Discover Edmonton
A new Face of Edmonton is co-created here with the public each year to reflect
a dimension of this place, which hosts hundreds of festivals and activities.
The public voted the magpie in as the 2025 Face of Edmonton and the Edmonton City Bird,
as covered by CBC Radio, CBC TV, City News, CTV and the Edmonton Journal.
Thanks to CBC Radioactive, 880 CHED and the Edmonton Journal for inviting people to vote in 2026.
The Magpie & Bison image was chosen by 73% of voters this year- see the press release.
The Makers Keep, Edmonton Valley Zoo and Edmonton Arts Council Shop offer our
limited edition softstyle 100% cotton tees and premium die-cut stickers printed by Thinkwerx.
Face of Edmonton Merchandise
2024 FoE: Beaver at EAC, The Makers Keep
Play la Bamba Baby (2024) at The Makers Keep
amiskwacîwâskahikan at the EAC Shop
Edmonton, Canada contours (2022)
Map of Edmonton (2021): green parks & blue water.
Edmonton Puzzle (2018) word game
Go North (2017) to YEG
Edmonton: City of Champions (2017)
Edmontonians think outside the box (2016)
Made in Edmonton (2016)
Edmonton "e" (2015) with river and ring road
We work with printers and designers including
Our limited edition cotton tees and custom printed stickers are available at shops including:
Edmonton Festivals
Over a hundred festivals are held here in the winter, spring, summer and fall.
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Winter pipon ᐱᐳᐣ
Festival of Trees Nov 27–30
Glow Edmonton – Indoor Holiday Light Festival Nov–Dec
Luminaria at the U of A Botanic Garden Nov–Dec
Zoominescence – Festival of Light at the Edmonton Valley Zoo Dec
Ice Castles Edmonton Dec – Feb
Skating at City Hall Dec – Feb
CP Holiday Train (Edmonton stop) Dec
Winter City Weekends – Ice Grooves and Swing ’n Skate Jan –Feb
Art Battle Edmonton Jan 11
Full Moon Birkie Jan 11
Orpheus in the Underworld Jan 12–13
Chinatown Dining Week Jan 18–28
Chiseled Ice Carving Competition Jan 18–20
Ice on Whyte Jan 18–Feb 28
Deep Freeze Byzantine Winter Festival Jan 18–19
Cronos Awakening Jan 19
Winterruption YEG Jan 22–26
Cross‑country Ski with the RVA Jan 26
Black History Month Jan 27–Feb 24
Flying Canoë Volant Jan 29–Feb 1
Togather Chinatown Arts Festival Feb 1–2
Feel the Soul YEG Feb 2–11
International Festival of Winter Cinema Feb 7–16
Silver Skate Festival Feb 7–15
Trail Walk with the RVA Feb 8
Canadian Birkie Ski Festival Feb 9–24
Winefest Feb 14–15
BCW Black History Month Feb 15
International Indigenous Tourism Conference Feb 17–19
Coldest Night of the Year Feb 22
Art Gallery of Alberta – Free Admission Feb 27
Alberta Baroque Music Society Award Competition Feb 27
Bird Sanctuary @ Trinity Lutheran Church Mar 2
Inaugural Anne Burrows Music Competition Mar 2
LATE HOURS: Western Canada Tour 2025 Mar 5
Edmonton Craft Beer Festival Mar 6–7
Dance Nation @ Gateway Theatre Mar 6–16
SkirtsAFire Festival Mar 6–16
Sue Foley @ St. Basil's Cultural Centre Mar 7
Celebrating Our Healing – Dene Drum Dance Mar 7
There is a Beginning and No End @ Harcourt House Mar 7–Apr 17
Women of Folkways Mar 8
UNCEDED: Voices of the Land Mar 8–Jun 21
International Women’s Day @ Fort Edmonton Park Mar 8–9
Pride March and Opening Ceremonies Mar 10
Pride Week – Rainbow Market Mar 10–12
Night of Artists Gallery Mar 14–16
Annual Round Dance @ Alberta Aviation Museum Mar 15
RVA Community Walk Mar 15
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Spring miyoskamin ᒥᔪᐢᑲᒥᐣ
Expanse Festival Mar 20-28
Indigenous Youth Summit Mar 20-22
Métis Crossing Spring Equinox Mar 21
ArtBus Mar 22
2nd Memorial Round Dance Mar 22
GOBfest Mar 27-29
Edmonton Poetry Festival Apr 1-27
Downtown Defrost Apr 3-4
Hop into Spring Market at Whitemud Creek Community Hall Apr 4
Native Provincials Market Apr 4
Métis Inspired Easter Brunch Apr 5
Easter events at Muttart, Blackmud Creek, Delton, Griesbach, Sherbrooke,
Hi-Light Festival Apr 8-10
NorthWestFilmFest Apr 8-14
Indian Music Ensemble: An Enchanting Musical Evening Apr 10
Sensory Festival Apr 10-11
Great Canadian Trade Fair & Sale Apr 10-12
Opera at the Improv Apr 11
Spring Country Market & Trade Show Apr 11-12
A Taste for Life Apr 15
Community coffee takeover on Place Brand & Innovation Apr 15
Dreamspeakers International Indigenous Film Festival Apr 15-19
The Shoe Project Special Anniversary Event Apr 17
Edmonton Tattoo and Arts Festival Apr 17-19
Stage Struck! One Act Play Festival Apr 17-18
Ukrainian Film Festival in Edmonton Apr 17-19
Zine Fest Apr 18
RVA: A Return to Hawrelak Park Apr 18
Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival Apr 20-May 1
Canadian Hydrogen Convention Apr 21-23
Shumka Dance Festival Apr 23-28
Vaisakhi Mela Edmonton Apr 24
ChocoFest Apr 24-25
Nehiyawewin Cree Language Conference Apr 24-26
Blosson & Bloom Indigenous Spring Market Apr 26
Run the River Apr 26
Jabulani Arts Festival Apr 30 - May 3
Jane's Walk May 1-3
Edmonton Cat Festival May 2-31
RVA: River Valley Clean Up and BBQ May 3
Edmonton Jewish Film Festival May 3-13
Edmonton Arts Prizes Presentation May 4
National Red Dress Day May 5
Bent Arrow Traditional Pow Wow May (dates vary)
OddBird Art & Craft Fair May 8-10
Indigenous Taste of the Market May 13
State of the City Address May 14
Rainbow Visions May 16-18
Upper Bound May 19-22
64th Canada-Wide Science Fair May 23-30
RVA: Magic of Birds Community Walk May 24
Voices of Hope May 26
UFest Ukrainian Festival May 29-30
Edmonton Drag Festival May 29-31
Kids of Steel May 30
International Children’s Festival of the Arts May 29-June 1
Serbian Days Festival May 30-31
RVA: Beaver Hill Bridge Cycling Tour May 31
NextFest June 4-14 @ The Roxy Theatre
Federation of Canadian Municipalities Conference June 4-7
Elder-In-Residence with Victor Gladue June 5 from 2pm @ EPL
Africanival June 5-7 @ Eastwood Community League Hall
Collider Festival June 5-7 @ Zeidler Hall
Bike to the Birds June 6 from 6:30 am @ Davies LRT
Pride Pancake Breakfast June 6 from 9am @ O-day’min Park Pavilion
Fruit Loop’s Pride Block Party June 6 from 11am @ Grindstone Theatre
Pride Month Kick-off Party June 6 from 9pm @ EVO on Jasper
Family Festival June 6 from 11:00 am @ Legacy Park Fort Sask
Van Bloc Party June 6 & 7 @ Chinatown
Sneakers & Strays starting June 6 from 9am @ Buena Vista Park
Reception + Artist Talk: Transcendence June 6 from 11am @ Art Gallery of St. Albert
Heart of the City Jam June 6 from 3pm @ Giovanni Caboto Park
Reconnect Event: To the land and one another June 7 from 12:30pm @ Alfred H. Savage Centre
Art, Story & Circle: An Indigenous Art Park Gathering June 7 from 11am @ Indigenous Art Park
Inuitialuit Day Celebration June 7 from 12pm @ at The Annex
Celebration of Stewards of the North Saskatchewan River Watershed June 7 from 1pm @ Ukrainian Centre
Art of Community Regeneration Conference June 7 from 2pm @ The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse
Food Justice YEG Summit June 10 @ John Humphrey Centre For Peace and Human Rights
Capital City in Conversation: Talk Treaty to Me June 10 @ EPL
Elder-In-Residence with Lorette Goulet June 11 from 1pm @ EPL
Annual Alberta Métis Fest June 12-13 @ Métis Crossing
Carrot by Moonlight Annual Fundraiser June 13 @ Santa Maria Goretti Centre
Pow Wow Dance Demonstrations with Kicking Horse Singers & Drummers June 16 @ EPL
Summer Solstice Music Festival June 17-22
Freewill Shakespeare Festival June 17-July 12
Alberta Circus Arts Festival June 18-21
Thousand Faces Festival @ Alberta Avenue Community Centre June 19-21
Edmonton International Jazz Festival June 19-28
Anti-Hate Intervention Training - In Person Session June 18 @ NorQuest College
Wetaskiwin Multicultural Heritage Festival June 19
Thousand Faces Festival June 19 - 21
Indigenous Craft Market June 20 from 10am @ Terwillega RC
CNFC Indigenous Peoples June 20 @ Festival Borden Park
Forest Bathing Walk June 20 from 10am @ Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park
National Indigenous Peoples Day June 20 @ TWSE
National Indigenous Peoples Day June 20 @ St Albert Place
Film Screening: Birth of a Family June 20 @ RAM
3-on-3 Community Basketball Tournament June 20 @ O-day’min Park Pavilion
The Works Art & Design Festival June 20-July 1
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Summer nîpin ᓃᐱᐣ
The Making of the Drum with Elder Terry Aleck and Christine Turenne June 21 @EPL
National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21
Edmonton National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebrations June 21 @ Re/Max Field
Afro & Indigenous Cultural Celebration June 21 Picnic Rundle Park
National Indigenous Peoples Day and Skydancer Indigenous Cultural Centre Anniversary June 21 @ Spruce Grove
Heart of the City Bike Tour June 21 from 9am @ Government House Park
RVA: Heart of the City Bike Tour June 21
National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration June 24 @ Bent Arrow, Parkdale
Improvaganza June 25-28
Edmonton Carnaval June 27-29
The Works Art & Design Festival June 20 – July 1
Canada Day Celebrations July 1
Spilling the Beans on Snow Leopards July 2 @ Edmonton Valley Zoo
Grindstone Comedy Festival Early July 2-6
Edmonton International Street Performers Festival July 3-12
Edmonton Open Mic Festival July 4
Historic Festival and Doors Open Edmonton July 5-12
Edmonton Jerk Festival July 11
Forest Bathing July 7 @ Whitemud Park
Whyte Avenue Art Walk July 10-12
Rockin' Thunder July 11-12
Great Outdoors Comedy Festival July 17-19
Taste of Edmonton July 16-26
K-Days July 17–26
Mâmawihitowin Summer Gathering July 25
Edmonton Heritage Festival Aug 1–3
Spilling the Beans on Research Aug 6 @ Edmonton Valley Zoo
Edmonton Folk Music Festival Aug 6–9
Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival Aug 7-9
Animethon Aug 7-9
Alberta Indigenous Games Aug 7-15
Symphony Under the Sky Mid August
Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival August 13-23
Servus Edmonton Marathon Aug 16
Edmonton Pride Festival Aug 21-23
Alberta Day Aug 30
Edmonton Mural Festival Aug–Sept
Spilling the Beans on Canadian Lynx Sept 3 @ Edmonton Valley Zoo
Purple City Music Festival Sept 11-13
Strathearn Art Walk Sept 11-13
Kaleido Family Arts Festival Sept 18-20
Edmonton EXPO 18-20
Edmonton International Film Festival Sept 24-Oct 3
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Fall takwâkin ᑕᑳᐧᑭᐣ
Edmonton Comedy Festival Sept 25-28
Edmonton International Film Festival Sept 25-Oct 4
Alberta Culture Days @ The Citadel Theatre Sept 26–28
Chinatowns United: An International Conference Sept 26-30
Culture Days @ Royal Alberta Museum Sept 27-28
Culture Days on the Square @ Churchill Square Sep 27-28
Play the Fool Sept 26-28
Pumpkins After Dark Sept 26-Oct 31
Deadmonton Sep 26-Nov 8
Orange Shirt Day Walk/Run Sept 28
National Truth and Reconciliation Day at Metis Crossing Sept 30
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at RAM Sept 30
National Day of Truth & Reconciliation at Fort Edmonton Sept 30
Spilling the Beans on Edmonton's Urban Birds Oct 1 @ Edmonton Valley Zoo
Canadian Pro Rodeo Oct 1-4
Festival of Edmonton Seniors Theatre Oct 3-4
National Indigenous Cultural Expo Oct 3-4
Sisters in Spirit Oct 4
Harvest Festival in Windermere Oct 4
Public Colloquium in Honour of George Hunter at UAlberta Oct 7
Canadian Finals Rodeo Oct 7-10
Public Art Celebration @ Churchill Square Oct 11
Edmonton Design Week Oct 14-19
LitFest Oct 15-19
NorthwestFEARFest Oct 15-19
Edmonton Underground Film Festival Oct 18
Edmonton Short Film Festival Oct 18-19
Boo at the Zoo! Oct 18-19; 25-26
Colour Me Comedy Festival Oct 23-25
Picklefest Oct 17
Drag Me to the Archives Oct 28
Farmfair International Nov 5-8
Yikes Film Festival Nov 6-8
International Inuit Day in Stony Plain Nov 7
Indigenous Veterans Day Ceremony Nov 8
Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival Nov 7-8
Metis Week Nov 10-16
Metis Week Events Nov 15-22
Broad View International Film Festival Nov 13-16
Fall Métis Market @ Kingsway Mall Nov 15
River Cree Holiday Market Nov 20-22
Downtown Winterval Nov 22
Christmas Holiday Market at Metis Crossing Nov 20-22
YEG Xmas Market at Fort Edmonton Nov 29-Dec 21
Snowflake Festival at St Alberta Kinsmen Nov 28
Zoominescence Festival of Light Nov 28 - Jan 4
OddBird Art & Craft Fair Nov 28 - Dec 7
Leduc Santa Claus Parade, Nov 29
Luminaria December weekends
Butterdome Craft Sale Dec 4 - 7
Celebrate the season at ABLeg Dec 5 - 20
Unleash the Magic of Glow at Edmonton Expo Centre Dec 4 - 31
Luminaria UAlberta Botanical Gardens weekends from Dec 14
Full Moon Birkie, Cooking Lake, Dec 14
New Year's Eve at Edmonton City Hall, WEM, St. Albert, Stony Plain Family Fest, Metis Crossing, Rapid Fire Exchange, Varscona Theatre or Yardbird on Dec 31
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Community concerts include Live at Lunch and Green Shack Shows.
A plethora of farmers' markets provide locally made goods, food and drinks.
These are organized by thousands of citizens who bring people from all over together.
When Make Something Edmonton and Edmonton Made asked people to contribute ideas
we re-imagined our city, and formed as a local startup based in Edmonton to share our creations.
We also run DiscoveryLab events for entrepreneurs to pitch plans for free to improve our world.
Acknowledgements
This independent, grass-roots, citizen-driven project was formed in response to a
request by the Mayor and City Council to develop an authentic and resonant place brand.
We have grown into an open community co-creating imagery to reflect the dynamic identity of this place.
We respectfully acknowledge the traditional land where Edmonton is located,
which is known as amiskwacîwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ.
This is the Territory of the Treaty 6 First Nations
and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4.
This river valley has long been a gathering place for
Cree, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, Tsuut’ina, Dene, Saulteaux, Anishinaabe, Inuit and Métis peoples.
We thank the many communities whose ancestors called this valley home for millennia.
Their histories, languages and cultures continue to enliven this place
as shown at Voices in the Land and in stories from families of residential school survivors.