.The event boasts over 100 selected wines from more than 30 vendors, delicious food and entertainment. There is also an outstanding silent auction with a selection of “Super Silent Auction” high end items and fun raffles to take away wine baskets or your own cellar of wine.
5. A Night of Illusion
Indulge your senses and twist your mind with “A Night of Illusion” benefit event featuring would class illusionist and mentalist, Wayne Hoffman. “A Night of Illusion” will also feature Edmonton’s premier pop quartet, String Beans, live painter, Kalum Dan, and international performance art duo, Merge Factory fusing live, visual projection with live, remixed music. Benefit for YESS.
6. Advice-A-Thon
First Annual Edmonton Legal Comminity Center Advice-A-Thon.The Advice-a-thon is a pro-bono event where lawyers will provide summary legal advice to persons with low incomes. In addition to the legal clinics that will be running, there will be activities for the whole family- hosted by the Edmonton Community Legal Centre volunteers and staff. Details
7.Red Shoe Crawl