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Oct1
PartnerElectric Elton
Every hit, every costume change, and a Winspear crowd on its feet by the third song. Thursday night, tickets $59 to $88, and the good seats go first.
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Oct1 to 31
Pumpkins After Dark
Over 10,000 hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns along a one kilometre path in Borden Park. Go on a weeknight, the weekends sell out first.
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Oct1 to 31
Deadmonton Haunted House
The city's proper scare attraction, running nightly through Halloween and into November. Doors close an hour before the posted time, so do not stroll in late.
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October
DARK at Fort Edmonton Park
Fort Edmonton after hours, lights off, actors in. A full scare attraction in a place you thought you knew.
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Oct1 to 3
Edmonton Oktoberfest
The final weekend of Western Canada's largest Oktoberfest at Fan Park. From about $20, and go Friday if you want a table.
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October
Edmonton International Film Festival
Ten days of features, shorts and documentaries you will not catch anywhere else. Passes beat single tickets if you are going more than twice.
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Cheap, good, and no catch.
Oct31
Rocky Horror at Metro Cinema
Halloween night, a full house, and a room that knows every callback. About $19 and it goes early.
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Oct23 to 25
Colour Me Comedy Festival
Three nights at The Orange Hub built around comics you will not see on the big tours. From about $27 and the best value comedy weekend on the calendar.
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Oct1 to 3
Oktoberfest Final Weekend
Last call at Fan Park before it packs up for the year. From about $20 and busiest on the Saturday.
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Nightly
Metro Cinema Repertory Nights
Rep programming at the Garneau every night of the week. Under $15 a ticket and reliably better than whatever is streaming.
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Oct14
The Zolas at The Starlite Room
Swooner played front to back in a room the right size for it. Club ticket prices for a band that used to fill bigger rooms.
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One-night dinners, tastings and supper clubs. Book ahead, they go quickly.
Festivals This Month
Everything worth clearing a weekend for.
October
Edmonton International Film Festival
Ten days of features, shorts and documentaries you will not catch anywhere else. Passes beat single tickets.
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Oct1 to 3
Edmonton Oktoberfest
The final weekend of Western Canada's largest Oktoberfest at Fan Park. Go Friday if you want a table.
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Oct1 to 31
Pumpkins After Dark
A month-long light trail of carved pumpkins through Borden Park. Book a weeknight and skip the crowd.
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Oct23 to 25
Colour Me Comedy Festival
Three nights at The Orange Hub, and the cheapest way to find a comic before everyone else does.
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A heavy month for small rooms. Most of these are 19+.
Oct4
Sabaton at the Convention Centre
Legends on Tour, full production, and a crowd that sings the history lessons back. Loud in the best way.
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Oct11
UB40 at Midway Music Hall
The Unstoppable Tour, and yes they play the ones you want. A Sunday night that will not feel like one.
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Oct27
Digable Planets at Midway
Thirty years of Blowout Comb, played live. Jazz-rap done properly, in a room the right size for it.
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Oct16
Paul Cauthen at Midway
Big Velvet himself, somewhere between outlaw country and a tent revival. Go for the voice, stay for the show.
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Oct23
Begonia at Double Dragon
The Fantasy Life Tour in a small room. One of the best voices in the country, close enough to feel it.
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Oct21
W.A.S.P. at Midway Music Hall
1984 To Headless, and they are not toning it down for anyone. Forty years in and still the loudest room in town.
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Costs nothing but the walk over.
Wednesdays
Grindstone Comedy Open Mic
Free, late, and rough in the best way. Some of it lands, some of it does not. That is the whole point.
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All month
River Valley Fall Colour Walk
Over 160 kilometres of trail turning gold for about three weeks. Free, self-guided, and best in the hour before sunset.
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124 Street Gallery District
Six galleries between 103 and 107 Avenue, all free to walk into. Bearclaw, Lando, Peter Robertson and the rest, in one walkable strip.
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Legislature Grounds After Dark
The grounds lit up and near empty once the evenings draw in. Free, central, and one of the better cold-night walks in the city.
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Concerts & Shows
Electric Elton
October 1st, 2026 | Winspear Centre
Elton John fans, this one's for you. Electric Elton – Celebrating the Music & Legacy of Elton John lands in Edmonton for the very first time. Vocalist and pianist Sean Trombley channels early Elton in his '70s prime, backed by a fully live band, dazzling multimedia, bold costumes, and dancers who bring the whole spectacle to life. Expect to be on your feet singing every word to Crocodile Rock, Bennie and the Jets, Tiny Dancer, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and countless more. Lifelong superfan or brand new to Elton - this performance is for you.
Moontricks
October 17, 2026 | Midway Music Hall
Banjo twang, then a bass drop. This BC duo welds folk roots — harmonica, foot-stomps, live strings — onto subwoofer-rattling electronic grooves, and it hits different in a room. Saturday night, doors at 7, tickets from $40.75. One genre-bending set, one instant dance floor. Get tickets for Moontricks before they’re gone.
Halloween in Edmonton
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Food & Drink Events
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Visit the Spooktacular Acreage
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