Editing Saskatoon (section)

==Culture==
===Events and festivals===
Saskatoon's major arts venue is [[TCU Place]], which is next to Midtown Plaza downtown. Since opening in 1967, it has hosted scores of concerts, theatrical performances, live events such as the Telemiracle [[telethon]], high school graduation and university [[convocation]] ceremonies, and conventions. It is also home to the [[Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra]]. It recently underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation to its main theatre (named in honour of former mayor and senator [[Sidney Buckwold]]).
[[File:ShakespeareOnTheSaskatchewan.jpg|thumb|left|[[Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan]] is an annual [[Shakespeare in the Park]] festival held in Saskatoon.]]
For rock concerts and major shows, [[SaskTel Centre]] is the main venue. It is Saskatchewan's
largest arena, with a capacity of 15,195 for sporting events and 14,000 for concerts. Musical acts from Saskatoon include [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Kyle Riabko]], [[Wide Mouth Mason]], [[The Northern Pikes]], [[The Sheepdogs]], [[One Bad Son]] and [[The Deep Dark Woods]], as well as countless others popular at both local and regional levels.  The facility was the 2007 host for the [[Juno Awards of 2007|Juno Awards]], Canada's foremost music industry honours.

Saskatoon hosts many festivals and events in the summer, including the [[Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan|Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival]], The Great Plains Comedy Festival, the [[Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest|Jazz Festival]], the [https://www.nutrienchildrensfestival.com/ Saskatchewan Children's Festival], the [[Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival]] (a showcase of alternative theatre), Saskatoon Folkfest (a cultural festival),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saskatoonfolkfest.ca/|title=Home |work=Folkfest 2015|access-date=May 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529055725/http://www.saskatoonfolkfest.ca/|archive-date=May 29, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Doors Open Saskatoon]], Fairy Door Tours Saskatoon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sk.fairydoortours.com/|title=Fairy Door Tours Saskatoon|work=sk.fairydoortours.com|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926160841/http://sk.fairydoortours.com/|archive-date=September 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Canada Remembers Airshow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadaremembersairshow.com/|title=Canada Remembers Airshow|work=canadaremembersairshow.com|access-date=July 15, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831182441/http://www.canadaremembersairshow.com/|archive-date=August 31, 2005|url-status=live}}</ref>

For over 25 years, Saskatoon has hosted a gathering of antique automobiles, (mainly from the 1960s) that has grown into an event called "Cruise Weekend". The event is usually held on the last weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in August. Activities include a poker derby, dances, and a show 'N' shine with over 800 cars from all over western Canada. No admission is charged and everyone is free to walk around and enjoy the atmosphere.

The city's annual exhibition (now called the Saskatoon Exhibition but also known in previous years as Pioneer Days and "The Ex") is held every August at [[Prairieland Park]]. In the late 1990s, the Saskatoon Exhibition was rescheduled to August so that it no longer was in direct competition with the [[Calgary Stampede]], which frequently overlapped the event.

Saskatoon's [[Sikh]] community celebrates the festival of [[Vaisakhi]] with a parade held in May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sikh-parade-saskatoon-crowd-1.4134571|title=1st-ever Saskatoon Sikh Parade was so busy it spurred a traffic advisory|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530135826/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sikh-parade-saskatoon-crowd-1.4134571|archive-date=May 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The francophone community is represented by the Fédération des francophones de Saskatoon which organizes many cultural events.

===Galleries and museums===
[[File:Remai Modern Art Gallery.jpg|thumb|left|Established in 2017, [[Remai Modern]] is an art gallery located in Saskatoon's [[Central Business District, Saskatoon|Central Business District]].]]
Art museums in Saskatoon include the [[Remai Modern]], located at [[River Landing]], a development along the shoreline of the South Saskatchewan River, in the Central Business District. The art museum is situated in a {{cvt|11,582|m2}} building designed by [[Bruce Kuwabara]], and houses over 8,000 works in its collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riverlanding.ca/project_update/phase1/destination_centre/index.html|title=Art Gallery of Saskatchewan at River Landing|access-date=2010-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619134331/http://www.riverlanding.ca/project_update/phase1/destination_centre/index.html|archive-date=June 19, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mendel.ca/ags/index.html |title=Mendel Art Gallery provides impetus for new building |access-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612135820/http://www.mendel.ca/ags/index.html |archive-date=June 12, 2010 }}</ref> The design for the museum won the Award of Excellence from the Canadian Architect magazine in 2011.  Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and other 20th-century artists have a home in the Remai Modern museum.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/travel/places-to-visit.html?place=saskatoon&smid=fb-nyttravel&smtyp=cur|title=New York Times 52 places to Go in 2018 ~ A starter kit for exploring the world.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 10, 2018|access-date=2018-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035607/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/travel/places-to-visit.html?place=saskatoon&smid=fb-nyttravel&smtyp=cur|archive-date=January 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Opened on October 21, 2017, the Remai Modern has been listed at no. 18 in the New York Times "52 places to go in 2018: A starter kit for escaping into the world."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/travel/places-to-visit.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/travel/places-to-visit.html|title=52 Places to Go in 2018|date=2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Remai Modern inherited the collection of the defunct [[Mendel Art Gallery]], which operated in [[City Park, Saskatoon|City Park]] from 1964 to 2015.

The Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery is on the main floor of the Saskatchewan Craft Council building in the Broadway Avenue area. It is Saskatchewan's only public exhibition gallery dedicated to fine craft as an art form. Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery presents seven to eight exhibitions each year. The SCC Fine Craft Boutique, located in the gallery, features the work of over 75 SCC fine craft artists.

The [[Ukrainian Museum of Canada]] is on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River. It was founded in 1941 by the [[Ukrainian Women's Association of Canada]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Nokony |first=Vera A. |date=1989-01-01 |title=The Ukrainian Museum of Canada |url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17404 |journal=Material Culture Review |language=en |issn=1927-9264}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian Museum of Canada |url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CU%5CK%5CUkrainianMuseumofCanada.htm |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=www.encyclopediaofukraine.com}}</ref>
[[File:SRM-West.jpg|thumb|The [[Saskatchewan Railway Museum]] is a [[railway museum]] located west of the city limits.]]
The [[Meewasin Valley Authority|Meewasin Valley Centre]], in Friendship Park, has information on Saskatoon's history, the South Saskatchewan River, and the future of the Meewasin Valley.<ref name="MeewasinValley">{{cite web|url=http://www.meewasin.com/education/meewasin_valley/index.php|title=Meewasin Valley Centre|access-date=2008-03-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514110608/http://www.meewasin.com/education/meewasin_valley/index.php|archive-date=May 14, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Saskatoon is also home of the [[Saskatchewan Western Development Museum]]. This museum, one of four throughout the province, documents early pioneer life in Saskatchewan. It is noted for its interior recreation of a "Boom Town" main street, including one original building relocated from its original site. The [[Saskatchewan Railway Museum]] is just outside the city and includes displays of rolling stock and historic railway buildings from various parts of the province.

The [[Forestry Farm Park and Zoo]] is a National Historic Site situated in the northeast region of the city. The Forestry Farm was a historic nursery (dating from 1913) responsible for growing many of the trees planted within the prairie provinces. In 1966 the nursery operations were discontinued and part of the region turned into a municipal park. The city zoo is also housed within the park and features over 80 species of animals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/leisure/facilities/pdfs/zoobrochure.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626072019/http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/leisure/facilities/pdfs/zoobrochure.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Zoo Brochure|archive-date=June 26, 2008}}</ref>
[http://www.wanuskewin.com/ Wanuskewin Heritage Park] is a National Historic Site situated five km to the north of Saskatoon. It is an [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]] archaeological site and features displays, special events, and activities, recent renovations are on hold due to a lack of funds during the renovations.

===Theatres===
[[File:PrairieWindAtPersephone.JPG|thumb|The [[Remai Arts Centre]] is a [[performing arts centre]] and home to the Saskatoon-based [[theatre company]], the [[Persephone Theatre]].]]

Live theatre is a central, vibrant part of Saskatoon's culture. Saskatoon is host to a number of live theatre venues such as the [[Persephone Theatre]], which is in the [[Remai Arts Centre]] at River Landing in downtown Saskatoon, The Refinery and the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company.

The [[Broadway Theatre (Saskatoon)|Broadway Theatre]] primarily shows [[art film|arthouse films]] – while the two-screen [[Roxy Theatre (Saskatoon)|Roxy Theatre]] is an "atmospheric-style" [[discount theater|second-run theatre]] that reopened in 2005 after sitting unused for over a decade. The remainder of the city's theatres are [[multiplex (movie theater)|multiplexes]]. The only movie theatre in the [[Central Business District, Saskatoon|downtown]] core is the [[Cineplex Entertainment|Scotia Bank VIP Theatre]]; the [[Empire Theatres|Capitol 4]] shut down on April 3, 2008.<ref>{{cite news
 |title        = Downtown Capitol Theatre to close for good April 3
 |newspaper    = The StarPhoenix
 |date         = 2008-03-23
 |url          = http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/story.html?id=181aa6f7-6840-4853-afb6-37079da4caa0&k=60279
 |access-date   = 2008-04-03
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 |archive-date = August 27, 2012
 |url-status     = dead
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}}</ref> The city's other movie theatres are The Landmark Theatre in the new subdivision of Brighton, Rainbow Cinemas (a second-run cinema) and the Cineplex Cinemas at [[The Centre (Saskatoon)|The Centre]] mall on the city's east side.

Among the many movie theatres of the past that have come and gone was the Capitol Theatre, which opened in 1929 with a showing of the first [[talkie]] to be exhibited in Saskatoon.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Saskatoon Through the Ages – At the Movies: A Photographic Exhibition
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 | archive-date = August 8, 2016
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 }}</ref> The Capitol closed in the early 1980s to make way for the Scotia Centre office tower; its name was transferred to the aforementioned Capitol 4 a block away.

===Other attractions===
One of the city's landmarks is the [[Delta Bessborough]] Hotel, known to locals as the ''Bez''. Built by the [[Canadian National Railway]], it was among the last [[Canada's grand railway hotels|railway hotels]] to be started before the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s brought their era to a close. Although the building was completed in 1932, it did not open its doors until 1935 due to the Depression. The Bessborough and the [[Mendel Art Gallery]] are the only major structures on the river side of Spadina Crescent. One of the most frequently circulated photographs of Saskatoon is of the hotel framed in one of the arches of the [[Broadway Bridge (Saskatoon)|Broadway Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saskatoonkiosk.ca/history.php |title=History of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |publisher=Saskatoonkiosk.ca |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411113603/http://www.saskatoonkiosk.ca/history.php |archive-date=April 11, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Delta Bessborough, Spadina Cres E, Saskatoon - panoramio.jpg|left|thumb|Completed in 1932, the [[Delta Bessborough]] is a [[Canada's grand railway hotels|Canadian grand railway hotel]] and a historic landmark in Saskatoon.]]
The [[Meewasin Valley Authority|Meewasin Valley Trail]] follows the South Saskatchewan River through Saskatoon. Summer activities include cycling, jogging and walking through parks and natural areas. Cross-country skiing is popular during the winter months, along with skating in Kiwanis Memorial Park. Access points are found throughout the city with interpretive signage and washrooms along the route. There are parks throughout the Meewasin Valley, with washrooms, picnic facilities, and lookout points along the river bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meewasin.com/facilities/trail/|title=Meewasin Trail and Facilities|access-date=2008-03-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828040059/http://www.meewasin.com/facilities/trail/|archive-date=August 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In the winter the Meewasin Skating Rink is open free to the public; it is in Kiwanis Memorial Park beside the Delta Bessborough hotel. The outdoor rink has been open since 1980.

For years, a parcel of land west of the [[Traffic Bridge]], south of 19th Street, and east of Avenue C has been the subject of on-again, off-again redevelopment plans. The site formerly held the Saskatoon Arena, a power plant, a branch of the [[Royal Canadian Legion]], and the head offices of the [[Saskatoon Public School Division]]; all these structures have been demolished to make way for redevelopment, with plans for same dating back to the 1980s. The most recent version of the plan called River Landing is ongoing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riverlanding.ca/ |title=River Landing – Saskatchewan's premier residential and destination tourist centre! |publisher=Riverlanding.ca |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006163537/http://www.riverlanding.ca/ |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Calgary developer Lake Placid has proposed a 200 million dollar mega hotel/condo project to be built on the site although Lake Placid had difficulty securing financing and missed an October 30, 2009, deadline to submit a 4.5 million dollar payment for the parcel of land which seemingly killed the deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lakeplacidsaskatoon.com/ |title=River Landing Village |publisher=Lakeplacidsaskatoon.com |date=1999-12-04 |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412155023/http://www.lakeplacidsaskatoon.com/ |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Lake+Placid+fails+deadline/2167368/story.html|title=Lake Placid fails deadline}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On November 16, 2009, it was revealed by Lake Placid that the financing should be secure within a week.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/money-for-saskatoon-complex-coming-developer-says-1.833761 | work=CBC News | title=Money for Saskatoon complex coming, developer says | date=2009-11-17 | access-date=November 18, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121163833/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/11/17/sl-lake-placid911.html | archive-date=November 21, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2010, Saskatoon City Council voted in favour of entering new negotiations with Lake Placid over the site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Lake+Placid+back+game/2875902/story.html|title=Lake Placid Back in the Game}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
November 2010, Victory Majors Investments buys out Lake Placid's interest in the project and in
August 2011 of the next year proposed a major overhaul to original design which would later include building a 20-story residential and 14-story hotel towers, and an 18-story and a 13-story office tower as part of [[River Landing Towers]] completed in 2021.
[[File:MidtownPlaza.jpg|thumb|Located in Saskatoon's Central Business District, [[Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon)|Midtown Plaza]] is one of several shopping centres in the city.]]
The Saskatoon Farmers' Market and some commercial sites have also been developed. Future plans separate from Lake Placid include the development of a new art gallery to replace the Mendel Art Gallery by 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/funds-pledged-for-51m-saskatoon-art-gallery-1.808899 | work=CBC News | title=Funds pledged for $51M Saskatoon art gallery | date=2009-09-23 | access-date=November 18, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015091507/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/09/23/sk-saskatoon-art-gallery.html | archive-date=October 15, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref> Other landmarks in the city include the iconic Traffic Bridge (which was demolished in 2016 and is currently being replaced by a new structure evoking the appearance of the original), the University of Saskatchewan campus, and the large Viterra grain terminal which has dominated the western skyline of the city for decades and is large enough to be visible from [[Pike Lake Provincial Park]] 32&nbsp;km away.

====Shopping centres====
{{Main article|List of shopping malls in Saskatoon}}
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* Blairmore Shopping Centre
* [[The Centre (Saskatoon)|The Centre]]
* [[Confederation Mall]]
* [[University Heights Suburban Centre, Saskatoon#Commercial|Erindale Centre/University Heights Mall]]
* [[The Mall at Lawson Heights]]
* [[Market Mall (Saskatoon)|Market Mall]]
* [[Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon)|Midtown Plaza]]
* [[Preston Crossing]]
* River City Mall
* Stonegate Shopping Centre (in [[Stonebridge, Saskatoon|Stonebridge]])
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