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This year’s festival will take place August 3rd – 12th.
An incredible lineup of visual and performing arts, music and theatre on multiple stages, the Northern WarriorRace, a Film Festival, Classic Car Show, roving performers, dance, vendors, and many more events and activities booked for this year’s TransAlta interPLAY Festival beginning Friday, August 3 and running until Sunday, August 12.
C’mon down to King Street and the Keyano College grounds for the Street Party on the final weekend of the festival Friday, August 10 to Sunday, August 12.
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This year's Big Spirit Festival will take place Friday August 31 - Monday September 3.
Keep an eye out for more information in coming weeks and months! |
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Alberta Culture Days
This event will take place from September 27 – 30, 2012
with art and culture focused activities, music, live theatre, and dance
performances at venues throughout Fort McMurray.
Keep an eye out for more information in coming weeks and months! |
Food for the Soul: Arts and Culture in Wood Buffalo
It’s easy to see why Wood Buffalo draws some of the most talented and creative people in the world. The towering trees and vast, breathtaking landscapes of the boreal forest, the dancing panoply of the northern lights, the power of the rushing rivers – in Wood Buffalo, inspiration awaits around every corner.
Capturing the Big Spirit Through the Arts Wood Buffalo is home to a thriving community of artisans and craftspeople, from the traditional beadwork and crafts of the First Nations people who have called Wood Buffalo home for millennia to the latest in avante-garde contemporary art. |
| Fort McMurray’s newest art gallery, The Post at Keyano College’s Theatre and Arts Centre, features the work of contemporary exhibitions from Alberta’s hottest artists. Enjoy a guided tour of the current exhibition on display or sip a cocktail at one of the gallery’s late-night events as you chat with resident artists and appreciate the unique culture of the Wood Buffalo arts scene. |
| Get inspired at the Community Art Gallery at MacDonald Island Park, where you can drink in the works of local artists on display, and then explore your own creativity as you take up brush and palette yourself. The art gallery features lessons for children, adults and seniors and hosts community art projects throughout the summer months. |
| There’s no better way to capture the ‘big spirit’ of Wood Buffalo for yourself than to take home a piece of artwork, whether it’s a graceful soapstone carving or an arresting canvas or sketch. Visit the Wood Buffalo Country Fair in mid-August to meet some of the region’s most talented craftspeople and artisans face-to-face and pick out your own piece of Wood Buffalo’s big spirit. |
| The Play’s the Thing!
The biggest performing arts event of the year in Wood Buffalo happens in August at InterPLAY the region’s premier visual and performing arts festival. More than 20,000 visitors flock to Wood Buffalo’s downtown core to see Franklin Avenue come alive with roving street performers, plays and concerts, stand-up comedians, improv actors and visual artists of all stripes. Performers come from all over Canada and beyond to be a part of InterPLAY, and every year features a brand-new mix of the country’s best. Be part of the magic at InterPLAY!
Theatre is alive and well in Wood Buffalo year-round.
Keyano College’s Theatre and Arts Centre
has long been a cultural mainstay in Fort McMurray, featuring a variety of theatrical performances from the Syncrude Arts Alive play |
