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Arts & Culture

🎪 Calgary arts & culture

95 live events coming up — theatre, comedy, galleries, festivals and workshops across Calgary and the Calgary Region, plus 25 stage and concert broadcasts in cinemas.

What’s on

Tuesday 15 September · 7

& Juliet (Touring)

7:30 pm · Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium · 6 dates to 20 Sep

Ghazaleh Avarzamani: Churn, Earn, Burn and then Return

12:00 pm · Contemporary Calgary · 6 dates to 20 Sep

Paint Nite • The Canadian Brewhouse - Mahogany • Calgary

7:00 pm · The Canadian Brewhouse - Mahogany

Tuesday, September 15 @ 5 PM - Secrets of Stand Up Comedy Seminar - Calgary

5:00 pm · The Canadian Brewhouse (Calgary University District)

Rocky Mountain Outlook 25th Anniversary - Exhibition Opening

6:00 pm · Canmore Museum

Calgary’s Paint & Sip Experience at Raw Canvas: $25 Tuesday, Level 1

6:30 pm · Raw Canvas

My Body My Story Art Workshop

3:30 pm · Women's Centre of Calgary

Wednesday 16 September · 9

Paint Nite • Madison's 1212 • Calgary

7:00 pm · Madison's 1212

Paint Nite • WXYZ Lounge at Aloft Hotel • Calgary

7:00 pm · WXYZ Lounge at Aloft Hotel

Paint, Sip & Create- Paint Night (High River)

7:00 pm · Knee Deep Bar & Grill

8:00 pm · West Village Theatre

Paint Night- Three Sisters Sunset

7:30 pm · Paint Escape Studio

7:00 pm · Ogden Hub 29

Join Stampede City Mixed Chorus in our Fall and Christmas Season FREE!

7:00 pm · Scarboro United Church

Clock Out! Your Creative Escape: Beats and Crafts

11:45 am · The Alcove Centre for the Arts, 7 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, Canada

Ganesh Chaturthi with Sanatan Students Society

7:15 pm · University of Calgary – Dining Center - Vitruvian Space & Firmitas Halls

Thursday 17 September · 8

nimino: keep me awake tour

9:00 pm · The Palace Theatre

4-Week Long Drawing Skills Course

6:00 pm · Route 22 Artist Collective Gallery

FABULOUS FLUTE FUN FEAT. GERRY HEBERT & DR. JEREMY BROWN (FLUTE) & MORE!!

7:30 pm · The Attic Bar & Stage

Bob Ross® Style Oil Painting Workshop with CRI® Tracey Leigh Crozier

6:00 pm · Kensington Art Supply & Instruction

Art Bar Thursdays at Canopy Studios

3:00 pm · Canopy Studios

Art in the Park: Nature in the Round

4:30 pm · Gray Park Natural Area

Painting in Nature: Plein Air at Sheep River Falls

11:00 am · Sheep River Fall

Found Pieces: A 3-Part Art & Storytelling Workshop Series

12:30 pm · Women's Centre of Calgary

Friday 18 September · 9

Hunk-O-Mania Male Strip Club Calgary |Male Revue| Male Strippers Calgary

8:00 pm · Hunk-O-Mania Male Revue

5:45 pm · Airdrie Public Library

Paint Night- Kananaskis Northern Lights

7:30 pm · Paint Escape Studio

theatre: ulster american by david ireland

7:30 pm · The Theatre

Muscle Men Male Strippers Revue & Male Strip Club Shows Calgary

8:00 pm · Muscle Men Male Strippers Revue

Design Your Dream Tote Bag: A Guided Painting Workshop

6:30 pm · DOMA Studio

Eco Arts Book Club

6:00 pm · Canopy Studios

MOVIE NIGHT: SECRET MALL APARTMENT

5:00 pm · 311 8 St SW

Calgary’s Paint & Sip Experience at Raw Canvas: Paint Your Pet

8:45 pm · Raw Canvas

Saturday 19 September · 5

Paint Nite • Boston Pizza West Springs • Calgary

2:00 pm · Boston Pizza West Springs

Mark Groves + Erin Skye Kelly -Transformation Weekend Calgary - 1 Day Event

10:00 am · Cardel Theatre

Resin Art: Stunning Abstract Wall Geode

11:00 am · 201 Sagewood Landing SW Airdrie

Cochrane Comedy Night – Live Stand-Up Comedy

9:00 pm · 49th Parallel Kitchen + Bar

Highwood Highland Showcase - Heavy Events, Highland Dancing, Bagpiping

9:00 am · 228 12 Ave SE

Sunday 20 September · 1

Perspective Film Series: Godzilla (1954)

5:30 pm · 701 11 St SW

Thursday 24 September · 1

Alberta Ballet in Giselle

7:30 pm · Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium · 3 dates to 26 Sep

Saturday 26 September · 1

The North Stars Tour

6:00 pm · Commonwealth Bar

Sunday 27 September · 1

Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny

7:30 pm · Scotiabank Saddledome

Wednesday 30 September · 1

Enter Shikari: North America 2026

8:00 pm · The Palace Theatre

Friday 2 October · 2

A Concrete Jungle Book

7:00 pm · StoryBook Theatre · 6 dates to 8 Oct

9:00 pm · The Palace Theatre

Thursday 8 October · 1

Nekrogoblikon with Rivers of Nihil & Cyborg Octopus

8:00 pm · The Palace Theatre

Tuesday 13 October · 2

Alberta Theatre Projects' 2026-27 Season: At The Edge of Being

Martha Cohen Theatre

The Menzingers: Everything I Ever Saw North American Tour

7:00 pm · The Palace Theatre

Thursday 15 October · 1

7:00 pm · The Palace Theatre

On stage & screen

Theatre, opera, ballet and concert films showing in Calgary cinemas.

Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas: An Anniversary Celebration (Captured) English w/e.s.t - Metropolitan Opera

The Misanthrope - National Theatre Live

LINKIN PARK: UNSHATTER

Così fan tutte (Mozart) Italian w/e.s.t. – Metropolitan Opera

Macbeth (Verdi) Italian w/e.s.t. – Metropolitan Opera

Così fan tutte (Mozart) Italian w/e.s.t. ENCORE - Metropolitan Opera

Golden Boy - National Theatre Live

Carmen Encore (Bizet) - French w/e.s.t. – Metropolitan Opera

GIANT - The Play

Macbeth (Verdi) Italian w/e.s.t. ENCORE – Metropolitan Opera

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) - French w/e.s.t. - Metropolitan Opera

André Rieu's 2026 Christmas Concert: Let it Snow

The Magic Flute Encore (Mozart) English w/e.s.t - Metropolitan Opera

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) French w/e.s.t. ENCORE - Metropolitan Opera

La Fanciulla del West (Puccini) Italian w/e.s.t. - Metropolitan Opera

La Fanciulla del West (Puccini) Italian w/e.s.t. ENCORE - Metropolitan Opera

Silent Night (Kevin Puts) English w/e.s.t. – Metropolitan Opera

Manon (Massenet) French w/e.s.t. – Metropolitan Opera

Silent Night (Kevin Puts) English w/e.s.t. ENCORE – Metropolitan Opera

Otello (Verdi) Italian w/e.s.t. - Metropolitan Opera

Tosca Encore (Puccini) Italian w/e.s.t. - Metropolitan Opera

Manon (Massenet) French w/e.s.t. ENCORE - Metropolitan Opera

Parsifal (Wagner) German w/e.s.t. – Metropolitan Opera

Otello (Verdi) Italian w/e.s.t. ENCORE – Metropolitan Opera

Parsifal (Wagner) German w/e.s.t. ENCORE – Metropolitan Opera

Galleries & museums

🖼 Glenbow MuseumOne of western Canada's largest museums — art and human-history collections, reimagined at the JR Shaw Centre in the downtown arts district. 🎨 Contemporary CalgaryModern and contemporary art in the landmark former planetarium on the west side of downtown. 🏛 cSPACE King EdwardA restored sandstone schoolhouse turned creative hub — studios, a theatre and galleries in Marda Loop. ♿ National accessArts CentreCanada's largest disability-focused arts organization, based in Calgary. 🖌 Local galleries & studiosBrowse galleries, framing, studios and art suppliers in the directory.

Theatre, music & performing arts

🎟 Arts CommonsCalgary's downtown arts centre — the Jack Singer Concert Hall, home of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, plus theatres and galleries. 🎭 Theatre Calgary & ATPProfessional live theatre at Arts Commons — Theatre Calgary and Alberta Theatre Projects stage a full season of plays. 🎸 Concerts & music festivalsFind upcoming concerts, the Calgary Folk Music Festival and Sled Island on our Rodeo & Music Festivals page.

Festivals & annual events

🎬 Calgary International Film FestivalTwo weeks of new Canadian and world cinema each fall — one of the country's largest film festivals. 🎶 Sled IslandA five-day music & arts festival across dozens of downtown venues every June. 🎆 GlobalFestInternational fireworks and a multicultural celebration each August at Elliston Park.

Learn & create

🎵 Music lessons & teachersFind local piano, guitar, voice and instrument teachers. 💃 Dance studiosBallet, jazz, hip-hop and more across Calgary. 🖌 Art classes & workshopsClasses for kids and adults from local studios and instructors.

Are you a local artist, maker or performer?

List your work, studio, classes or shows free in our directory so Calgary can find and support you.