Several festivals are held in the Canadian province of Alberta each year. This list includes several types of festivals in the province, such as regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, music festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
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Festivals
Calgary Region
Festivals in Calgary RegionFestivalPlaceTimeRemarksTabestoon FestivalOlympic Plaza12-13 AugustIranian music, art and food Airdrie Festival Of Lights Airdrie December Rides, Christmas lights, refreshments Afrikadey! Calgary Early August Africa themed festival Calgary Arab Film Festival Calgary October Film festival Calgary Jazz Festival Calgary Late June Jazz music Calgary C-Jazz CARNIVALE Calgary Late August Jazz music Calgary Folk Music Festival Calgary Late July Folk music festival Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Calgary Mid-July Rodeo, exhibition Calgary Fringe Festival Calgary August Fringe festival Calgary International Children's Festival Calgary Late May Calgary International Film Festival Calgary September/October Film festival Calgary International Spoken Word Festival Calgary Late March / April Spoken word festival Calgary Underground Film Festival Calgary September/October Film festival Calgary Winterfest Calgary February Canmore Highland Games Canmore Annually on Labour Day weekend Celtic sports, music and danceCanmore Folk FestivalCanmoreAnnually on Heritage Day weekendfolk music festival Carifest Calgary June Caribbean festival on Stephen Avenue and Prince's Island Park ENMAX Zoolights Calgary December/January Held at the Calgary Zoo Chasing Summer Music Festival Calgary Late July/early August Electronic music festival held annually at Max Bell Arena Cochrane Winterfest Cochrane January 25 & 26 Held at the Cochrane Lions Rodeo Park Expo Latino Calgary Late August Latino festival in Prince's Island Park "Fiestaval" Latin Festival Calgary July 19, 20, 2008 Latin music, outdoors, beer gardens GlobalFest Calgary August 21–29, 2009Multi-ethnic festival and fireworks High Performance Rodeo Calgary January Theatre, music, dance, visual arts International Festival of Animated Objects Calgary January Puppeteering festival Calgary International Blues Festival Calgary August blues music festival Labour Day Rodeo and Parade Cochrane Labour Day weekend Rodeo Lilac Festival Calgary Late May Street festival North American Championship Chuckwagon Races and Guy Weadick Pro Rodeo High River Reggae Festival Calgary Mid-August Reggae music Shady Grove Bluegrass Festival Nanton Third weekend of August Music Festival Shakespeare in the Park Calgary July Theater Sled Island Calgary July Music festival Spruce Meadows International show-jumping tournament Calgary Sun and Salsa Festival Calgary Mid-July Taste of Calgary Calgary Wordfest Calgary X-Fest Calgary August Alternative music festival in Fort Calgary, Labour Day weekend FozzyFest Calgary (South Kananaskis) Canada Day long weekend Electronic music Inshala Calgary (South Fort Macleod) Mid-June Electronic music and conference Treemendus Calgary (Mountain View County) Labour Day weekend Electronic music Windwood Music Festival Airdrie September Classical and contemporary music
Edmonton Region
Festivals in the Edmonton Capital RegionFestivalPlaceTimeRemarks Ice on Whyte Edmonton Late January Ice sculpture Winter LightWinter Light - Silver Skate, Ice on Whyte and Deep Freeze Edmonton January - March Celebration of winter spirit International Mother Language Day Edmonton February BPCA's celebration 69 Silver Skate Festival and Edmonton Winter Triathlon Edmonton Early February Winter festival Edmonton's International BeerfestEdmonton's International Beerfest Edmonton Early Spring Beer festival Edmonton Poetry FestivalEdmonton Poetry Festival Edmonton April Poetry Bengali New Year Festival Edmonton April BHESA's Boishakhi Mela Opera NUOVA's Vocal Arts FestivalVocal Arts Festival Edmonton May/June Opera / art song International Children's Festival St. Albert May/June ImprovaganzaImprovaganza Edmonton June Improv Dreamspeakers International Film FestivalDreamspeakers Film Festival Edmonton June Aboriginal filmmakers, performers and artists Free Will Shakespeare FestivalFree Will Shakespeare Festival (formerly called River City Shakespeare Festival) Edmonton June/July Shakespeare plays The Works Art & Design FestivalThe Works Art & Design Festival Edmonton June/July Design and art exhibitions Dragonfly Music Festival Wabamun June–July Canada Day weekend; Canadian music Beaumont Music FestivalBeaumontMid-JuneAll Canadian music festival K-Days (formerly Klondike Days)Capital EX Edmonton Late July Exhibition and fair Edmonton Heritage FestivalEdmonton Heritage Festival Edmonton Early August Traditional dance, foods, and crafts Edmonton Latin FestivalEdmonton Latin Festival Edmonton Mid-August Latin culture and music Edmonton Music & Speech Arts FestivalEdmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival Edmonton Mid-April–early-May Classical Music, Musical Theatre, Speech Arts Cariwest Caribbean Arts FestivalCariwest Edmonton Mid-August Caribbean carnival Edmonton Dragon Boat FestivalEdmonton Dragon Boat Festival Edmonton Mid-August Dragon boat Edmonton Folk Music FestivalEdmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton Mid-August Folk music festival Edmonton International Film FestivalEdmonton International Film Festival Edmonton Late September/Early October Independent film Edmonton International Literary FestivalEdmonton International Literary Festival Edmonton Late October Nonfiction writing Edmonton International Fringe Theatre FestivalEdmonton International Fringe Festival Edmonton August Fringe festival Edmonton International Jazz FestivalEdmonton International Jazz Festival Edmonton July Jazz Edmonton International Street Performer's FestivalEdmonton International Street Performer's Festival Edmonton Early July Busking Edmonton Short Film Festival Edmonton First Weekend of October Alberta indie short film A Taste of EdmontonA Taste of Edmonton Edmonton Late July Food and restaurants Rock'n August St. Albert Mid-August Car show, live music Expo Latino Edmonton Late August Latino culture Symphony Under the SkySymphony Under the Sky Festival Edmonton Early September Symphony SONiC BOOMSONiC BOOM Edmonton September Alternative and indie rock What the Truck?!What the Truck?! Edmonton Mid-September Food truck festival Roar Spoken Word Festival Edmonton Mid-September Poetry/spoken word festival Pure Speculation Edmonton November Geek and fan culture festival Purple City Music Festival Edmonton August Music festival Canadian Finals Rodeo Edmonton Mid-November Rodeo Festival of Trees Edmonton December Christmas trees Bright Lights Festival Edmonton Late December/Early January Large Christmas lights display New Year's Eve Downtown Edmonton New Year's Eve
Rockies Festivals in the Alberta RockiesFestivalPlaceTimeRemarks Ampfest Canmore Canmore Early July Metal & Punk festival Banff Culture Walk Banff Banff Mountain Film Festival Banff Late October Mountain film festival Banff Mountain Book Festival Banff Late October Banff Summer Arts Festival Banff Banff World Television Festival Banff Mid-June Television programming event Canmore artsPeak Arts Festival Canmore Canmore Folk Music Festival Canmore Canmore Highland Games Canmore Dance Summit InvitationalHinton AprilDance festival in the foothills of Jasper National Park www.dancesummit.org Ice Magic Weekend - International Ice Sculpting Competition Lake Louise Jasper Heritage Rodeo Jasper Jasper in JanuaryJasper in January Jasper January Three themed weekends running from the middle to the end of January, packed with events, deals and activities from a street party to dogsledding to food tasting. Jasper Dark Sky FestivalDark Sky Festival Jasper October Stargazing Mary Reimer Memorial Rodeo Hinton Mozart on the Mountain Canmore Symphonic concert Wild Mountain Music FestWild Mountain Music Fest Hinton July 15, 16, 17 - 2016 Rock and roll, country, blues, rockabilly, Latin, funk, and salsa music WinterStart Weekend in Banff Banff
Central Alberta Festivals in Central AlbertaFestivalPlaceTimeRemarks "Bring in Spring" Beef Supper, Silent Auction Anthony Henday Museum, Delburne, Alberta April Fundraising Athabasca Fringe Festival Athabasca July Fringe festivalAthabasca Fringe Festival Band Ranch Evansburg, Alberta July 31-August 3 Boom Town Music Festival Ol'Macdonalds Resort, Buffalo Lake, Erskine, Alberta September 5–6 Alternative country, bluegrass, folk Boom Town Music Festival Blueberry Bluegrass Country Music Festival Stony Plain August Country musicBlueberry Bluegrass Country Music Festival Big Valley Jamboree Camrose August Country musicBig Valley Jamboree Bro-Tel Backyard Festival Myrnam August Alternative/Rock/Country musicBro-Tel Backyard Festival Centre Fest: International Street Performers Festival Red Deer August Street theatreCentreFest David Thompson Days Country Fair Rocky Mountain House August Fair Kikino Celebration Days & Silver Birch Rodeo Kikino 3rd weekend in August Parade, rodeo, bingo, steak supper, trade show, fireworksRodeos East Coulee SpringFest Drumheller May 11–13, 2012 38 bands, 4 venues, 100 musicians, all rock out in the badlands for one weekendSpringFest Lac La Biche Pow Wow and Fish Derby Lac La Biche Maple Flag Cold Lake May–June Aerial combat exercise Medicine Lodge Rodeo Edson May RodeoMedicine Lodge Rodeo Nordlys Film & Arts Festival Camrose February Film festival, live musicNordlys Film & Arts Festival Ponoka Stampede Ponoka June/July RodeoPonoka Stampede Rocky Air Show Rocky Mountain House August Air showRocky Mountain Air Show Sidewalk Jamboree Edson August Fair Shake The Lake SylvanLake August Action sports and music festival Spin Out Festival Camp Maskepetoon June Circus and fire spinning festivalSpin Out Festival Texas Connection Innisfail Mid-August Music festivalTexas Connection Thunder in the Valley Drag Races Drayton Valley Late August Vermilion Fair Vermilion Last weekend of July FairVermilion Agricultural Society Come By The Hills Music Festival Mistahiya Retreat Centre between Vermilion and Wainwright 3rd weekend of August Folk, country, rock Music festivalMistahia - Facebook page Wainwright Stampede Wainwright Third week (or last full week) of June, Thur-Sun Chuckwagons, indoor concert/cabaret, midway, parade, and rodeo Wainwright Stampede Association Westerner Days Fair and Exhibition Red Deer July FairWesterner Park - Western Days Fair and Exhibition Zion Noiz Music & Arts Festival Alberta June Music & ArtsZion Noiz - Zion Noiz Music & Arts Festival
Northern Alberta