Several organizations are hosting events in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day this weekend in the metro Edmonton region. Other activities include a rodeo, the reopening of a historic planetarium, new exhibitions at the art gallery, closing night at the EIFF, and a run to fund breast-cancer research.
- Sept. 29-30: Edmonton Pro Rodeo at the Edmonton Expo Centre
- Sept. 29-Oct 1: Queen Elizabeth Planetarium Reopening
- Sept. 29, 7pm: Otehiwin // Open House: Storytellers and Songwriters at the Stanley A. Milner Library
- Sept. 29, 7:30pm: Exhibition Opening 2023: Fall Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Alberta
- Sept. 30, 12pm: Standing Together: Orange Shirt Day Community Walk, starting at Mary Burlie Park
- Sept. 30, 12pm: Nékem: Honouring National Day For Truth and Reconciliation at CO*LAB
- Sept. 30, 1pm: 3rd Annual Orange Shirt Day Run/Walk, starting at Kinsmen Park
- Sept. 30, 2pm: Orange Shirt Day Traditional Powwow with the Masters Alberta Indigenous Games at Rollie Miles Athletic Park
- Sept. 30, 6:30pm: Edmonton International Film Festival: Hey Viktor! at the Muttart Theatre in the Stanley A. Milner Library
- Oct. 1, 8:30am: CIBC Run for the Cure at the Edmonton Expo Centre
Find even more things to do in the Arts Roundup and the Food Roundup.