Feb 5-15, 2027 • Hawrelak Park
Edmonton's longest running winter festival!
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Feb 5-15, 2027 • Hawrelak Park
Edmonton's longest running winter festival!
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The Silver Skate Festival would like to respectfully acknowledge Treaty 6 territory, the traditional lands of First Nations and Métis People.
Edmonton’s longest running winter festival celebrates prairie winter life and creates winter experiences for Edmontonians of all ages.
The Silver Skate Festival is a free 10-day family-oriented festival that combines culture, art, education, sport, and recreation. We invite everyone to rediscover the joy of that first childhood snowfall or discover that joy for the first time.
Feel the breeze on your face as you glide along the city's free public skating surfaces. Marvel at the artistic talent on display in the Snow Sculpture Garden. Be dazzled by roving performers on the Folk Trail and experience renewal by writing out a fear or a wish to be added to the nightly Fire Sculpture burn. Visit the Indigenous pavilion in the Heritage Village which includes installations, stories, and a Winter Walking Ceremony. Push yourself, or a team comprised of family and friends, to frosty victory in the Ice Duathlon or Winter Triathlon. All types of skate blades and skill levels are welcome!
We challenge you to embrace your environment. Winter is magic, and the outdoor experiences in our city are limitless.
Toques off to all of the volunteers, sponsors, community partners, and amazing staff that make this winter celebration possible. We appreciate your generosity and hard work. Thank you for your support of the Silver Skate Festival!
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Where We Are
Caring for All
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Run-Skate-Ski
Skate-Run
Family Ski
Casual Winter Sport
A Neat Way to Play
It Takes a Village
Annual Competition
Our annual Snow Sculpture Symposium brings together creative carvers from near and far, to turn giant 8' blocks of snow into a garden of artful shapes!
Night Spectacle!
This spellbinding spectacle lights up the night — a crowd favourite! See artists construct wood sculptures during the day, then at 7:45pm they set flame to it!
Learn How!
Hands-on workshop for artists interested in learning this unique art form.
Traditions Alive
Performers and Art
Light the Night
Magic All Around Us
2025 Installation
Audio Project
Expanding upon and continuing to share Edmonton's Indigenous Winter Story through Night Sky Story Telling.
Festival staff and volunteers work year-round, collaborating with community organizations to help the festival grow.
Dans cette vidéo, nous découvrons le Silver Skate Festival, un événement hivernal emblématique qui rassemble chaque année la communauté autour de l’art, de la culture et des plaisirs de l’hiver.
Edmontonians filled Sir Wilfred Laurier Park this weekend to kick off the 10-day Silver Skate Festival.
River valley location should protect the snow sculptures and ice from the thawing daytime highs
Edmonton’s longest running winter festival is back for its 36th year. For 10 days, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park will be bustling with people embracing art, culture, and sport. Nicole Stillger shows us how Silver Skate kicked off.
It’s a land of ice and fire in Edmonton’s Laurier Park. James Dunn has more from this year’s Silver Skate Festival.
Edmonton’s longest-running winter festival kicks off this weekend, coinciding with unseasonably warm weather. Starting Friday, Laurier Park will be transformed into a winter wonderland, complete with snow sculptures, a winter cinema and skating areas — all for the 36th annual Silver Skate Festival. Erin DiLoreto, the festival’s executive producer, shares what people can expect.
Our Mission: To provide for the education and enlightenment of Canadians about Canadian winter history, outdoor winter activities, and winter art forms and the promotion of the physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing of Canadians particularly during the winter months.
