Sing! Festival, A Student Art Show and Competition, An Oilers Watch Party, The Butterdome Spring Craft Sale & Much More

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

Thanks for tuning in. Here’s your local ad-free action report for: Tuesday, April 29 through Friday, May 2, 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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Hello my friend! It’s so good to touch base with you once again.

This week is rather monumental, and I’ll share why in a separate (special edition) email later this afternoon.

I just want to say for now… thank you from the bottom of my heart for subscribing & checking in regularly. It’s a pleasure compiling this for you and I’m stoked you’ve opted to stick around for at least this long.

There is a plethora of things to do this week. I hope you get a chance to check something out.

Until next time, then,

Jonah

Some Things To Do This Week:

Tuesday, April 29:

• 10am - noon | Entrepreneur Talks | FREE_EVENT | Join local business savant Ivan Touko for a chat on community building & the power of events |

• 5:30pm start | Fair & Film | FREE_EVENT | Celebrate National Volunteer Week with a volunteer fair & a showing of a Canadian indie film |

• 6pm - 7:30pm | Youth and Suicide Prevention | FREE_EVENT | Join in on a community conversation, learn the signs & see how you could save a life today |

• 6pm - 8pm | Fraud Presentation | FREE_EVENT | Join S.C. RCMP to discover current fraudulent tactics & how you can protect yourself |

• 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Low Pressure Book Chat | FREE_EVENT | Join a book club with no set titles, make friends & discuss your literary preferences |

• 6:30pm - 8pm | Tea & Bannock | FREE_EVENT | Meet your neighbours & share a tasty treat |

• 6:30pm - 10:30pm | Social Tuesday | Make new friends & get your happy feet moving on the Latin dance floor | FREE-$11.62/person |

• 6:30pm start | Encore | Enjoy a musical performance featuring the best of this year’s Rotary Festival acts |

• 7pm - 8pm | Valid: Book Club | FREE_EVENT | Gather for a lively discussion of this futuristic novel |

• 7pm - 8:30pm | A Backyard For Birds: Book Launch | FREE_EVENT | Meet a local author & discover how you too can build a bird-friendly backyard |

• 7pm - 9pm | GameCamp: Keynote | FREE_EVENT | Meet local business guru & game developer Alison Czarnietzki for a talk on running a tight expo booth |

• 8pm - 10:30pm | JP Badion | Grab your instrument or take a seat & enjoy a local jam session with this rising YEG jazz master | $5-10/person |

• 8pm start | Oilers Watch Party | Gather with thousands friends at Rogers Place & cheer on the Oil Boys as they play to win | $10/person |

• April 29 - May 1 | Youth Clubhouse | FREE_EVENT | This week, test your skills in a nature scavenger hunt, make slime & address a topic of mental |

• April 29 - May 4 | Sing! Festival 2025 | Enjoy Edmonton’s premier A Capella festival with a variety of shows | Tickets start at $27+/person |

Wednesday, April 30:

• 5pm - 8pm | Little Kitchen Academy Open House | FREE_EVENT | Unleash the world of cooking to your little one with a night of class info, prizes & more |

• 6:30pm - 8pm | Sips & Slices | FREE_EVENT | Enjoy light refreshments & cake, a mayoral address & learn about volunteer opportunities west of YEG |

• 6:30pm - 8:30pm | DemoCamp | FREE_EVENT | Discover products & productions from local entrepreneurs, creators & developers |

• 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Mad Max: Fury Road | FREE_EVENT | A woman rebels against her Tyrannical ruler with the help of a few friends | Date night idea! |

• 7pm - 8:30pm | Poetry Launch | FREE_EVENT | (I’d assume) Hear readings & meet four Albertan authors | Two releasing books, and two guests |

• 7:30pm - 9:30pm | Shelley Jones | Long time local Jazz, Pop & Latin vocalist takes to the stage with her troupe | Be there for $12/person |

• April 30 - May 18 | Where You Are | An invigorating production of innocent summer plans intertwined with healthy doses of reality | $25-28/person |

Thursday, May 1:

• 5:50am - 7am | Magpie Morris | FREE_EVENT | Get up way too early, dress warmly & dance amidst the rising sun | Cake & good times may be involved |

• 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Confident Kids | FREE_EVENT | Give your Grade 1 -2 child the gift of peer interaction and exciting opportunity to develop confidence |

• 6pm - 8pm | Urban Mushrooms | FREE_EVENT | Enter the world of mushrooms & learn how you can become a fungi (or fungal) |

• 6pm - 8pm | Carbondale Playground Open House | FREE_EVENT | Head 10 minutes north of YEG to hear about Carbondales $150k playground project |

• 6:30pm - 8:30pm | 1992 | FREE_EVENT | Two families in Los Angles reach boiling points for different reasons | Find out why in this 2024 drama |

• 7pm - 9pm | Gibson Lefty Roadshow | FREE_EVENT | Southpaw Shredders, raise thy picks & race down to southside L&M for a talk, demos & more |

• 7pm start | Trail Running Film Festival | Enjoy short films and docu-series about this highly enjoyable sport, plus rafflesd & more | $25-35/person |

• 8pm - 10:30pm | Son of Dave | This wildly eccentric Canadian bluesman is in town & you can see one spectacular show for $29/person |

Friday, May 2:

• 12:30pm - 5pm | Strawberry Tea & Fashion Show | Enjoy cake, tea, a raffle and fun fashion show & sale | $15/person |

• 1pm - 2:30pm | Morinville FitMinds | Combat dementia with games, storytelling, brain teasers, info & more | Maybe FREE… I don’t know for sure |

• 2pm - 3pm | Cats of Malta | FREE_EVENT | Bail on work & catch a glimpse of the local feline colonies present on this Mediterranean Island |

• 2pm - 4pm | Singin’ In The Rain | FREE_EVENT | A silent film star falls for a chorus girl in this 1952 classic, which depicts the 1920’s |

• 2pm - 4:15pm | Anthropoid | FREE_EVENT | A true story based on the former top-secret military mission of the same name |

• 2:30pm - 5:30pm | Molly Dooker Wine Tasting | FREE_EVENT | Sample some Aussie wines & meet the man behind the madness, visiting from down under |

• 4pm - 7pm | Recreational Swim | FREE_EVENT | Jump off the highest diving board with carefree style at this budget-friendly swim |

• 6pm - 9pm | Family Movie Night | FREE_EVENT | Bring the kids for dinner, fun themed activities and a showing of 2010’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid |

• 6pm start | Top Talent Wrestling | Step into the action as trained professionals duke it out for top bragging rights | $31.75/person |

• 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Amplify Poetry Night | FREE_EVENT | Support youth poets by listening to their creative words | Participants, please RSVP |

• 6:30pm - 11:45pm | Paradise Alley | Check out this local band (I think?) as they take the stage with an 80’s vibe | $8/person |

• 7pm - 9pm | Student Art Show & Competition | FREE_EVENT | Support local high school students by viewing entered art & purchasing other works |

• 7pm - 9pm | Classical Guitar Concert | See Carson Saunter, Juan De Marias & Marcelo Aviles for a night of incredible acoustic fretwork | $27.96/person |

• 7pm - 9pm | o2: The Breath Between | FREE_ENTRY | Join for an opening reception to this new art gallery, with live music, a cash bar & more |

• 7pm - 10pm | ERTC Season Kickoff | Join the Edmonton Road & Track (cycling) Club for Bowling, drinks, snacks, a raffle & more | $11.98/person |

• 7pm - 10pm | DiveThru Launch Party | FREE_EVENT | Celebrate cognitive health with a local business by exploring their new space & meeting the team |

• 7pm - 11pm | Cabinet of Curiosities: Night Market | FREE_ENTRY | Browse under the stars featuring 85 local vendors, artists, food trucks & more |

• 7pm start | Brrrs and the B | See this local folk fiddle celtic americana & more trio for only $5/person |

• 7:30pm - 9pm | Bachata Vibes | FREE_EVENT | Join local dance instructor phenom Chad Detoski for a Latin dance lesson & social | Epic date night idea! |

• 7:30pm start | The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos: Part 1 | Pianist Marc-André Hamelin tickles the ivory | Hear it live for $85.50+/person |

• 7:30pm start | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Go Fishin’ in the Dark one last time for $109+/person | Few remaining tickets |

• 7:30pm start | An Evening of Edith Piaf Music | PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL | Join Dana Wylie & her band for an awesome evening of cabaret & modern chanson |

• 8pm - 10:30pm | Redline Trio feat. Larry Roy | A YYC Jazz Group of the Year candidate has ventured way up north to YEG | $27/person gets you in |

• 10pm - 2am | Bass in the Place | 4 DJ’s line up to give you B2B Bass hits all night long | $13-17/person |

• 10pm - 2:15am | Niche: Nikki Nair | This multifaceted EDM artist will be dropping bangers through a four hour set & you can hear it for $29.90/person |

• May 2 - 3 | Precipice: Alberta Ballet | Enjoy a lovely performance of anaerobic art for $20+/person |

• May 2 - 3 | Fort Sask Pottery Guild Show & Sale | FREE_ENTRY | Check out products from local crafters, explore classes & enter for a doo rprize |

• May 2 - 4 | Butterdome Spring Craft Sale | Visit over 130 Canadian Artisans from coast to coast & see what they have to offer | FREE-$6/person (entry) |

• May 2 - 10 | Janes Walk | FREE_EVENT | See the city on foot and simultaneously get a specialized tour on a given subject from a local expert |