We’ve rounded up some FREE activities, events, library programs and outdoor movies happening around Edmonton and area from August 21 – 23!
🎉FESTIVALS
Edmonton Dragon Festival & Taste of Chinatown
🗓️ August 20–23
📍 Kinistinâw Park
Edmonton Pride Festival
🗓️ August 21–23
📍 Sir Winston Churchill Square & Fan Park at ICE District
Winds of Unity Multicultural Kite Festival
🗓️ Sunday, August 23 | 11 AM–7 PM
📍 Rundle Park
VegFest Edmonton
🗓️ Saturday, August 22
📍 Athlone Community Hall
🎊SPECIAL & COMMUNITY EVENTS
O-Day’Min Daze
🗓️ Saturday, August 22 | 10 AM–10 PM
📍 O-day’min Park
Kirk Centre Free Summer Concert
Saturday, August 22 | 2–4:30 PM
Kirk Centre
Family Wellness Community Event
🗓️ Saturday, August 22 | 10 AM–2 PM
📍 9999 Grierson Hill NW
Edmonton Fire Station Open House – Pilot Sound
🗓️ Saturday, August 22 | 12–4 PM
📍 Fire Station 30 – Pilot Sound
15850 50 Street NW
Mini Flower Bouquet Workshop
🗓️ Saturday, August 22 | 1–5 PM
📍 Rice Howard Way, Downtown
🛍️MALLS & SHOPPING CENTRES EVENTS
Edmonton Rock N’ Gem Show
🗓️ August 20–23
📍 Ice Palace, West Edmonton Mall
Snouts in the Square
🗓️ Saturday, August 22 | 11 AM–2 PM
📍 Currents of Windermere Town Square
Rev Up for A Cause Car Show
🗓️ Saturday, August 22 | 10 AM–2 PM
📍 Marketplace at Callingwood
Customs Takeover Truck & Car Show
🗓️ Sunday, August 23 | 10 AM–3 PM
📍 2325 Broadmoor Blvd, Sherwood Park
📚EDMONTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
🗓️ Friday, August 21
Summer Reading Fest – Demmi Dupri’s Jammin’ Balloon Party
Calder | 2–2:45 PM
Summer Reading Fest – Duck, Duck, Dance!
Meadows | 11–11:45 AM
🗓️ Saturday, August 22
Summer Reading Fest – One Last Splash
Strathcona | 10 AM–6 PM
Highlands | 11 AM–1 PM
Riverbend | 1–4 PM
Abbottsfield–Penny McKee | 1–4 PM
Jasper Place | 1–3 PM
Stanley A. Milner (Downtown) | 1–5 PM
Puppet Show: Dive into the Jungle!
Londonderry | 10:30–11 AM
Summer Reading Fest – Under the Sea
Heritage Valley | 10:30–11:15 AM
Summer Reading Fest – Wiggly Jiggly JellyFish
Heritage Valley | 2–3 PM
🗓️ Sunday, August 23
Centennial Plaza Programming
Stanley A. Milner (Downtown) | 11:00am–3:00pm
LEGO at the Library
| 11:00am–1:00pm
Calder | 11:00am – 2:00pm
Sprucewood | 11:00am – 2:00pm
Lois Hole (Callingwood) | 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Heritage Valley | 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Meadows | 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Highlands | 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Riverbend| 3:30pm – 4:30pm
🎬MOVIES AT THE LIBRARY
🗓️ Friday, August 21
Drift & Discover: NFB Films
Whitemud Crossing | 2–2:45 PM
🗓️ Sunday, August 23
Mirai
Stanley A. Milner | 1:30–3:30 PM
A Bug’s Life
Whitemud Crossing | 2–3:30 PM
Rumble
Clareview | 2–5 PM
☀️SUMMER FUN AT WEST EDMONTON MALL
Balloon Artists
Friday, August 21 | 12–3 PM
📍 By DRIVE
Saturday, August 22 | 1–4 PM
📍 By Roots
Face Painting
Saturday, August 22 | 1–4 PM
📍 By Roots
Sunday, August 23 | 12–3 PM
📍 Galaxyland Powered by Hasbro
🎥 OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHTS
Balwin Movie under the Stars
🗓️ Friday, August 21
🎬 The Wizard of Oz
📍 Balwin Community League Outdoor Rink
76 Street & 128A Avenue
💙 FREE
Edmonton Dragon Festival Outdoor Movie
🗓️ Friday, August 21 | 7 PM
🎬 Shaolin Soccer
📍 Kinistinâw Park
💙 FREE
Stony Plain Road Outdoor Movie Night
🗓️ Saturday, August 22
🎬 GOAT + Jurassic World Rebirth
📍 RioCan Mayfield Common
💙 FREE
✏️ FREE IN-STORE WORKSHOPS
Michael’s
KIDS’ CLUB: WATERCOLOUR CHAMELEON
Saturday, August 22 | 10 AM–12 PM
💙 FREE — supplies included
Apple
KIDS: MAKE YOUR OWN EMOJI
Saturday, August 22 | 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Apple West Edmonton
KIDS: MAKE A THEME SONG
Saturday, August 22 | 10:30–11:30 AM
📍 Apple Southgate Centre
KIDS: CREATE COMICS INSPIRED BY PLANET EARTH
Saturday, August 22 | 12–1 PM
📍 Apple Southgate Centre
KIDS: CREATE AN INTERACTIVE STORY OF KINDNESS
Saturday, August 22 | 1:30–2:30 PM
📍 Apple Southgate Centre
KIDS: CREATE COMICS INSPIRED BY PLANET EARTH
Sunday, August 23 | 2:30–3:30 PM
📍 Apple West Edmonton
KIDS: MAKE A THEME SONG
Sunday, August 23 | 3–4 PM
📍 Apple Southgate Centre