Here are the BEST Things to do in Edmonton this Week - May 28 - June 3, 2025

May 28, 2025

HIIT Summer nights kicks off mid-june. It’s fourteen weeks of a Saturday-night, all-levels HIIT class that finishes up with a seltzer on the grass with your brand new pals. Season passes include 14-sessions and are on sale for $139.
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Speaking of getting active outside - there are fourteen sessions left in this summer Sunday-night-sunset-yoga session, and passes are on sale for $99.
Mark your calendar for June 7 because DRTY Ice Cream is hosting their grand opening party. If you’ve gotten your hands on these scoops and cones, you know you’re not going to want to miss out on this special event.
Nero is open in Edmonton. Call (780) 249-1213 to book your table - there are a limited number of reservations being accepted.
There’s a brand new Made by Marcus location opening early in June at 9853 89 Avenue NW and word has it that they’re going to be bringing the sold-out-in-Calgary ice cream making workshops to Edmonton. That’s exciting news!

Here are the best things to do in Edmonton this week

There are a handful of tickets in stock for this evening’s streetcar cocktail experience ($39) where you’ll sip on three drinks crated by a local expert, with sophicsticted ships and gorgeous ones.

It’s the last Thursday of the month and that means FREE Admission to Art Gallery of Alberta. Check the latest exhibits at this monthly FREE Admission night.
Or, register for the Weekly Adult Open Studio ($20) and try your hand at creating something new - also at Art Gallery of Alberta. Every week, there are rotating, themed, art classes.
NAIT Student Film Festival is an experience where you can screen seven, student-made films at Edmonton Public Library - and it’s free.
Catch Game Five of the Western Conference Final at Ice District, Rogers Place or your favourite place with game-day specials in Edmonton. GO Oilers GO.

The UFest Ukrainian Festival kicks off today in Edmonton. It’s your chance
Stingers vs Bandits. Get in the stands and kick off the weekend with an evening oc. Irrational Brewing X Delavoye Chocolate - Amazing neighbours coming together to present a fun and unique collaborative experience. During this 90-minute event, you'll explore chocolate and beer, and ways to best enjoy them together. Concludes with a tour of Irrational Brewing.
Mile Zero Dance - Feed. FEED is an ensemble work of Sisyphian nightmares around being Albertan, culminating in joyous reverie for the little things in life. HYPER/improvisational/EXPERIMENTAL in usage of text, movement, costume, soundscore, lighting and set.
Snow Valley Aerial Park opens for the Season. If you want to get the best bang for your buck for this one - head to the park during their Twilight Special. Stay tuned for the return of fun, weekly-themed events this year.
It’s Edmonton Drag Fest! Don’t miss out on the chance to witness some of the most talented drag performers in the city like Edmonton has never experienced before. Edmonton Drag Festival is making its runway debut in the art of Downtown, Edmonton. Churchill Square will come alive as local drag queens present fierce, fabulous and fearless numbers alongside TOP INTERNATIONAL DRAG PERFORMERS!

Check out the second day of UFest Ukrainian Festival.
Share your Dirty Little Secrets at Rapid Fire Dirty Little Secrets Improv Show.
Forage in the forest during a Flowers and Fungi nature walk. Discover how certain blooms signal the arrival of spring mushrooms, including early morels, true morels, and false morels

Darling x Garneau are back at it with another pop-up. Join the pair for a relaxed afternoon on the patio as we celebrate the Italian art of aperitivo—with new Italian wines from Garneau Block (SFERA & Sassara Vini) and a delicious selection of Stuzzichini by the Darling team. You can buy your $20 ticket, here.
Check out KaldrSaga Cabaret. This is a queer romp of Skaldic rivalries, cowboy ballads, movie musicals, and more, KaldrSagacarves queer myths out of the stories of heroes and gods. Check out this multi-night production until June 8th.
Catch a Sunday Sunset Yoga session in the park. Join Edmonton.events for a rejuvenating Sunset Sunday Outdoor Yoga Session set in the heart of the breathtaking river valley. Surrounded by nature’s calm and the gentle flow of the river, this outdoor session is the perfect way to unwind, recharge, and connect—body, mind, and soul.

Create something for your home with your own two hands. Join Simpo Goods for a hands-on experience where you'll learn how to create your very own custom cutting board workshop. Come and create your high-quality cutting board.
Get a behind-the-scenes view of how waste is disposed of and SMASH used electronics at this interactive, adult program. Tours and a fun activity of smashing electronics in your own personal rage-room? Yes, please. And? It’s free.

‘On the Banks of the Nut’ is on stage with a pay-what-you-can night TONIGHT. One of Lemoine’s zippiest screwball comedies returns in its first revival since 2010. In this uniquely bucolic escapade, an affably inept federal talent agent and a plucky temp embark on a hare-brained talent quest in rural Wisconsin in 1951. Their madcap project involves bird-watching, pie, the music of Mahler, a pair of embattled star-crossed lovers, and the abruptest civic election in history, all at the curiously appointed Nut River Lodge.