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Save the Parks: This worthy fundraising concert and late-night park session put on by all-ages promoter Project 23 and the amazing Purple City Music Fest https://purplecityfest.com/ is to help ensure Edmonton’s only indoor skate park won’t close down! The most excellent bands are Bogue Brigade, Drive By Punch, Lacerator, Messor, Creature//Conspire and Undivided Attention.

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You can also help out this indie institution where art and athleticism and good times collide at its gofundme.com “Save House of Wheels” campaign. Edmonton needs positive vibes places like this!

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Details: 7 p.m. Sat. at House of Wheels (8832 48 Ave.), $22.35 at ticketweb.ca

Frozen (2013) Sing-Along: Here’s one for the whole family to make some noise at to ice the year: the tenth anniversary sing-along of Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee’s neo-classic, Frozen, tangentially based on Hans Christian Andersen’s 1844 story, The Snow Queen, with a little Doctor Zhivago thrown in.

When the newly-crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home with infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer and a snowman named Olaf to make things right using, you know it, baby!, the power of love.

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Details: 1 p.m. Sun. at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), $14/adult; $11/youth

SOULstice: “The final Connections//Collisions Cabaret of the 2023 year,” explains curator Josh Languedoc, “captures the spirit of winter joy and connection. This music and comedy-filled cabaret will brighten the spirits and get us feeling festive.

Joy is the central feeling of this cabaret as we prepare for the welcoming of a new year.” Artists in the year-ending lineup include Lauren Brady, Molly McDermott, Chalier Peter and Kathy Metzger, as well as DJ ShakiñaRay.

Details: 7:30 p.m. at Mile Zero Dance (9931 78 Ave.), $20/milezerodance.com; $25/door

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