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EdmontonConcerts, Sports & Live Events — Tickets, Dates & Prices
Every concert in Edmonton, every Oilers game, every comedy night, theatre show, and festival happening at Rogers Place and beyond. Live Ticketmaster availability refreshed every 6 hours.
Concerts in Edmonton Tonight
No same-day shows confirmed in Edmonton for tonight. Check back this evening — last-minute holds often release.
Best Shows in Edmonton Next Week
Top picks 7–14 days out. Headliners on sale now, sorted by date.
Sold-Out Edmonton Shows This Month
4 Edmonton shows marked sold out this month. Resale tickets often appear on Ticketmaster's Fan-to-Fan exchange — click through to check current resale pricing.
Cheapest Edmonton Concert Tickets
Lowest face-value primary tickets in Edmonton, starting from $7. Upper-level and balcony seats sorted by price.
Edmonton Oilers Tickets & Sports This Week
Pro and college games happening in Edmonton over the next 7 days — including Oilers home games at Rogers Place.
Top Edmonton Concert Venues — Capacity, Parking, Tips
The most-booked venues in Edmonton based on this month's tour activity. Tap any venue to jump to its next show on Ticketmaster.
Edmonton Concert Calendar — Upcoming Months
Month-by-month breakdown of every confirmed show in Edmonton. Tap any month to see the full lineup.
Live Concerts in Edmonton — 199 Upcoming Shows on Sale
Looking for concerts in Edmonton tonight, this weekend, or later this month? Edmonton is one of the busiest live-music markets in Canada — every official Edmonton concert ticket, comedy show, sports game, and festival on sale right now, pulled live from Ticketmaster every 6 hours. No resale markups, no scalpers, no broken links.
From arena tours at Rogers Place to club shows and theatre runs across Edmonton, this is the fastest way to see what’s on tonight, what’s touring this month, and which Edmonton dates are still available before they sell out. Tap any show below for live pricing, seat maps, and the official Ticketmaster checkout.
People Also Ask — Edmonton Live Events
What concerts are in Edmonton tonight?
No same-day shows confirmed for Edmonton tonight, but last-minute holds often release before doors. See the full list at the top of this page.
When is the next Oilers game in Edmonton?
Check the Sports filter above for the next Oilers home game at Rogers Place. The Ticketmaster feed refreshes every 6 hours so the schedule is always current.
How much are Edmonton concert tickets?
Edmonton concert tickets typically range from $35 (upper-level) to $300+ (floor / VIP). Mid-week shows often run 15–30% lower than weekend headliners.
Where can I buy cheap Edmonton tickets?
Every event card on this page links directly to Ticketmaster's primary checkout — face-value pricing, no resale markup. Use the "Cheapest" section above to find lowest-priced shows.
What time do Edmonton concerts start?
Most Edmonton concerts start between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM local, with doors opening 60–90 minutes earlier. Oilers home games typically start 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Are Edmonton shows sold out?
4 Edmonton shows are marked sold out right now. The "Sold Out" section above shows resale-only listings via Ticketmaster Fan-to-Fan.
What's the best venue for concerts in Edmonton?
Rogers Place hosts the biggest tours, but Edmonton EXPO Centre has the most variety this month with 32 shows confirmed.
Can I get last-minute Edmonton tickets?
Yes — sold-out shows often release additional inventory 24–48 hours before doors. Bookmark this page or save events to your watchlist to track price drops.
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Edmonton is a live-events city built on the rhythm of long northern summers and long northern winters, and the calendar is loud at both ends. Downtown the ICE District anchors the schedule — Rogers Place hosts the Oilers, headline arena tours and the kind of one-night bills that pull people in from across the Capital Region — while across the rail tracks the Citadel Theatre runs five stages of professional theatre out of a single Sir Edmund Bagnall-era building. South of the North Saskatchewan River, Old Strathcona and Whyte Avenue carry the indie load: the Starlite Room, Aviary, Buckingham, Mercury Room and a row of late-night bars that turn 82 Avenue into a Friday-night corridor for anyone chasing rock, punk, hip-hop or DJs. Commonwealth Stadium fills in the stadium-scale dates — Elks football in the fall, a handful of huge summer concerts when an outdoor tour comes through — and the smaller halls at MacEwan University and the Winspear Centre cover everything from chamber music to comedy. Edmonton calls itself Canada's Festival City for a reason, and the claim holds: between Folk Fest at Gallagher Park, Fringe in Old Strathcona, Heritage Festival at Hawrelak, K-Days at the EXPO grounds, the Edmonton International Jazz Festival, the Street Performers Festival, NextFest, Interstellar Rodeo at one point and a thicket of smaller community gatherings, the summer schedule barely leaves a free weekend between mid-June and the end of August. Winter shifts the focus indoors and into the river valley with Silver Skate at Hawrelak and a packed run of theatre, comedy and live music inside heated rooms. The city is laid out for it — LRT through downtown to NAIT, buses across the river to Whyte, and a downtown core that finally feels worth walking after dark.
What's happening in Edmonton this week
The Edmonton week starts soft and ends loud. Mondays are quiet across most rooms, with the exception of a few open-mic and trivia nights along Whyte Avenue and in Oliver. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are when smaller indie clubs and comedy bars start to fill — the Comic Strip at West Edmonton Mall runs sets through the middle of the week, and venues like the Aviary and Buckingham slot in touring acts that prefer a weekday Edmonton stop before a Calgary weekend. By Thursday the schedule lifts noticeably: Rogers Place commonly carries a midweek arena show in the busy months, the Citadel Theatre has weeknight performances on multiple stages, and the Winspear opens its Edmonton Symphony Orchestra calendar. Friday and Saturday are the heavy nights — concerts at Rogers Place, theatre at the Citadel and Mayfield Dinner Theatre, comedy headliners at the Comic Strip and Empress Ale House basement rooms, and the full Whyte Avenue rotation of indie shows and DJ nights. Sundays trend toward matinees, brunch jazz and folk sessions at smaller cafes. The big seasonal split matters more than any single week: between May and September the calendar tilts hard outdoor — patios, festival grounds, river-valley stages, Commonwealth Stadium events — and from October through April it pulls back inside to Rogers Place, the Citadel, the Winspear, the Yardbird Suite, the casinos and the Whyte Avenue club row. Check the daily listings before you commit, because Edmonton runs hotter than the out-of-town reputation suggests.
Things to do in Edmonton this weekend
A standard Edmonton weekend has more options than most visitors expect, and the shape of it depends almost entirely on the season. From mid-June through the end of August the city is in festival mode, and the answer to "what's on this weekend" is usually a multi-day event with a name on it — Jazz Fest in late June, The Works Art and Design Festival running through early July, K-Days at the EXPO grounds across ten days in late July, the Street Performers Festival downtown around the same window, Heritage Festival at Hawrelak Park on the August long weekend, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival at Gallagher Park the second weekend of August, and the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival taking over Old Strathcona for the back half of August. Pick a Friday-to-Sunday in summer and one of those is almost certainly happening. Outside festival season the rhythm is more familiar: Friday nights lean toward Rogers Place arena shows, Citadel Theatre evenings and Whyte Avenue club sets; Saturdays open with the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market in the morning and roll into the heaviest concert and comedy slate of the week; Sundays trend toward Oilers or Elks home dates depending on season, Sunday-evening jazz at the Yardbird Suite, and matinee theatre. Add an Oilers home game and the entire downtown core fills up — bars in the ICE District book out, the LRT runs heavier, and the post-game crowd spills toward 104 Street.
Things to do in Edmonton today
For "what's happening tonight" the fastest read is the live event listings on this page — they pull current Edmonton dates straight from the ticketing feeds and update through the day, so a 6 p.m. announce or a late drop shows up before it hits the venues' own sites. Beyond that, the reliable weeknight bets in Edmonton are short list: Whyte Avenue carries the most consistent indie-club density, with the Starlite Room, Mercury Room, Aviary, Buckingham and Empress Ale House all running shows on a typical weeknight; the ICE District has whatever Rogers Place is hosting plus the surrounding bar and restaurant rotation along 104 Avenue; the Citadel Theatre almost always has at least one of its five stages active; and the Yardbird Suite runs jazz Wednesday through Saturday. For comedy tonight, the Comic Strip at West Edmonton Mall is the default headliner room, with smaller open-mic and showcase nights at venues like the Grindstone Theatre and Empress Ale House basement. If the weather is good and it's summer, check whether one of the festivals is mid-run — Folk Fest, Fringe and Heritage Days in particular run programming every day of their windows. In winter, lean indoor and downtown: a hockey game, a Winspear concert or a Citadel show keeps you out of the cold between the car and the lobby, and the ICE District's covered pedway network from Rogers Place to the LRT means you barely have to step outside on the coldest nights.
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Concerts in Edmonton
Edmonton's concert calendar runs on three tiers. At the top, Rogers Place inside the ICE District is the 18,000-seat arena that anchors every major tour through Western Canada — Taylor-Swift-scale pop, the big country headliners, the country-rock crossover acts and the heavy-rock packages all stop here, and Commonwealth Stadium handles the rare stadium-scale outdoor show in the summer window. The mid-tier room is the Edmonton EXPO Centre's smaller halls plus the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, a 2,500-seat proscenium that takes touring symphonic, comedy and singer-songwriter dates. Below that, the club tier on Whyte Avenue and around the city — the Starlite Room, Midway, Aviary, Buckingham, Mercury Room and 9910 — carries indie rock, hip-hop, metal and electronic on a near-nightly basis. The Winspear Centre downtown is the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's home and one of the better-sounding acoustic halls in the country.
Comedy shows in Edmonton
The Comic Strip at West Edmonton Mall is the city's longest-running headliner club and still the default Thursday-through-Sunday booking for touring American and Canadian comics. Larger comedy tours — the Netflix specials, the late-night-circuit names — land at the Winspear, the Northern Jubilee Auditorium or Rogers Place when the room demands it. On the alternative side, the Grindstone Theatre on Whyte runs an aggressive schedule of improv, sketch and stand-up showcases, including its longstanding 11 O'Clock Number musical-improv format. Empress Ale House's basement room, Rec Room downtown and a rotating cast of pubs across Old Strathcona host open-mic and bringer shows that anchor Edmonton's grassroots scene. The annual Edmonton International Fringe Festival in August also dumps dozens of stand-up and sketch shows into Old Strathcona for two weeks straight.
Theater in Edmonton
Theatre in Edmonton runs heavier than the city's size would suggest. The Citadel Theatre downtown is the biggest regional company in Canada by footprint — five stages under one roof in the Citadel-Maclab-Shoctor-Rice-Zeidler complex on Sir Winston Churchill Square, with a full season of plays, musicals and the annual A Christmas Carol production. The Mayfield Dinner Theatre on the west side packages musicals with a buffet. The Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium hosts the touring Broadway Across Canada series and Alberta Ballet. Smaller professional and indie work lives at Theatre Network at the Roxy on Gateway, Walterdale Theatre in Old Strathcona, Workshop West, Concrete Theatre, the Varscona Theatre and the Catalyst. And every August, the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival makes Old Strathcona the second-largest fringe festival in the world, after Edinburgh.
Sports games in Edmonton
The Edmonton Oilers play out of Rogers Place from October through mid-April, with a deep playoff run usually pushing the building into May and June; tickets get expensive against the original-six and Western-Canadian rivals but the building's a strong watch from almost any seat. The Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League play at Commonwealth Stadium from June through the end of the regular season in late October. The Edmonton Stingers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League use the EXPO Centre in summer. WHL hockey lives at the smaller rinks for the Oil Kings, who share Rogers Place. The city also picks up a steady flow of curling, figure-skating and rodeo events through Rogers Place and the EXPO Centre, plus the FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas dates and occasional Hockey Canada events.
Festivals in Edmonton
Edmonton trademarked the "Canada's Festival City" line and the schedule backs it up. The Edmonton International Jazz Festival runs in late June, The Works Art and Design Festival downtown follows into early July, the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival fills Churchill Square with buskers in mid-July, K-Days takes over the EXPO grounds for ten days in late July, the Heritage Festival drops more than 60 cultural pavilions into Hawrelak Park on the August long weekend, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival packs Gallagher Park for four nights the second weekend of August, and the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival shuts down Old Strathcona for the back half of August. Winter brings Silver Skate Festival in February at Hawrelak, the Ice Castles outside the city, the Deep Freeze Byzantine Winter Festival in Alberta Avenue and the Festival of Trees at the EXPO Centre in late November.
Free events in Edmonton
Most of Edmonton's festival programming has substantial free components. The Heritage Festival on the August long weekend is free admission with pay-as-you-go food at the 60-plus cultural pavilions in Hawrelak Park. The Edmonton International Street Performers Festival on Churchill Square downtown is busker-style — pass the hat, no ticket. The Works Art and Design Festival is largely free, with installations across the downtown core. K-Days has free outdoor concerts on the EXPO grounds even if you don't buy a gate ticket. Year-round, the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market on Saturdays is free to walk through, downtown lunch concerts on Churchill Square fill the summer noon hour, and the Alberta Legislature grounds host free outdoor programming through warm months. Winter brings free Silver Skate programming at Hawrelak and the WinterCity Strategy events on Churchill Square.
Live music in Edmonton
Below the arena tier, Edmonton's live-music density sits on Whyte Avenue and in a handful of downtown rooms. The Starlite Room is the city's signature 600-cap rock club, the Aviary on Alberta Avenue covers the artier end of indie, the Buckingham on Whyte handles the heavier punk and metal calendar, the Mercury Room downtown is hip-hop and DJ-leaning, and 9910 on Jasper Avenue books a wide rotation of touring acts. The Yardbird Suite, Edmonton's volunteer-run jazz club at 11 Tommy Banks Way, is one of the better-known dedicated jazz rooms in Canada and runs four to five nights a week. Blues Around the World on the south side and Blues on Whyte at the Commercial Hotel keep blues on the calendar. The Folk Music Festival, NextFest, Up + Downtown Music Festival and Sonic Boom add festival-scale live music to the summer schedule.
Nightlife in Edmonton
Edmonton's nightlife splits along the river. North of the river, the ICE District and downtown — JW Marriott bar program, Rec Room, Local Public Eatery and a string of newer cocktail rooms along 104 Street — pull the Oilers post-game crowd and the after-show traffic from Rogers Place. South of the river on Whyte Avenue, 82 Avenue from about 99 Street to 109 Street is the densest bar-and-club strip in the city, with everything from college-leaning dance bars like Knoxville's Tavern to craft-beer rooms, the Empress Ale House basement, the Underground and a rotating set of late-night dance venues. The Brewery District around 104 Avenue and the 124 Street gastropub corridor pick up a slightly older, more food-and-cocktail-driven crowd. Last call across most Alberta rooms is 2 a.m.
Top neighborhoods
ICE District / Downtown
The ICE District is the newest piece of downtown Edmonton and now the city's biggest events centre. Rogers Place — the 18,000-seat arena that opened in the mid-2010s — anchors the block at 104 Avenue and 104 Street and hosts the Oilers, the Oil Kings and the bulk of the city's arena-scale touring concerts. Around it sits the JW Marriott, the Stantec Tower, the Rogers Place plaza for outdoor watch parties, and a thickening cluster of restaurants and bars along 104 Avenue and Rice Howard Way. A short walk away on Sir Winston Churchill Square is the Citadel Theatre's five-stage complex, the Winspear Centre concert hall and the Art Gallery of Alberta. The downtown LRT runs underneath the whole district.
Old Strathcona / Whyte Avenue
Old Strathcona is Edmonton's heritage-brick entertainment district south of the North Saskatchewan River, and Whyte Avenue (82 Avenue) is its spine. The Princess Theatre is the lone-screen art-house movie house, the Varscona, Catalyst and Walterdale Theatres run year-round indie productions, and the Starlite Room and Buckingham handle indie and heavier touring rock. The avenue from about 99 Street to 109 Street is wall-to-wall pubs, late-night spots, coffee shops and patios. The Old Strathcona Farmers' Market runs Saturday mornings in the old bus barns at 103 Street, and the entire neighbourhood becomes the site of the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival for two weeks every August.
124 Street
124 Street west of downtown is Edmonton's gallery row and food-and-drink high street. The strip from 102 Avenue to about Jasper carries the Peter Robertson, Bearclaw, Front and other working galleries, the Roosevelt Park stretch hosts a popular outdoor farmers' market on summer Thursdays, and the bar-and-restaurant rotation runs to gastropubs, wine bars and chef-driven small plates rather than the late-night clubs of Whyte. It's quieter at night than the ICE District or Old Strathcona but draws a steady crowd for music programming at smaller rooms, gallery openings and the annual 124 Street Block Party in the summer. Easy walk to Brewery District and downtown.
Oliver / Brewery District
Oliver — the dense residential neighbourhood just west of downtown along Jasper Avenue — has filled in over the last decade with the Brewery District redevelopment at 104 Avenue and 121 Street. The old Molson brewery site is now a hub of craft-beer rooms, a Loblaws-anchored retail strip and a steady run of taprooms and cocktail bars within walking distance of the LRT. Combined with the surrounding apartment density, it has become one of the busiest evening neighbourhoods in the central city. Annex Ale Project, Situation Brewing and a rotating set of taproom-style venues book live music and trivia nights through the week.
University area
The neighbourhoods around the University of Alberta in Garneau and Windsor Park host a smaller, student-driven live-music and theatre scene. The Myer Horowitz Theatre on campus hosts touring comedy and music dates, Convocation Hall handles classical and recital programming, and the University of Alberta Faculty of Arts runs theatre productions through Studio Theatre at the Timms Centre. The Power Plant pub on campus and a handful of Garneau-area bars run weeknight programming through the school year, and the campus sits a short walk from the south end of the High Level Bridge and the river-valley trails connecting back to downtown.
West Edmonton
West Edmonton's events centre is West Edmonton Mall — still one of the largest shopping centres in North America — and the Comic Strip comedy club is the headliner room inside. The mall's World Waterpark and Galaxyland indoor amusement park run their own events programming, and the Mayfield Dinner Theatre nearby on Mayfield Road packages a buffet with a musical. The surrounding suburbs in Callingwood, Lewis Estates and the west-end strip carry chain entertainment — escape rooms, axe-throwing, family bowling and concert programming at the smaller venues — but the area's anchor for visitors and city residents alike is the mall itself.
What's on by month
January
January in Edmonton is deep winter and the schedule moves indoors and onto the Rogers Place, Citadel Theatre, Winspear and Northern Jubilee Auditorium calendars. The Oilers are mid-season and the home schedule fills most weekends. Smaller folk, jazz and acoustic series run through coffee houses, the Yardbird Suite and 124 Street rooms, and the WinterCity Strategy programs free outdoor events through the month.
February
Silver Skate Festival takes over Hawrelak Park for ten days in mid-February with skating trails, ice sculptures, live performances and a snow-sculpture competition — Edmonton's main winter outdoor anchor. Family Day long weekend programming fills the city, the Oilers run a heavy home stretch and Citadel Theatre productions hit mid-run.
March
March brings the back half of Oilers regular-season hockey and a busy concert run at Rogers Place as touring acts swing through Western Canada before the spring rodeo schedule. The Edmonton Heritage Festival's planning weekends start, and the Citadel Theatre's spring shows open. Smaller club programming on Whyte stays steady through the winter slog.
April
April is the playoff push for the Oilers, with playoff hockey usually running into late April and May at Rogers Place. The downtown ICE District bars and plaza fill on game nights with watch-party crowds. Concert touring picks up as Western Canadian routing comes back online. Patios begin to open mid-month when the weather cooperates.
May
May is the soft start of festival season. Patios are reliably open across the city, the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market moves into its busiest stretch, and outdoor concert programming begins at Hawrelak Park's Heritage Amphitheatre. Oilers playoff runs commonly extend into May and the downtown core stays loud through any deep series.
June
June is full festival mode. NextFest — the multi-disciplinary emerging-artist festival from Theatre Network — runs early in the month. The Edmonton International Jazz Festival follows in late June with shows across downtown rooms and the Yardbird Suite. The Works Art and Design Festival activates downtown public spaces. Patios are at peak.
July
July is the heaviest single festival month in the year. The Edmonton International Street Performers Festival fills Churchill Square in mid-July, K-Days takes over the EXPO grounds for ten days in late July with midway, concerts and rodeo, Taste of Edmonton lands on Churchill Square for ten days, and The Works wraps in early July. Patios and the river valley are full every weekend.
August
August is the festival peak. Heritage Festival fills Hawrelak Park with more than 60 cultural pavilions on the long weekend, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival packs Gallagher Park the second weekend, and the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival takes over Old Strathcona for the back half of the month with more than 1,500 performances across dozens of venues.
September
Fringe wraps in early September. The Elks pick up their CFL home dates at Commonwealth Stadium, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra opens its season at the Winspear, and the Citadel Theatre opens its fall slate. The river valley moves into fall colour, Oilers training camp opens, and the festival calendar trades summer outdoor anchors for a denser indoor programming season.
October
October is the start of the indoor season. The Oilers regular season opens at Rogers Place, the Citadel and Winspear are in mid-run, and the Edmonton Halloween events — pumpkin festivals at Prairie Gardens, ghost tours through Old Strathcona, big costume nights on Whyte Avenue — fill out the back half of the month. CFL playoff dates may come to Commonwealth.
November
The Royal Bison Art and Craft Fair runs in mid-November in Old Strathcona, Festival of Trees lights up the EXPO Centre across the last weekend of the month, the Christmas Bureau Light the Bridge campaign begins, and Oilers home dates fill out weekends. Downtown Sparks Holiday Festival and the Candy Cane Lane lights install begin around U.S. Thanksgiving.
December
December is the holiday-show stretch. The Citadel Theatre's annual A Christmas Carol runs its full month-long engagement, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's Christmas program books the Winspear, Candy Cane Lane lights up 148 Street through the second half of the month, and Festival of Trees runs its early days. New Year's Eve programming fills downtown hotels, Rogers Place and the Whyte Avenue clubs.