Watch for the 2026 Schedule – Coming Soon!

2025 Schedule – 

Friday 

9:00am – Trade Show set up at Cité Francophone

11:00am – Atendee Sign in and Meet and Greet

                – Stilt Exhibition and Gallery

12:00pm – Lunch Meeting – Sponsored by the Green Onion Cake Man Restaurant

1:00pm  – Workshop #1 -Intro to Character  – Dean Bareham   – Cité Francophone – Ticketed event

3:30pm – Workshop #2 – Stilt Character Make-up – Tara Blue – Cité Francophone – Ticketed event

5:30pm – Tour of the Town – TBC Churchill 

7:30pm –  Dinner Break

TBC   – Stilthalla reception

Saturday

9:00am     – Sign in -Cite Francophone

9:30am     –Workshop # 3 Acro Dance  – Vanessa Furlong – Cité Theatre – Ticketed event 

11:00pm   – Lunch provided (FifenDekel, Padmendadies, GOCM)

12:00pm   – Workshop #4  – Character on stilts – Ariel Amara– Cité Theatre – Ticketed event

1:30pm    – break

2:00pm    – Q-Q for Gala Performance

5:00pm    – Dinner – Sponsored by Padmanadi’s Vegetarian Restaurant

6:00pm    – Call Time for Gala Performance – 

7:00pm    – Gala Performance – Ticketed event – 

9:00pm   – Post show party (Location TBD) Stilthalla?

Sunday 

9:30am sign in and Stilt exhibit Gallery

10:00am  -Workshop #5 – Prop Manipulation w/ Stilts – Nancy Toro – Cité Theatre –Ticketed event

11:30am  – Workshop #6 – Intro to Choreography – Allara  Gooliaff  – Cité Theatre –Ticketed event

1:00pm  Lunch

1:30pm – Zoom Interview with Doug “The Great” Hunt from Ontario – 30-40 minutes

2:30pm – Workshop #7 – Contortionism – Anastasia – Cité Theatre -Ticketed event

3:30pm – Wrap up at Cité Francophone, and invite to Stilthalla for “Skills Jam”

Get Involved!

We’re very proud to present a roster of events in our Canadian National Symposium. We welcome all volunteers in the Edmonton area to assist us. To help us behind the scenes, or participate in the Trade Show please reach out through our Contact Us page.