Edmonton is a very attractive city in Canada but little known by tourists. Located north of the city of Calgary in the State of Alberta, is a very interesting tourist destination by allowing you to discover a very beautiful and less crowded compared to other Canadian cities such as Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver.
The city is located in a region called Edmonton’s River Valley which represents the largest grouping of parks throughout the Americas in your area that is 22 times the famous Central Park in New York. You will find several places to camp and various services to guide and visit the most attractive parts of the region. Much of the city has bike trails and hiking trails with a total of 235km of tracks that includes Waskahegan Walking Trail.
At the heart of Edmonton is an area dedicated to the culture called Downtown Art District near Churchill Square. There you will find among others the Francis Winspear Center for Music is considered one of the best salsa concerts across Canada. You are also several theaters such as the Citadel Theater, theater, Old Strathcona and the University of Alberta that hobble very actively participates in the cultural life of the city with several places for musical events.
Even for travelers who want to know more about the founding of the city, its history and evolution I recommend visiting one of the museums in Edmonton. The Fort Edmonton’s Park located on the River’s Valley is probably one of the largest museums in Canada’s history with reconstructions and a very impressive collection of objects. We also recommend that the Royal Alberta Museum has a collection of more than 10 million items of cultures present before the arrival of Europeans.
The city also offers tourists various festivals and celebrations throughout the year. You can not lose the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is one of the most famous music festivals in North America or one of the many contests that are the best rodeo cowboys in the international sports circuit.
The city of Edmonton has an international airport which receives flights arriving from all major international destinations. If you want to travel to the capital of Alberta, find cheap tickets to major cities in Canada such as Montreal or Toronto. Then you can choose one of the many cheap domestic flights to get to Edmonton and explore the sights of the area.
Every year it takes place the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, which is a four day event in Gallagher Park in Alberta, Canada. The main goal is to present Canadian folk music artists from Canada and other countries since it started in de 1960´s.
The main musical currents that appear in the festival re blues, gospel, country music, R&B, roots, world beat and celtic and bluegrass. There are workshops where musicians, song writers and singers jam together in one of the six stages.
This is an extraordinary experience for all the fans of folk music, and an excellent touristic attraction for visitors in Alberta. Visitors can also enjoy the food, the people, they can even buy the albums from the performing artists, and they can also buy crafts from different regions of Canada.
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Australian country music has a great richness to offer us. With a powerful music association (CMAA, Country Music Association of Australia), an interesting artistic school, and hundreds of yearly discographic editions, very important country music festivals such as Tamworth, a lot of sponsors and a music market going on, the country music channel in Australia is ideal.
Local Australian folklores has its origins in the second half of the 20th century and in the late music inheritance form the oceanic continent, brought by the European immigrants and the influence of poets such as Henry Lawson or Andrew Barton “Banjo” Petterson. This last one a journalist, writer, adventurer, poet, is the author of the non-official Australian anthem “Waltzing Matilda”, being a key actor understanding Australian country music history.
The Australia Sound Heritage Association has published an interesting double CD titled Country Music in Australia that contains the most distinguished of Australian country music of 40 years since the end of the 80´s, featuring key artists as Tex Morton, Buddy Williams and Slim Dusty.
One of the most famous ecponents of australian country musci is Keith Urban who has won recognition all over the world.
