Kaleido Family Arts Festival 2025 - 20th Anniversary!

Arts on the Ave presents

Kaleido Family Arts Festival 2025 - 20th Anniversary!

Get ready to have your hearts a-glowin’!
September 5–7, 2025

Arts on the Ave and Kaleido are excited to present the 20th anniversary of the Kaleido Family Arts Festival—and it’s going to be our brightest, boldest year yet!

Kaleido is a wildly joyful, wonderfully wacky, radically open celebration of the arts in the heart of the Alberta Avenue Arts District. This year’s theme is hearts a-glowin’, and we’re lighting up the streets with music, theatre, dance, zany street performances, mouthwatering eats, vibrant artisans, pop-up galleries, and magical moments.

From alleys to rooftops, from parks to pavement, Kaleido is taking over Alberta Avenue from 90-95 Street with creativity everywhere. Come dance, play, and celebrate 20 years of art, love, and community with us!

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3x3 Basketball and Kids Basketball Clinic - WeHoops

Saturday & Sunday | Kabayan Corner (Cultural Village in the Alberta Avenue Community League Parking Lot)

Saturday, September 14th
3x3 Basketball Tournament - competitive teams (all filipino)

Sunday, September 15th

• Kids Basketball Clinic (Kids individual registrations $15, Kids individual registrations with shirts $30)

• Exhibition Games

• Audience Participations (ei. 3 points contest)

• Walk-in Game

Unity Project

UNITY is a circular arrangement of 32 poles. Each pole is labelled with an Indigenous focused identifier. With yarn, participants tie to each pole with which they identify. A canopy of interconnectedness forms as more people participate. In the end, we see that we are all connected by something. #UNITY

Trace-A-Face

Have a friend, old or new, stand behind the window and trace their face with dry erase markers!

Colour Me Quack

Interactive and collaborative, festival-goers bring a blank canvas sculpture to life. People from diverse backgrounds unite to paint the duck with vibrant colors, symbolizing togetherness in a stunning display.

Created by artist Edwin Aquino

Soul Doodle

Finger paint what your soul inspires on the windows!

National Stiltwalkers of Canada

The National Stiltwalkers of Canada are dedicated to the Preservation, Promotion and Presentation of the art of Stiltwalking locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Since 2001, the National Stiltwalkers of Canada have been sharing their “High Spirited Entertainment” at festivals and events throughout Alberta. They have also performed in Ottawa, the Maritimes, Victoria, Oregon, Washington, DC, and at an international circus festival in Nanjing, China. They are happy to be returning to the Kaleido Fest for the 19th year in a row!

The Trollsons

Pangaea Arts is an intercultural, interdisciplinary world arts organization based in Vancouver. Pangaea Arts was formed to promote cultural interaction and the exchange of ideas between diverse communities and to introduce Canadian audiences to performance traditions from around the world. Pangaea Arts creates productions that educate by participation, encouraging audiences and artists to actively investigate different cultures and ideas.