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In-person
Arts & Culture
Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival
April 22, 2025 to May 4, 2025
Free
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Edmonton Music and Speech Arts Festival
Come out and see the stars of tomorrow, and help us celebrate over 100 years of Festival!
The Annual Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival (formerly known as the Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival) creates over 2,500 opportunities for over 20,000 music students, actors, musicians, and music lovers to perform in front of an audience and receive professional adjudication. Performances are FREE to attend.
Choirs will run April 15-19; Bands will run April 22-26; the regular Solo Festival will run April 20 – May 1.
Performances will be held at MacEwan University – Alberta College Campus (10050 MacDonald Drive NW), McDougall United Church (10025 101 Street NW), the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre (8426 Gateway Boulevard NW), and Archbishop MacDonald Catholic High School (14219 109 Avenue NW).
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