What's Going On in the City? Check Out These Upcoming Events

February 26, 2026
Calgary Home & Garden Show
The Calgary Home + Garden Show is a vibrant marketplace where you can shop for home-related products and services, experience stunning displays to help inspire your next home project, connect with industry experts, and enjoy informative presentations from renowned local and international home professionals. Get tickets and details, here. Where: BMO Centre When: Feb 26 […]

May 1, 2026
Calgary Beerfest
Breweries and distilleries share their stories, passions, and products. Enjoy amazing beers, ciders, spirits, succulent food, incredible entertainment, live music, and more. 18+ event. Get your tickets, here. Where: BMO Centre When: May 1–2, 2026

May 15, 2026
Otafest
Volunteer-run, non-profit, all-ages Japanese anime and pop culture festival with anime screenings, exhibitor hall, community panels, cosplay contests, voice actors, concerts, dance party, and more. Get your tickets, here. Where: Telus Convention Centre & Marriott Downtown Hotel When: May 15 – 17, 2026

April 7, 2026
A Doll’s House
An ordinary family. A perfect marriage. A wife with a secret. Henrik Ibsen’s theatrical giant of a play still shocks and exhilarates audiences to this day. Join Theatre Calgary for the Canadian premiere of Amy Herzog’s fresh, compact, and devastatingly contemporary adaptation that took Broadway by storm. Get your tickets, here. Where: Max Bell Theatre […]

May 26, 2026
Come From Away
When an unexpected disaster halts air travel around the world, the people of Gander, Newfoundland come together to welcome those who have been stranded in their town. This all-new production of the award-winning musical tells a story of resilience, kindness, and unexpected friendships in a time of crisis. Get your tickets, here. Where: Max Bell […]

March 4, 2026
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award®-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables. This is still the world’s most popular musical! See it in Calgary this spring with Broadway Across Canada! Get tickets and details, here. Where: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium When: Mar 4 – 8

May 19, 2026
Mamma Mia!
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! For nearly 25 years, people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story, and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show. See it in Calgary this spring with Broadway Across Canada! Details […]

July 21, 2026
Clue Live on Stage!
A mansion. A murder. A mystery. Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Based on the fan-favourite 1985 Paramount Pictures […]

March 27, 2026
Swan Lake
Few ballets command the stage with the power and elegance of Swan Lake. The sweeping movement of the corps de ballet, the emotional depth of Odette and Siegfried’s love story, and the tension of the Black Swan’s deception make it one of the most captivating works in the classical repertoire. Watch Alberta Ballet bring this classic […]

February 22, 2026
An Afternoon at the Opera
This operatic tour de force features highlights from two of the greatest operas ever written—Bizet’s Carmen and Puccini’s Turandot—in an electrifying concert with acclaimed Canadian tenor David Pomeroy, soprano Krista da Silva, soprano Andrea Hill, mezzo-soprano Barbara King and a stellar cast from the Calgary Concert Opera Company. Find details and tickets, here. Where: Jack Singer Concert Hall When: February 22, 2026

February 24, 2026
Alberta Theatre Projects Presents Casey and Diana
It’s October 1991, at the height of the AIDS crisis, and the residents of Casey House, Canada’s first free-standing AIDS hospice receive word that Diana, Princess of Wales, will be making a historic visit. “Powerful, gripping, funny and hopeful,” (Hamilton Magazine), this moving drama by Nick Green vividly captures a moment in time when a […]

March 1, 2026
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Presents When Instruments Roamed the Earth!
In prehistoric times, strange creatures walked the planet. These were the ancient ancestors of musical instruments that inspired melodious makers in brass and wood to create the instruments we see in the orchestra today. Take a journey into Bob Singleton’s When Instruments Roamed the Earth!® Filled with laughs, surprises, and on-stage dinosaur action! This concert is offered […]

March 6, 2026
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Presents Dance Dance Disco
Boogie with your Calgary Phil in this far-out concert inspired by the sounds of legendary New York nightclub Studio 54. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducts the Orchestra and a hip cast of vocalists in the disco era’s grooviest hits from Donna Summer, Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Boney M., Diana Ross, Chic, and more! Find details and tickets, […]

March 8, 2026
Jess Cramp: The Untold Story of Sharks
National Geographic Live presents Jess Cramp: The Untold Story of Sharks. Sharks have roamed the planet’s waters since before the dinosaurs, but only recently have we begun to understand the lives of these powerful predators in the ocean. Fifty years after Jaws shocked audiences in theatres, we open the National Geographic archives to reveal the true story […]
