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What to Do in Edmonton WHAT TO DO IN EDMONTON A comprehensive list of museums and historical sites, galleries, theatres/film, music, comedy clubs, shopping, festivals and additional attractions that Edmonton and surrounding areas have to offer. Updated July 2013. MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL SITES________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Alberta Aviation Museum ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Alberta Railway Museum ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 City of Edmonton Archives __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Father Lacombe Chapel ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Fort Edmonton Park _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Reynold’s Alberta Museum __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Provincial Archives of Alberta _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Royal Alberta Museum _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site _________________________________________________________________________ 7 Telephone Historical Museum and Science Centre ________________________________________________________________ 7 The High Level Bridge Street Car ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village _________________________________________________________________________________ 8 GALLERIES ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Alberta Craft Council _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Art Gallery of Alberta _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 THEATRES AND FILM _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Princess Theatres _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Garneau Theatre ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Mayfield Dinner Theatre _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 The Citadel Theatre ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Workshop West Theatre _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Jubilations Dinner Theatre __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 MUSIC __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Cosmopolitan Music Society _________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Edmonton Opera _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium _______________________________________________________________________________ 9 Francis Winspear Centre for Music ________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Yardbird Suite _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 The Ivory Club and Ebony Lounge _________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Blues on Whyte ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Blue Chair Cafe ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 2 2013 COMEDY CLUBS _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 The Comic Strip ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 SHOPPING The Laugh Shop _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Whyte Avenue ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 West Edmonton Mall ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Outlet Malls ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Other Major Shopping Malls ________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 OTHER ATTRACTIONS _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 The Edmonton Valley Zoo __________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 The Edmonton Queen Riverboat ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12 The Telus World of Science _________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 The Muttart Conservatory ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 FESTIVALS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 River City Shakespeare Festival ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Feats- Festival of Dance _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Edmonton International Street Performers Festival ______________________________________________________________ 13 Fork Fest ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Capital Ex _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 A Taste of Edmonton_________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Visualeyez…a Festival of Performance Art _________________________________________________________________________ 13 Edmonton and Athabasca District Historic Festival _______________________________________________________________ 14 Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival _________________________________________________________________ 14 Edmonton Heritage Festival ________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 Edmonton Folk Fest _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 Cariwest- Carribbean Arts Festival ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 International Fringe Festival _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14 Stony Plain Cowboy Poetry and Country Music Festival __________________________________________________________ 15 Dragon Boat Festival ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 The Labatt Blues Festival ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Ukrainian Music Fest ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Symphony Under the Sky ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Storytelling Festival _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Harvest of the Past and Taste of Heritage Food Fest ______________________________________________________________ 16 Edmonton Poetry Festival ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 Global Visions Film Festival ________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 3 2013 International Film Festival __________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 International Lit Festival ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 17 Farmfair International ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 17 Canadian Finals Rodeo ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 17 Festival of Ideas ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17 Festival of Trees _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18 Improvaganza _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18 Edmonton International Jazz Festival ______________________________________________________________________________ 18 The Works Art and Design Festival _________________________________________________________________________________
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