Hey Calgary!
Are you ready for an incredible August long weekend? We’ve got a fantastic lineup of events and activities for you to enjoy.
Whether you’re looking for family-friendly fun, delicious food, or exciting entertainment, there’s something for everyone. Check out these TOP 15 FUN happening in Calgary this weekend!
1. Taste of Calgary
📆 August 01 - 05, 2024
📍 Parking Lot 6 (6 Street SW)
💰 FREE admission; Sampling tickets required
🔗 Here
Taste of Calgary is the city’s most appetizing festival, giving visitors the chance to sample the city’s food, beverages, music and other cool things.
Discover Calgary’s global cuisines from a mix of unique restaurants and beverage companies.
Plus get a taste of Calgary’s great musicians. And, shop at some of the most interesting marketplace vendors in the city
2. Calgary Fringe Festival
📆 August 02 - 10, 2024
📍 Various
💰 $20
🔗 Here
Enjoy uncensored, unexpected, unforgettable theatre. Bringing 30+ bold theatre artists to Calgary. Fringes are uncensored, non-juried theatre festivals that are focused on creativity, performance, expression, and pushing boundaries.
There’s comedy, drama, improv, dance, music, magic and more. Intricate ensemble casts, dynamic duos and breathless solo performances. Quirky romps, fantasy masterpieces, moving vignettes and dark real-life tales. A mix of young emerging artists alongside seasoned pros.
3. Belly Dance Class in Calgary ( First For FREE)
📆 August 02, 2024
📍 2312 4 St SW
💰 FREE
🔗 Here
Come join us for a fun and energetic belly dance class at 2312 4 St SW suite 3.
Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this class is perfect for anyone looking to learn something new and have a great time.
Our classes are designed to help you improve your dance skills, work on your flexibility, and meet new people who share your passion for belly dancing. Plus, your first class is FREE - so why not give it a try?
4. Heritage Park Retro Drive-In Movies
📆 August 02 - 04, 2024
📍 Heritage Park (1900 Heritage DR SW)
💰 $55+ car
🔗 Here
Join us at Heritage Park for Retro Drive-In Movies, brought to you by Fresh Air Cinema!
From our massive outdoor screen, enjoy a fantastic lineup of classic and modern films. Each evening features a double header—so you get two for one! Get comfy in your car, and savour delicious snacks like popcorn, hot dogs and cotton candy from Heritage Plaza.
Perfect for date nights, family fun, or hanging out with friends, our drive-in movies are a must-do summer activity. Don’t miss out — get your tickets today for an evening of cinematic magic!
5. Chasing Summer Festival – 2024
📆 August 03 - 04, 2024
📍 Max Bell Centre (1001 Barlow Trail SE)
💰 $160
🔗 Here
The premiere outdoor dance music event in Western Canada returns to Calgary for its seventh anniversary…a new chase, a new experience…bigger and better than ever.
2024 Lineup:
Illenium, Deadmau5, DJ Snake, Tchami X Malaa, Two Friends, Isoxo, Apashe, Claptone, Camden Cox, Coco & Breezy, DJ Susan, Forester, Ilan Bluestone, Jason Ross, James Kennedy, Kream, Kyle Watson, Levity, Mitis, Notion, Skiitour, Spencer Brown and many more to be announced.
6. [FREE] Tour de Bowness
📆 August 03 - 05, 2024
📍 Bowness
💰 FREE to watch; $35 to participate
🔗 Here
2024 will mark the 21st edition of the Tour de Bowness. On Saturday, watch the cyclists from many great viewing points along the road course just outside of Cochrane.
On Sunday , we will have having a hill climb on MacKay Road in Montgomery during the day, this years event will have a small twist ensuring the fastest will go up against each other for the title. On Monday, visit beautiful Bowness to see the racers tackle the challenging 7 turn Cory Meza Memorial Criterium!
Stick around on Monday to enjoy the Tour de Bowness Street Festival put on by the Bowness BRZ!
7. [FREE] Incredible India Fest 2024
📆 August 03, 2024
📍 The Westin Calgary Airport (671 Aero Dr NE)
💰 FREE
🔗 Here
We are delighted to announce the 3rd Annual INCREDIBLE INDIA FEST on August 3, 2024, a celebration of the rich culture, diversity and traditions of India. This festival promises to be a spectacular event that showcases the beauty, vibrancy and uniqueness of INDIA.
The INCREDIBLE INDIA FEST will feature cultural performances, vendors, live music, traditional singing and dance, a range of activities for kids and authentic food stalls. Visitors will get a chance to immerse themselves in the rich cultural heritage of India and experrience its diverse traditions firsthand.
The festival will take place at the WESTIN CALGARY AIRPORT from 12-6pm and we invite everyone to join us for a memorable experience. The festival is FREE and open to people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures. We believe that the INCREDIBLE INDIA FEST will be an excellent opportunity to celebrate diversity and build bridges across cultures and communities.
8. [FREE] Printmaking Workshop
📆 August 03, 2024
📍 Alberta Society of Artists (1235 26 Ave SE)
💰 FREE
🔗 Here
This workshop is free and accessible for all ages and skills, including those who think they can’t draw stick figures. We will be using safe and easy-to-clean materials to carve the foam and make the prints. There will be foam already carved for those who just want to focus on printing. It will be a form of relief carving, and if you don’t know what that term means, that is fine; It won’t hold you back from making beautiful prints. The main materials we will be working with are foam, paper, pens, markers, a sponge, and a smidgen of water.
Once your prints are done, you can take them home, keep them, gift them, or put them in the “windowpane” of Celebrating our Backyard”
9. Lantern Peace Festival
📆 August 03, 2024
📍 Devonian Gardens (in the CORE - 317 7 Ave SW)
💰 FREE
🔗 Here
For families, couples, and anyone who wants to be inspired by peace-seeking spirit through art and culture, the best event is this! Enjoy the Midnight Taiko and many other performers of multicultural appearances, as well as speakers from diverse backgrounds. The Peace Exhibition and the Fun vendors will be there! First 15 children can participate in the art activities, Art! Dream! and Kids! with free art materials and everyone receives the participating prize! Come to join us!
10. [FREE] Tango 2 Echo Fest
📆 August 04, 2024
📍 Greenview Community
💰 FREE
🔗 Here
Tango 2 Echo Fest is a BIA-initiated business and community event that aims to activate the Greenview Industrial Area, located in the T2E postal district in Calgary, and to showcase GIBIA businesses (among some others) while also fundraising for a local BIA charity – Fresh Start.
This year we are bringing back Rides and Rods and the Greenview Block Party to create a big, engaging, and family-friendly festival Tango 2 Echo. In addition to the parked car show boasting 150+ classic rides, hot rods, and sports compacts, we will be hosting a business and art market, a community art installation tour, live music, food and beverages, family-friendly events, and a fundraiser. Taking over 4 blocks in Greenview Industrial BIA it’s going to be an event not to be missed!
11. [FREE] Food Ways of Calgary’s Migrant Communities
📆 August 04, 2024
📍 3111 17 Ave SE
💰 FREE
🔗 Here
Join Katie Qin for a tour of the collection of restaurants and markets known as International Avenue.
An iconic hub of culinary diversity, 17th Ave. SE represents Calgary’s past as a fledgling prairie town built by immigrant settlers and Calgary’s present as a multicultural, diverse urban center.
Step back in time to learn how newcomers established themselves in Calgary’s food scene, provisioning familiar goods to their communities and sharing their cultural practices with the city through food.
12. Calgary Stampeders – HERITAGE NIGHT
📆 August 04, 2024
📍 McMahon Stadium (1817 Crowchild Trail NW)
💰 $19+
🔗 Here
vs. Toronto Argonauts
Celebrate Calgary’s rich cultural mosaic at our Heritage Night game presented by Shane Homes, on Sunday, August 4, when the Stampeders welcome the Argonauts to McMahon.
Experience the sights, sounds, and flavours of diverse cultures at our special cultural night market in the Gridiron Gardens before kickoff. This inclusive event is designed to welcome new Canadians to the Stampeders family, offering them a chance to learn about the game and league while enjoying an immersive cultural experience.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate the unique heritage that makes Calgary truly special!
13. [FREE] Annual Heritage Day Festival
📆 August 05, 2024
📍 Olympic Plaza (228 8 Ave SE)
💰 FREE
🔗 Here
Come join us for the annual Heritage Day Festival at Olympic Plaza!
Come for 6 hours of multicultural performances, ethnic foods, and unique handicrafts.
Explore the artisan booths, get face painted into a lion, frolic in the water, try a new dish, or simply soak up the sun in front of the stage and enjoy the folk performances.
This is a free family event!
BONUS FESTIVALS
14. YYC ICECREAMFEST
📆 Until August 05, 2024
📍 Various
💰 -
🔗 Here
This 9 day ice cream event celebrates the end of another school year and the start of a great summer.
This summer, participating cafés, restaurants, and creameries compete for the coveted titles of YYC’s Best Scoop, Best Non-Dairy Scoop, and special Golden Scoop award.
Support Calgary Meals on Wheels while also trying out some delicious ice cream treats! $1-2 from every scoop and pint sold will go towards providing nutritious and affordable meals to Calgarians facing tough times.
Participating vendors around the city will be putting their best scoops forward in a battle to see who has the ultimate frozen treat in YYC!
15. Disney Animation: Immersive Experience
📆 Until August 18, 2024
📍 BMO CENTRE (20 Roundup Way SE)
💰 -
🔗 Here
Immersive Disney Animation is an innovative celebration that takes you inside the greatest films of Walt Disney Animation Studios, from their very earliest, groundbreaking features to the beloved hit movies of today.
Imagine stepping into the Casita with Mirabel from Encanto, being at Pride Rock as Rafiki presents Simba – surrounded by the animal kingdom as the sun rises. Imagine hopping on a train with Judy Hopps and going into Zootopia or taking a magic carpet ride with Aladdin and Jasmine, and so much more….
16. Bugs & Bytes Summer Science
📆 Until September 02, 2024
📍 TELUS Spark Science Centre (220 Saint George Dr NE)
💰 $19+
🔗 Here
From ants to algorithms, Spark is buggin’ out with science this summer!
This summer, TELUS Spark is buzzing with excitement as the science centre kicks off an epic summer of Bugs & Bytes! Guests are in for a summer full of exploring the secrets of both the digital and natural worlds while getting curious about science.
17. [FREE] BUMP Festival
📆 August 3 - 24, 2024
📍 Various
💰 Various
🔗 Here
BUMP self-guided mural tours are a perfect way to explore the murals and experience new works of art as they are being created right before your eyes. New tours will be released throughout the month of August.
The Beltline Urban Mural Project (BUMP) is a program that funds and installs art on buildings in the Beltline. Artists are selected through a proposal process, and any building owner can apply to be part of the project. BUMP launched in 2017, with four murals installed by four local artists.
Keep an eye out on our EVENTS CALENDAR for updated events! We add events pretty much everyday!
If you're hosting an event, make sure to send us the details and we'll share with all of Calgary! Submit an EVENT HERE.
Have an amazing LONG WEEKEND Calgary!
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