Your Guide to Summer Festivals & Events in Edmonton: 2016 Edition!

It looks like summer is here to stay, and that means it’s time for my listing of summer festivals & events, 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

Here’s my list of 50+ festivals and events you can look forward to this summer in and around Edmonton!

Event	Dates	Links
NUOVA Opera & Music Theatre Festival	May 21 – July 3
TALES Storytelling Festival	May 26-29
What the Truck?!	May 28/29 & more!
Edmonton International Cat Festival	May 28
Oliver Community Festival	May 28
International Children’s Festival	May 31 – June 4
Bikeology Festival (Bike Month)	June 1-30
NextGen Month	June 1-30
Nextfest	June 2-12
Park After Dark	June 3 – September 2
Edmonton Craft Beer Festival	June 3-4
Edmonton Pride Festival	June 3-12
100In1Day Edmonton	June 4
Edmonton Pride Parade	June 4 @ 11am
Bonnie Fest	June 4
eek! Comic & Pop Culture Fest	June 4-5
Heart of the City Festival	June 4-5
Sprouts New Play Festival for Kids	June 4-5
Edmonton Filipino Fiesta	June 11-12
Improvaganza	June 15-25
Latitude 53 Patio Series	June 16 – August 25
Mercer Summer Super Party	June 17
Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival	June 17-19
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	June 17-19
Highlandia Festival	June 18
Summer Solstice Festival	June 20-28
Freewill Shakespeare Festival	June 21 – July 17
Slide the City	June 23
The Works Art & Design Festival	June 23 – July 5
Found Festival	June 23-26
Edmonton International Jazz Festival	June 24 – July 3
Feats Festival of Dance	June 27 – July 10
Canada Day	July 1
Sand on Whyte	July 1-10
Historic Festival & Doors Open Edmonton	July 3-10
Lawn Summer Nights	July 7-28
Whyte Avenue Art Walk	July 8-10
Edmonton International Street Performers Festival	July 8-17
Seven Music Festival	July 9
Taste of Edmonton	July 21-30
Canadian Food Championships	July 22-24
Interstellar Rodeo	July 22-24
K-Days	July 22-31
K-Days Parade	July 22 @ 10am
Servus Heritage Festival	July 30 – August 1
Rock’n August	August 2-6
Edmonton Folk Music Festival	August 4-7
Animethon	August 5-7
Cariwest	August 5-7
Cariwest Parade	August 6 @ 12pm
Edmonton Airshow	August 6-7
Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival	August 11-21
Edmonton Rock Music Festival	August 12-13
Edmonton Latin Festival	August 13-14
Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival	August 19-21
Edmonton Blues Festival	August 19-21
Symphony Under the Sky	August 26-28
Viva Italia Viva Edmonton	August 28
Tour of Alberta	September 1-5
SONiC BOOM	September 3-4
Kaleido Family Arts Festival	September 9-11
Strathearn Art Walk	September 10
Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo	September 23-25
Edmonton Oktoberfest	Sept 30 – Oct 1

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

Markets

This year I have also decided to include a listing of the many markets you can find around Edmonton! Some are open year-round, but many are just open for the summer, usually from late May/early June to late September/early October.

Event	Dates	Links
Beverly Towne Farmers’ Market	Tuesdays, 4-8pm
Miller Crossing Farmers’ Market	Tuesdays, 4-8pm Sundays, 10am-3pm
Callingwood Farmers’ Market	Wednesdays, 2-6pm Sundays, 10am-3pm
Castle Downs Farmers’ Market	Wednesdays, 4-8pm
Sherwood Park Farmers’ Market	Wednesdays, 4-8pm
Southwest Edmonton Farmers’ Market	Wednesdays, 4-7:30pm
124 Street Grand Market	Thursdays, 4-8pm
Millwoods Farmers’ Market	Thursdays, 5-8pm
Salisbury Farmers’ Market	Thursdays, 4-7:30pm
Westmount Farmers’ Market	Thursdays, 10am-4pm
Night Market Edmonton	Fridays, 7-11pm
YEG Market District	Fridays, 4-8pm
City Market Downtown	Saturdays, 9am-3pm
Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market	Saturdays, 8am-3pm
South Common Farmers’ Market	Sat & Sun, 10am-4pm
St. Albert Farmers’ Market	Saturdays, 10am-3pm
Century Park Market	Sundays, 10am-3pm
French Quarter Grand Market	Sundays, 11am-3pm

Alberta Strong

Summer came early this year, but the lack of moisture from a relatively mild winter has meant very dry conditions and we have seen some devastating wildfires around the province already. That is very likely to continue throughout the summer (you can get updates here), so you can be sure that many of the summer festivals will be accepting donations to try to help out. We’ll be accepting donations for the food bank at all What the Truck?! events this year, for instance. Check the festival websites before you attend to see how you can contribute.

Of course, a monetary donation is always a great way to help out! You can donate to the Red Cross here to help those affected by wildfires. Or consider donating directly to Edmonton’s Food Bank or to Edmonton Emergency Relief Services. Also be sure to check out the Province’s tips for donating to charities.

Happy Summer in Edmonton

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 summer!