Edmonton

Join us at The Citadel Theatre for Alberta Culture Days, happening September 26–28, 2025! We’re your Family-Friendly Centre for a fun-filled weekend of free arts and culture activities for all ages – including a wardrobe sale, pre-show chats, a Wizard of Oz Family Film Festival, and so much more. Come explore, create, and celebrate with us! Also check out the Citadel Light Wall, one of Canada’s largest indoor digital screens of its kind, where we will be displaying artwork by talented local artists throughout Culture Days and all season-long. Alberta Culture Days at The Citadel Theatre is generously supported by the City of Edmonton’s Downtown Vibrancy Fund.

• Explore our Wardrobe Sale and snag unique costume pieces and treasures from our wardrobe department.
• Join us for our Wizard of Oz Family Film Festival, featuring beloved adaptations of the timeless tale.
• Go on magical Fairy Tours through the Lee Pavilion garden.
• Enjoy face painting and hands-on kids' activities.

See the full schedule of events here: https://citadeltheatre.com/culture-days/

*Event schedule is subject to change. Please check back on this page for accurate dates and times.

Gallery@501 is pleased to present Korean Stories: Rooted in Hanji, a new exhibition by Edmonton artists Eunju Park and ILang Song. The exhibit opens at Gallery@501 on September 7, 2025, and shows until October 22, 2025. 

Korean Stories: Rooted in Hanji is an inspirational exhibit that celebrates Korean culture and language through traditional and contemporary stories and techniques. 

 Eunju Park works with Hanji, a traditional Korean paper, tearing and crafting it into expressive forms of Hangul, the Korean characters. Park showcases the beauty of Korean culture while uplifting viewers with messages of hope, joy and self-affirmation. 

ILang Song creates Minhwa, Korean folk paintings on Hanji, traditionally created to express everyday life through symbolic imagery. The layered process of creating Minhwa is an act of decolonization, a celebration of freedom and inclusion, and a way to share messages of blessings and encouragement.

 Visitors will have the chance to create a Minhwa design as they learn about the stories, colors and symbols used in this art form. Visitors will also get to learn about Hangul and see Korean translations in the exhibit. 

The public is invited to join the exhibiting artists for an artist talk at a special reception on Thursday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Gallery@501. This event and admission to the gallery are free.

For more information, visit strathcona.ca/ArtGallery.

Join us at the Citadel Theatre (9828 101A Ave) in Edmonton on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 for a captivating talk by internationally acclaimed author Yann Martel, whose Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi has enchanted millions of readers around the world. In “Fiction and the Shipwrecked Reader,” Martel will reflect on Life of Pi, from its creation to its celebrated adaptations for film and stage, all while exploring the deeper relationship between fiction and reality.

Martel’s work has been published in more than 50 territories, sold over 15 million copies, and inspired both an Oscar-winning film and a Tony Award–winning Broadway play. In addition to Life of Pi, he is the author of The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, Self, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. His forthcoming novel, Son of Nobody, will be released in spring 2026. Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Don’t miss this chance to hear one of Canada’s most celebrated literary voices discuss storytelling, imagination, and the enduring power of fiction.

The evening's schedule is as follows:

6:00 PM – Doors open
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM – Program and Talk by Yann Martel
8:15 PM - 9:00 PM – Yann Martel Book Signing – Tucker Amphitheatre

This event is presented in partnership by the Edmonton Public Library and The Citadel Theatre. It is generously supported by the City of Edmonton’s Downtown Vibrancy Fund.

Tickets are available here.

Our 2025-26 season opens with the highly anticipated return of our favourite guest conductor, Lone Larsen from Sweden. She'll lead us in "From a root a flower opens," a program of traditional repertoire and innovative improvisations. But this isn't just a concert; it's a community experience. Lone Larsen will be leading choristers from across the Edmonton area through a series of workshops where they will prepare to contribute a short section to the concert.

When: Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 3 pm
Where: McDougall United Church (10086 MacDonald Drive)
Edmonton, AB

We're also proud to be part of a global initiative, partnering with the International Federation for Choral Music and the UN to bring emerging conductor Oksana Sukhetska from Ukraine to our stage through the Conductors Beyond Borders program.

Look forward to hearing an innovative choral experience with repertoire including:

• Tina Andersson - The Angel
• Lauma Kazaka - From a root a flower opens skywards
• Andrea Tarrodi - Lume
• Birgitta Flick - PlanetWoman
• Agneta Sköld - Let your light come
• Bohdana Frolyak - The Sun is setting
• Lone Larsen (Sweden), guest conductor
• Oksana Sukhetska (Ukraine), emerging artist* conductor

*Supported by the Ukrainian Millenium Foundation, by Ukrainian Dnipro Ensemble of Edmonton, and the International Foundation for Choral Music program ‘Conductors Beyond Borders’ and the UN.