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The Jazz City festival was established by the Edmonton Jazz Society in 1980 under the direction of Marc Vasey. The festival was created in response to an initiative from Alberta Culture to celebrate the province's 75th anniversary. The Edmonton Jazz Society, founded in 1973, had previously sponsored individual jazz concerts, but Jazz City was the first large-scale, multi-day jazz music event in Edmonton. The administration of the festival was taken over in 1984 by the newly-created non-profit called the Jazz City Festival Society. Jazz City occurred annually from 1984 to 2005 under the direction of the Jazz City Festival Society. The 2005 event was the last Jazz City festival, and in 2006 the Jazz City Festival Society disbanded. The Jazz City Festival Society and Marc Vasey also organized the Jazz Festival Calgary Society and produced Jazz Festival Calgary from the Jazz City Festival Society headquarters in Edmonton from 1998 to 2006.

The first Jazz City season ran from August 17-24, 1980. Twenty concerts were presented at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium and the Shoctor Theatre. The latter (part of the Citadel Theatre complex) remained the main festival stage until 1984, supplemented by the Citadel Theatre’s MacLab Theatre in 1985, the Chateau Lacombe Ballroom from 1986 - 1990, and the Westin Hotel Ballroom in 1991. Other venues have been used as required, and the festival has presented music in local clubs like the Sidetrack Café and at free, outdoor concerts in Sir Winston Churchill Park. In 1985 the Yardbird Suite became a major festival venue.

In 1986 the festival moved from mid-August to late June and early July and expanded to 10 days. In 1990 it offered 140 concerts and club presentations, including 90 free events, featuring 375 musicians from nine countries. With the advent of Westcan Jazz in 1987 the festival began to co-operate with other western Canadian festivals and Jazz City's programming took a broader and more eclectic turn. Jazz City was the first of the Canadian jazz festivals of the 1980s to achieve international standing.

The Concerned Citizens for Edmonton's River Valley (ConCerv) was established in 1999. The organization's mission statement was to advocate for the protection of Edmonton's river valley from industrial development. Instead, ConCerv sought development that would remain consistent with cultural, residential, and recreational pursuits.

ConCerv was primarily concerned with the proposed expansion of the EPCOR power plant situated in the river valley. The organization sought intervener status so that it could represent the river valley communities of Cloverdale, Rossdale, and Old Strathcona.

ConCerv was dissolved as an Alberta Society in 2007.

The first meeting of the Granite Senior Ladies Curling Club was held in 1971. The meeting was attended by 25 senior women at the Thistle Curling Club. The meeting was to discuss the formation of a seniors club for ladies wishing to curl or play bridge. At this first meeting they decided to call the club The Senior Ladies Curling and Social Club.

Starting in 1972 the club began to meet at the Granite Curling Club. Within the next few years the club’s name changed to The Senior Ladies’ Curling Club. The members of the club would meet regularly to curl at the Granite Curling Club where they rented ice. The Granite Curling Club was founded in 1920 and is one of the oldest curling clubs in Edmonton.

By 1986 the club was known as the Granite Senior Ladies Curling Club. The members of the club regularly played and had prizes.

The Granite Curling Club continues to have a Seniors League.

The Phoenix Multi-Faith Society for Harmony launched on September 17th 2006 at Edmonton City Hall in front of 200 people. Following attacks on mosques and synagogues in Edmonton, Jewish and Muslim leaders worked with the Edmonton Police to promote harmony between the groups in the city.
Attacks on the Beth Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues and the Muslim Community of Edmonton mosque led the leaders to seek avenues in which they could work together.
The Society brought in the Edmonton Police Department’s Anti-Hate Bias Crime Unit and the Archbishop Thomas Collins. The Society annually hosts Diversity Day at Edmonton City Hall.
The Society has a board of six representatives from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish faiths who meet monthly. The Society’s objective is to seek positive coexistence and relationships among various faiths, particularly the Abrahamic faiths, through open communication and dialogue, education and community participation. The Society aims to address and eliminate intercommunity negative stereotypes, hatred, and prejudices within Edmonton.

The Edmonton Chinese Philharmonica Association is a non-profit organization founded in 2001 in order to promote Chinese culture and traditional music through public performances. In addition to its own presentations, the Association had participated in heritage festivals and concerts.

The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's and then Eaton, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's grew to become a retail institution in Canada, with stores across the country and a mail-order catalog that was found in the homes of most Canadians. A changing economic and retail environment in the late twentieth century culminated in the chain's bankruptcy in 1999.

Eaton’s first Edmonton location opened in 1929 at 102 St NW and 102 Ave. This original location included an additional building dedicated to mail-order fulfillment, which served Eaton’s mail orders for all of Western Canada. In August 1987, a new store, now called Eatons with no apostrophe, opened in Edmonton at 101 St NW and 102 Ave. The giant four-level department store was the anchor for the Eaton Centre mall, which featured 55 stores and services in its first phase. Additionally, a time capsule was created and sealed with the intention of being opened in 2019 to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of Eaton’s. Eatons was built directly beside the original Edmonton Eaton’s location, which was demolished the following year to begin construction on phase two of the Eaton Centre mall.

Eatons operated in this location until the Eaton's chain went out of business in 1999. At this point, Eaton Centre mall merged with the neighboring Edmonton Centre to become Edmonton City Centre Mall. In 2002, The Bay moved into the former Eatons location.

Throughout the many decades in which Eaton’s operated in Edmonton, staff members created and distributed “The Edmontonian,” a monthly newsletter publication dedicated to sharing the interests and news of Eaton’s staff members.

In 1976, the Japanese community in Edmonton formed the Edmonton Japanese Community Club Society (EJCCS). The EJCCS organized cultural and community annual events such family picnics, participation in Edmonton's Heritage festivals, Senior's day celebrations, Christmas parties, publication of newsletters and related activities. In 1984, the official name of the organization was changed from EJCCS to the Edmonton Japanese Community Association (EJCA) with the mission of promoting Japanese and Japanese Canadian culture, language, traditions and history. EJCA activities include cultural clubs such as Kita no Taiko and Bonsai Society, Japanese language lessons, a community library, and hosting events for members. In 1994, the EJCA partnered with the Argyll Community League to fund and operate a joint space, the Argyll Community League/EJCA Cultural Centre, the first of its kind in the City of Edmonton.

The APEGGA [Alberta Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists Association] Women's Club, also known as the Ladies Auxilliary E.I.C [Engineers' Institute of Canada], Engineers' Wives Association of Edmonton, Engineers' Wives Club, E.IC. and A.P.E.A. [Alberta Professional Engineers' Association], Engineers' Wives Club and Professional Engineers Wives' Club during its existence, was organized in September 1949. It was a social group, designed to acquaint wives of Edmonton engineers with each other. It organized social activities, interest groups and special events. It was renamed the APEGGA Women's Club in 1993 and was disbanded in 2009 at its 60th anniversary.

The Edmonton & Area Land Trust was founded in 2007 by the City of Edmonton, Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton Nature Club, Land Stewardship Centre of Canada, Urban Development Institute, and Legacy Lands Conservation Society. [MELISSA - FINISH]

In the 1960s, Thai students studying at the University of Alberta first got together to form a group to promote Thai culture and cultural understanding. Their activities included developing a membership directory and newsletters and hosting events and gatherings.

In 1985, the Alberta Thai Association was formally established. The members of the first executive included Mr. Boon-Oom Gosinet (President), Mr. Buncha Ooraikul (Vice president), Mr. Anan Kaewmongkol (Secretary), Mr. Sombot Patayanikorn (Treasurer), Miss Ngamta Tekauyporn & Mr. Sanguan Parnmukh (Directors of Activities), Mrs. Kritsana (Saruprath) Wototschek & Mr. Pornchai Pannopsri (Directors of Fundraising), and Mrs. Banyong Gosinet & Mr. Nivat Chainarongpinij (Directors of Information).

The Alberta Thai Association works to promote appreciation and understanding of Thai culture, provide events and activities for members, and offer language and cultural enrichment programs. Programs include lessons in Thai conversation, fruit carving, cuisine, traditional music, and dance. The Alberta Thai Association also provides scholarships and awards to recognize achievements of community members.