Top 8 Free Summer Activities for Kids
Your guide to free summer activities for the entire family.
School’s out, and summer fun is in! Check out these free events and child-friendly destinations, and get kids active, inspired and involved in the city this season. From running around with dinosaurs to floating down a lazy river, this guide to free summer fun has the family covered.
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Edmonton and its surrounding area is full of spray parks that are free to use. Find one (or a few!) in your area, here.
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Check out Kids Fringe August 17 – 27
Foster creativity and help your kids find their inner performer at KidsFringe! The festival has an array of free activities, stories, crafts and performances just for kids. Check out the Face Painting Palace and watch your child transform into their favourite character, or head over to the Book Nook to see beloved stories brought to life.
Including:
- Kids Stage –Daily interactive performances to entertain your family
- Kids Park – Participatory workshops, performances, and activities led by professional artists.
- Book Nook- Stories and imaginations brought to life in a magical and theatrical way.
- Adventure Forest – Games and activities to keep you on your toes.
- Sensory Tent – A quiet space with tactile sensory activities for kids of all ages to explore.
- Tots Tent – Activities geared toward the tiniest fringers, newborn to five years old.
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Zip around at Meadowview Dinosaur Park Leduc, AB Google Map
Located in the Meadowview neighborhood in Leduc, this park is a modern stone-age good time for youngsters. Nearly every surface in the park fits the dino theme—including a triceratops slide, boulder stairs and a “fossilized” T-Rex—but the main attraction is a mini zip line.
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International Children’s Festival of the Arts June 1 – 4
St. Albert, AB
The largest children’s festival in Northern Alberta hosts more than 55 000 kids for six days of art and cultural events. While not all of the festival’s activities are free, there is a lot for families to partake in at minimal to no expense. The festival aims to be very inclusive, even offering tools for children with sensory processing disorders.
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Edmonton Green Shacks Various locations around the city
Get active and join in on games, sport, crafts, music, drama and special events! A complete list of activities and special events is posted on the side of Green Shacks each week. If there is a game or activity that piques your child’s interest that you would like to have included in the programming, just ask the Program Leader.
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Watch the Sourdough Raft Race 10 Rabbit Hill Rd NW August 10
Head on over to Terwilleger Park for the annual Sourdough Raft Race. Watch from the banks of the North Saskatchewan as participants set sail on their homemade rafts and partake in Edmonton’s river water fight!
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Sign your kids up for the Kids Bowl Free Program and they can play two free games at this summer. A perfect rainy-day activity that gets kids out of the house and active.
Greater Edmonton Bowling alleys include
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Take a drive to Discovery Canyon Park 3800 Riverbend Drive Red Deer, AB
Complete with a lazy river, beach, playground and concession, Discovery Canyon has everything you need for a day of (free) summer fun! Pack a picnic lunch, and your own tubes, and enjoy the natural pools fed by the Red Deer River.
This free play area features:
- natural river-fed bubbling pools of water
- tube floating
- trickling rivulets
- a wading pool
- accessible beach and boardwalk
- picnic tables
- concession
- accessible washrooms and showers
- nature themed playground
- RV and large vehicle parking is not permitted
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