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The abundant daylight on Canada Day always offers plenty of opportunity for summer fun and the Ice District downtown is putting on an outdoor party everyone can join in.

The event is free and starts at 2 p.m. with street performers, face painting, photo booths and games including pickleball, drop-in basketball and street hockey. Snacks and non-alcoholic refreshments will also be provided while adult beverages and food trucks will be on-site for those wanting more.

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But the country-music lineup on the plaza’s mainstage is set to be the highlight. The show kicks off at 5 p.m. with Taylor-Rae, Calgary’s Nice Horse will be playing and Tim Hicks will close out the stage. The party wraps up at 10 p.m. giving patrons enough time to relocate to the river valley where the annual city fireworks are set to go off at 11 p.m.

ART

Thru 6/30: Craig Talbot’s Short Term Memory Loss (Metro)

Thru 7/7: Ernestine Tahedl (Bugera Matheson)

7/6: ArtWalk St. Albert 2023 (Various locations)

7/7-9: Whyte Avenue Art Walk (Old Strathcona)

7/7-15: (RE)ConFIGUREd: 31st Annual Naked Show (Harcourt)

Thru 7/8: Alice Teichert: Pulsar (Peter Robertson)

Thru 7/8: NO FEAR! 35^th Annual Members’ Exhibition + Art Sale (Harcourt)

Thru 7/9: Edward Fu-Chen Juan’s Mending Roots and Yilu Xing’s Today’s Special (SNAP)

Thru 7/10: KIAS 15th Anniversary (FAB)

Thru 7/27: Patrick Higgins’ Life of the Party (Miller)

7/28-9/10: Julian Forrest’s Collapse (Into Now) (Harcourt)

7/28-9/19: Mona Sahi’s What If I Knew? (Harcourt)

8/3: ArtWalk St. Albert 2023 (Various locations)

Thru 8/13: Lana Whiskeyjack’s kisikayastew ᑭᓯᑲᔭᐢᑌᐤ…when the night shines like the day (AGA)

Thru 8/13: William Hogarth: Gone to the Dogs (AGA)

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Thru 9/3: Home & Migration (AGA)

Thru 9/3: Unstructured (Lowlands Yards)

9/7: ArtWalk St. Albert 2023 (Various locations)

Thru 9/10: Dance Party (AGA)

Thru 10/15: From Warhol to Banksy (AGA)

Thru 10/15: Kenzie Housego’s I (Heart) U (AGA)

Thru 11/26: ᐋᐧᐸᑲᐧᓃᐊᐧᐣ Wâpakwanîwin (To bloom, it has many flowers) (AGA)

Thru 12/31: Damian Moppett (AGA)

24/4/29: Uii Savage: Celestial Passage (AGA)

BOOKS

10/3: Bryan Stevenson (Myer Horowitz)

11/19: Christine Sinclair (Edmonton Convention Centre)

COMEDY

6/29-7/2: Michael Palascak (Comic Strip)

7/5-9: Grindstone Comedy Festival w/ Scott Thomson as Buddy Cole (Grindstone)

7/6-8: Abby Roberge (Comic Strip)

7/6-10: Scott Thompson, Che Durena, Sophie Buddle, Garrett Jamieson, others (Grindstone)

7/13: Steve Hofstetter (Union)

7/13-16: Mo Mandel (Comic Strip)

7/14&16: The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival w/ Theo Von and Bill Burr (Kinsmen Park)

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7/20-22: Carlos Mencia (Comic Strip)

7/21: Ola Dada (Grindstone)

7/27-30: Sophie Buddle (Comic Strip)

8/3-6: Craig Conant (Comic Strip)

8/26: Dan Soder (Comic Strip)

9/2: Nurse Blake (Jubilee)

9/13: Dara Ó Briain (Myer Horowitz)

9/15: Zarna Garg (River Cree)

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9/16: Chris D’Elia (Jubilee)

10/21: Leland Klassen, Mike Goodwin, Jonnie W. (Winspear)

11/4: Ken Jeong (River Cree)

11/11: John Crist (Jubilee)

EXHIBITS

8/3-6: Edmonton Indigenous Fashion Week (River Cree)

Thru 9/10: Perpetual Motion; Early Travel and Transport in Central Alberta (Musée Héritage Museum)

Thru 10/9: The Art of the Brick (TWOSE)

FESTIVALS

6/30-7/2: Summer Block Party (Union Hall)

7/2: Jazz in the Park (Victoria Park)

Thru 7/2: Jazz Fest (Various venues)

7/5-9: Grindstone Comedy Festival w/ Scott Thompson, others (Grindstone)

7/6-17: The Works Art & Design Festival

7/6-17: Edmonton International Street Performers Festival 

7/7-8: River Cree Summerfest (River Cree South East Grounds)

7/8: Muttstock (Elmwood Park)

7/7-9: Whyte Avenue Art Walk (Old Strathcona)

7/12-17: C’mon Festival (Various venues)

7/15: Edmonton Jerk Fest (Northmount Community Centre)

7/20-30: Taste of Edmonton (Churchill Square)

7/21-30: K-Days (Edmonton Exhibition Lands)

8/4-6: Disco in the Park (Louise McKinney Park)

8/5-7: Edmonton Heritage Festival (Edmonton Expo Centre)

8/8-9/3: Freewill Shakespeare Festival (Edmonton Expo Centre)

8/10-13: Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Gallagher Park)

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8/11-13: Cariwest (Churchill Square)

8/12: Edmonton Pride Float (Terwillegar Park)

8/17-27: ESO Outdoors (Various Venues)

8/17-27: Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival (Old Strathcona)

8/17-27: ESO Outdoors (Various locations)

8/18: OPM Summer Fest (Union)

8/18-26: Edmonton Pride Festival (Various venues)

8/23-26: Symphony at Snow Valley (Rainbow Valley)

8/25-27: Purple City Music Festival (Various venues)

8/25-27: Edmonton Blues Festival (Re/Max Field)

9/1-3: CEMR MetalFest (Rendezvous Pub)

9/9: Super Friendly Festival (Midway)

9/15-17: Kaleido Family Arts Festival

9/21-23: Play the Fool Theatre Festival

FILM

9/21-10/1: Edmonton International Film Festival (Landmark Cinema 9 and Metro)

10/20: The Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Barry Bostwick, the original Brad Majors (River Cree)

10/29: Dirty Dancing in Concert (Jubilee)

11/8: 299 Queen Street West: The Much Music Experience Tour (Winspear)

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MUSIC

6/29: Blink-182, Turnstile (Rogers)

6/29: Amanda Marshall, Sophia Fracassi (Jubilee)

6/30: Troyboi (Union)

6/30: Nik West, Leon Phal (Starlite)

6/30: Paul Woolford (Chvch of John)

6/30: Backwoods Superfreak (SOHO)

6/30: Laurier Tiernan (Rendezvous)

7/1: Bishops Green, Real Sickies, Sister Suzie (9910)

7/1: Tim Hicks, Nice Horse, Taylor-Rae (Fan Park)

7/1: Arty & Morgan Page (Union)

7/1: Plaguebringer, The Art Of Attrition, Eternal Prophecy (Starlite)

7/2: Chris Lorenzo (Union)

7/4: Fit For An Autopsy, The Acacia Strain, Escuela Grind (Starlite)

7/7: Bret Michaels, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat (River Cree)

7/8: Bill Currington, Gary Allan, Mackenzie Porter (River Cree)

7/8: Between the Buried and Me (Union)

7/8-9: Social Distortion, The Bellrays (Midway)

7/11: Orville Peck (Midway)

7/13: TLC, Shaggy (EEC)

7/19: Volbeat (Rogers)

7/20: Gogol Bordello (Midway)

7/20: Lyle Lovett and his Big Band (Jubilee)

7/20: Shaela Miller, Mercy Funk, AV & the Inner City (Churchill)

7/21: Whitehorse, Moonshine Chaser, ZENON+ (Churchill)

7/22: The Watchmen, Nuela Charles, Legends of Drag, Kuzi Cee (Churchill)

7/23: AHI, Misery Mountain Boys, Payphones (Churchill)

7/24: Sparrow Blue, The Ramifications, STVB, Jess Stokes (Churchill)

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7/25: Wendy McNeill (Kaffa)

7/25: Punch Drunk Cabaret, The Denim Daddies, The Frolics (Churchill)

7/26: Gord Steinke and the Big Stein Band, FKB, AFTERSHOCK (Churchill)

7/27: The Sadies, Uncle Joe and the Nephews, Jesse Roads, Cab’Ral (Churchill)

7/28: