Weekday Guide: What to do in Edmonton this Week January 12-16, 2026

January 12, 2026

• Take a Pressed Sushi Making Class
  This fun, hands-on class will take you behind the scenes of Japanese sushi-making — from cooking and seasoning the perfect rice to rolling your own maki and shaping beautiful nigiri.

• Take a Soup Dumpling Making Workshop
  Join MasterChef Canada alumn Mai Nguyen for an in-person Masterclass on Soup Dumplings and explore dumpling traditions from Asia and Eastern Europe. Learn to make China's Xiao Long Bao from scratch by preparing the wrappers, filling them with savoury pork, and steaming and serving them with a flavourful dipping sauce.

January 13, 2026

• Community Perogy Making Workshop
  This hands-on perogy making session celebrates prairie food culture while teaching real, repeatable kitchen skills you can use at home.

• Cheap Tuesday Night Tubing at Edmonton Ski Club
  Can't get to Edmonton Ski Club for your tubing experience on the weekend? Edmonton Ski Club has opened up Tuesday evening for tubing and you can also save some $$. Discounted tubing is available at 5:15pm, 6:30pm and 7:45pm for a one (1) hour experience. Helmet rentals are only $5.00 and can be purchased at Edmonton Ski Club.

• Moulin Rouge Hits the Stage in Edmonton
  Pop the champagne, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the winner of 10 Tony Awards--including Best Musical! Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory!

January 14, 2026

• Live Music at Halo Bar Bistro
  Mandy’s open heart and love for people lights up her lyrics and live shows, allowing her to effortlessly form lasting connections with fans on stage or off.Live at HALO Bar. No ticket or cover, parking included.

• After Dark at Delavoye
  Step inside Delavoye Chocolate Maker after hours for an intimate 45-minute journey into the world of bean-to-bar chocolate. Limited to 8-10 guests, this evening experience begins with a welcome drink before they guide you behind the scenes for a close-up look at how cacao beans are crafted into chocolate.

• Cocktails 101 at Alchemy Bar
  This hands-on cocktail workshop, led by a seasoned mixologist, will have you shaking, stirring, and sipping your way to mastery. Craft four expertly paired cocktails, each matched with bites curated by Chef Allen, while uncovering the secrets of premium spirits and perfect pours. Leave equipped with new skills and a custom gift bag, the ultimate sendoff for every great bartender.

• FREE Grindstone Open Mic Comedy Night
  Every week Wednesday at 10PM The Grindstone hosts one of Edmonton's only Stand-Up Comedy Open Mics to give first timers a chance to take a huge risk, and pros a chance to work on new material.

January 15, 2026

• Catch CHISELED Ice Carving Festival at Ice District
  Chiseled at ICE District is Edmonton’s live ice carving competition, where talented artists transform massive ice blocks into intricate sculptures right before your eyes. Visitors can watch the creative process unfold over three days and explore the finished works up close.

• Pop up Nordic Spa Night
  Step into the quiet magic of Nordic Nights — an intimate outdoor spa experience tucked into the trees at Rising Moon Ranch. When you arrive, you’ll check in at the main house and settle in while the group gathers. Once everyone is changed and ready, we’ll guide you through the space, share the lay of the land, and from there, your evening unfolds at your own pace.

• Opening Reception: Where the grain itself can speak
  from where the grain itself can speak features artwork, historical and contemporary, that gives voice to the plant, human, and interspecies relationships that persist through and despite agricultural methods. The work of local and international artists featured here personalize the complex histories, politics, and ideologies embedded in industrial wheat farming. Their stories demonstrate the failure of monocultures of the mind to eradicate alternatives they make more difficult to thrive, as if pesticide-resistant weeds or the relentless reproduction of gophers in a field.

January 16, 2026

• Winter City Weekends at Ice District
  Bring your cool moves to City Hall Plaza Ice Grooves! Skate and dance along to live DJs every Friday and Saturday night from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Stay tuned for the programming line-up!