Calgary

Big Rock Brewery

Tours of the Big Rock Brewery include tastings. Must be age 18 or older to participate.

Tours Tue-Thu 1:30PM, book by phone·$25

Butterfield Acres

Farm featuring interactive kids' activities, including pony rides & goat milking, plus picnic spots.

Calgary Opera

Calgary's oldest opera company presents several operas each year at their Arrata Opera Centre and the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.

$37-163

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Home to Canada's highest sporting honour, celebrating a community of Honoured Members, 657 to date, that inspire Canadians in sport and life. Fully accessible.

Jul-Aug: daily 10AM-5PM, Sep-Jun: Wed-Sun 10AM-5PM·$12/adult, $10/senior, $8/youth, $35/adult

Grey Eagle Resort & Casino

Grey Eagle Event Centre

Over 40 table games, 24/7 poker room, over 900 slot machines. The Grey Eagle Event Centre is an all ages and non-smoking facility featuring various acts.

Harvie Passage

The area around Calgary Bow River Weir was remade into a Class II and III white water park for paddlers. Harvie Passage is meant only for experienced canoe and kayak paddlers; all others should portage around it.

Free

Jack Singer Concert Hall

Jack Singer Concert Hall, part of Arts Commons, is a 1,800-seat concert hall and home to the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra which presents everything from buttoned-down traditional classical music to pops to symphonies for children.

Jubilations Dinner Theatre

Similar to Stage West, with more of a focus on musical parodies of popular television shows.

$65-75

Loose Moose Theatre

One of the originators of, and international leaders in, short-form improvisation and Theatresports (think Whose Line Is It Anyway?). Loose Moose does improv weekly, as well as the occasional original children's show or comedy.

$10-15

Lunchbox Theatre

This unique theatre company produces exclusively one-act plays, during the weekday noon lunch hour. Typically lighter fare suitable for a downtown corporate crowd.

Shows Mon-Sat at 12:10PM and Fri at 6:10PM·$22

Pumphouse Theatre

Two theatres in a historic brick waterworks building play host to a large part of Calgary's semi-pro and community theatre scene, with new productions here every week.

$20-40

Stage West Theatre Restaurant

Stage West Dinner Theatre

Offers unchallenging, tried-and-true shows, kids' theatre, and tribute concerts, along with a generic buffet dinner.

$32-105

The Rec Room

Part of a national chain similar to the American Dave and Buster's, this giant complex is an arcade, restaurant and bar rolled into one. Also features various simulators and VR experiences. Family-friendly and licensed.

Mon-Thu 4-11PM, Fri 4PM-midnight, Sat noon-midnight, Sun noon-11PM

Vertigo Theatre

is dedicated to producing mystery plays, ranging from musicals to straight-up whodunnits. A second studio theatre frequently hosts other companies.

Village Brewery

Tours of the Village Brewery include tastings. Must be age 18 or older to participate.

Tours Sat 12:30-2:30PM, book online·$15

WinSport

Canada Olympic Park / Winter Sport Institute at Canada Olympic Park

Take a tour of the site of the 1988 Winter Olympics, which includes going to the top of the ski jump for a fantastic view. Four runs are available for your skiing pleasure during the winter months, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame museum is open year-round. The halfpipe and rail park are frequented by some very talented skiers and snowboarders, making for interesting viewing. The COP hosts Canada's first bobsleigh track and you can pay to take a bobsleigh ride in winter. There is also a summer "luge" run (Skyline Luge) and a zipline runs from the top of the ski jump tower.

ATCO Field

formerly Meadows on the Green

Spruce Meadows also owns Cavalry FC, a soccer club that started play in 2019 as a founding member of the Canadian Premier League. Cavalry plays in a modular stadium on the facility grounds.

Arts Commons

Ats Commons hosts the three best-known professional theatre groups; the conservative Theatre Calgary, the more adventurous Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP), and the downright avant-garde One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre (OYR). The facility has two additional theatres, so other companies often produce shows here. Of special note is OYR's High Performance Rodeo festival, which runs for January and provides a wildly eclectic mix of performing arts (and performance art). Arts Commons is the venue for many other concerts and events throughout the year.

$10–99

Beakerhead

(September, 5 days) Combines the arts/culture sectors with the science/technology sectors to encourage collaboration, innovation, and science education through interactive art exhibits, engineered installations, entertainment, and workshops.

Calaway Park

Western Canada's largest amusement park, roughly 15 minutes west of Calgary. Gate admission pays for all rides; games, food cost extra.

Calaway Park

Western Canada's largest amusement park, roughly 15 minutes west of Calgary. Gate admission pays for all rides; games, food cost extra.

10AM-7PM, daily (summer), weekends only (spring/fall)·$36/person

Calgary Dinos

Ice hockey (men's & women's teams), field hockey (women), Canadian football (men), basketball (men & women), rugby (women), soccer (men's & women's), swimming, track & field/x-country, volleyball (men & women), wrestling.

Calgary Expo

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

(April, 3 days) Pop culture festival featuring fantasy, sci-fi, horror, gaming, comics, anime and manga.

Calgary Folk Music Festival

(July, 4 days) An extremely broad definition of "folk music" is used for this well-established festival. In addition to seven different stages with dozens of international performers, there is an area with performances & activities for kids, a market, food, and lots more.

Calgary Fringe Festival

(August, 10 days) Calgary's festival of uncensored & unjuried theatre takes place at a variety of traditional and unconventional venues.

Calgary International Bluesfest

(late July & early August, 4 days) Calgary's got the blues! Many performers at a variety of venues.

Calgary International Salsa Congress

(March, 2 days) Weekend of all-night salsa parties and Latin dance performances featuring both world-class and local talent. Includes qualifiers for the World Latin Dance Cup.

$50-80

Calgary Spoken Word Festival

(April, 2 weeks) Canada's largest spoken word festival takes place in bars, pubs, bookshops, and an intimate theatre setting. Poetry slams, workshops, and the Golden Beret Award.

Calgary Stampede

During Stampede Week, the whole city goes western! During "the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", there are events all around the city, but the highlights are the rodeo and chuckwagon races which boast the world's richest prizes, as well as a performance of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride. Over the years concerns have been raised about the treatment of animals at the event.

(July, 10 days)

Calgary Stampeders Football Club

Calgary's local Canadian Football League (CFL) team, and the 2018 holders of the Grey Cup (league champions). CFL plays 3 down football with only 20 seconds between plays, so watching a CFL game is quite different to watching an NFL game.

June to November·$32 - 97