Edmonton Arts Council

Edmonton is packed with arts events this week fit for family gatherings and your weekly get togethers with friends! 📅

From an interactive, kid-friendly theatrical performance touring city parks all month long to free concerts in grassy gardens and the annual Whyte Avenue Art Walk, there are plenty of ways to support the artists in our city this week.

Find all of the best arts and culture events in Edmonton at https://www.edmontonarts.ca/events ◀️

Supporting the arts community in Edmonton this summer is easy with 20+ FREE events in July, many of them family-friendly! 📅

July 1
• Canada Day at The Works Festival | 11AM - 10PM | Churchill Square
• Voices in the Park: An Edmonton Open Mic Festival Preview | 5 - 7PM | Michael Phair Park
• Canada Day Celebrations with the Chinese Benevolent Association | 1 - 5PM | Edmonton Chinatown Multi-Cultural Centre

July 3 - 12
• Edmonton International Street Performers Festival | Various times | Churchill Square

July 4
• Edmonton Open Mic Festival | 11AM - 4PM | Multiple venues
• School of Stitch Drop-In with Carley Pettitt | 10AM - 2PM | 104 Street Downtown Famers' Market
• 2nd Annual 2 Spirit Pow Wow | 10AM | Exhibition Lands Racetrack
• Chopin in the Park | 1 - 6PM | Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park

July 4 - 11
• Let's Make Granny Squares | 1 - 4PM | Multiple venues

July 4 - 18
• Rhapsody in Colour: 38th Annual Members’ Exhibition + Art Sale | Various times | Harcourt House

July 4 - December 1
• To Know Us | Various times | City Hall

July 5
• 2 Spirit Métis Day | 11AM - 8PM | Exhibition Lands Racetrack

July 6 - August 28
• Green Shack Shows 2026 | Various times | Multiple venues

July 8 - August 22
Wonderpool: Portals to Imagined Worlds | Various times | Gallery@501

July 10
• Opening Reception of Passing Through by Jason Purcell | 7PM | Latitude 53

July 10 - 12
• Whyte Avenue Art Walk | Various times | Whyte Avenue

July 11
• Stitch a Cutie Critter in a Garden with Darcy Hoover | 10AM - 2PM | 104 Street Downtown Farmers' Market

July 11 - 12
• Public Art Walking Tours: ÎNÎW River Lot 11 with Tiffany Shaw | Various times | INIW River Lot 11 Indigenous Art Park

July 13
• Short & Sweet, Why Word-Economy Needs to be in Every Writer's Toolkit | 7 - 8:30PM | Virtual

July 15
• July Swing at Fringe | 6:30 - 8:30PM | Fringe Grounds Cafe

July 16 - 26
• Taste of Edmonton 2026 | Various Times | Churchill Square

July 25
• Ekphrastic Writing Workshop with Jason Purcell | 1 - 3PM | Latitude 53

Find all of the best arts and culture events in the city at https://www.edmontonarts.ca/events