Lindork’s Lists #199 – Christmas Giveaways Part 2! 🎁 plus holiday dance parties, pizza & more!

Shop the Alberta Avenue Night Market HOLIDAY EDITION (118 Ave. & 92 St.)

• The Alberta Avenue Night Market runs Dec. 22-24 with food and drinks from Alberta Avenue restaurants, carollers, ice skating, a Grinch & more!

There’s a few holiday dance parties happening this weekend!

• Shrek the Halls at a Shrek Rave at Union Hall (6240 99 St.) on Friday, Dec. 22.

• Midway Music Hall (6107 104 St.) is hosting A Very Swiftie Christmas this Saturday Dec. 23—a holiday dance party! It says free admission before 11 p.m. but then it also says buy tickets / doors at 9 p.m. so you figure it out lol.

• The Starlite Room (10030 102 St.) is holding The Emo Nightmare Before Christmas on Satuday, Dec. 23.

Celebrate the Season at the Alberta Legislature (10800 – 97 Ave.)

• Celebrate the Season and take a stroll through the light display at the Alberta Legislature and catch a choir, orchestra or musical ensemble. There are shows on Friday and Saturday Dec. 22 & 23 inside the Legislature rotunda.

Catch “Naughty and Nice” performances of The Blank Who Stole Christmas

• Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual holiday tradition The Blank Who Stole Christmas improv show has been running all Dec, and there’s some “Naughty & Nice” performances (family-friendly / 14+ discretion) this weekend.

Here’s some other festive activities through December! (various locations)

• Candy Cane Lane is on until Jan 1 with the last Open Street Night on Dec 23! Be sure to book a sleigh ride before they’re sold out too.

• Catch “Die Harsh: A Christmas Musical” — 40 Stories of Sheer Laughs running until Dec 23 at the Varscona Theatre (presented by the Grindstone Theatre Society).

• Girl Brain’s Holiday Show is on at the Roxy Theatre until Dec. 23.

• The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents A Very Merry Pops on Dec. 22 & 23 & Hollywood for the Holidays at the Winspear Centre on Dec. 28 & 29!

• West Edmonton Mall is hosting Winter Wonder Weekends every Fri-Sun until Dec. 22, featuring live entertainment, roving performances and holiday character appearances.

• Alberta Prairie Railway presents The Polar Express Train Ride on select dates this holiday season until Dec. 22 (many dates already sold out!) Santa will board the train at the North Pole and walk through each train car giving out gifts to children 12 and under.

• With Bells On! the Musical presented by the Theatre Network runs at The Roxy Theatre until Dec. 23.

• The Christmas Carol runs at The Citadel Theatre until Dec. 23.

• The Polar Express in IMAX is back at the TELUS World of Science weekends until Dec. 24.

• Cirque du Soleil’s festive and theatrical show CORTEO will play in Edmonton for the first time Dec. 27-31 at Rogers Place. “Corteo, which means cortege in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. Combining acrobatic feats, comedy and acting, the show plunges spectators into a theatrical world of fun and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth.”

• PLUS: A few Christmas light locations:

  • Check out my old blog post for Christmas light locations including the legislature, LeMarchand Mansion, Candy Cane Lane, Musical Lights in Parkland County, Elliot Place in St. Albert and Festival Place in Sherwood Park. (should still be applicable this year except the Churchill Square one!)

  • 3rd Annual Carducci Christmas Light Show running Dec 1-25 (Thurs-Sun 6-9 p.m.) next to Crystalina Nera Park (bring food bank donations!)