På gång i Edmonton, Canada under året

Mest folk — Ice on Whyte, Christmas Day closures

• Festival

  Ice on Whyte

  24 jan – 8 feb · vanligtvisIssäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 10 apr), Deep cold snaps (1 dec – 28 feb), Christmas Day closures (24 dec – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — Ice on Whyte

• Festival

  Silver Skate Festival

  5–25 feb · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ice on Whyte (24 jan – 8 feb (vanligtvis)), Aurora season (1 sep – 10 apr), Deep cold snaps (1 dec – 28 feb)

Mycket folk — March break / semaine de relâche i Canada

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 10 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 10 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mycket folk — Summer break i Canada, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Mest folk — Canada Day, Edmonton International StreetFest

• Helg

  Canada Day

  1 julNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Edmonton International StreetFest

  10–20 jul · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  K-Days

  15 jul – 2 aug · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Heritage Festival

  1–3 augStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — K-Days, Heritage Festival

• Festival

  Edmonton Folk Music Festival

  6–9 augBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Cariwest

  8–10 aug · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Edmonton Fringe Festival

  13–23 augKulturfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: K-Days (15 jul – 2 aug (vanligtvis)), Heritage Festival (1–3 aug)

Mycket folk — Summer break i Canada

• 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.

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 10 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 10 apr)

Mest folk — Christmas Day closures, Winter / Christmas break i Canada

• Risk

  Deep cold snaps

  1 dec – 28 febExtrem kylaStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas Day closures

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 10 apr)