Alberta NewsEdmonton Folk Music Festival trucks in sand to thwart city's soggy summer of rainEdmonton's rainiest summerFlooding is shown on Yellowhead Trail in this handout photo posted by the City of Edmonton on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Terry Wickham, who has been co-ordinating the outdoor Folk Festival for nearly four decades, says this year's event has likely been the hardest to plan because Edmonton has seen record-breaking rainfall. "We have about 200 tonnes of sand that we're bringing in just so people can walk … and aren't slipping and sliding on muck all over the place." This past weekend, a rainstorm forced Edmonton's Heritage Festival to reduce hours due to more high winds and wet weather. "Edmontonians have experienced an extraordinary summer of severe weather," she said.