Events

Welcome the Year of the Horse with the Royal Alberta Museum on February 22! 

Join the Edmonton Chinatown BIA's Lunar New Year Celebration beginning with a lively outdoor parade starting at 11 am in the north end of Chinatown. Follow along with the Lion Dancers before finishing at the Royal Alberta Museum. Then warm up from 12 – 3:30 pm with free performances, activities, and celebration.

Please note: Admission to Museum Gallery spaces is not included with this event.

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Have you ever wished you could use a museum’s collections for sketching inspiration? Now’s your chance! The Royal Alberta Museum will be showcasing rarely seen museum objects to create a still-life setup for you to practice your drawing skills.    

This month to connect with the opening of their new exhibition, Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery, they are filling the studio with skeletons from a variety of creatures from their collections! 

Have you ever wished you could use a museum’s collections for sketching inspiration? Now’s your chance! The Royal Alberta Museum will be showcasing rarely seen museum objects to create a still-life setup for you to practice your drawing skills.    

This month all the objects coming out of their collections will be pink and red! From a scarlet ibis to bubblegum pink vintage fashion, it will be a feast for the eyes. 

Drop-in Sketching is included with your RAM Admission.

Learn more: https://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/node/802

Are you a content creator? An emerging filmmaker? Do you want to learn core concepts of filmmaking? This workshop focuses on how to build a compelling story, create complex characters, how to use editing software, and how to produce a script to film, all with your mobile device.

Join us this Black History Month as we welcome back acclaimed artist, musician, and historian, Donna Coombs-Montrose. With over 20 years dedicated to detailing the stories of the African diaspora, her special program features infusions of song, dance, and live music. This dynamic presentation tells the story of the often under-recognized recruitment of skilled workers from the Caribbean, who played a large role in the dramatic transformation of rural northern Fort McMurray, and Alberta’s oil sands industry from the 1960s – 90s.

 It’s 2004. Beanie babies are flying off the shelves, Shrek 2 is a box office hit, and Britney Spears is not a girl, not yet a woman. 14-year-old Shelby Hinkley has kidnapped Tobey Maguire, at the height of his career, to force him into marrying her. Join Baker Miller Pink for a parasocially unhinged Y2K comedy, complete with the upside-down kiss you didn't know you needed this Valentine's Day.

February 12-15th 2026 at The Studio at Vertigo Theatre

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What could you expect when music creation was inspired by a clown? Icarus 3 is an improvising trio composed of Jeremy Gignoux (violin/viola), Keith Rodger (double bass), and Robin Tufts (drums, percussion). They created their original repertoire in an unusual and experimental way: with the help of the clown. Under guidance from clown performer and educator Jacqueline Russell, they explored their inner clowns, which gave birth to musical compositions and improvisation games that display a joyful and wild creative energy.