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 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 |
Held at the Calgary Zoo |
Chasing Summer Electronic Music Festival |
Calgary |
August |
Electronic music festival in Fort Calgary[4] |
Cochrane Winterfest |
Cochrane |
January 25 & 26 |
Held 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] |
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[7][8] |
Shakespeare in the Park |
Calgary |
July |
Theater[9] |
Sled Island |
Calgary |
July |
Music festival[10] |
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,[11] Labour Day weekend |
FozzyFest |
Calgary (South Kananaskis) |
Canada Day long weekend |
[12] Electronic music |
Inshala |
Calgary (South Fort Macleod) |
Mid-June |
[13] Electronic music and conference |
Treemendus |
Calgary (Mountain View County) |
Labour Day weekend |
[14] Electronic music |
Festivals in the Alberta Rockies |
Festival |
Place |
Time |
Remarks |
Banff Culture Walk |
Banff |
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Banff Mountain Film Festival |
Banff |
Late October |
Mountain film festival |
Banff Mountain Book Festival |
Banff |
Late October |
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Banff Summer Arts Festival |
Banff |
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Banff World Television Festival |
Banff |
Mid-June |
Television programming event |
Canadian Death Race |
Grande Cache |
August |
Hiking and running |
Canmore artsPeak Arts Festival |
Canmore |
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Canmore Folk Music Festival |
Canmore |
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Canmore Highland Games |
Canmore |
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Dance Summit Invitational |
Hinton |
April |
Dance festival in the foothills of Jasper National Park www.dancesummit.org |
Ice Magic Weekend - International Ice Sculpting Competition |
Lake Louise |
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Jasper Heritage Rodeo |
Jasper |
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Jasper in January[44] |
Jasper |
January |
Three themed weekends running from the middle to the end of January, packed with events, deals and activities from a street party to dogsledding to food tasting. |
Jasper Dark Sky Festival[45] |
Jasper |
October |
Stargazing |
Mary Reimer Memorial Rodeo |
Hinton |
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Mozart on the Mountain |
Canmore |
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Symphonic concert |
Wild Mountain Music Fest[46] |
Hinton |
July 15, 16, 17 - 2016 |
Rock and roll, country, blues, rockabilly, Latin, funk, and salsa music |
WinterStart Weekend in Banff |
Banff |
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Festivals in Central Alberta |
Festival |
Place |
Time |
Remarks |
"Bring in Spring" Beef Supper, Silent Auction |
Anthony Henday Museum, Delburne, Alberta |
April |
Fundraising[47] |
Athabasca Fringe Festival |
Athabasca |
July |
Fringe festival[48] |
Band Ranch |
Evansburg, Alberta |
July 31-August 3 |
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Boom Town Music Festival |
Ol'Macdonalds Resort, Buffalo Lake, Erskine, Alberta |
September 5–6 |
Alternative country, bluegrass, folk [49] |
Blueberry Bluegrass Country Music Festival |
Stony Plain |
August |
Country music[50] |
Big Valley Jamboree |
Camrose |
August |
Country music[51] |
Centre Fest: International Street Performers Festival |
Red Deer |
August |
Street theatre[52] |
David Thompson Days Country Fair |
Rocky Mountain House |
August |
Fair |
Kikino Celebration Days & Silver Birch Rodeo |
Kikino |
3rd weekend in August |
Parade, rodeo, bingo, steak supper, trade show, fireworks[53] |
East Coulee SpringFest |
Drumheller |
May 11–13, 2012 |
38 bands, 4 venues, 100 musicians, all rock out in the badlands for one weekend[54] |
Lac La Biche Pow Wow and Fish Derby |
Lac La Biche |
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Maple Flag |
Cold Lake |
May–June |
Aerial combat exercise |
Medicine Lodge Rodeo |
Edson |
May |
Rodeo[55] |
Ponoka Stampede |
Ponoka |
June/July |
Rodeo[56] |
Rocky Air Show |
Rocky Mountain House |
August |
Air show[57] |
Sidewalk Jamboree |
Edson |
August |
Fair |
Shake The Lake |
SylvanLake |
August |
Action sports and music festival[58] |
Spin Out Festival |
Camp Maskepetoon |
June |
Circus and fire spinning festival[59] |
Texas Connection |
Innisfail |
Mid-August |
Music festival[60] |
Thunder in the Valley Drag Races |
Drayton Valley |
Late August |
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Vermilion Fair |
Vermilion |
Last weekend of July |
Fair[61] |
Mistahia |
Vermilion |
August 13 |
Music festival[62] |
Wainwright Stampede |
Wainwright |
Third week (or last full week) of June, Thur-Sun |
Chuckwagons, indoor concert/cabaret, midway, parade, and rodeo [63] |
Westerner Days Fair and Exhibition |
Red Deer |
July |
Fair[64] |
Zion Noiz Music & Arts Festival |
Alberta |
June |
Music & Arts[65] |
Festivals in Northern Alberta |
Festival |
Place |
Time |
Remarks |
Eaglesham July 1st. Celebration |
Eaglesham Park, Eaglesham Alberta |
July 1 |
Family event in the Peace River Region |
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 and live music[66] |
Falher Honey Festival |
Falher |
July |
Beekeeping festival[67] |
Alberta Open Sand Sculpture Championship |
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park |
July |
Sand castle and sculptures on the beaches of Lesser Slave Lake[68] |
Gold Cup Jet Boat Race |
Peace River |
July |
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Magnificent River Rats Festival |
Athabasca |
July |
Parade, music, marketplace, children's activities[69] |
North Country Fair |
Driftpile |
June |
Music, marketplace, camping, children's activities[70] |
Peace Fest |
Peace River |
July |
Live music, marketplace[71] |
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[72] |
Canadian Championship of Custom Bike Building |
Beaverlodge, Wembley |
Early September |
Motorcycle trade show[73] |
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 |
#mywatertoneats Food Festival |
Waterton Lakes National Park |
End of May-Beginning of June |
celebrating the culinary talent in Waterton[74] |
Stirling Community Garage sale |
Stirling |
Victoria Day |
Community garage sale |
Beethoven in the Badlands |
Drumheller |
Late May |
Symphonic concert[75] |
Spectrum Festival |
Medicine Hat |
Each year the first weekend of June |
Family festival [76] |
The Gathering – Cowboy Poetry |
Pincher Creek |
Mid-June |
Cowboy poetry, music, crafts and art[77] |
Waterton Wildflower Festival |
Waterton Lakes National Park |
Mid-Late June |
Workshops and guided flower hikes[78] |
Medicine Hat Jazz Fest |
Medicine Hat |
Late June |
Jazz festival[79] |
Raymond Stampede |
Raymond |
Early July |
Rodeo |
The Canadian Badlands Passion Play |
Drumheller |
Early to mid-July |
Outdoor theater[80] |
Loud As Hell Festival |
Drumheller |
July 31 - Aug 2 |
Drumheller Stampede Barn[81] |
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[82] |
Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede |
Medicine Hat |
Late July |
Rodeo, exhibition[83] |
Rum Runners Days |
Crowsnest Pass |
Late July |
Heritage festival[84] |
South Country Fair |
Fort Macleod |
Late July |
Camping, music and arts festival[85] |
Whoop-Up Days Summer Fair & Rodeo |
Lethbridge |
August |
Rodeo and fair |
Lethbridge Electronic Music Festival |
Lethbridge |
August |
Local and regional electronic music acts[86] |
Southern Alberta Music Festival |
Aspen Crossing, Mossleigh, Alberta |
August 24 |
Live music, 11 am to midnight, 8 to 10 artists[87] |
Waterton Wildlife Festival |
Waterton Lakes National Park |
Mid-Late September |
Workshops and info about animals living in the Park[88] |
Stirling Fall Festival |
Stirling |
September 13 |
Wagon rides, horseshoe tournament, supper, cup stacking, and a movie in the park |
Love & Records |
Lethbridge, Alberta |
September 17 |
Live music, record fair (vinyl), BBQ, raffles, parkour, art gallery, family zone, beer gardens |
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[89] |
Victorian Prairie Christmas |
Stirling |
December |
Old-fashioned Christmas held at the Galt Historic Railway Park |