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EPIC Market Presents: Chef Pheromone's Holi-slay Drag Brunch
2025-12-13 10:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Epic Market, 8115 Gateway Blvd #201, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 3X8, Canada
🎄 Celebrate the Sparkle of the Season: A Holiday Drag Brunch!
Join us for a fabulously festive Holiday Drag Brunch featuring Edmonton’s most brilliant drag royalty! This morning of cheer at Epic Market will be sure to put you in the festive season, all while you enjoy delicious holiday food, catchy tunes, and dazzling performances.
Watch as our queens and kings take over the kitchen, creating culinary holiday magic right before your eyes. This is more than just brunch; it’s a celebration of love, light, and all things fabulously merry!
Hosted by: Pheromone Killz, Alberta’s Drag Superstar 22-24
FEATURING:
• Haus of Art’s Mother, Artasia!
• Pheromones best friend, and call me mother finalist, Pepper!
• Edmonton’s King Royalty, Mister Risque!
• Haus of Acahkos Mother, Etherea!
General admission tickets are just $40 and includes your choice of a brunch meal* and the show and the limited VIP tickets gets you a front row seat to the cooking show at EPIC’s chef’s table for $50 total.
*Brunch menu options: breakfast burrito, breakfast poutine, brunch salad, or BELT sandwich – are selectable during the ticket ordering process and will include an opportunity to inform of any allergies*
When: Saturday, December 13th | Doors open 10:15 AM | Show Start 11:00 AM
Where: EPIC Market, 8115 Gateway Blvd.
Cost: $40 general admission, $50 VIP

The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant...Ever! at the Varscona Theatre
2025-12-13, 2025-12-14 | Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave, Edmonton, AB, Canada
The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant…Ever! follows the well-meaning Mrs. O’Brien, who suddenly finds herself in charge of the annual Christmas pageant after Mrs. Armstrong hits a moose with her car. No big deal, it’s the same kids, the same carols, the same pageant every year… right?
Enter the Herdmans, the most notorious troublemakers in town, who show up to audition and turn the whole production upside-down! What starts as a recipe for disaster quickly becomes the most unexpected, heartfelt, and hilarious Christmas pageant ever, as the true meaning of the season shines through.
Come share in the laughter, the music, and the magic. We can’t wait to celebrate with you again this year!
When: December 12-14, 2025, various times
Where: Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave NW
Cost: $24-30

Fringe Theatre Presents: Chase Padgett: A 6 String Christmas
2025-12-13, 2025-12-14 | Fringe Theatre Arts Barns, 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6E2G9
A fun & funny musical romp through classic Christmas tunes!
Chase Padgett brings his prodigious talents as a singer, guitarist, comedian, and storyteller to this unforgettable evening of Christmas spirit. This show is stuffed like a stocking with timeless Christmas music as well as tons of jokes and stories about how Christmas changed Chase’s life forever. His blazing guitar work, lightning fast wit, and surprisingly soulful singing voice will remind any audience why Christmas is such a special time of year. Perfect for all ages!
Chase Padgett is a multi-faceted actor, improviser, guitarist, and singer. His hit one man shows (6 Guitars, Nashville Hurricane, Lucky Break) have played to rave reviews and sold out houses all over North America. He has been a featured variety performer for Disney Cruise Line and was a semi-finalist on “Alter Ego,” the avatar based singing competition show on Fox.
When: December 12-14th
Where: Fringe Theatre Arts Barns | The Westbury Theatre, 10330 84 Ave NW
Cost: $35

A Very Merry Twophonium Christmas at Knox Church
2025-12-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Knox Church, 8403 104 St, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Why have one euphonium when you can have two? Get into the Christmas season with this dynamic duo! Travis Kutz & Isye Morland, better known as Twophonium, bring their wind instrument magic to the historic Knox Church dome. A unique Christmas experience!
All proceeds from the concert go to the Knox Church Restoration Fund to help repair the roof.
When: Sunday, December 14th at 7PM
Where: Knox Church, 8403 104 Street NW
Cost: $15 advance, $20 at the door

Nutcracker Burlesque at the Varscona Theatre
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-19 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave, Edmonton, AB, Canada
This naughty re-imagining of the Nutcracker is cl-ass-ical, comical and spectacular. See some of Edmonton’s best burlesque performers as they fill you with delight from the top of your head to the tips of your tippy-toes. There will be snowflakes, the Sugar Plum Fairy, peppermints, mouse royalty and more! Join us for a playful take on an old tale, with this must-see holiday romp.
Our all-star cast includes our host Nikki Hulowski and performers Rusty Strutz, Violette Coquette, Jezebel Sinclair, Sharpay Diem, Charlee Queen, LeTabby Lexington and Vivian Vanguard. Script by Nikki Hulowski. Group Choreography by Scarlett Von Bomb.
Thursday, Dec 18: Doors 6pm / Show 7pm
Friday, Dec 19: Doors 6pm / Show 7pm
Saturday, Dec 20: Doors 6pm / Show 7pm
75 minute show, no intermission.
Cost: Early Bird Tickets: $30 / Full Price: $35

Mrs. Claus Holiday Spectacular at the Varscona Theatre
2025-12-19 21:30 - 23:00, 2025-12-20 21:30 - 23:00 | Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Join Claudia Hartout – or should we say Claudia Claus – as she recounts just how she bagged the man with the bag, how she got her stocking stuffed, and how life at the North Pole has been filled with more than cookies and nog! THE MRS. CLAUS HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR is a raucous drag and burlesque variety show that will have you falalala-ing and prancing in your seat as some of Edmonton’s finest and flirtiest fill your head with images of sugar plums doing a little more than dancing above your head just in time to make your holidays a little more gay. Wanna come tell The Missus what you really want for Christmas? It’ll get you on the right side of the Naughty list.
*Please note, this show contains Nudity, Adult Content, and Potty Mouth Drag Queen. 18+
When: December 19th and 20th, starting at 10 PM
Where: The Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave
Cost: Early Bird Tickets: $25 / Full Price: $30 / VIP: $50*
*VIP Package includes Meet & Greet Photo Op with Mrs. Claus

The Music of Christmas at Knox Church
2025-12-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Knox Church, 8403 104 St, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The Advent Series closes off with the spectacular harmonies of the JCS Men’s Chorus as they perform “The Music of Christmas”

The Josephburg Choral Society Men’s Chorus was founded in 1979. The dome of Knox Church will be the perfect acoustical setting to showcase this storied vocal group. Fill your heart with Christmas wonder with this final concert of the Knox Advent series.
All proceeds from the concert go to the Knox Church Restoration Fund to help repair the roof.
When: Sunday, December 21st at 7PM
Where: Knox Church, 8403 104 Street NW
Cost: $15 advance, $20 at the door

Shadow Theatre Presents: An Iliad
2026-01-21 - 2026-02-08, 2026-01-21, 2026-01-22, 2026-01-23, 2026-01-24, 2026-01-27, 2026-01-28, 2026-01-29 and 6 more dates | Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave, Edmonton, AB, Canada
An Iliad is a modern-day retelling of Homer’s classic. Poetry and humour, the ancient tale of the Trojan War and the modern world collide in this captivating theatrical experience. The setting is simple: the empty theatre. The time is now; the present moment. The lone figure onstage is a storyteller – possibly Homer, possibly one of the many bards who followed in his footsteps. He is fated to tell this story throughout history.
When: January 21, 2025 to February 8, 2025
Where: Varscona Theatre, 10329 8 Ave NW
Cost: Varies from $1-40, check ticketing website for full details
