Silver Skate Festival Returns to Laurier Park for 10-Day Winter Fun

Silver Skate Festival Poster at Laurier Park (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

Edmonton’s longest winter festival returns to Laurier Park for the 2025 Silver Skate Festival. This 10-day family-oriented festival combines culture, art, education, sport, and recreation.

Erin Diloreto, Producer of the Silver Skate Festival spoke with CFWE on the 10-day event that kicks off with the International Snow Sculpture Symposium, with representation from Canada, the U.S.A, Ukraine, and Turkey, along with the event focusing on celebrating everything YEG.

Diloreto highlights some of the events scheduled on weekdays, including the Snow Zone, snow slide, shoot-to-score hockey, and more.

Snow Sculptor hard at work at the Silver Skate Festival (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

On the weekend dates, the Heritage Village will see a performance by Chubby Cree, a Cree Syllabics teachings by ‘Auntie Cathy’, Abraham Lake singers will perform drum songs, and Fort Edmonton Park and the Water Warriors will be on site sharing winter stories.