Festival Information
Festival Flyer
Toddler Town Flyer
Festival Site Hours of Operation
Tuesday, May 29 to Sunday, June 3, 2018
Tuesday-Friday: 9:30 AM – 3 PM
Saturday: 9:30 AM – 5 PM [Optimist Blue Flame Toonie Pancake Breakfast 9 AM to 11 AM]
Sunday: 9:30 AM – 5 PM [with Plaza stage and activities open to 6 PM]
Box Office Hours | T: 780-459-1542
Located in the Arden Theatre
Tuesday to Friday: 9:30 AM to 3 PM
Saturday: 9:30 AM to 5 PM
Sunday: 9:30 AM to 5 PM
Performance Venues
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The Festival's feature performances are held in the following venues:
- ÉCOLE FATHER JAN SCHOOL
15 Mission Avenue - RED WILLOW PLACE
7 Taché Street - SAVE-ON-FOODS STAGE
The Arden Theatre
St. Albert Place | 5 St. Anne Street - ST. ALBERT CURLING CLUB STAGE
7 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue
Watch for colour-coded signs throughout the Festival site to help you find your way to each venue.
Park & Ride
From Village Transit Station
View map and rates
Shuttle departs every 15 minutes.
Tuesday to Saturday: 8 AM to 5:30 PM
Sunday: 8 AM to 8 PM
Welcome Tent
On Saturday and Sunday, the Alberta Blue Cross Welcome Tent should be your first stop of the day! Located at the Park & Ride stop on St. Thomas Street, you’ll find answers to all your Festival questions. Make sure to pick up a Lost Child slap bracelet from Alberta Blue Cross volunteers.
Wheelchair Accessibility
The Festival’s feature performance venues and site activity tents are wheelchair accessible. On ticket order forms, provide the number of students in your group requiring wheelchair seating. Wheelchair attendants will receive a complimentary ticket.
NOTE: Wheelchair seating is limited in some venues.
Sensory Supports
The Children’s Festival is pleased to announce our NEW Festival Sensory Inclusion Program designed to support children and patrons with sensory processing disorders.
Read more information on this exciting pilot program.
For more information, contact the Festival Community Facilitator, Lesley: 780-459-1771 or lmutschke@stalbert.ca.
Thank you to the Centre for Autism Services Alberta and Autism Edmonton.
First Aid / Lost Kids and Information Tents
Two First Aid / Lost Kids and Information Tents are located on the Festival site:
- St. Albert Place Plaza
- St. Anne Street Promenade
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Lost children will be escorted to an Information Tent. All lost-and-found items will be taken to one of the Information Tents during the week of the Festival. After June 3, all objects can be claimed through St. Albert Place security. Please call our administration office at 780-459-1600 for assistance.
Age Guidelines
Performances and activities are rated by age and based on artists’ recommendations and curriculum connections.
Please consider these categories as general guidelines, as we recognize that parents and teachers are the best judges of what is most appropriate for their children and students.
Please contact Terry, our School Liaison, for more information: 780-459-1717 or childrensfestival@stalbert.ca.
Food Concessions
Concessions are located throughout the Festival site. Plenty of green space, ideal for a picnic lunch, surrounds the Festival site. Many of our food vendors offer hot lunch options. A listing of Food Vendors will be available April 15th for pre-orders.
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Festival Gift Shop
Souvenirs are available for purchase in the merchandise tent located on the Front Plaza. Stop by to purchase all kinds of great Festival memorabilia such as t-shirts, Frisbees, glitter tattoos, yo-yos or a CD featuring your favourite Festival artist.
Last edited: May 15, 2018
