News Release

Edmonton – A Great Host City

Edmonton has developed a strong reputation as a world-class host city for events. The city has long been known for its large number of annual festivals and events, and each of these helps add to and showcase Edmonton’s vibrancy and culture.

However in recent years our community has had great success in attracting and hosting national and international sporting and cultural events that contribute to Edmonton being one of the best in the world to live and work.

These events bring the world to Edmonton, and showcase us to a global audience. With more events coming to Edmonton every year, the city’s reputation as an incredible host and a vibrant city will only continue to grow.

Below are just some of the major events that Edmonton Events, a unique partnership between the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Tourism, has helped attract to the city in this and future years.

2014

September-December
September 2-7	Tour of Alberta
September 4-7	Canadian Country Music Awards
September 24-26	2014 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Convention and Alberta Municipal Services Corporation Trade Show
October 25	Canada Women’s National Team vs Japan
November 5-9	Canadian Finals Rodeo

2015

January-March
March 2	Deadline to submit Edmonton’s bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Date to be announced	Red Bull’s Crashed Ice Cross Downhill World Championship
June-August
June 3-6	Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual General Meeting
June 6-July 5	FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015
Summer	Pan American Junior Athletics Championship
July 2-5	2015 Canadian Track and Field Championship
September-December
September	2022 Commonwealth Games host city announced

2016

Summer	2016 Canadian Track and Field Championship
Summer	2016 Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials