Weekend Guide: Best 10 Things to do in Edmonton this Weekend - March 3-5
Stay warm this weekend with a DIY food crawl, drink beer and listen to live music at the best apres ski party in the city and get tickets for the best pop-up party in the Art Gallery in the city.
Here are the best things to do in Edmonton this Weekend
Kick off the Pre-weekend with a Sushi Making Class
Join Kathryn Joel and learn her pro tips for making perfectly cooked and seasoned sushi rice at home then how to use it to get rolling and pressing your own homemade sushi rolls with your choice of fillings and garnishes. Together with Kathryn you'll learn to make basic maki as well as uramaki (inside out rolls) and aburi oshizushi (pressed flamed sushi) too. You'll eat what you make, so come with an appetite and bring a takeaway container too so you can pack up your leftovers to go.
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Party in the Art Gallery with Refinery
There’s no party like a refinery art gallery party. This Saturday, get tickets for the ‘Go For Gold’ Refinery Art Party and the Art Gallery of Alberta is bringing the fun back with the hottest art party in the province, Refinery: Go for Gold on March 4.
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Get Colourful at YEG Color Fest
Grab your favourite white outfit and get ready to get covered in color! UDesi in Association with @urban.beats is bringing ‘Malang’ - a glow-in-the-dark colour festival that is going to be the ultimate cultural and musical event of Spring 2023! Featuring the renowned, most sought-after DJs from London (UK not Ontario), @itsajwavy and @irf_deejay, who are coming to Edmonton for the first time, as well as some amazingly talented local Urban Beats DJs and ‘dhin chak’ Dhol players to flare up the night! The event offers a unique blend of South Asian flair, the colourful tapestry of holi festival, and a lit all-night dance party - a night, an experience to remember for years!
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Friday Night Hops on the Hill at Sunridge Ski Hill
Spend Friday night on the hill at Sunridge! Snow tubing, live music and a new brewery (with samples) every week in the chalet at Sunridge Ski Hill. Tickets are $18 and include a two-hour tubing session, live music and beer samples. Get outside on the hill this weekend in Edmonton!
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See a Pop up Magic Show at The Rec Room
You’ll have five exclusive chances to catch a Chris Gowen show at The Rec Room this month. This pop-up, speakeasy style Las Vegas magic show sells out quickly, so you’re going to need magic-like fingers to get your hands on the tickets.
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Splurge-y Pop Up: It’s Going to be Delicious
Rge Rd's Chef Blair Lesback and Anici Cellar is hosting a pop-up meal that you’re not going to want to miss, if a foodie-splurge-y date night is your vibe. Sunday night. Three hours. Five courses.
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Cheap Foodie Date: Try a Chili Cookoff
Are you a ninja in the kitchen with a killer chili recipe? You’re not going to want to skip this event where you can compete in the community and take home the prize. We’re here for the chance to cook together, win bragging rights, and sample everyone else’s goods!
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Slam Sake Bombs at Ikki Izakaya
Ikki is one of the best vibes in town, with cocktails and sake bombs, snacks and a lively atmosphere on Jasper Ave. It’s a great little spot to start the night downtown - or end it. Find it at 11931 Jasper Ave, open 6:30 to late.
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Hit the Rink for a FREE Date Night
This weekend, hit up one of the best places to skate in the city. You can find our list of the most romantic places to lace up your skates, right here. Don’t have skates? With the winter weekends in Edmonton at City Hall, you can even get your hands on free skate rentals (while you listen to live music!)
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Film Screening + Artist Talk: Before I Change My Mind
Visit Scotiabank Theatre for a film screening + talk of ‘Before I Change My Mind’. The film is set in 1987. While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in. The screening will be followed by an artist talk with film writer-director Trevor Anderson and co-writer Fish Griwkowsky and is part of the public programming for the Mitchell Art Gallery's current exhibition, THE MALL, and a lead-up event for Pride at MacEwan University.
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How are you spending the weekend in Edmonton?
