Lindork’s Lists #216 – Music Festivals, Earth Day, Mocktail Bar Sneak Peek & MORE!
Newsletter for April 17-23, 2024.
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Things to Do This Week
Experience the Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival (various locations)
The 116th Annual Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival kicks off this week and runs until May 1, featuring more than 20,000 music students, actors, musicians, and music lovers. Performances are FREE to attend! Choirs run this week. Bands run next week. Solo Festival runs this Saturday to May 1.
Watch a few local live theatre performances:
On for the next week only April 17-27 is The Swearing Jar at the Walterdale Theatre, part of their 65th season! The show is about a “young married couple who decide to kick their hilariously bad swearing habit before their baby is born, but that’s not their only obstacle.”
My friend Pam highly recommends you check out the final week of The Mountaintop at The Citadel Theatre, a reimagining of the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Daily shows until Sunday, April 21.
The Stage Struck! One Act Festival takes place at Gateway Theatre this Friday & Saturday April 19 & 20 with nine plays, including six new works by local playwrights, two previously produced works and a staged reading.
Shop a few local markets:
Hello Pretty is throwing their two-year birthday bash this April 20 & 21.
Malla Mrkt’s Taylor Swift-themed market is also this April 20 & 21.
The Mill Woods Seniors Association is hosting their MWSA Spring 2024 Rummage Sale this April 20 & 21 (everything half price on Sunday)!
Participate in Earth Day!
You can really do any number of activities for Earth Day this Monday, April 22—picking up some trash in your neighbourhood, choosing to bring a reusable item for your outing, planting a seed, watering plants, you name it! But there is an Earth Day Expo happening this Saturday, April 20 at the Edmonton Reuse Centre where you’re invited to check out a Wasteless Market and find unique items made by local vendors using reusable materials. Also a good time to see if you want to drop your own items off at the Reuse Centre
Take part in a unique singles dating event (ICE District, 10360 102 St.)
For my singles Age 25-43—ICE District downtown is host to the World’s first Live-Matched Singles Games Night this Saturday, April 20!
Create a cat-friendly gardening space (Salisbury Greenhouse, Sherwood Park)
Salisbury Greenhouse is hosting a Cat Gardens workshop fundraiser in support of Second Chance Animal Rescue (SCARS) this Saturday, April 20!
Here’s a few family-friendly activities:
You might want to check out the Wild Rose Shows Spruce Grove Fundraiser this weekend April 19 & 21 and next weekend—featuring amusement park rides and other family friendly activities.
Musical Mornings a Concert for Ages 1-5 is on this weekend April 21 at the Winspear Centre.
And here’s my early pick for NEXT weekend:
Plan to partake in the Edmonton Independent Bookstore Day Extravaganza! running April 27 & 28 featuring 11 indie shops and a fun passport experience.
Got an Edmonton area event, virtual event, or something coming up you think my readers would be interested in knowing about? Let me know!
Food to Try This Week
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Visit the A Taste for Life Fundraiser Restaurants TODAY (various)
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On Wednesday, April 17 (TODAY) four Edmonton restaurants – Biera, The Common, Highlevel Diner and Otto, are donating a portion of the day’s sales (25%) to HIV Edmonton as part of an nationwide fundraising initiative. Great reason to try some of the delicious bites at these local eateries!
Note—email subscribers got a heads up about this time-sensitive event!
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Get a free frozen treat on Thursdays at Cafe Bel-Air (8020 101 St.)
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On Thursdays April through August, Cafe Bel-Air in Old Strathcona is gifting a free frozen pops treat with the first 10 people’s lunch orders. This is a super cute cafe and the only Mauritian restaurant in Western Canada.
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Check out The Butternut Tree’s new Tasting Menu (9707 110 St.)
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The Butternut Tree has launched their new Tasting Menu and it looks really good. It’s 8 courses and there is a vegetarian option as well as wine pairing option as well. Everyone at the table must participate in the tasting menu.
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Try the delicious comfort Korean food from NongBu Korean Eatery (8115 104 St.)
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This week Diane recommends NongBu Korean Eatery for hitting all of her comfort food cravings with the transition into spring!
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From Diane: “I love the fried ddukboki to start and ending with the honey butter ddukbokki (it’s not too sweet!) Budae jjigae is an all weather dish and a fave—I feel like they are one of the few places that has beans in it, which adds a little extra something something.”
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Get a sneak peek of Edmonton’s first and only mocktail bar (11909 Jasper Ave.)
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SPILT Zero Proof Bar is opening their doors for a sneak peek event with local shoe company Kunitz Shoes this Friday, April 19 for the launch of Kunitz’ “Aperitivo Collection” with Mock-ups Mocktails. Your FREE ticket gets you one custom mocktail + 20% off the purchase of footwear from the new Aperitivo Collection—plus a sneak peek of the only mocktail bar in town before they officially open!
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Go for brunch at Rosewood Foods (10150 100 St.)
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Do you know where to find the BEST crullers in Edmonton? That would be at Rosewood Foods downtown! Where you can also find some of the best breakfast, brunch and lunch in town. We had such a great breakfast there this week, you can pre-order food online for pickup or grab a seat and dine in this bustling little corner of Rice Howard Way.
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Check out a few new-ish cafes in the city (various locations)
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LAST Modern Event Venue in downtown Edmonton (10242 106 St.) is now operating the FIRST Cafe open Tuesdays – Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Mohka Coffee is a new Yemeni Cafe in north Edmonton (5344 Admiral Girouard St.) open 9 a.m. to midnight daily.
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Roam Cafe is a newish coffee roaster and cafe in central Edmonton (10130 112 St.) serving drinks, snacks, and local beers.
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Here’s some food events you might be interested in…
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Wing Wednesday, a Hot and Spicy fundraiser supporting Edmonton Meals on Wheels, takes place Wednesday, April 17.
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Halo Bar Bistro at the Renaissance Hotel is hosting their next Wine Wars four-course dinner, wine pairings, vendors and voting on Friday, April 19.
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Ernest’s at NAIT is hosting an Okanagan Fundraiser Dinner on Fri, April 19.
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The Strathcona Food Bank’s Nourish Gala fundraiser is Saturday, April 27.
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Barbacoa is putting on a Frind Estates Wine Dinner on Tuesday, April 30.
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Hot Chefs Cool Beats food, beer, spirits and wine fundraiser in support of the High School Culinary Challenge is on Thursday, May 2.
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The Old Red Barn in Leduc—famous for their Farm to Table Dinners that support local farmers and share agriculture education—has released their 2024 Farm Dinner dates and tickets. Events run most Thursdays June through September.
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Ate something amazing recently? Want to show some love to a struggling restaurant? Have a take-out suggestion? Let me know to include in this newsletter.
Small Business Spotlight
Congratulations to Anohka Distillery, a Parkland County Alberta distillery that recently won big at the World Whiskies Awards being named World’s Best New Make & Young Spirit. You can buy Anohka’s products online or in select stores across AB.
From the Blog Vault
We’re headed to Mexico!! So I thought I’d throw back to the last time we were in Mexico—and my Travel Guide to Dreams Riviera Cancun. (in which a random reader called me a glutton for going for first and second dinners at the all inclusive resort lol). Stay tuned on my social media for updates from this week’s trip.
This time we are going for Backstreet Boys at the Beach!!!
Stay tuned for a Travel Announcement!
I’ve got a big-ish travel announcement I’m sharing this weekend on social media and then in next Wednesday’s email newsletter! It involves YOU!!!
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Popular on my Blog Right Now
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