The Weekly: Edmonton - Here are the Best Things to do in Edmonton this Week - March 13 - 19, 2024

Mar 13, 2024

Welcome to The Weekly: Edmonton. This week, we’re excited about the many, many on-stage performances in Edmonton.

Street Car Concerts and Street Car Cocktail experiences are back for 2024! Explore the high level bridge and your date in a new light.
Nabi, serving up cocktails and small plates, is open now at 10145 104 Street. You’re going to love this Korean speakeasy style bar.
GIVEAWAY ALERT. We’re giving away three pairs of tickets to the GREAT OUTDOOR COMEDY FESTIVAL. Head over to Instagram for your chance to win!
Magical Music of Harry Potter, accompanied by Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is coming to Edmonton in April. Buy Tickets
Alberta Spirits & Cocktail Festival is coming up quickly! Get your tickets for this spirit-forward night out that features 30 distilleries and over 100 spirits to try!
Don’t sleep on this Immersive art experience. Step into a world where art transcends boundaries and embraces the extraordinary. Moments By Morrel, in collaboration with a talented collective of local artists, presents an extraordinary event: “Art Is…” Sneakerhead Edition. Buy Tickets
Start the perfect date night with a cocktail class where you’ll learn to shake up three signature cocktails from a local expert. Ticket price is for TWO people to attend. You’ll work as a dynamic duo to build the perfect cocktail, with snacks.

Here’s what to do in Edmonton this Week

Wednesday March 13, 2024

Robot Girls Launches today! At Nellie McClung Charter School for Girls, four girls join the science club to build a robot for an international student robot-building competition. We’re giving away two tickets on Instagram, here. Seeing the show? Buy Tickets.
King of the Hill Battle Style Improv. You’ll choose the winner! After each round, the audience decides on the winning pair who will stay on for the next round while the losers form new teams to dethrone the Kings. This is a hilarious nigh tout at Grindstone!
See a Classic on Stage. The Sound of Music hits the stage at Citadel. Buy Tickets
Are you interested in the sky? Check out this Moonbeam Meetup at Telus World of Science where you can learn more about the local astronomy scene - beginners welcome! This week, they’re viewing the straight ridge on the moon! More details
Register for a last-minute Bao cooking class, with a local expert. Buy Tickets
Head to the Muttart for a Wednesday Adult only experience. Walk the beautiful pyramids while sipping on a glass of wine from Cafe Bloom.

Thursday March 14, 2024

Take a Chopsticks Making Workshop with Keep Design. This fun workshop will teach you to create two sets of your own chopsticks, that you’ll take home with you. Buy Tickets
Yukon Brewtasting at Workshop Eatery. St.Patty’s Day is coming, so Workshop Eatery partnered with Yukon Brewing to celebrate with Irish inspired food, whiskey and beer! Your ticket price includes appetizers paired with Yukons Radler, Pale Ale and Whiskey, then Shepherds pie and a Whoopie Pie, both made with Yukon Brewing products. Buy Tickets
Celebrate 5 Years of Garneau Block at Plaza Bowling Co. Join this epic bowling party complete with wine, hot dogs, AND a photo booth! Booking groups of 4-6 people, there is only ONE seating so jump on these, they will fly fast. Buy Tickets
Learn how to incorporate the whip into your sex life with Art of the Whip at Intimate Times. Whips can be very scary for a lot of ppl so this class is aimed at easing that through knowledge.

Friday March 15, 2024

Tickets are selling FAST for Magic Michael XXS at Rapid Fire Theatre. Get your hands on tickets while you can. Buy Tickets
Edmonton French Film Festival Launches March 15-20, 2024. Buy Tickets
Artists Talk! The “YEG Old Houses” series was created at McLuhan House artist studio in Highlands and was operated by Art Habitat Edmonton and awarded a 2021 Canada Council For The Art grant. Check out the artist’s talk on Friday Night.
See The Theory of Relativity on stage at Al and Trish Huehn Theatre. The Theory of Relativity explores how young adults, searching for human connection, deal with their personal feelings and situations and, as well, how they develop communities based on their shared experiences. Buy Tickets (starting at just $16)
Grindstone Theatre has a full night of experience tonight. From 10 minute musicals, Faris Hytiaa on stage for stand up and Sweat Fridays for a dance party.
Indulge in the world of bean-to-bar chocolate with an exclusive 60-minute chocolate-tasting event. Immerse yourself in the rich flavours and captivating aromas of our chocolate, crafted right at Delavoye Chocolate Maker.

Saturday March 16, 2024

What are you hiding? Share your secrets, anonymously, with the audience and improv cast at Rapid Fire on Saturday Night. Dirty Little Secrets uses the audience’s secrets to create the show - you will love this. Buy Tickets for this late night date night.
Trying to meet someone new? Try this singles fitness class!
Visit the LUSH Cosmetics Store at West Edmonton Mall to play games in-store and try your hand at making your own bath bomb. More Details
It’s the newest Karaoke spot in town and this weekend you can sing your heart out. Tag your dates, Tag your friends and queue up your favourite song because Ed’s Karaoke is OPEN.

Sunday March 17, 2024

Get Crafty with a Hops & Hoops Workshop at Southgate Centre. Buy Tickets
Missed the first Chopsticks Workshop? You’ve got a second chance on Sunday. Buy tickets
Baroque Chamber Music Treasures. The Alberta Baroque Ensemble perform works specifically composed for smaller chamber music groups. This concert is called Baroque Chamber Music Treasures. It features ABE musicians’ violinists Susan Flook and Laura Veeze, cellist Ronda Metszies, harpsichordist Tammy-Jo Mortensen and guest flutist Elizabeth Koch. Buy Tickets
Take a Paranormal Tour at Fort Edmonton Park. As the night descends, investigate Fort Edmonton Park’s most haunted hotspots and hear our best-kept ghost stories. Come with an open mind—and prepare for the unexpected. Buy Tickets

Tuesday March 19, 2024

Get 2/$9 Bao at Baijiu, with delicious and innovative rotating flavours, every Tuesday in Edmonton. Find the weekly rotating flavour at @baijiu_yeg.
Try before you die cocktails are at Clementine. Only $12 a cocktail and it happens every week. Come in for your favourite or try something new each Tuesday.
It’s performance night at Grindstone Theatre for all of the improv students. This performance will showcase all of the spring term students and the content they've been working on over the past 8 weeks in class.
Book a race at Drive at WEM on Monday-Thursday and take advantage of a heart pounding BOGO 50% deal!

Thanks for reading, folks. Enjoy the rest of your week, stay warm and most important - get out there and try something new!