Saturday, July 11, 2026 · 12:00pm–6:00 pm

Location: EJCA Centre and adjacent park area
6750 88 Street, Edmonton

To clarify: same as in the last years,  this is an event for our members & invited guests — Registration is required.  

There’s so much to look forward to—bon odori, children’s games, wares and displays, onigiri, taiyaki, kakigori (shaved ice), a beer garden, cultural demonstrations—there’s just too much to list!

All EJCA members and guests including their families and friends are welcome! Please do register!

Rain or shine! If we must cancel due to severe weather, we will update this page by Thursday, July 9 at 8 pm - which may result in a smaller indoor event. 

It's your chance to volunteer!

To make Natsu Matsuri 2026 as amazing as we can, we need assistance from volunteers! Please signup here and contact volunteering@ejca.org  for questions.

How to sign up:

Visit our EJCA Connect page Natsu Matsuri Volunteer Shifts, for a full list of volunteer positions / shifts available, and choose the spot(s) you are able to support. [page opening later in June]

We had asked for Coordinator volunteers earlier in the year, so expect to be able to work with them: Natsu Matsuri Coordinators

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Cash or Card?

We will have a combination of Cash and Card payments available, depending on the vendor, so it's best to come prepared for either.  See below for the vendors and their choice of payments.

• What Children's Games will we offer?
  
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• What is the Performance Schedule?
  
  approximate schedule as below, subject to change

Time (pm)	Performance

• Who will participate with displays / stands / information ?
  
  Look forward to: 

  <tbd>
  
  

• Who are all the food vendors?
  <tbd>
  Current lineup:
  

  Vendor	EJCA or external?	Payment

  
  
• Is this a 'pet friendly' event? - no, unfortunately we cannot accomodate pets. 

Contacts:

• If you have any questions about volunteering, please email volunteering@ejca.org
• If you have any other questions about the event, please email the organizing group at  natsumatsuri@ejca.org

Event Program & Map <tbd>