Edmonton River
The Face of Edmonton is being co-created this year to reflect the
ancestry, diversity and aspirations of our valley and Canadian Heritage River.
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The largest urban park in North America hosts hundreds of festivals and outdoor activities,
and has been a homeland for Indigenous peoples for about ten millennia.
To recognize this place we silk screen designs onto 100% cotten garments in Edmonton
and offer them at the Makers Keep, Junque Cellar and Edmonton Arts Council Shop.
We also display artwork submitted by local artists that reflect the river valley's essence.
amiskwacîwâskahikan by High Vibration at AGA & EAC (2023)
e-Canada at TIX, Junque Cellar & The Makers Keep (2022)
Play Tic-Tac-Toe using the great sites in Edmonton
Connect Edmonton's letters in any direction to form words
Edmontonian "e" recognizes what first brought people here
The Go North compass points YEG out as a cool northern city
Made in Edmonton recognizes the creativity in this city
City of Champions as seen in the spirit of Edmontonians
Most Edmontonians tend to think outside the box.
Map of Edmonton with green parks and blue water.
Edmonton Festivals
Over a hundred festivals are held here in the winter, spring, summer and fall.
We're planning an Art Walk along the river valley and invite your input.
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Winter pipon ᐱᐳᐣ
Winter City Weekends - ice grooves and Swing ' Skate Jan 5-Feb29
Art Battle Edmonton Jan 12
Orpheus in the Underworld Jan 12-13
Cronos in the Hall Jan 14
Chinatown Dining Week Jan 18-28
Chiselled Ice Carving Competition Jan 18-20
Ice on Whyte Jan 18- Feb 28
Deep Freeze Byzantine Winter Festival Jan 20-21
Winterruption YEG Jan 24-28
Full Moon Birkie Jan 27
Black History Month Jan 27-Feb 24
Flying Canoë Volant Jan 31-Feb 3
Feel the Soul YEG Feb 2-11
International Festival of Winter Cinema Feb 9-18
Canadian Birkie Ski Festival Feb 9-24
Silver Skate Festival Feb 9-19
UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships Feb 16-19
Winter Cycling Congress Feb 22-24
Winefest Feb 23-24
Coldest Night of the Year Feb 24
SkirtsAFire Festival Feb 29 - Mar 10
GOBfest Mar 15-17
Downtown Dining Week Mar 20-31
Edmonton's International Beerfest Mar 21-23
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Spring miyoskamin ᒥᔪᐢᑲᒥᐣ
Holi Neon Party Mar 23
Edmonton Create-A-Thon Mar 23-24
Springboards: A New Play Festival Mar 25-31
Downtown Defrost Mar 29-30
Spring Festival Gala Mar 30
Collip Centenary Seminar April 8
Métis 2SLGBTQIA+ Gathering Apr 11
Ukrainian Film Festival in Edmonton Apr 12-14
Enoch Cree Nation Traditional Powwow Apr 13-14
Comic and Zine Fair Apr 13-14
Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival Apr 15 - May 1
Paddling Festival World Tour Apr 16
DiscoveryLab on April 17
Dreamspeakers Festival Society Apr 26-28
Alberta Spirits & Cocktail Festival Apr 27
Konings Day (Kings Day) Apr 27
Jane's Walk May 3-7
National Red Dress Day May 5
Northwestfest May 9-12
Reggae Roots Festival May 11
Rainbow Visions May 16-19
Edmonton Jewish Film Festival May 21-30
UFest Ukranian Festival May 24-25
NUOVA Opera & Music Theatre May 24-Jun 23
Tasty Truck Festival May 25-26
Vegan Summer Edmonton Market May 25
UBUNTU Festival May 27-28
International Children’s Festival of the Arts May 30-June 2
NextFest May 30 - June 9
Edmonton Drag Festival May 31 - June 2
Do North Events Kids of Steel June 15
Up on the Square June 18
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Summer nîpin ᓃᐱᐣ
Alberta Circus Arts Festival June 20 -23
Indigenous Peoples Day at Metis Crossing June 21
Beaumont Blues & Roots June 21-22
National Indigenous Peoples Day at TWOSE on June 21
International Jazz Festival June 25-30
Canada Day Fireworks July 1
Canada Day Celebration July 1
International Street Performers Festival July 5-14
Edmonton Jerk Festival July 6
Africanival July 8-9
Whyte Avenue Art Walk July 12-14
RavenWood Music Festival July 12-13
Great Outdoors Comedy Festival Jul 12-14
Great Outdoors Comedy Festival July 12-14
Thousand Faces Festival July 12-14
Improvaganza July
The Magpie Collection: A Dance Festival July 15-19
Myth Country Fair July
Taste of Edmonton July 18-28
K-Days July 19-28
Ghana Fest Alberta July 20
Edmonton Reggae Festival July 20
Edmonton Carnaval July 20-21
Pigeon Lake Music Festival Aug 2
Blueberry Bluegrass Aug 2-4
Rock'n August Aug 6-10
Edmonton Heritage Festival Aug
Edmonton Folk Music Festival Aug 8-11
Fragapalooza Aug 8-11
Animethon Aug 9-11
Sourdough Raft Race Aug 11
Cariwest Aug 11-13
Alberta International Airshow Aug 17-18
L'Étape Canada by Tour de France Aug
International Fringe Theatre Aug 15-25
Opera al Fresco Aug
Blues Festival Aug 16-18
Edmonton PrideFest Aug 17-24
Edmonton Marathon Aug 18
Edmonton Mountain Bike Festival Aug 25
Pride Cup Aug 27
Alberta Day Sept 1
Cocktails and Jerk Festival Sept
Edmonton Wildlife Festival Sept
Edmonton Mural Festival Aug 15-Sept 15
Purple City Fest Sep 6-8
Strathearn Art Walk Sept 7-8
Gotta Minute Film Festival Sept
Kaleidofest Family Arts Sept 13-15
Edmonton EXPO Comics & Entertainment Sept 20-22
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Fall takwâkin ᑕᑳᐧᑭᐣ
Play the Fool Sept 21-23
Edmonton International Film Festival Sept 26-Oct 5
Pumpkins After Dark Sept 22-Oct 31
Edmonton Pro Rodeo Sept 29-30
Deadmonton Sep 29-Nov 4
3rd Orange Shirt Day Walk/Run Sept 30
Sisters in Spirit Oct 4
Edmonton Design Week Oct 10-15
LitFest Oct
Comedy Festival Oct 13-16
Mosquers Film Festival Oct 13-14
STARfest Sept 24-Nov 1
Edmonton Short Film Festival Oct 13-15
National Gathering of Elders Oct 30-Nov 2
Rocky Mountain Wind and Food Festival Nov 3-4
Farmfair International Nov 8-11
Metis Week Nov 12-18
Luminaria Nov 23 - Dec 31
Edmonton Christmas Market Nov 30-Dec 18
Downtown Winterval Dec 1 - 2
Zoominescence Festival of Light Dec 2 - Jan 1
Indigenous Artist Market Dec 16-23
New Year's Eve 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.
Make Something Edmonton and Edmonton Made asked people to contribute ideas and activities.
We re-imagined our city, and formed as a local startup based in Edmonton to share our ideas.
We also run DiscoveryLab events for entrepreneurs to pitch plans for free.
Edmonton Activities
There's lots to experience up here including in the winter.
Head down the river valley from the SW corner to downtown to see
Terwillegar Park sculptures and footbridge
Talus Dome at the Quesnell Bridge/Whitemud Drive
Indigenous Peoples Experience at Fort Edmonton Park
Black Artifex and Keillor Stone House by Whitemud Equine Learning Centre
The End of the World at Keillor Point overlooking the North Saskatchewan River
Parks including one named after the controversial Emily Murphy
Rossdale Traditional Burial Grounds Memorial and Indigenous Art Park by the Walterdale Bridge
110 Street Funicular to head downtown by the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
Citadel Theatre, Winspear Centre, Library, City Centre & City Hall around Churchill Square
Rogers Place, home of the Oilers and Alex Janvier mosaic
Tawatinâ Bridge with art by David Garneau's team
plus there are hundreds of playgrounds.
Our attractions include:
ACUA Gallery & Artisan Boutique
Arts and Heritage in St. Albert
Art Society of Strathcona County Loft Gallery
Commonwealth Stadium, home of the Elks
Edmonton Convention Centre and Medicine Wheel Garden
Edmonton Expo Centre and Art Pavilion
Gallery@501 in Sherwood Park
Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum
Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre
Painted Door on Main in Beaumount
Provincial Archives of Alberta
RE/MAX Field, stadium of the Riverhawks baseball team
Royal Alberta Museum and Manitou Asinîy Gallery
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
University of Alberta Botanic Garden
Enjoy the wildlife along the 160 km of trails as listed by the City, RVA, alltrails and trailforks.
Edmonton River Designs
We release images that captured a dimension of Edmonton's multifaceted identity.
You are invited to submit a design and poem, subscribe below for news and vote for your favorite design.
The images we create are available to be used freely via a Creative Commons License.
About us
We're a family of researchers, teachers and students that moved to Edmonton in 2015.
We've also lived in Toronto, Manhattan, Denver and Birmingham, England.
We love the river valley, where you'll find us hiking, biking, skating, skiing or canoeing most days.
We've put what we like about this city into our designs.
The "e" traces the North Saskatchewan River and the Anthony Henday highway that surrounds our city.
When superimposed on our city it represents the world's largest "e".
The "e" design doubles as a map that can include coloured dots to guide people to where places are.
This is intended to help residents, immigrants and visitors find Edmonton's attractions and festivals.
Our images are custom designed and screen printed by hand in Edmonton onto soft breathable 100% cotton T-shirts.
Wear one and tell your story, we welcome you to contact us.
Edmonton River respectfully acknowledges 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 diverse peoples whose ancestors called this valley home for millennia.
Their histories, languages and cultures continue to enliven our communities
as shown at EPL, Arts and Heritage and in stories.
We were featured by Make Something Edmonton and Edmonton Made
after responding to the call to "make something beautiful,... something new, make something big, make something global"
We've been working on this collaborative project for a decade from our home in pihêsiwin ᐱᐦᐁᓯᐏᐣ.
We actively support Orange Shirt Day, Cure Cancer and DiscoveryLab.
Contact us if you'd like to meet up to explore possibilities including on the journey to reconciliation.
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