Edmonton Events

1914: war is declared in Europe. Not yet 10 years old, the young province of Alberta sends its sons and daughters overseas while those who remain at home struggle with a challenging new reality. Alberta & the Great War is an immersive, interactive exhibition that explores the impact of the conflict both abroad and at...

Edmonton's faith community is working together to impact Habitat through our Interfaith Works Project! Edmonton's Capital Region's Interfaith Housing Initiative has a goal of providing at least 500 volunteers and 45 lunches for our sites! If you are part of a faith community, we invite you to join in this special project and help achieve the goal. Bring out a group or come as individuals representing your faith group and help us on our construction sites and in our ReStores! For more information about this initiative, please contact Megan.

Diana Thorneycroft is a Winnipeg artist who has exhibited all across Canada, the United States and Europe as well as in Moscow, Tokyo and Sydney. ‘O Canada (I’m sorry)’ is an exhibition with selections from two bodies of Thorneycroft’s work: ‘Group of Seven Awkward Moments’ and ‘A Peoples History’. The work in this exhibition investigates the relationship between the Canadian landscape and national identity and explores examples of Canadian society that exemplify the word "awkward". In the words of Thorneycroft, "Canadian history is full of awkward moments and that is more of a reality than this heroic landscape that the Group of Seven portrayed”.

Somewhere in the city of Edmonton, I’ve hidden a piece of litter that has a cash prize to the good Samaritan who finds it. I’m leaving some variables in the prize so that there’s no way for it to be duplicated. * amount of money is represented by monopoly game money. It’s an unknown amount...

Based on a true story, a chance meeting between the Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII, and Milli in her home of Galt, Ontario, leads to a merry war of wits and, eventually, love. In Milli, Edward sees escape from a life of obligation and duty, but Milli is not so quickly captivated by the dashing Duke. Will she succumb to his charms? The romantic comedy Queen Milli of Galt is Walterdale’s donor-voted show for this season

New to Edmonton! ASSIST Newcomers ‘ Orientation provides information of many important settlement related services and community resources that will help you to settle here! Topics include: Introduction of immigrants serving organizations in Edmonton Important documents and application Education system and health care system in Alberta Finance and taxation English classes Housing Social benefits and...

ACUA GALLERY presents on of the largest group shows of Ukrainian North American artists. View the salon style show and vast works spanning painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. On view from April 7 though the 27.

Opening Saturday April 8, 2017 is Andrea Kastner’s latest exhibition “Shadow Cities.” Kastner’s work focuses on the overlooked corners of urban spaces and the sacred nature of rejected things.

This year marks the 109th Annual Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival – Canada’s first competitive music festival. Over 2,500 single and group entrants entered in over 1,000 classes will perform and compete from April 10 to April 28, 2017 at MacEwan University’s Alberta College Campus (10050 MacDonald Drive), McDougall United Church (10025 101 Street), and the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre (8426 Gateway Boulevard). Choirs, bands, singers, pianists, guitarists, harpists, speech students, musical theatre performers, string players, woodwind players, and brass players will be showcasing, in a variety of classes, what they have learned this year. Some will be recommended to represent Edmonton at the Provincial Music Festival, and some will win Scholarships, but all will share their passion in their chosen discipline. The Aboriginal Arts portion of the festival took place on February 14 and 15, 2017 at Ben Calf Robe School and featured performances in Aboriginal dance, Pow Wow drumming, Métis jigging, and Métis fiddling. All events during the Festival are FREE to the public. The Festival kicks off with a Gala on Sunday, April 9 at 2:30PM at McDougall United Church (10025 101 Street) featuring performers of the various disciplines in the Festival. The Gala will be emceed by the Edmonton Journal’s Paula Simons. There are several classes in which scholarships will be awarded including some very Special Scholarships.

How different are the stars we see in the night sky? How do we know their size, temperature, distance, and whether these are just ‘normal’ stars or more exotic light emitters? In this talk, I will be discussing parts of my research dedicated to identifying the most interesting stellar objects in our galaxy. First, we...

The Edmonton Jazz Festival Society is set to host its annual benefit event, Spring Spectacular, an evening of unforgettable jazz featuring Juno-award winning singer Emilie-Claire Barlow and the Edmonton Jazz Orchestra. Tickets for Performance only are $40 + service fees, Tickets for Dinner are $135 + service fees. The Spring Spectacular will provide guests with the option of attending solely as a concert-goer or, to add a dinner component to their evening, enjoy a three-course meal before the show. The event offers many elements for patrons including both live and silent auctions. All proceeds of this event will be used in support the EJFS outreach initiatives, including: Jazzworks Workshops, Jazz In Schools, Edmonton Jazz Orchestra, and the Edmonton Jazz Collective. These initiates were developed by the Edmonton Jazz Festival Society to promote jazz in the community as well as support developing musicians.

Comedy Fundraiser

Today is a critical time to discuss oil and gas in Canada- Our choices today on energy transmission infrastructure will determine how we will compete as a country shape the world's energy future. With bold thinking , innovation, shared commitment and leadership - Canada's pipelines can advance! Join us to discuss some of 2017's hottest topics on pipeline infrastructure technologies, safety advances, innovations and engineering.

Today is critical time to discuss oil and gas in Canada-Our choices today on energy transmission infrastructure will determine how we will compete as a country to shape the world's energy future. With bold thinking, innovation, shared commitment, and leadership- Canada's pipelines can advance ! join us to discuss some of 2017's hottest topics on pipeline infrastructure, technologies, safety advances, innovations and engineering.

FRI APRIL14 at The Chvrch of John w/ SWIM JOSES MARTIN DUSTY GROOVES & MIKEY WONG $7 Advance/ $10 at the Door Doors 9pm $9 Absolut Doubles All Night

Celebrate Easter with City Market Downtown! The first 150 kids (12 & under) will receive $5 in City Market Bucks to spend at the market and a FREE Easter-themed chocolate lollipop provided by Choclination. Other events include: FREE balloon caricatures by Balloon Artist Russ (9am - 11pm), special guest appearance by the Market Bear (9am - 12pm), and face painting and caricature portraits available (9am - 3pm)!

This free drop-in event will give you a chance to find out about bats in our area. Some of the topics covered include: do we get bats in Edmonton? -how do I get bats out of my buildings? -do they eat insects and how efficient are they at reducing a yard area’s worth of mosquitoes?...

YEG Music is proud to present: MelAfrique with Landry Rap Music, Grace Miazga, and Abandon Your Town, live at Mercury Room Yeg on April 15, 2017. Doors open @ 7:30 PM Music starts @ 8:30 PM Tickets available online (http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1442714) and at the door. Tickets are $15 each ahead of the event and $20 at the door, or you can bring a new or gently used hoodie or jacket instead which will be donated to YESS. *Cash & Debit Accepted at Front Door* If you have any questions/concerns/comments please email kristinyegmusic@gmail.com

As founder of the University of Alberta, Alexander Cameron Rutherford evinced a great appreciation of literature, including poetry. In fact, Eric Broadus, the University of Alberta’s first English Professor (in 1908), dedicated his 1923 Anthology of Canadian Prose and Verse to him: To Alexander Cameron Rutherford, who played an honourable part in the upbuilding of the West, this book is affectionately dedicated. The poets gathered for this event explore the idea of “History” – they each apply their voice to personal histories, cultural histories, Edmonton/ Strathcona’s history, or the larger history of our land and the earth. The poetry readings will begin at 2:00pm, with each poet reading a small selection of poems, and will take place in Mr. Rutherford’s Library and the Dining Room. Guests will have the opportunity to wander through the house, and will engage with poetry in many areas of the house. Encounter WWI poetry in Cecil Rutherford’s room (he was at the Front), or discover romantic poetry in the master bedroom. Create your own poems in our magnetic poetry area, or collaborate on a group poem inspired by the site.

FAVA’s 6th Annual FAVA FEST springs into action April 18-22. Mix and mingle with local filmmakers at our Best of the Fest screenings and catch some international short films at the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour. Check out our Friday Night Feature Weirdos and stay for an in-depth conversation with acclaimed artists Bruce McDonald and Daniel MacIvor. Join us for our festival closing Backyard Bash where we celebrate filmmaker & producer Selwyn Jacob. It’s a multifarious media arts affair! Schedule and details at FAVA.CA.

Fleurs de Villes, Canada’s premiere Floral Mannequin Series, arrives in Edmonton from April 19-23, 2017 at Southgate Centre, the third stop on the event’s inaugural cross-Canada tour. The unique, five-day exhibition is the first of its kind to combine fashion and flowers in Canada, blending fashion design and fresh florals with bespoke floral-dressed mannequins and a pop-up fresh flower market. Over a dozen top local Edmonton florists, including Bunches Flowers, Flowers by Merle and Cory Christopher, will be paired with leading brands to design stunning displays and bring them to life with flowers. Each floral-dressed mannequin is clothed in a one-of-a-kind design made up of hundreds of fresh blooms.

Are you a new immigrant? Did you know the City of Edmonton has a variety of services? Are you interested in knowing about community resources in Edmonton? ASSIST Community Services Centre is hosting an information session on the city and community resources available. The workshop will cover the following topics -City of Edmonton programs -Youth...

Join us for National Canadian Film Day - The World's Largest Film Festival! Movie: Billy Bishop Goes to War, based on the Canadian musical of the same name. Pajama-clad and elderly, WWI Flying Ace Billy Bishop wanders around his relic-filled attic reminiscing about his battle years. Admission is pay-what-you-can. Doors at 6:30pm, movie starts at 7pm. Door Prizes! This is a family event!

Hundreds of Canadians took part in the air war 1914-1918 with the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force. The new technology had obviously changed the nature of warfare, but no one knew if Canada would be involved in a major conflict in the future. In the 1920s the Canadian government had to decide if they wanted to build on the wartime foundation to create our own air force and, if so, what kind of an organization it would be. The central question – what is the air force for? Speaker Rod Mcleod, Professor Emeritus of History and Classics at the University of Alberta, will talk about how the Canadian government struggled to answer the above question in the decade of the 1920s. $8 Members, $10 Non-Members Light refreshments included!