Asian Heritage - Edmonton

Journey of the Horse Exhibit
2024-11-03 11:00 - 2026-12-31 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Mah Society of Edmonton, 9643 101A Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 0C8, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 0C8, Canada
A PERMANENT EXHIBIT at THE MAH SOCIETY OF EDMONTON
Journey of the Horse is committed to preserving the rich cultural heritage of Edmonton’s Chinese history. Our exhibit is a permanent installation on two levels in the Mah Society of Edmonton building.
This two-part exhibit starts with a journey through the Mah Society of Edmonton’s rich, 100+ year history. Visitors are encouraged to continue to level two, to follow the journey of Chinese settlers in Alberta. Also housed on level two are our cultural practices archive and genealogy library.
Come see our collection of fascinating objects and stories that illustrate the challenges and triumphs of Edmonton’s Chinese community. We invite you to immerse yourself in this historic experience and learn more about Edmonton’s Chinese past.
Open only on selected Saturdays and Sundays.
Please register for your complimentary entrance tickets. The exhibit is open from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. We recommend you allow 1+ hour to view all the displays.
Tickets are free but you must reserve
https://journeyofthehorseyeg.wixsite.com/home/visit-us

Chinatown Gate Design Public Information Session
2025-11-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Stanley A. Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, T5J 2V4
With the final design of the new gate now complete, the Project Team will be hosting public information session to share details and renderings of the new gate.

This session will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from 6-8pm.

The session will be held at the TD Explorer Room on the second floor of the Stanley A. Milner Library in downtown Edmonton. There will not be a formal presentation, so people can come and go at any time. Project staff will be available to answer questions and share information about the design. A small 3D model of the new gate will also be available to view.

Christmas is Coming to Chinatown
2025-12-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Chinatown Transformation Collaborative, 10601 97 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2L5
Join us at the CTC Storytelling Centre at The Hull Block for a festive, family-friendly day of giving, cocoa, and Santa smiles.
Our Annual Brown Bag Giveaway brings neighbours and volunteers together to pack and deliver holiday bags across the community — then Santa arrives for photos and holiday fun.
🕙 Event Schedule
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 🎁 Annual Brown Bag Day
Help pack and deliver 1,700 holiday brown bags to spread cheer through Chinatown.

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM 🎅 Photos with Santa & Holiday Fun
Grab a photo with Santa, enjoy hot chocolate, simple crafts for kids, and festive music.

Chinatown Dining Week
2026-01-29 12:00 - 2026-02-08 17:00 | Chinatown, 97 Street and 105 Avenue, Edmonton
Chinatown Dining Week 2026 is back from January 29 – February 8, 2026.
Try something new and find out what makes YEG Chinatown special.
🍜 Special $10 & $20 menus
🥟 Participating local restaurants
📍 Dine-in & takeout
Mark your calendars & get ready for a taste-bud adventure!

Shanghai Night
2026-01-31 18:00 - 23:00 | Emperor’s Palace Restaurant, 10638 100 Street, Edmonton, T5H 0N7
Saturday, January 31, 2026
6:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
Emperor’s Palace Chinese Cuisine (map)

上海之夜 (Shanghai Night)
Saturday, January 31, 2026 | 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Saturday, January 31, 2026
6:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
Emperor’s Palace Chinese Cuisine (map)

上海之夜 (Shanghai Night)
Saturday, January 31, 2026
6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Emperor’s Palace -10638 100 St NW, Edmonton, AB, T5H 0N7
Theme: Old Shanghai Nightclub (1930s)
Step into the glamor of old Shanghai and it’s timeless elegance.
Dress Code: Retro 1930s glamour.
1930s Vintage evening wear (suspenders, bow ties, fedoras) Vintage dresses, Qipao / Cheongsam
Dress up. Step back in time. Let the night swing.
Theme | Old Shanghai Nightclubs (1930s)
Retro, Luxury, Elegance in One Night
Clothing | 1930s Retro Style: Chinese Long Gown / Cheongsam / Men’s Suit

Purchase tickets online at ctcyeg.ca

Lunar New Year Extravaganza 2026 - West Edmonton Mall
2026-02-07 10:00 - 2026-02-08 18:00 | West Edmonton Mall Ice Palace, 8882 170 Street NW, Edmonton, T5T 4J2
Our annual Lunar New Year Extravaganza will be held on February 7 & 8, 2026
Event Date & Time:
February 7, 2026 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
February 8, 2026 (Sunday), 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
📍Event Location:
Ice Palace at West Edmonton Mall – 170th Street and 87thAvenue, Edmonton
Contact us for details：780-424-8124

Togather Chinatown Arts Festival
2026-02-07 11:00 - 2026-02-08 17:00 | Pacific Rim Mall, 9700 - 105 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5H 4J1
The Togather Chinatown Arts Festival is a multicultural, family-friendly, art, food, and community festival that takes place over Lunar New Year on February 7 & 8, 2026 at Pacific Mall!
The name “Togather” is inspired by the Chinese slogan 不见不散, meaning “Don’t leave until we meet”.
We aim to create a space where diverse groups can come together in Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year through a shared love of art, food, and community. The festival features a community market made up of local artists, community organizations, and micro-businesses who are making a splash in the local arts scene. We encourage community members to creatively share their background and histories, and to celebrate Edmonton’s vibrant and diverse arts and culture scene.

Lunar New Year of the Horse at Londonderry Mall
2026-02-08 12:00 - 17:00 | Londonderry Mall, 137 Avenue & 66 Street, T5C 3C8
Celebrate the Year of the Horse with us at Londonderry Mall!
Join us on Sunday, February 8, for a vibrant Lunar New Year celebration brought to you by the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association.
Enjoy lively lion dances, captivating martial arts demos, arts and crafts, a wishing tree, music, drumming and so much more!
📍 East Court🕛 12 PM – 5 PM

Lunar New Year at Kingsway Mall
2026-02-14 11:00 - 17:00 | Kingsway Mall, 109 Street & Kingsway, Edmonton, Alberta, T5G 3A6, Canada
The Chinese Graduates Association of Alberta (CGAA) invites you to the 2026 Lunar New Year of the Horse Celebration on Saturday, February 14, 2026.
The celebration will feature many Chinese Community Organizations showcasing their cultural displays, interactive activities, and performances. Performances include lion dances, dragon dance, drumming, martial arts demo, cultural dance, instrumental music and singing. This family-friendly event will also include hands-on activities like cultural displays, puppet show, cultural games, craft making, Karaoke and Chinese tea tasting. Gain first hand experience of Chinese painting and calligraphy through demo.
Join us for an exciting and fun celebration open to everyone!
Event: Lunar New Year of the Horse
Location: Kingsway Mall, 109 St. – Kingsway Ave., Edmonton
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2026
Time: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
For interview and details, contact: Rena Liu, renalliu4@gmail.com 780-655-9075

Activities

Fortune Sticks
Mahjong
Wishing Tree
Calligraphy
Painting
Crafts
Photo and Selfie Booth
Arrow Throwing Games
Chinese Board Games
And more!

Lunar New Year Celebration with Royal Alberta Museum & Chinatown
2026-02-22 10:30 - 15:30 | Chinatown, 97 Street and 105 Avenue, Edmonton
Lion Dance and Firecrackers begin at 10:30 am in front of Lucky 97 Supermarket.
Museum Festivities begin at 12 noon to 3:30 pm at the Royal Alberta Museum
Step into the Year of the Horse filled with happiness, prosperity and love.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Follow @yeg_chinatown for more details!

Persianate Majles - Music and Poetry of China
2026-02-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Rasht Cafe, 10321 - 124 Streer NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1R1
Presented by Saba Centre for Culture and Arts
We are delighted to present the second series of Persianate Majles for Edmonton, generously sponsored by the Edmonton Arts Council. Building on the success of our previous programs, this new series continues the tradition of Majles as an intimate gathering of music, poetry, and dialogue, bringing together Persian, Canadian, and world artistic traditions in a shared space of deep listening and intercultural exchange. Taking place biweekly from February to August, the series invites musicians and poets from diverse backgrounds to join us in performing their art, engaging audiences, and contributing to a growing community shaped by attentiveness, dialogue, and mutual respect.

A Chinese Love Story
2026-03-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Concordia University of Edmonton, 7218 Ada Blvd, Edmonton, T5B 4E4
Don’t miss a rare opportunity to listen to a Chinese classic live in Edmonton: The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

Symphonic program uniting Western and Eastern ensembles in a staple of the Chinese repertoire: Gang Chen and Zhanhao He’s Butterfly Lovers Violin concerto. The program will recount the tale of the Chinese lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and their Western counterparts, the Shakespearean characters Romeo and Juliet, as depicted by Tchaikovsky, and Maria and Tony by Bernstein, in a fascinating storytelling of love and tragedy portrayed in music.The concerto will be interpreted by violinist Raymond Leung. CSO is proud to share the stage with special guests, the Edmonton Chinese Philharmonica Orchestra and conductor Jason Wong.Pre-concert chat at 2:15 p.m. with Professor Christopher LupkeChristopher Lupke is Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta.Secure your tickets today!DATE: Sunday, March 08TIME: 3:00 p.m.VENUE: Tegler Centre, Concordia University of Edmonton

17th Annual ECBEA Awards - Asian Heritage Month
2026-05-03 13:00 - 16:30 | City Hall, 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Congratulations to all our scholarship winners for the 2024-2025 school year!
Join in the celebration of scholarship winners from Edmonton’s renown Chinese (Mandarin) Bilingual Program offered in 15 Edmonton Public Schools.

Piano Gala Featuring Angela Cheng - Asian Heritage Month
2026-05-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Winspear Centre, 4 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Corner of 99th Street and 102 Avenue, Edmonton
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity to hear Canadian treasure, pianist Angela Cheng. Celebrated worldwide for her dazzling technique and profound artistry, she returns home to perform a gala concert with the ERS.
This is your chance to experience the thrill of sitting on the Winspear stage, just steps away from one of the world’s most distinguished pianists, in a performance that promises both intimacy and brilliance.
This concert will include an intermission.

22nd Mah Society National Convention
2026-05-15 13:00 - 2026-05-17 17:00 | Mah Society of Edmonton, 9643 101A Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 0C8, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 0C8, Canada
Mah Clan National Convention – May 15 – 17, 2026. Main banquet held on Saturday May 16 at Chateau Lacombe (10111Bellamy Hill Rd)

The national convention is an opportunity for Board business to be conducted, and back in the early half of the 1900s, was the only time chapters had a chance to converse face-to-face with each other.

Today, the convention still serves the same purpose. New Boards are elected, official reports are given, but most importantly, meals are shared, traditions are kept, and bonds are re-establishe

This year’s Convention Banquet/Edmonton Spring Banquet is on May 16, 2026 at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel.

Info: www.mahsocietyedmonton.com/

Van Loc Bloc Party
2026-06-06 10:00 - 2026-06-07 18:00 | Van Loc Vietnamers Submarine, 10648 98 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2N7
Join us throughout the weekend of June 6-7th for live music, local artists, food and vendors, live DJs, lion dance performances, martial arts, dance, …
Two years of turning 98 Street into our backyard of fun. Two years of proving free block parties can revitalize neighborhoods. Two years of YOU showing up.
This year? We’re going BIGGER. More music. More makers. More magic.
📍 Chinatown
📅 June 6–7, 2026
🎟️ FREE family-friendly

Canada Day Celebration Together With You
2026-07-01 13:00 - 17:30 | Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre, 9540 - 102 Avenue NW, Edmonton, T5H 0E3

Author Signing - The Little Voice That Could
2026-07-12 11:00 - 17:00 | Boundary Market, 9013 - 88 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6C 1M1
By Edmonton author, Nancy Ng, this children’s book about finding your voice is filled with colourful illustrations, guiding your child with an exciting story and dialogues with animal characters.
If you want to teach your children about courage, speaking up, and standing up for themselves, this cute picture book is the right choice for you. It will clearly show your little ones how joyful it is when they have found their voice, after a difficult situation.
Suitable for toddlers, preschoolers, and primary school students, and is an excellent part of a toolkit for parents, teachers, and school counsellors.
Get your autographed copy at The Boundary Market (corner lot 91 Street & 88 Avenue)

Animethon
2026-08-07 10:00 - 2026-08-09 17:00 | Edmonton Convention Centre, 9797 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 1N9
Animethon is Canada’s longest running anime convention. We are a volunteer-run event that uplifts and showcases Asian popular arts and related local communities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We strive to bring people together to celebrate community, creativity, and culture.

Animethon Music Fes

Animethon’s Music Fes is a one of a kind Japanese music festival during each night of Animethon weekend. Incredible music talents including the likes of ClariS, DEMONDICE, and Myth & Roid perform their greatest hits for Animethon attendees!

AMV Programming

Animethon has some of the most packed AMV programming of any convention in the world. We have nonstop AMV programming in a dedicated room all weekend long. Alongside a massive contest, previously hosted by none other than the legendary Vlad.

Charity Auction

Every year we host an auction with our partner charity, Edmonton Extra Life in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation. This is your shot to not only get interesting and limited items donated by our guests and vendors, but to help out with a good cause!

Fan Panels

Animethon is by the fans, for the fans.
The entire weekend is packed with fan hosted panels. From informational panels helping you spot bootlegs, to action packed Mad Libs style battle arc builders. There will surely be tons of content you’ll enjoy!

Kejia Fest
2026-09-04 17:00 - 2026-09-06 16:00 | Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, 9999 Grierson Hill Road NW, Edmonton
Kejia Festival is Edmonton’s loudest love-letter to food—an outdoor, three-day snack-street celebration where you can eat your way through comfort bites from around the world, one tent at a time. Think sizzling woks, sweet skewers, crispy-fried treats, icy drinks, and that “I’ll just try one more thing” energy that turns into a full-on tasting tour. But it’s not just about the bites (though… yeah, it kinda is). Between mouthfuls, you’ll catch music, art, and performances that reflect Edmonton’s multicultural heartbeat—plus welcoming, inclusive spaces where everyone can join in, learn something new, and celebrate together. This isn’t a sit-down dinner. It’s a roaming, share-with-your-friends, camera-first food adventure—built for families, students, foodies, and anyone who treats street snacks like a sport. Come curious, bring a crew, and expect the best kind of problem: too many amazing options and not enough hands to hold them all.

AsiaFest YEG
2026-09-25 14:00 - 2026-09-27 23:00 | Currents of Windermere, Anthony Henday and Terwillegar Drive, Edmonton, Alberta
AsiaFest 2025 was an absolute blast! We welcomed over 40 incredible performance groups and more than 100 vendors, all bringing amazing energy, culture, and flavor to an unforgettable weekend.And we’re excited to announce—AsiaFest 2026 is coming back! 🎉 Mark your calendars for September 25–27, Friday to Sunday, as we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, now with extended hours from 2 PM to 11 PM each day. We can’t wait to see you this fall at Currents of Windermere!

Chinatowns United: An International Conference
2026-09-26 09:00 - 2026-09-30 17:00 | Chinatown, 97 to 101 Street / 105 to 107 Avenue, Edmonton
Date: September 26, 2026
– September 30, 2026
Location: Various locations in Edmonton
An international conference focused on the resilience and revitalization of Chinatowns worldwide. The event features field trips through the local neighborhood, keynote speakers from across the globe, and a curated art exhibit.
