Ice On Whyte Festival Opens Today at 2!
This winter festival is a durn big deal! But don't just take it from me, Chainsaw Wally. Just ask all the folks from other countries around the world who are arrivin' in Edmonton and flockin' to Old Strathcona today.
Here's why: after a one-day delay due to weather conditions, the Ice On Whyte Festival starts this afternoon at 2. And it's a beautiful winter day out there. (It even snowed a bit overnight!)
This weekend only, January 13 to 15, at the festival grounds on Gateway BLVD and Tommy Banks Way, don't miss the International Ice Carving Competition. It features teams from: China; Republic of Sakha, Russia; Latvia and the US; Isle of Man and Great Britain; the Netherlands; Ontario; Alberta and BC; Canada and Mexico.
Win a Trip for 4 to Jasper
Vote for yer fav-o-rite ice carving this weekend and enter to win a trip for 4 to Jasper on VIA Rail, with 2 nights accomodation, a day of skiing and fun, courtesy o' Marmot Basin Jasper Canadian Rockies and Edmonton Destination Hotels - Southside.
But there's more than ice at the Ice On Whyte Festival. There's entertainment n' lots of it! At the festival grounds in Old Strathcona, fer kids, there's the giant Ice Slide (sponsored by Canadian Western Bank) and the kids play area.
Fer the grown-ups, on the Northlands Stage in the heated YESS Cafe, there's tons o' live music.
Entertainment Schedule
Tonight, 7 - 9 pm: Frozen Friday Karaoke
Saturday, January 14, 7 - 9 pm: Boogie Patrol
Monday, January 16, 7 - 9 pm: Kayla Patrick, Jeni Thai and Scenic Route to Alaska
Tuesday, January 17, 7 - 9 pm: The Command Sisters, the NEK Trio and Braden Gates
Wednesday, January 18, 7 - 9 pm: The Dungarees (incredible country music)
Thursday, January 19, 7 - 9 pm: Brainwreck (great classic rock)
Friday, January 20, 7 - 9 pm, Frozen Friday Karaoke
Saturday, January 21, 7 - 9 pm, Brendan Kelly (a young Colin James, they say!)
Fer entertainment happenin' at the Alberta-Heilongjiang 30th Anniversary Winter Festival at the Alberta Legislature Grounds, go to: http://www.iceonwhyte.ca/alberta-heilongjiang-celebration/program-of-events/