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Participating cafes, restaurants, and chocolatiers will compete to be voted YYC’s Best Hot Chocolate by Calgarians.

a big warm East Village hug in the middle of a long, cold Calgary winter. The contemporary, Scandinavian-style space is inspired by the Danish idea of Hygge, which means a special kind of well-being — it’s a cozy, easy togetherness enhanced by the glow of a firepit, soft lighting, a warm drink and good company.

Exposure is an annual festival that celebrates photography, hosting thoughtfully curated exhibitions that showcase internationally renowned practitioners alongside emerging and established talent from Alberta at various venues around the city.

The classic story of a young girl who meets a clever wolf on her way to her grandparent’s house, presented in the fun and unique Loose Moose style.

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.

The Chinook Blast 2023 Asian Market will have a colorful and bright display with Asian features, lantern posts and LED lighting around the City Hall Atrium. Asian exhibitors will be invited to feature their traditional and cultural wear, products, and activities. There will be an exhibitor zone (products and packed food, outfits, etc.), a games zone, and an Asian Arts Zone for our attendees to enjoy and support.

Taking the family to see a movie isn’t cheap – even before you purchased popcorn and drinks! Cineplex’s Family Favourites are a great way to enjoy a classic family movie every Saturday morning at a great price. Admission to Cineplex Family Favourites is only $2.99 per person, making this a great way to enjoy the weekend with your family. The participating Cineplex theatres in Calgary are Crowfoot Crossing, Westhills, Seton, East Hills, Sunridge, and Chinook.

This show brings the life of business magnate and technology pioneer, Steve Jobs, to the opera stage at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. At the intersection of art and technology is the tragic story of a complex and vulnerable human being on his journey from hippie idealist to tech icon. Every scene reveals more of the puzzle behind how a person who revolutionized communications could struggle to make meaningful connections with the people closest to him. Learn more at jubileeauditorium.com.

Arts Commons takes over Olympic Plaza with a weekend of ArtsXpeditions outdoor concerts. Saturday programming kicks off with a day of funky hip hop and R&B acts that will have the whole family moving.

Celebrate Seollal (the Korean Lunar New Year Day) with games, cultural performances, live music, and dancing at the Calgary Central Library. The focus will be to share how the Korean community celebrates the Lunar New Year. All Calgarians are welcome to join.

This is a fast paced, fun, interactive play filled with humour and adventure! Performed for three weekends only, at two locations in Calgary. Bring your favorite pillow and enjoy our interactive children’s theatre production.

15 restaurants across Calgary are participating in a food festival that sees eateries craft creative and adventurous poutines for the public to try.

This unique winter activity merges multimedia, storytelling and nature for a new and inspiring perspective at Banff Gondola.

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

Chinook Blast will be heating up our city with a celebration of community, culture, and civic pride. The best of Calgary’s art, music, theatre, sport and recreation will be on display. From iconic festivals to live music to sporting events to light and art installations to cultural experiences to night markets, there is going to be something for everyone. With so much to choose from, we know you and your family will have Snow. Much. Fun.

For every great band or artist, there are 20 more groups or artists who have had one big break – one great song to their credit. Many have even won a Grammy or a Juno, and the surprisingly, they disappear from the music scene. Look at those hits and groove to two hours of non-stop music.

It is time to lace up some skates and learn about the technology, anatomy and physics that goes into this Canadian classic. Historical artifacts, including gear used by some of the greatest players of all time, are presented in innovative displays.

Gasoline Alley Museum welcomes a new exhibit from January 14 to April 30; We Were Here: Stories from Early Chinatown. Bring your family and come learn about Chinese history on the prairies through art and imagination, discover fictional stories written by members of the Chinese community and explore two iterations of Chinatown in Calgary.

The 2023 Penguin Walk marks the 11th year of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo’s penguin walk. During the winter months, the king penguin colony heads out on zoo grounds for a daily enrichment walk to keep their brains and bodies healthy and visitors get to experience the fun.

From the underground punk scene to stages across Calgary, One Yellow Rabbit’s 37th Annual High Performance Rodeo welcomes all audiences to experience the extraordinary. Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts will inspire you with wild and bold performances from local, national and international artists.

Willow Ridge Community Association is holding a large-scale Winter Carnival with skating, hockey, crokicurl, food trucks, prizes, firepits, competitions, sleigh rides, petting zoos, music and more.

A part of the Chinook Blast festival, Nitro RX is coming to entertain families, with an intense combination of rallycross and big air excitement – where cars fly and tracks thrill! Watch these cars battle on snow and ice, in Calgary for the first time at GMC Stadium, Stampede Park.

A monthly puppet making and performing workshop offered at various times at different locations in Calgary. The workshops actively promote all family members, youngsters and elders, in creating art and drama together and accommodate all skills and ages, with a different theme each month. This month’s is at Calgary Central Library.