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Alberta Culture Days sponsored events announced

Alberta Culture Days sponsored events announced

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By rdnewsNOW Staff

Month Long Celebration

Aug 8, 2022 | 4:03 PM

This September, the province’s month-long celebration of arts, heritage, diversity and community spirit are expected to offer more than 100 free activities across Alberta.

Provincial officials say Alberta Day will kick off Culture Days. Alberta became a province on Sept. 1, 1905, and the government has designated Sept. 1 as Alberta Day to recognize the anniversary and celebrate the province. This year’s inaugural Alberta Day aims to create ways and means to affirm the province’s cultural, economic and historical uniqueness.

Officials note, the Ministry of Culture and Status of Women recently awarded 104 grants to organizations across the province to host Alberta Culture Days events. About $350,000 has been distributed to applicants hosting events in their communities. Five feature celebration sites also received funding to host three days of free, family-friendly events. A total of 71 host celebration sites received funding to host at least two days of activities and 28 pop-up celebration sites received funding for one-day events.

This year’s feature celebration sites are: