Your Guide to Winter 2014/2015 Festivals & Events in Edmonton

Here’s my listing of winter festivals & events for 2014/2015, powered by ShareEdmonton. Below you’ll find dozens of events with a website, dates, and links to social media for each. You’ll also find a link to the event at ShareEdmonton and a link to an iCal for the event. I hope you find this listing as useful as I do.

Festivals & Events

For my summer festival & event listing, I included events from June through August. For winter, I’m generally looking at December through March. Here’s the listing:

Event	Dates	Links
Christmas on the Square Holiday Light Up	November 15
All is Bright on 124 Street	November 22
Festival of Trees	November 27-30
A Christmas Story, The Musical	Nov 27 – Dec 7
Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair	Nov 28-30 & Dec 5-7
Snow Valley’s Winterfest	November 28-30
It’s a Wonderful Whyte	Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, 20
A Christmas Carol	Nov 29 – Dec 23
Butterdome Craft Sale	December 4-7
The Legislature Light-up	December 4
Celebrate the Season	December 5-23
Festival of Light	December 5-14
Luminaria	December 6-7
Frostival in McCauley	December 6-28
Candy Cane Lane	Dec 12 – Jan 4
Southeast Winter Fun Festival	December 13
Christmas Reflections	Dec 13 – Jan 3
Edmonton Singing Christmas Tree	December 18-21
New Year’s Eve Downtown	December 31
Deep Freeze: Byzantine Winter Festival	January 10-11
Edmonton Whiskey Festival	January 14
World Snow Day	January 18
Ice on Whyte	Jan 23 – Feb 1
Winter Cities Shake-Up 2015	January 27-30
illumiNITE	January 29-31
Green & Glow Winterfest	January 29-31
Winter Walk Day	February 4
The Flying Canoe Adventure	February 6-7
Edmonton Resilience Festival	February 7-8
Winefest Edmonton	February 13-14
Silver Skate Festival	February 13-22
winterfête: Family Day at the Alberta Legislature	February 16
Expanse Festival	March 12-15
Farewell to Winter Patio Party	March 13-15
Red Bull Crashed Ice	March 14
Northern Lights Music Festival	March 2015
Downtown Dining Week	March 20-29
Western Canada Fashion Week	March 26 – April 4

You can check out a calendar view of festivals here or you can download the iCal feed for your own apps.

Winter in Edmonton

Edmonton is a winter city, and we’re working hard to reclaim the joy of winter and embrace the season! You can learn all about the WinterCity strategy and associated events and ideas here. Stay tuned for a new Winter Signature Drink contest and the For the Love of Winter Fashion Design Competition.

There are some great outdoor events taking place this season if you’re looking to take advantage of the hills and rinks around the city, such as Sip & Slide Sundays, Swing ‘n Skate Sundays, and Servus Free Ski Fridays. You can check out a full listing of winter events here or you can download the iCal feed for your own apps. If you’d rather download a PDF, the WinterCity folks have put together this handy winter excitement guide.

There are of course many more events listed in the ShareEdmonton calendar, so check it out! Have I missed something that should be included? Let me know in the comments and I’ll add it.

Happy winter!