The Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market is excited to welcome you to our 2nd Annual Harvest Festival! This year’s theme, Historical Roots, Root Vegetables, celebrates both our community’s rich history and the bounty of the harvest season.
📅 Saturday, September 27 (9AM–3PM)
📅 Sunday, September 28 (11AM–3PM)
📍 83 Ave between Gateway Blvd & Calgary Trail
☔ Rain or Shine
Saturday Highlights ✨
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🚍 Step back in time with ETS! Edmonton Transit is sponsoring this year’s festival by bringing out a historic bus that once lived right here in our building when it was a bus barn. Take photos outside, hop on board, and take a trip to 1983!
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🎨 Free family fun: face painting, balloons, glitter tattoos & henna tattoos.
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🎶 Live music from Thomas Heard and Mae & Jay.
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🍩 Our vendor Cinnamon Princess will be outside serving their famous cinnamon buns (yes, gluten-free too!).
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🎪 Amanda Panda’s Hula Hoop Circus (11 AM – 2 PM) with roaming performances.
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🐶 SCARS will be here with adorable adoptable dogs.
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🎲 Lawn games for the whole family.
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📚 The Edmonton Public Library joins us from 12–3 PM with fall family fun, harvest reads, and Tots Corner.
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🍴 Food trucks: Kin-D Thai, El Quetzalito, Hema’s Lemonade, Streetside Smokehouse, and The Canadian Kettle Corn.
Sunday Highlights ✨
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🎨 More free family fun: face painting, balloons, glitter tattoos & henna tattoos.
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🎶 Live music from Robyn Ashley, Just Music Bill, and Beth Portman.
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🍩 Cinnamon Princess returns with those mouthwatering cinnamon buns (including gluten-free).
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🎪 Amanda Panda’s Hula Hoop Circus (11 AM – 2 PM).
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🐶 SCARS with adoptable dogs.
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🎲 Lawn games for all ages.
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📚 Edmonton Public Library brings harvest activities, Tots Corner, and story fun from 12–3 PM.
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🍴 Food trucks: Kin-D Thai, El Quetzalito, Hema’s Lemonade, Streetside Smokehouse, Hatchi Takoyaki, and The Canadian Kettle Corn.
Shop Local Inside the Market 🛒
While you’re enjoying the festival outdoors, don’t forget to head inside and shop with our incredible vendors! From fresh produce and baked goods to handmade treasures and local art, supporting the farmers, makers, and small businesses inside the market is at the heart of this celebration.
✨ The Harvest Festival is a weekend full of family fun, delicious eats, live entertainment, and local pride. Best of all — it’s free to attend!
Join us on September 27 & 28 at the Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market. Let’s celebrate our roots together!