Asian Heritage – Edmonton

The 39th Heritage Festival 2014 is the premier three-day showcase of Canada’s vibrant multicultural heritage, featuring 60 pavilions representing over eighty-five cultures. Delicious cultural food, wonderful creative performances, lots of crafts, artwork, clothing, and plenty of opportunities to learn about various vibrant cultural communities in Edmonton.   Site Map http://www.heritage-festival.com/media/uploads/2014_Mapfinal.jpg  

The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 runs from 5 to 24 August in Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton. The 32-match schedule features 16 national teams, with the recent Official Draw divided the nations into four groups for the opening phase. Each host city features one quarter-final match, while Moncton and Montreal host the … Continue reading FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup China vs Brazil →

August 8-10, 2014 at MacEwan University City Centre Campus. Animethon is a Japanese Animation (“anime”) themed festival held annually in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We have expanded our focus beyond screening anime and now also include voice actor guests from North America, musical acts from North America and Japan, improvisation groups, as well … Continue reading Animethon 21 →

The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 runs from 5 to 24 August in Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton. The 32-match schedule features 16 national teams, with the recent Official Draw divided the nations into four groups for the opening phase. Each host city features one quarter-final match, while Moncton and Montreal host the … Continue reading FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Germany vs China →

The Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival Association (EDBFA) hosts a dragon boat festival each year on the third week in August – rain or shine. Please join us for the traditional Blessing of the Boats on Wednesday evening at Louise McKinney Park from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Friday evening begins with the Novice Cup races where novice teams experience their first dragon boat race with the sound of ‘starter has the race’ followed by an air horn. This friendly competition starts the race component of the festival 7:30 pm and sets the weekend spirit while providing great entertainment to all observers. This … Continue reading Dragon Boat Festival →

Get the dragon spirit fired up! Early Saturday morning the recreational semi-competitive races commence. The race schedule is randomly drawn with teams racing three lanes across the river for 500 meters. Each team is scheduled for two races, morning and afternoon. The combined race times are collected for every team entered, compiled to seed the … Continue reading Dragon Boat Festival →

The competitive spirit ‘Rips up the River’ The combined race times from Saturday’s results determine Sunday’s schedule. The mood changes somewhat on Sunday to a more focused “lets’ do this” and the competitive spirit rises. Teams unite with their coaches, steerspersonal and physical trainers to focus on what skill it will take to win the … Continue reading Dragon Boat Festival →

After a successful inaugural event last year, the group of young professionals continue to work to revive Edmonton's Chinatown - reclaim its heritage, embrace its present and imagine its future. The night market as a way to create a lively, energetic gathering that inspires a new vision for the neighbourhood. Food and food trucks, vendors … Continue reading Chinatown 97 Street Night Market →