Silver Skate Festival

The Silver Skate Festival & Winter Celebration is a free event for all of Edmonton to enjoy. Entering its twenty-second year, the Silver Skate Festival is the longest running winter festival in the City of Edmonton. The festival is rooted in the Dutch tradition of a love of the outdoors and the pleasure of experiencing the cultural and aesthetic beauty of winter but in recent years the festival has exploded into an extravaganza of art, culture, recreation and sports programming. This is no small feat and would not be possible without the support of our sponsors and in-kind contributors. Take the time to visit our sponsor page and support the businesses that support the Silver Skate Festival. It is amazing what we can accomplish together as a community.

The Silver Skate Festival continues to grow and this year we will be expanding the festival to include programming on the Family Day, Monday February 20th, 2012.

Festival Programming will include a wide variety of free events and activities to include free programming by River Valley Programming, our epic ice slide, family snow sculpting, figure skating demonstrations, roving performers, horse drawn sleigh rides, the Cessco Snow Sculpture Garden, Night Works in the Park: a multimedia extravaganza, two evenings of fire sculptures and our Heritage Village will feature a rich tapestry of heritage performers.

This year's sporting and recreation events will include the Edmonton Winter Triathlon, long blade skate races and the Kortebaan, a traditional Dutch long blade sprint race.

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Event Location

William Hawrelak Park
9330 Groat Road NW
Edmonton, Alberta