Was ist los in Edmonton, Kanada – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Ice on Whyte, Christmas Day closures

• Festival

  Ice on Whyte

  24. Jan. – 8. Feb. · meistEissaisonVoll

  International ice carvers compete along Whyte Avenue with an ice bar and fire pits outside, an Old Strathcona tradition since 2003 recently rebranded as Chiseled. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Aurora season (1. Sep. – 10. Apr.), Deep cold snaps (1. Dez. – 28. Feb.), Christmas Day closures (24. Dez. – 1. Jan.)

Viel los – Ice on Whyte

• Festival

  Silver Skate Festival

  5.–25. Feb. · meistGroßes Festival

  Ten days in Hawrelak Park in the middle of February built on skating, snow sculpture and fire pits, and the city's answer to a month nobody would otherwise spend outdoors. Free to walk into. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ice on Whyte (24. Jan. – 8. Feb. (meist)), Aurora season (1. Sep. – 10. Apr.), Deep cold snaps (1. Dez. – 28. Feb.)

Viel los – March break / semaine de relâche in Kanada

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Aurora season (1. Sep. – 10. Apr.)

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im April beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Aurora season (1. Sep. – 10. Apr.)

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Viel los – Summer break in Kanada, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Juni beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Canada Day, Edmonton International StreetFest

• Feiertag

  Canada Day

  1. JuliNationalfeiertagSchließungenVoll

  1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday. Banks, government offices and many shops close, towns put on daytime concerts and parades with fireworks after dark, and hotels and ferries fill when it makes a long weekend. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Edmonton International StreetFest

  10.–20. Juli · meistKunstfestivalVoll

  Ten days of buskers and street performers from around the world fill Churchill Square, an institution since 1985 that draws crowds in the hundreds of thousands. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  K-Days

  15. Juli – 2. Aug. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  Ten days of exhibition, midway and nightly fireworks starting the third Friday of July. It is the city's big summer fair and the one time the Northlands grounds are the centre of everything. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Heritage Festival

  1.–3. Aug.Großes FestivalVoll

  The August long weekend in Hawrelak Park, with pavilions for a hundred-odd cultures and food paid for in tickets rather than cash. Go early; the queues for the popular pavilions get long by noon. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – K-Days, Heritage Festival

• Festival

  Edmonton Folk Music Festival

  6.–9. Aug.Früh buchen

  Four days on the ski hill at Gallagher Park in the river valley, with the city skyline behind the main stage and candles lit across the slope after dark. Weekend passes go in a lottery months ahead. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Cariwest

  8.–10. Aug. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  Edmonton's Caribbean arts festival: a costume parade, live soca and calypso, and a Caribbean Village, grown out of Klondike Days into its own independent event. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Edmonton Fringe Festival

  13.–23. Aug.KunstfestivalVoll

  The oldest and largest fringe theatre festival in North America, eleven days taking over Old Strathcona with hundreds of shows and a street of buskers. Tickets are cheap and the queues are the social part. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: K-Days (15. Juli – 2. Aug. (meist)), Heritage Festival (1.–3. Aug.)

Viel los – Summer break in Kanada

• Natur

  Aurora season

  1. Sep. – 10. Apr.

  Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring. City glow kills all but the strong displays, so it means driving out past Elk Island or north of the city.

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im Oktober beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Aurora season (1. Sep. – 10. Apr.)

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im November beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Aurora season (1. Sep. – 10. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Christmas Day closures, Winter / Christmas break in Kanada

• Risiko

  Deep cold snaps

  1. Dez. – 28. Feb.Extreme KälteSchließungen

  Arctic air settles over the city for stretches of a week and extreme cold warnings become routine. Cars need block heaters, exposed skin has minutes, and the pedways downtown exist for a reason. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Christmas Day closures

  24. Dez. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  Christmas Day is a statutory holiday nationwide: most shops, museums and many restaurants close and transit runs a holiday schedule. Boxing Day brings sales crowds to the malls where it is kept, and 1 January is another quiet, mostly closed day. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Aurora season (1. Sep. – 10. Apr.)