All is Bright Festival, Cineplex Community Day, Momentary Pop-Up Museum, Métis Week & much more

What’s Up Edmonton! (And surrounding areas)…

Thanks for tuning in. Here’s your local ad-free action report for: Saturday, November 15 through Monday, November 17, 2025.

I cover: Events & Entertainment happening in & around YEG.

Note: All links are non-monetized. They simply lead to event info.

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Some Things To Do This Weekend:

Saturday, November 15:

• 9am - 5pm | The Carrot Christmas Arts Bazaar | FREE_EVENT | Browse a bustling local vendor market featuring unique handmade goods |

• 9am start | Cineplex Community Day | FREE_EVENT | Enjoy complimentary movies & arcade games plus discounted snacks, all day long |

• 9:30am - 4:30pm | Library Book Sale | FREE_ENTRY | Winter is coming, and with it… cold weather! | Stock up the book shelves with great reads, for less |

• 10am & 11am | Breakfast with Santa | FREE_EVENT | Bring a new toy to donate & enjoy a hearty breakfast with the wish master himself |

• 10am - 3pm | Edmonton Potters Guild Show & Sale | FREE_ENTRY | Spend a little time (and possibly dough) browsing this neat handmade market |

• 10am - 3pm | Community Health Fair | FREE_EVENT | Enjoy info booths, expert talks on a variety of health topics, keynotes & more | UAlberta hosted |

• 10am - 4pm | Art Society Christmas Market | FREE_ENTRY | Get your stocking stuffer shopping done early after browsing this holiday bazaar |

• 1pm - 3pm | Magna-Tiles Engineer Workshop | FREE_EVENT | Allow your young craniums to make new friends while flexing their audacious capabilities |

• 1pm - 2:30pm | Silent Killer | FREE_EVENT | Get informed about Radon gas & discover how this silent killer could slowly be taking you out |

• 1pm - 4pm | Stories of Kisiskaciwan Sipiy | FREE_EVENT | Enjoy time-woven tales of fish, water & the folks who once lived freely along the NSR |

• 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Momentary Museum | FREE_EVENT | Curate a piece of local history from your own home & share it’s story with the community |

• 2pm - 4pm | Melanie Monsour Piano Concert | Melanie will be tickling the ivory on a 9’ concert grand piano & you can take it all in for $22.73/person |

• 2pm & 5pm | Welcome to Storytown | Cheer on the youngest theatrical (future) stars amongst us as they take their fledgling steps | $5-12/person |

• 3pm - 5pm | Celebration of Lights | FREE_EVENT | Take a wagon ride, cook out by the campfire, decorate cookies & of course, cheer on the tree light-up |

• 4pm - 8pm | All is Bright Festival | FREE_EVENT | Kick this holiday season off right with music, activities, light displays & much more on 124 |

• 5:30pm - 8pm | Community Swim | FREE_EVENT | Splish splash, you wuz takin’ a bath! | Or… you will be | BYO swim gear & enjoy a soak |

• 6pm - 9pm | The Quintessonics | Catch this cinematic rock band for one heck-of-a live show | $15-20/person |

• 7pm - 9pm | Matthew & The Keys | Catch crispy fresh licks from this local group for $12.06+/person |

• 7pm & 9:30pm | Noel Miller Live | Catch this rising comedic start live on stage for $50.90+/person |

• 7pm - midnight | Sangsara, SKZM & Psykkle | Enjoy a reasonably dystopian EBM show featuring three local artists for $22.63/person |

• 7pm start | Wine Lips w/ guests | Catch this razzle-dazzling act live on stage for $22-28/person |

• 7:30pm - 10:30pm | RCW Ignition | Enjoy high-flying, gravity defying professional wrestling action for as little as $22.73+/person |

• 7:30pm - 11:30pm | Rigger Morris w/ Run the Plank & Lie with Wolves | Celebrate RM’s EP release with help from some friends | $15/person |

• 8pm - 10:30pm | Sanah Kadoura | This JUNO-nominated drummer & composer is making her way to YEG | Catch her five-piece band for $33/person |

• 8pm - 10:30pm | Songs of War & Peace | Tim Chesterton & Bill Werthmann, two fantastic musicians will be doing their thing, live on stage | $29+/person |

• 9pm start | Charlie Sparks | Industrial, acid techno will be lighting up a part of YEG & you can be there for $22.67/person |

• 10pm - 2am | Pineo & Loeb | Dance the night away along to the beats of this Canadian powerhouse duo for $21.69+/person |

• November 15 & 16 | Adventures in Italy | Take a trip through Italy with Paganini & Respighi | $40+/person | No pizza buffet, but man… what an oversight |

• November 15 - 22 | Métis Week | SOME_FREE_EVENTS | Celebrate a faucet of Canadien heritage with a walk, market, musical celebration & so much more |

• November 15 - 22 | Illuminated Light Installations | FREE_EVENT | Explore an array of colourful installations lighting up 124th street during the after hours |

• November 8 - December 20 | A Softer Gaze | FREE_ENTRY (possibly) | Explore the latest works from Canadian (and local) artist Deanne Underwood |

Sunday, November 16:

• 10am - noon | Métis Circle Storytime for Children | FREE_EVENT | Children 5-12 can enjoy a retelling of the story of the Métis People |

• 2pm - 4pm | Recreational Skate | FREE_EVENT | Lace up your bladed boots & enjoy easy laps on engineered ice |

• 2pm - 4pm | Seedy Sunday | FREE_EVENT | Bring your seeds & enjoy a complimentary hot beverage while sorting out next season’s seeds |

• 5pm - 6:30pm | Sanrachna - The Weave | Enjoy a live performance of classical importance yet with modern flair | $17.31+/person |

• 7:30pm start | Silence Illuminated | Catch Chronos Vocal Ensemble red-handed for an amazing hall-performance | $15+/person |

• 7:30pm start | Quoth the Raven | Mix east coast songwriting with smooth American tunes and you get… Quoth the Raven | $30/person gets you in |

• 8pm - 10pm | Smut Slam | Join in for the first of it’s kind (in Edmonton) adult-only storytelling open mic | $17.40/person | 18+ |

Monday, November 17:

• 10am - noon | A Dose of Dance | FREE_EVENT | Bring motion to all life with assistance from a workshop on adaptive movement |

• Noon - 1pm | Jumping the Turnstile | FREE_EVENT | Enjoy a guest lecture on the 2024’s “Dickson v VGFN” decision from UBC Law Professor Margot Young |

• 1pm - 3pm | Community Tea & Bannock | FREE_EVENT | Get to know the neighbours & enjoy a tasty Indigenous delicacy |

• 6pm - 9pm | Selena Quintanilla Watch Party | FREE_EVENT | Step aside, Swifties… theres a new gal “in town” | Girls only |

• 6:30pm start | We Are the Roots | FREE_EVENT | Head out to Fort Cinema for a complimentary movie showing |

• 7pm - 8:30pm | Audrey’s Genre Book Club | FREE_EVENT | Jump in on a lively discussion about Louise Kennedy’s novel, Trespasses |

• 7pm - 9pm | Christmas Hoedown | Bust out your tappin’ shoes & get ready to jive as Scott Woods (Band) fiddles their way into the evening | $45/person |

• 7pm start | New Wave Vietnamese Documentary | FREE_EVENT | Enjoy a special film screening plus a following chat with the producer |

Thanks for checking in. Have a great week, everyone!