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Calgary Unplugged is an annual family-friendly Earth Hour event. Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024 Time: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Location: Central Library (800 3 Street SE) Join us for music, entertainment, and opportunities to experience what environmental actions you can take in Calgary. Pedal power midway games and experience how our natural world affects our daily lives. Bring personal lighting and dance to the DJ when the lights go down for the Earth Hour party! Calgary Unplugged is hosted by The Arusha Centre's Climate Program, with support from The City of Calgary and community agencies. If you can't make it to the event, turning off nonessential lights, "unplug" from electronics at 8:30 and reconnect with people, games or hobbies! After Earth Hour, share your participation with #EarthHour and #EarthHourYYC. Email programs@arusha.org with questions.

Takes place May 25: 10am to 5pm, and May 26: 11am to 4pm. Slither on down as a family to the Calgary Reptile Expo and learn about the conservation and pet ownership of these unique and amazing animals! Admission: $7 per adult; $5 per child; $20 per family (up to 2 adults and 3 kids). Free for TARAS members and kids under 3.

Skate To Great National Skate Drive Returns to Calgary in advance of the Stars on Ice show. The spring skate drive launches on May 11 at Scotiabank Saddledome, offering an opportunity to kick-start your spring cleaning and donate gently used skates to local kids who need them! Bring your items to the Scotiabank Saddledome on May 11 anytime after 6:30pm. Skate To Great organizers and FedEx Express Canada will be collecting used kids hockey and figure skates, helmets and hockey sticks. To kick off the drive, organizers will be collecting items at Scotiabank Saddledome, where Stars on Ice will be performing. After the kick-off date on May 11, bring your items for donation to one of Skate To Great’s collection locations until May 31. To find a location near you and for more information, visit the website below

Takes place May 25 & 26 and June 1 & 2. Join Kayben Farms to celebrate the new arrivals, learn about farm life and new beginnings, enjoy music and food, and have a wonderful time as a family! Meet the new baby animals, tour the new animal area attraction, and enjoy Spring. The Last two year’s events were a huge success, so be sure to purchase your tickets in advance! Tickets are a lower price online.

Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child-accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains. Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness, and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of. Recommended for children aged 5 to 12, but created with the entire family in mind. Come one hour before the show & enjoy family friendly activities. Stay after to meet the performers. Created and Narrated by Samantha Whelan Kotkas Music by Tyler Hornby Puppets by Green Fools Theatre Video by Joel Goundry Tyler Hornby - Drums, Chris Andrew - Piano, Pat Belliveau - Saxophones, Aaron Shore - Guitar, Stephen Shepard - Bass

Purchase your tickets now for the all new Royal Canadian family Circus Spectac!® 2019 Tour, taking place June 14 to 23. The all new Royal Canadian family Circus Spectac!® is coming CrossIron Mills, under the Big Top, for 12 spectacular shows. This internationally-renowned circus will bring thrilling acts featuring Chinese Acrobats Flying Trapeze, Wheel of Destiny, Comedy, Motorcycle Globe, Hula Hoops, MotoSwing and Aerialists. (This is an animal-free show.) For more information and to purchase 2 for 1 tickets, visit the website below (promo code: calgaryschild).

Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential! Hear stories from staff, current students, and parents before learning about how you can be a part of our wonderful community. Rundle Studio is an online learning environment built to help students with diagnosed learning disabilities thrive. Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential!

This event is part of Get Outside and Play Week. Join for toddler-led exploration and playtime! Meet in the general vicinity of the winter day-use area (where the ice rink is in winter). This is not a guided experience. It's child-led with parents actively participating in the exploration and play. Dress for the weather, and make sure everyone is wearing appropriate footwear. Bring snacks, lunch, and whatever you need to enjoy nature for a couple of hours, such as chairs and hammocks. Please do not bring nuts, as some kids may have allergies. Please leave toys and screens behind. As long as there is no fire ban, there will be a cookout lunch. Directions: From Turner Valley, drive west on Hwy 546, approximately 20K. When you see the red gate across the highway, turn left into Sandy McNabb. Continue straight and go down the hill and turn left into the parking lot with a pit toilet.

Takes place May 25 & 26, 10am to 5pm. Festival of Quilts at Heritage Park Historical Village. Visit Western Canada’s largest outdoor quilt show and see hundreds of beautiful quilts on display throughout the Park. Choose your favorites at the Creative Kids’ Challenge, shop the Merchants’ Mall, and enjoy exploring all of the exhibits and rides at Park!

Saturdays & Sundays, from May 18 to June 30. Spring is the perfect time to meet the Farm's new baby animals and explore all the great attractions at the Calgary Corn Maze & Fun Farm. During this event, you can interact with all of the baby barnyard animals, including miniature horses, donkeys, lambs, goats, rabbits, piglets, ducklings, chicks, calves, and kittens, plus get to meet the Spring babies (now all grown up) from previous years, too! Admission also includes access to over 35 great Fun Farm Attractions. Note: The corn mazes are not open for this event, as they are newly planted and actively growing.

Calgary Farmers' Market just can't wait to open the second location in northwest Calgary, so they're popping up in Greenwich May to September. They'll be kicking off the excitement of having farm-fresh ingredients available to Calgary's west end with a fun event the whole family will enjoy. Pick up amazing ingredients, enjoy live music, see yourself in a fun new light with Garry Peck's caricatures, and visit the balloon artist too!

The City of Calgary Recreation Mobile Adventure Playground. Let your kids rediscover play in a different way. On-site play ambassadors will inspire play and keep it safe. Imaginations will soar in this adventure space!

Mad Science® Science of Toys Preschool Workshop. Brought to you by The Calgary Public Library, presented by Mad Science®. Through toy-themed activity centres, children will learn about motors, energy, and the centre of gravity. Each child will take home their own Spring-Thing, too! Spaces are limited. Suitable for ages 3 to 5. To register, visit The Calgary Public Library website below.

Baaaamaste! Stretch, strengthen, relax, and test your balance with furry farm friends! 1 hour of instructed yoga with goats will be an experience you won't soon forget! All ages and skill level welcome. For more information, visit the website and register under events.

Takes place May 24 to 26. Create – Calgary’s New Children’s Festival is an interactive, multidisciplinary festival for families that provides opportunities for the audience to engage with fine arts, explore the process of creation and experience special moments that will be cherished for years to come! This year is the inaugural festival, which will celebrate the great children's entertainment that this city has to offer with artists such as Dan the One Man Band, the Kiddonauts, Zoostreet and more!