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Credit: Edmonton Folk Music Festival
From mud festivals to cowboy gatherings, here is a list of music festivals to rock out to during the year of 2019.
List of 60+ Music Festivals in Alberta.
Contents
- Upcoming Festivals from our Calendar (mostly from Calgary & Edmonton Area)
- Alberta Music Festivals in Winter & Spring (~ December 22 to June 15)
- Page 2: Alberta Music Festivals in Summer to Fall (~ June 15 to December 21)
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Medalta, 713 Medalta Avenue Southeast, Medicine Hat
January 20, 2020 To January 25, 2020
$25 to $125
Medicine Hat Folk Music Club presents the annual, original winter music festival, Tongue on the Post. This year’s festival is one you don’t want to ... »
Various Venues, Calgary
January 23, 2020 To January 26, 2020
$30 to $55
Arts, music and local craft beer will collide at BIG Winter Classic for a four-day winter wonderland weekend that doesn’t involve getting up at 6 am and ... »
Various Venues, Downtown Edmonton
January 23, 2020 To January 26, 2020
$10 & up
The first annual Winterruption YEG festival is set to take place this January in Edmonton. The multi-venue music and arts festival rolls out January 23-26, 2020 in multiple ... »
Parkview Community Hall, 9135 146th Street Northwest, Edmonton
February 7, 2020 To February 8, 2020
Free & Ticketed Events
Winter Roots Roundup has celebrated the best in folk, roots, and blues music in an Edmonton-based festival format produced in conjunction with the University of Alberta Sound ... »
Various Venues, Calgary
February 20, 2020 To February 22, 2020
$25 & up
Over thirty artists — from the homegrown to the far-flung — perform in concerts and collaborative sessions at five uniquely Calgary venues. Cure your winter cabin fever and wander ... »
Various Venues, Calgary
February 24, 2020 To February 29, 2020
Varies
Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest with a full week of Blues workshops, concerts & dance parties! Warm the winter months with some smokin’ hot Blues, featuring some of the ... »
Various Venues, Edmonton
March 19, 2020 To March 20, 2020
Free & Ticketed Events
For the past 30 years, New Music Edmonton (NME) has been hunting down the world’s most innovative, cutting edge sounds to bring back to Edmonton. This will ... »
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1, 116 7 Avenue Southeast, Calgary
April 24, 2020 To April 26, 2020
$90
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Alberta Music Festivals in Winter (~ December 22 to March 20)
BIG Winter Classic – Calgary
Arts, music and local craft beer will collide at BIG Winter Classic for a four-day winter wonderland weekend that doesn’t involve getting up at 6 am and hitting the slopes. Details
January 24 to 27, 2019
Various Venues, Calgary
$ 28 to $60.00
Tongue On The Post Festival – Medicine Hat
Winter folk music festival! Details
~January 21 – 26, 2019
Medalta Potteries, 763 Medalta Ave SE, Medicine Hat and other venues.
Block Heater – Calgary
The Calgary Folk Music Festival presents the Block Heater, a winter music extravaganza. Details
~ February 21 to 23, 2019
Various Venues, Inglewood – Calgary
$15 – $42
Winter Roots Roundup Festival – Edmonton
The festival focuses on knitting together the best of folk, roots and blues music through film, workshops and live performances. Details
~ Early February: February 4 to 9, 2019
Garneau and University area, Edmonton
Free & Ticketed Events
Mid Winter Blues Fest – Calgary
~ End of February/Early March: February 24 to March 2, 2019
Various Venues, Inglewood – Calgary
~$15 – $80 (wristband)
Uptown Folk Club Winterfest – Edmonton
A two day Music Festival featuring local and North America’s best Folk & Roots Performers. Details
~ Mid of February, around family day weekend: 2019 — TBA
Uptown Folk Club 7308-76 Ave NW Edmonton
~$20 – $40
Now Hear This – Edmonton
New Music Edmonton’s annual festival. Spanning three days with dozens of performances, Now Hear This showcases an incredible roster of local, national and international musicians, composers, dancers, visual and sound artists, and much more, alongside free lectures, panel talks and open participation events. Details
March 20 – 24, 2019
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84th Ave, Edmonton and other venues
Free & Ticketed Events
Alberta Music Festivals in Spring (~ March 20 to June 21)
Northern Lights Music Festival – Edmonton
EDM Festival. Details
Easter Weekend – TBA
Edmonton Convention Centre, Edmonton
TBA
Early Music Festival – Edmonton
Music festival featuring works prior to circa 185os. Details
May, 3 to 5, 2019
First Presbyterian Church
10025 105 St NW, Edmonton
Free & ticketed events.
Shredmonton Metal Festival And Conference – Edmonton
Showcasing Western Canada’s heaviest hitting bands, as well as featuring multiple seminars hosted by professionals in various fields of the music industry. Details
On Hiatus until 2020
Rainmaker Concert Series and Music Fest – St Albert
Rainmaker Concert Series and Music Fest: End of May
Kinsmen Grounds, 47 Riel Drive, St. Albert.
NUOVA Opera & Music Theatre Festival – Edmonton
Classical Opera & Music Festival. Details
Late May to June.
In and around Edmonton.
Varies
Heart of the City – Edmonton
Heart of the City Music and Arts Festival is an all ages festival with fun things for all to do. Details
June 1 & 2, 2019
~ 1st Weekend of June
Giovanni Caboto Park, 95 St and 109 Ave, Edmonton
Free
Summer Concert Series – Banff National Park
Celebrate the arrival of summer with Outdoor Concert series at Performance in the Park in Banff National Park. Details
Summer.
Shaw Amphi Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts
Varies with performances.
JazzYYC Summer Festival – Calgary
Mid June
Various Venues, Calgary
Free & ticketed events.
Lethbridge Jazz & Blues Festival
2019 – TBA
Various Venues, Lethbridge
Free and ticketed events.
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June 19 – 23, 2019 is “Centric MusicFest,” a classical music festival in Lethbridge Alberta.
4th Annual. Great international/Canadian performers and 5 performances in as many days.