Improvaganza

Rapid Fire Theatre 10437 83 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This is the big one! Improvaganza is Edmonton’s international improv and sketch comedy festival featuring improvisers from around the world!

RALLY CRY @ GRINDSTONE THEATRE

The Grindstone Comedy Theatre & Bistro 10019 81 Ave NW, Edmonton

RALLY CRY  Rally Cry is a monthly showcase of performance art that speaks to social and political issues. It is a love letter to activism through art. Rally Cry began in October 2022 and is Coco LaQueer's first show production. It was a nominee for "Best Show Outside of Evolution" at this year's Stiletto Awards […]

4th Annual Comedy Festival

The Grindstone Comedy Theatre & Bistro 10019 81 Ave NW, Edmonton

The Grindstone Comedy Festival is an annual independent stand-up, improv and sketch comedy festival hosted at Edmonton’s Grindstone Theatre which brings both national performers and rising local talent together under the Edmonton spotlight.

Whyte Avenue Art Walk

Whyte Avenue Edmonton, Canada

The Whyte Avenue Art Walk is an outdoor studio and gallery featuring hundreds of working artists. For three days every July, artists and their art fill the sidewalks of Old Strathcona. It’s an original experience that artists love.  Artists are encouraged to bring their supplies and their ideas and make art right on site, providing an exciting opportunity […]

The 42nd Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival

Fringe Theatre Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, AB

Any way you fringe, one thing’s for certain: it’s always an adventure to new frontiers and destinations unknown. Experienced Fringe-stro-nauts and first-time spacewalkers are invited to journey with us to infinity as the 42nd Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival returns to the heart of Old Strathcona from August 17 to 27. Grab your zero-grav boots, tickets, […]

Sidewalk Sale @ The Paint Spot

The Paint Spot 10032 81 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

We’re making room for new products this fall, so this summer event is the best time to pick up some great deals. There are many drawing materials, sketchbooks, portfolios, acrylics and oils so there’s something for every kind of artist, Drop by and try something new or pick up an old friend at a great […]

Mural Massive 2023 featuring Carter & The Capitals

The Grindstone Comedy Theatre & Bistro 10019 81 Ave NW, Edmonton

Grindstone Theatre Society's Mural Massive is back for its 4th year Saturday September 2nd featuring the amazing Carter & The Capitals, Kate Steven's, SOUR, Landon Bushell, Ntwali, Jung Kings, plus comedy from Brad Semotiuk & Jules Ballufi, DJ sets from Aladean Kheroufi, Polyesterday, DJ Tr<3th, Freshlan, Joses and live Techno and electronic music at the […]

Fringe Theatre Presents: The Spinsters

Fringe Theatre Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, AB

Cinderella’s Ugly Stepsisters are back. This time, it’s their ball. The Ugly Stepsisters cordially invite you back to the Palace, just like the good old days. Doesn’t everyone love a ball? The pageantry, the elegance, the romance…but now it their ball and their rules. The world’s most infamous stepsiblings are ready to dish the dirt. What scandals hide within […]

Fringe Theatre Presents: Vástádus eana/ The answer is land

Fringe Theatre Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, AB

A powerful performance focused on community and tales of resistance. Norway’s Indigenous Sámi people are at the heart of the work by Elle Sofe Sara. Community and kinship between people, with nature and with the earth we all share, are the main themes of Vástádus eana/ The answer is land. The choreography is inspired by demonstrations, […]

Fringe Theatre Presents: Basic Training

The Backstage Theatre 10330 84 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Written and performed by Kahlil Ashanti, Basic Training chronicles Ashanti’s time on tour as a comedian, actor, dancer, and soldier while enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a member of the elite entertainment troupe ‘Tops in Blue.’ Less than 24 hours before departing for boot camp, a life-altering event forces him home to face […]

Urban Sketching Week

Whyte Avenue Edmonton, Canada

Coming up May 1-7, 2024 is International Urban Sketchers Week. It’s an event happening all over the world and open to anyone interested in urban sketching. We’ve put together a list of daily prompts to inspire you for the week and are connecting with a few other local groups and The Paint Spot to share […]

Improvaganza 2024

Rapid Fire Theatre 10437 83 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Improvaganza is one of the hottest improv festivals in the world, presented right here in Old Strathcona by Rapid Fire Theatre. From June 20-23, the Rapid Fire Exchange will host an incredible lineup of some of the most exciting improv comedy talent that the world has to offer, including Andrew Phung (Kim's Convenience, Last One […]

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