Festivals in Calgary Region |
Festival |
Place |
Time |
Remarks |
Airdrie Festival Of Lights |
Airdrie |
December |
Rides, Christmas Lights, Refreshments[1] |
Afrikadey! |
Calgary |
Early August |
Africa themed festival[2] |
Calgary Arab Film Festival |
Calgary |
October |
Film Festival |
Calgary Jazz Festival |
Calgary |
Late June |
Jazz music |
Calgary C-Jazz CARNIVALE |
Calgary |
Late August |
Jazz music |
Calgary Folk Music Festival |
Calgary |
Late July |
Folk music festival[3] |
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede |
Calgary |
Mid July |
Rodeo, exhibition |
Calgary Fringe Festival |
Calgary |
August |
Fringe festival |
Calgary International Children's Festival |
Calgary |
Late May |
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Calgary International Film Festival |
Calgary |
September/October |
Film festival |
Calgary International Spoken Word Festival |
Calgary |
Late March / April |
Spoken word festival |
Calgary Underground Film Festival |
Calgary |
September/October |
Film festival |
Calgary Winterfest |
Calgary |
February |
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Canmore Highland Games |
Canmore |
Annually on the Sunday of Labour Day Weekend |
Celtic sports, music and dance |
Carifest |
Calgary |
June |
Caribbean festival on Stephen Avenue and Prince's Island Park |
ENMAX Zoolights |
Calgary |
December/January |
at the Calgary Zoo |
Chasing Summer Electronic Music Festival |
Calgary |
August |
Electronic Music Festival in Fort Calgary[4] |
Cochrane Winterfest |
Cochrane |
January 25 & 26 |
at the Cochrane Lions Rodeo Park |
Expo Latino |
Calgary |
Late August |
Latino festival in Prince's Island Park |
"Fiestaval" Latin Festival |
Calgary |
July 19, 20 /2008 |
Latin, music, outdoors, beer gardens |
GlobalFest |
Calgary |
August 21–29, 2009 |
Multi-ethnic festival and fireworks |
High Performance Rodeo |
Calgary |
January |
Theatre, music, dance, visual arts[5] |
International Festival of Animated Objects |
Calgary |
January |
Puppeteering festival |
Calgary International Blues Festival |
Calgary |
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Calgary Midwinter Blues Festival |
Calgary |
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Labour Day Rodeo and Parade |
Cochrane |
Labour Day weekend |
Rodeo |
Lilac Festival |
Calgary |
Late May |
Street festival[6] |
Mountain View Music Fest |
Calgary |
August 8–10 |
Music Festival[7] |
North American Championship Chuckwagon Races and Guy Weadick Pro Rodeo |
High River |
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Reggae Festival |
Calgary |
Mid August |
Reggae Music |
Shady Grove Bluegrass Festival |
Nanton |
Third weekend of August |
Music Festival[8][9] |
Shakespeare in the Park |
Calgary |
July |
Theater[10] |
Sled Island |
Calgary |
July |
Music Festival[11] |
Spruce Meadows International show-jumping tournament |
Calgary |
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Sun and Salsa Festival |
Calgary |
Mid July |
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Taste of Calgary |
Calgary |
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Wordfest |
Calgary |
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X-Fest |
Calgary |
August |
Alternative Music Festival in Fort Calgary[12] Labour Day weekend |
FozzyFest |
Calgary (South Kananaskis) |
Canada Day Long Weekend |
[13] Electronic Music |
Inshala |
Calgary (South Fort Macleod) |
Mid-June |
[14] Electronic Music & Conference |
Treemendus |
Calgary (Mountain View County) |
Labour Day Weekend |
[15] Electronic Music |
Festivals in Northern Alberta |
Eaglesham July 1st. Celebration |
at Eaglesham Park, Eaglesham Alberta |
July 1st. |
Family event in the Peace River Region |
Festival |
Place |
Time |
Remarks |
Reel Shorts Film Festival |
Grande Prairie |
May |
International Festival of Short Films |
North Country Fair |
Slave Lake |
June |
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Astral Harvest Music Festival |
Slave Lake |
July |
Electronic + Live Music[64] |
Falher Honey Festival |
Falher |
July |
Beekeeping festival[65] |
Alberta Open Sand Sculpture Championship |
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park |
July |
Sand castle and sculptures on the beaches of Lesser Slave Lake[66] |
Gold Cup Jet Boat Race |
Peace River |
July |
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Magnificent River Rats Festival |
Athabasca |
July |
Parade, Music, Marketplace, Children's Activities[67] |
North Country Fair |
Driftpile |
June |
Music, Marketplace, Camping, Children's Activities[68] |
Peace Fest |
Peace River |
July |
Live Music, Marketplace[69] |
Summerslam |
Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray |
July |
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Telus Country Fever Music Festival |
Grande Prairie |
July |
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InterPLAY Festival |
Fort McMurray |
August |
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Peace Country Gospel Jamboree |
Beaverlodge |
August |
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Blueberry Festival |
Fort McMurray |
Early September |
Parade, midway, fireworks[70] |
Canadian Championship of Custom Bike Building |
Beaverlodge, Wembley |
Early September |
Motorcycle Trade Show[71] |
Golden Walleye Classic |
High Prairie |
September |
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Festivals in Southern Alberta |
Festival |
Place |
Time |
Remarks |
Lethbridge International Film Festival |
Lethbridge |
April |
Film festival |
Stirling Community Garage sale |
Stirling |
Victoria Day |
community garage sale. |
Beethoven in the Badlands |
Drumheller |
Late May |
Symphonic concert[72] |
Spectrum Festival |
Medicine Hat |
Each year the first weekend of June |
Medicine Hat's family fun-filled festival! A kick-off to Summer www.spectrumfestival.ca |
The Gathering – Cowboy Poetry |
Pincher Creek |
Mid June |
Cowboy Poetry, Music, Crafts & Art[73] |
Waterton Wildflower Festival |
Waterton Lakes National Park |
Mid-Late June |
Workshops and guided flower hikes[74] |
Medicine Hat Jazz Fest |
Medicine Hat |
Late June |
Jazz festival[75] |
Raymond Stampede |
Raymond |
Early July |
Rodeo |
The Canadian Badlands Passion Play |
Drumheller |
Early-Mid July |
Outdoor theater[76] |
Loud As Hell Festival |
Drumheller |
July 31 - Aug 2 |
Drumheller Stampede Barn[77] |
Stirling Settler Days |
Stirling |
Mid July |
Pancake breakfast, firefighter games, parade, community dance, a rodeo, and Fireworks. |
Bluegrass Country Music Festival |
Hill Spring |
Late July |
Country music[78] |
Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede |
Medicine Hat |
Late July |
Rodeo, exhibition[79] |
Rum Runners Days |
Crowsnest Pass |
Late July |
Heritage festival[80] |
South Country Fair |
Fort Macleod |
Late July |
Camping, music and arts festival[81] |
Whoop-Up Days Summer Fair & Rodeo |
Lethbridge |
August |
Rodeo and fair |
Lethbridge Electronic Music Festival |
Lethbridge |
August |
Local and Regional Electronic Music Acts[82] |
Southern Alberta Music Festival |
Aspen Crossing, Mossleigh, Alberta |
August 24 |
Live Music, 11 am to Midnight, 8 to 10 artists, www.aspencrossing.com |
Stirling Fall Festival |
Stirling |
September 13 |
Wagon rides, horseshoe tournament, supper, cup stacking, and a movie in the park. |
Love & Records |
Lethbridge, Alberta |
September 13 |
Live Music, Record Fair [vinyl], BBQ, Raffles, Parkour, Art Gallery, Family Zone, Beer Gardens, and more! |
The Word on the Street |
Lethbridge |
September 21 |
Outdoor festival celebrating literacy and the written word. |
Pincher Creek Parade of Lights |
Pincher Creek |
November |
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Cowboy Christmas Show |
Hill Spring |
November and December |
Barn dance[83] |
Victorian Prairie Christmas |
Stirling |
December |
Old-fashioned Christmas held at the Galt Historic Railway Park. |