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The ‘Masters’ includes iconic events such as the CP International, presented by Rolex, BMO Nations’ Cup, Name the Foal, presented by TELUS, ATCO Electric Six Bar, WestJet Evening of the Horse, fireworks, live music, and more.

Beginning May 1, the Bow Habitat Station’s Kids Can Catch Trout Pond is open for the season. This pond is stocked with rainbow trout raised in the fish hatchery for you to catch and release. Visit bowhabitat.alberta.ca for more information.

Visit 17th Ave retail and entertainment district this season for Summer on 17th. There will be live music, fitness classes, DJ and drag shows, outdoor movies, and more in Tomkins Park throughout the summer, and all of the events are free.

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances - this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

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.

In addition to sampling delicious barbecue from the five best ribbers around (that’s Pistol Pete’s, Billy’s BBQ, Buckeye BBQ, Blazin’ BBQ and Papa Jack’s), there’ll also be entertainment, raffles, cold drinks and more at McMahon Stadium’s north parking lot. Entry into the event is free, and all donation proceeds go to the Rotary Clubs of Calgary.

Join us at Southcentre Mall from June 3rd to 23rd for our fourth annual Indigenous History Month celebration in partnership with Authentically Indigenous. This month-long event will foster understanding, appreciation, and celebration of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. Experience educational activities, cultural displays, and storytelling sessions that connect both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. The celebrations will include: Full-Size Tipi: Step inside a tipi adorned with tapestries representing decades of Indigenous contributions to Calgary’s culture. Storytelling: Be moved by traditional stories from elders, delight in puppet shows by Indigenous authors, and explore virtual reality experiences by the Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth. Artisan Market: Discover the vibrancy of Indigenous creativity at our artisan market on June 7th and 8th. Enjoy music, dance, and locally crafted goods. Educational Information Walls: Learn and engage with displays that provide deeper insights into Indigenous culture.

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!

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

A Wicked Throwback Halloween Party for the 35+ crowd! All in support of AARCS (Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society) This Party has EVERYTHING! Old school Halloween games, Scavenger Hunt, burlesque performances, dancing to hits from 70's to 90's. Win 2 tickets anywhere Westjet flies!

Free Online Coding Workshop for Grade 1-12 Students Daily starts at 18 PM Dive into the magical world of coding with personalized guidance from expert mentors! What Will You Learn? Game Development Animation Website Development App Development Book a free coding session: https://cdg.al/iVf5P Session Highlight: 1:1 live online session Hands-on, learning with an expert mentor STEM.org-accredited certification for participation

Join us for the 50th annual Springbank Park For All Seasons Agriculture Society Old Tyme Fall Fair. The Fall Fair is a great day where Springbank families have the opportunity to gather together and celebrate our agricultural roots and community spirit. Come out for a day of fun, fellowship, and festivities for all ages.

The Chestermere Country Fair is the oldest ongoing annual event at the Chestermere Recreation Centre, held every year in September.

Head into the Granary Road Active Learning Park for all kinds of garlicky themed fun and don’t forget to visit our Farmers Market for all things garlic, including eats, treats and garlic features from our market vendors.

a burger festival that takes place each year where participating restaurants from various Canadian cities compete to create a unique burger; reflective of their overall concept and cuisine.

TUESDAY 8:45am-11:45am / Active Living (2-5 years) / Multi Sport Studio 1&2 9:30am-10:30am / Aquamat Trial / South Comp. Pool 5:30pm-6:15pm / Mobility & Movement Intro. / Recovery Zone 6:00pm-7:30pm / Bike with 3433SPC/ TechnoSPIN Studio 6:00pm-7:00pm / Sea Dragons Lifesaving (Club 8-17 years / East Training Pool 7:30pm-8:30pm / Adult Swim Lessons (18+ years, all levels) / West Training Pool WEDNESDAY 9:30am-10:30am / Swim with 3433SPC (17+ years) / Training Pool 10:30am-11:30am / Demystifying Metabolism Education / Riverview Room 12:00pm-12:30pm / Parent & Tot Swim (4m - 3 years) / Teach Pool 12:30pm-1:15pm / Preschool 4/5 Swim / Teach Pool 1:15pm-1:45pm / Preschool 4/5 Swim / Teach Pool 4:00pm-6:00pm / **Member Appreciation Event / Athletes Lounge 5:30pm-6:30pm / K1 Kickboxing Trial / R.E.P.S. Studio THURSDAY 6:00am-7:00am / Interval Treadmill Run with 3433SPC / 3433SPC Studio 7:30am-9:30am / **Member Appreciation Event / Athletes Lounge 11:00am-12:00pm / Tethered Deep Water Running / South Competition Pool 5:00pm-6:00pm / Run with 3433SPC / Track 1 5:30pm-7:30pm / *Meet the PT & free InBody testing / Member Lounge 6:00pm-7:00pm / Sea Dragons Lifesaving Club (8-17 years) / East Training Pool 7:30pm-8:30pm / Adult Swim Lessons (18+ years, all levels) / West Training Pool FRIDAY 8:45am-11:45am / Active Living (2-5 years) / Gym 4 10:00am-11:00am / Adult Swim Lessons (18+ years, all levels) / West Training Pool 11:30am-12:00pm / Parent & Tot Swim (4m - 3 years) / Teach Pool 12:00pm-1:00pm / Swim with 3433SPC / Training Pool 1:00pm-3:00pm / **Member Appreciation Event / Athletes Lounge 5:15pm-7:30pm / **Sip ‘n Spin with Village Brewery (18+) / TechnoSPIN Studio & Foundation Lounge SATURDAY 9:00am-12:00pm / *Bouncy Castles / Gym 2 9:30am-10:30am / Goat Yoga in the Park / Outside 11:00am-12:00pm / Goat Yoga in the Park / Outside 1:30pm-2:30pm / Adult Swim Lessons (18+ years, all levels) / West Training Pool 3:00pm-4:00pm / Stroke/Lifesaving Proficiency / West Training Pool SUNDAY 7:45am-12:15pm / Free Childcare / Gym 4 8:00am-9:30am / Mini Triathlon / Starts at North Comp. Pool 9:30am-10:00am / Kids Triathlon / Gym 5 10:00am-12:00pm / Group Fitness Master Class / Gym 4 1:00pm-3:00pm / **Floatables / Training Pool 1:30pm-3:00pm / Junior Lifeguard Club / South Comp. Pool 3:00pm-4:00pm / Stroke/Lifesaving Proficiency / West Training Pool

Experience the work of Tahltan-Tlingit master carver Dempsey Bob at the immersive ‘Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob’ exhibition. The exhibition features 65 works and is the first-ever retrospective of Bob’s career from the 1970s to the present. Visitors to the exhibition will discover a selection of masks, sculpture and regalia, complemented by Bob’s work in bronze casting and vestment production. In his works, Bob reinterprets the traditional characters and iconography from the age-old stories of his people, at times transforming those traditional tales with European influences. Organized by the Audain Art Museum and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Image Credit: Dempsey Bob, ‘Wolf Chief's Hat,’ c. 1993, red cedar, acrylic paint, operculum shell, horsehair, leather, ermine. Collection of Eric Savics. Rachel Topham Photography

Are you ready for a STINKING good time with your friends, family and fellow foodies?! Then come down to Granary Road for our annual Garlic Fest on September 10th and 11th! Enjoy all the tasty garlic-y treats that our vendors have to offer such as garlic baby back ribs, pickled garlic, garlic pizza and more! Learn all about how garlic has played a major part in folklore, how garlic is grown/harvested, and how delicious it tastes!! Meet Forage and Farm - a local regenerative garlic farm that specializes in growing a variety of gourmet hardneck garlic, Black Garlic (winner of the Made in Alberta Awards), craft Pestos and hosts Homesteading classes. Learn more at www.granaryroad.com/garlicfest

a kid-friendly show designed to make adults laugh, too. This is a production written for kids and served with a meal designed with kids in mind. Get your tickets for a stress-free, fun-filled morning of laughter, music, and food.

Celebrate ‘the best of Airdrie’ at airdrieFEST featuring vendor booths from local not-for-profit organizations, community groups and businesses as well as local entertainment acts and musicians. You can look forward to a wide variety of entertainment acts on the City Hall Stage.

There will be art on display in many mediums, styles, and sizes at Hawthorne Residence. Come out for a day of art and meet the artists Lynn Hawthorne, Brigitte Plesa, Wilma Mclean, Joan Shearer, Doris Sidlick, Sian DeVries, and Rosemary Bennett.

Expert speakers will deliver timely, credible information and best-practice strategies to support the development and mental health of a child or youth in your life. Previously recorded presentations are also available for viewing: https://youtu.be/tLbDa8Vlutk

Explore local art in a way you have never experienced before. In partnership with the Downtown Association, ART SPOT is throwing a massive freeform art event in downtown Calgary. This interactive exhibition will feature nearly 100 local artists, showcasing their art in an experimental, freeform environment.

An intimate day of activities to celebrate Mexico and its independence. The event will include musical performances, exhibitions, food, crafts and more.

Meet your favorite country stars for the ultimate selfie. Don’t miss the chance to get up close and personal with 2022 CCMA Awards.

Honens’ anticipated Open Air returns this September with a parade of fantastical performances and a Carnival of the Animals. Join us in Central Memorial Park for performances by the Bergmann Duo, Honens Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker, and cellist Arnold Choi. Make sure to bring the kids down early to get their faces painted to match their favorite animal.

Calgary’s hippest night market located in the heart of Mission. Visit the lively main street neighborhood of 4th Street for food, fun, local finds and friends.

Are you ready to save the larger-than-life species and the ecosystems they live in from extinction? Locked Zoo: Living Large is a 2-hour, zoo-wide escape game that challenges you to explore the zoo after hours, solve an elaborate series of puzzles, and learn about wildlife conservation. This outdoor escape game will have you using your wits?and getting your steps in, while solving challenging puzzles with a team of clever friends. Your team will explore select areas of the zoo to find the clues, solve the puzzles, and save the day! There's plenty of animals to see along the way, beverages (including adult ones!) will be available for purchase,?and you can?pre-order a delicious dinner box. The challenge will not be timed. Proceed at your leisure! You’ll be able to enjoy the zoo until dusk at 8:00 p.m.

Takes place November 19 to January 2 (excluding November 23, 28 & 30 and December 3, 25 & 31). ZOOLIGHTS, presented by Olympia Trust Company, is back for its 25th year! This year's ZOOLIGHTS will feature exciting new themed areas and activities including a 25th anniversary Memory Lane, the Nutcracker in the ENMAX Conservatory, and an all-new “Tunnel of Light,” a tribute to Canada’s wetland, a holiday Zoo Market, and a very special “Dinos at Night” experience like you have never seen before! Of course, the Zoo is bringing back all the classic activities everyone has come to love like the Skating Rink, Fire pits, and Rival Axe Throwing. ZOOLIGHTS comes to life at night with twinkling lights at every turn, including over 200 light figurines, along with interactive and choreographed light displays. The lights are turned on at 5pm nightly and run until 9pm. It takes approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours to experience all that ZOOLIGHTS has to offer - but you are able to stay for as little or as long as you like!