Frank Ferrante In An Evening With Groucho.
Everyday from Sep 13, 2023 - Nov 12, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Award-winning actor and director Frank Ferrante ignites his PBS, New York and London acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this fast paced 90 minutes of hilarity. The two-act comedy consists of the funniest Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including “Hooray for Captain Spalding,” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style at Stage West (727 42 Avenue SE).
Beakerhead: 10 years of Weird.
Everyday from Sep 14, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
This year’s festival is full of immersive experiences and artistic performances that illuminate science, technology, and engineering. Plus, a little bit of pyrotechnics. The four-day free event takes place across three iconic Calgary locations: Contemporary Calgary, Millennium Park, and TELUS Spark Science Centre.
Location: | Contemporary Calgary, Millennium Park, and TELUS Spark Science Centre. |
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Category: | Family Fun, Festivals & Fairs, Free Events, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances, Talks, Workshops & Seminars |
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Link: | http://https://beakerhead.com/ |
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Loose Moose Theatre Presents: Snow White.
Everyday from Sep 13, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
The Loose Moose Theatre For Kids is a truly magical experience for children four to ten years old, as well as fun and entertaining for parents.
Location: | Loose Moose Theatre |
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Category: | Family Fun, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances |
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Link: | http://loosemoose.com |
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Theatre Calgary Presents The Mousetrap.
Everyday from Sep 12, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
On a dark and snowy night, seven strangers find themselves trapped in a remote guesthouse. The next morning, the snowed-in guests are joined by a police sergeant who brings news of a grisly murder in London. To the guests’ horror, he reveals that the killer may be in their midst. Can you put the pieces together and solve the murder before the final curtain?
Fall Days at Calgary Farmyard.
Every Sunday, Friday, Saturday, Sep 15, 2023 - Oct 29, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
A fall trip to the Farmyard is an annual tradition for many families and friends. In addition to enjoying hours of fun on the farm, pumpkins are on display for photos and for purchase.
YYC Pizza Fest.
Everyday from Sep 15, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
YYC Pizza Fest is an annual event with charity, community, and pizza crusts in mind. Each year, local participating restaurants craft an original recipe in a competition to be lauded Calgary's best pizza.
Saskatoon Farm Annual Fall Fair.
Everyday from Sep 16, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
featuring 90 local vendors who make, bake or create quality and unique. There will also be local artists and musicians performing all day in partnership with Cowboy Trail Records straight from Black Diamond.
Location: | Saskatoon Farm |
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Category: | Community Sales & Markets, Family Fun, Festivals & Fairs, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances |
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Link: | http://saskatoonfarm.com |
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Culture Connect Festival 2023.
Everyday from Sep 16, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
A festival that celebrates Culture Days in Canada. The festival embraces multiculturalism and anti-racism in Canada. The event will feature various multicultural performances and fun interactive activities at Olympic Plaza.
Location: | Olympic Plaza |
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Category: | Family Fun, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances |
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Link: | http://culturedays.ca |
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Granary Road Garlic Fest.
Everyday from Sep 16, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Are you ready for a STINKING good time with your friends, family and fellow foodies?! Enjoy all the tasty garlic-y treats that vendors have to offer such as garlic bread, 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 it is braided.
Alberta Biodiversity Festival.
Everyday from Sep 16, 2023 - Sep 24, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Developed through a partnership between the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo and the Ministry of Alberta Environment and Parks’ and their Inglewood facility Bow Habitat Station, the festival will highlight the rich biodiversity in our province and what can be done for these diverse ecosystems.
Location: | Calgary Zoo |
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Category: | Family Fun, Festivals & Fairs, Free Events, Fun for Kids, Youth Activities |
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Link: | http://springbankpark.com |
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Alberta Star Party 2023.
Everyday from Sep 15, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Get together with other astronomers at a camping event where you can enjoy speakers during the day and the sky during the night at Starland Recreation Area. The Annual Alberta Star Party is hosted by the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
Location: | Starland Recreation Area |
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Category: | Family Fun, Fun for Kids, Talks, Workshops & Seminars |
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Link: | http://calgary.rasc.ca |
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Mountain View Arts Festival.
Everyday from Sep 15, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
This is Mountain View County’s largest festival of its kind. Art lovers see Didsbury Alberta come alive with all that is arts and culture in our region, including dancers, storytellers, musicians and songwriters, handicrafts, painters, potters, carvers – you name it, if it’s artsy, it’ll be here. Learn more at mountainviewartsfestival.ca.
Loose Moose Theatre Presents: The Three Bears.
Everyday from Sep 10, 2023 - Oct 2, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
The Loose Moose Theatre For Kids is a truly magical experience for children four to ten years old, as well as fun and entertaining for parents.
Location: | Loose Moose Theatre |
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Category: | Family Fun, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances |
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Link: | http://loosemoose.com |
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Gotta Minute Film Festival.
Everyday from Sep 13, 2023 - Sep 24, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Wait for it! Watch for it! The Gotta Minute Film Festival is coming soon! Gotta Minute is Western Canada’s first Film Festival for Commuters. Selected films will be shown on Pattison Onestop screens in Edmonton and Calgary (such as the Edmonton LRT and the Calgary Ctrain), in select Edmonton Public Library and Calgary Public Library locations, in the lobby of the Metro Cinema and online.
Location: | Various Locations |
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Category: | Family Fun, Free Events, Fun for Kids |
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Link: | http://fava.ca |
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Boo Crew at Calaway Park .
Every Sunday, Saturday, Sep 9, 2023 - Oct 9, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Stroll through Hallotown... if you dare! Is it scary? No, it’s friendly. Dress up as your favorite family-friendly character and enjoy a day of fall fun! It’s a spooktacular good time for the whole family.
Scared Defenders of the Universe at TELUS Spark Science Centre.
Everyday from Mar 23, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
A vibrant floor-to-ceiling journey inside a graphic novel that follows four Indigenous superheroes as they seek to bring back the balance of earth between humility and respect for the land, and the excessive destruction of human ego.
Calgary's Ultimate Halloween Party Menagerie Halloween.
Everyday from Jan 1, 1970 - Oct 27, 2024 at 12:00 am - 12:59 am
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!
Indigenous History Month Celebration at Southcentre Mall.
Everyday from Jan 1, 1970 - Jun 23, 2024 at 12:00 am - 8:00 pm
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.
Calgary Pro Musica and Green Fools Theatre present 'more rocky mountain fairy tales'.
Everyday from Jan 1, 1970 - Apr 28, 2024 at 12:00 am - 4:30 pm
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
Cost: | $15.00 |
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Location: | The University of Calgary Rozsa Centre: Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall |
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Category: | Family Fun, Fun for Kids, Music, Theatre & Performances |
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Link: | https://calgarypromusica.ca/family/ |
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Rundle Studio Virtual Open House.
Everyday from Jan 1, 1970 - May 15, 2024 at 12:00 am - 7:30 pm
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!
Bow Habitat Kids Can Catch Trout Pond.
Everyday from May 15, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
The Bow Habitat Station’s Kids Can Catch Trout Pond opens in mid-May and is stocked with rainbow trout in the fish hatchery for you to catch and release.
Free Online Coding Workshop for Grade 1-12 Students.
Everyday from Jan 1, 1970 - Dec 31, 2024 at 12:00 am - 7:00 pm
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
Location: | Online/Virtual
Link - https://cdg.al/iVf5P |
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Category: | Drop in & Ongoing Activities, Free Events, Fun for Kids, Holiday Fun, Talks, Workshops & Seminars |
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Link: | https://cdg.al/iVf5P |
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Cirque Du Soleil’s KOOZA.
Everyday from Aug 25, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am
KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions — acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor at Stampede Park.
Orange Shirt Beaded Pin Workshop.
> Sunday Sep 17, 2023 at 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Join Métis artisan Janis Laboucane to learn the basics in beading and create your very own Orange Shirt Beaded Pin at Fort Calgary. All materials are supplied and yours to take home if you don’t finish the pin during the workshop.
Location: | Fort Calgary |
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Category: | Family Fun, Fun for Kids, Talks, Workshops & Seminars |
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Link: | http://eventbrite.ca |
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Terry Fox Run Calgary.
> Sunday Sep 17, 2023 at 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us at Fort Calgary on September 17, 2023 for the Terry Fox Run Calgary!
Registration, merchandise sales, entertainment and more open at 9:00am with the Run officially kicking off at 10:00am.
We had great feedback on our 2022 route so join us on the scenic loop behind Fort Calgary and through St. Patrick's Island. It is a 3.3km loop with markers and turnaround points. Everyone is welcome to walk, run, ride or wheel ... including furry friends.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Free Block Party at University District.
> Sunday Sep 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
University District is hosting a free Block Party featuring live music, activities and more! The Block Party will include a variety of fun family activities, including face painting, balloon twisting, giant inflatables, roaming performers and a lego building booth.
Sports Swap and Yard Sale.
> Sunday Sep 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for the Edgemont Community Association's Sports Swap and Yard Sale! Clean out your closet and storage rooms and bring your old or out grown gear. You can swap, buy, or trade gear with others at the event. This is the perfect place to get new sports gear for your kids!
Location: | Edgemont Community Association |
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Category: | Community Sales & Markets, Free Events |
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Link: | www.edgemont.ab.ca |
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