Holiday season getting underway in Edmonton

Two large vacation events are backmost successful Edmonton this weekend.

On Saturday, starting astatine 5 p.m., Kingsway volition travel live with the 5th yearly Kingsway Holiday Parade.

“(It’s) conscionable a truly amusive lawsuit to footwear disconnected the vacation season,” said Ellie Sasseville, the enforcement manager of the Kingsway Business Improvement Area.

“This is conscionable 1 mode that we get to bring that to our country of the city, to enactment the businesses astir us, to dispersed vacation cheer and assistance Santa get marque his mode down to the Kingsway Mall.”

Thirty floats are taking portion this twelvemonth and upwards of 5,000 radical are expected to enactment the streets.

“You’ll spot everything from festive, decorated floats to EPS and adjacent the RCMP, arsenic good arsenic officials from the metropolis participating successful the vacation parade,” Sasseville said.

“Anywhere on Kingsway is optimal viewing — anyplace from the Superstore each the mode down to the Kingsway Mall.”

People are advised to get determination aboriginal arsenic roadworthy closures successful the country volition commencement astir 4 p.m.

A fewer minutes away, 124th Street is acceptable to big a large vacation bash.

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All is Bright is backmost for its 12th twelvemonth connected Saturday.

“The streets are decorated, the lights alteration for the holidays,” said Luwam Kiflemariam, the enforcement manager of the 124 Street Business Association.

“This year, you’ll announcement that we person our reddish ribbons each crossed 124th Street BIA areas.”

From 107th Avenue to 109th Avenue, 124th Street volition beryllium closed.

More than 30,000 radical are expected to marque their mode there.

“It’s got that cute, Hallmark vibe to it wherever you tin locomotion around, dream, spell shopping, bask the atmosphere,” Kiflemariam said.