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Free Fun: What you need to know about the Grey Cup Festival today

Parade, pancakes and more at the Grey Cup Festival on Saturday

CBC's list of free activities Saturday of the Grey Cup Festival

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It's parade day in Edmonton.

With one more day to Grey Cup, football fans of all ages can cheer on their teams at the Grey Cup Parade on Saturday morning.

It's just one of many free things to do during Grey Cup Festival.

Here's what you can do on Saturday.

CN Grey Cup Parade with Santa

  • WHERE: Jasper Ave from108th Street to101st Street,left to103rd Avenue,left again to 103rdStreet.
  • WHEN: 11:30 a.m.
  • WHO: All ages

Calgary Grey Cup Committee Stampede Breakfast:Free pancakes and sausage with music by High Steppin' Daddy

  • WHERE: Telus Park (between Union Bank Inn and ATB Place)
  • WHEN: 11a.m. -1 p.m.
  • WHO: all ages

River Cree Bungee Jump

  • WHERE: Jasper Avenue, west of 97th Street
  • WHEN: 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • WHO: Anyone brave enough to jump off a six-storey building

Jiffy Lube Tube Slide

  • WHERE: Jasper Avenue, west of 97thStreet
  • WHEN: 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • WHO: All ages

Epcor StreetSki offers lessons and a downhill run

  • WHERE: Jasper Avenue, west of 97th Street
  • WHEN: 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • WHO: Five and up (ski equipment provided)

Capital Power Zip Line

  • WHERE: Jasper Avenue, west of 97th Street
  • WHEN: 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • WHO: Daredevils who would enjoy soaring through the air to Louise McKinney Park

Get your game face on: Make-up artists paint your face in the colours of your team

WHERE:Jasper Avenue and 99th Street
WHEN:6 p.m.
WHO: All ages

The Brick Family Fun Zone offers family-friendly interactive games and displays in a heated tent, including minizipline, tube slide, bungee trampolines, digital graffiti wall and climbing wall

  • WHERE: Jasper Avenue, east of 99thStreet
  • WHEN: 11 a.m. -9:30 p.m.
  • WHO: All ages

Syncrude Mini-field organizes footballgames and drills for groups of all ages

  • WHERE: 99thStreet, east of Canada Place
  • WHEN: 11a.m. -10p.m. (youth football during the day; adults at night)
  • WHO: All ages

Rogers Place Tours

  • WHERE: Rogers Place
  • WHEN: 2 - 3p.m.
  • WHO: All ages

Nissan All-Canadian Titan Exhibition Game:70 high-school football athletes from across Canada represent their communities in this exhibition game.

  • WHERE: Clarke Park
  • WHEN: 5 p.m.- 8p.m.
  • WHO: All ages

Cooper Equipment Entertainment Stage with Whale and The Wolf, KirbySewell, Andrew Hyatt, The Static Shift,Tebey,Tim Hicks

  • WHERE: Jasper Avenue, west of 96thStreet
  • WHEN: Noon to 9:15 p.m.
  • WHO: All ages

Hospitality Rooms

  • WHERE: Check locations on chart below. Note:Some rooms have a cover charge.
  • TIME: Various times
  • WHO: 18 and older