Flying Canoë Volant
Jan. 29, 2025 to Feb. 1, 2025
Celebrate Winter in Edmonton! Live the Legend! Come celebrate your inner traveler with light, music, legends and dance!
The Flying Canoe Festival is a creative and interactive cultural celebration designed to engage local history and all that is awesome in a long winter night.
Inspired by the legend of the flying canoe and French-Canadian traditions,
First Nations and Métis people, the Flying Canoë Volant festival embraces
Edmonton's beautiful Mill Creek Ravine and Edmonton's Francophone Quarter.
With a warm welcome from the Edmonton community, the celebration also hosts school programs and all sorts of activations to further spread the joy, spirit and education of the legend.
9570 76 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T6C 0K2
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