Fire Sculptures at Silver Skate 2019

Since 2009, Silver Skate Festival has hosted fire sculpture installations – spellbinding spectacles of light serving as a finale to the Silver Skate Folk Trail.

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Throughout each day of each weekend, a team of fire artists will be building a sculpture to be burned at 7:45pm later that evening. Each day features a different team of artists and each day presents a different interpretation of the story, “The Land of the Golden Apples.” In the story, the fire represents renewal and the release of thoughts that make us sad or any fear or regret that chases love from our hearts. The public is invited to write down any of the aforementioned thoughts in the Storytelling Tent to be offered to the fire sculpture.

Members of the public are also invited to make a lantern at the Workshop Tent, adjacent to the Storytelling Tent, from 4pm – 7pm. At 7:30pm, a lantern procession makes its way to the fire circle for the burn. As the fires burn so does any chance of the curse returning to the kingdom, and each Golden Apple in the land shines a little brighter.

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Rooted in Dutch winter traditions, the festival combines arts and culture, sport (especially skating), and recreation. Celebrating its 29th anniversary in 2019, the Silver Skate Festival is the longest running winter festival in Edmonton. Over the years it has grown in leaps and bounds – from a small skating event into a large-scale winter extravaganza.

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Each year, the festival transforms Hawrelak Park into a winter wonderland with fun for the entire family. Here you’ll discover breathtaking snow sculptures, winter sports, and horse-drawn sleighs carrying families through the park. Sit in a Cree Winter Camp and cook bannock over an open fire. Compete in the winter triathlon or speed skating events. Take in live music and theatrical performances with your friends and loved ones. Our festival activities are as diverse as the people who call our Northern community home.

Silver Skate Festival is proudly free to attend. However, as a non-profit organization, we kindly encourage donations in order to build a bigger and better Silver Skate each year!

Hawrelak Park
February 8 – 18, 2019

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