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Timeless: 100 years of Oscar Peterson
Timeless: 100 years of Oscar Peterson commemorates the centenary of one of Canada’s greatest musical legends. The exhibition celebrates the extraordinary life, music, and legacy of the virtuosic jazz pianist, composer, and humanitarian who captivated audiences around the world.
Unfamiliar Perspectives
Built around archival photographs, sketches, newspaper pages, personal journals and government records, this exhibit at The Confluence highlights lesser-known stories about the North-West Mounted Police.
Stacking Crates to Reach a Banana
Through sculpture and video, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens examine how bodies (human and nonhuman) are measured, valued and shaped by systems of data and performance, drawing on the visual language of modern science to trace the ethical stakes of systems that quantify lived experience into...
Erdem Taşdelen: Wounded in Three Acts
Marking Erdem Taşdelen’s return to Calgary, this multi-part exhibition spans audio, film, print and live performance to consider power, resistance and difference, inviting us to confront our own roles within today’s sociopolitical landscape.
ᐃᔨ – Eyes – Shirley Moorhouse
Showcasing over 30 years of Moorhouse’s work, featuring distinctive wall hangings that incorporate materials like embroidery, beading and caribou hide. This exhibition draws from lived experience and cultural connections, exploring themes of environment, spirituality and community.
Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes
This features immersive installations that blend textiles, sculpture, light, and sound. Drawing on mythology, ecology and diasporic identity, this exhibition by Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo invites reflection on intergenerational stories and connections to the natural world.
Music in the Plaza
Come enjoy an evening enjoying live music in the Heritage Plaza, where each week, one of the best emerging live bands in Calgary will take the stage! Watch from the Selkirk patio as you enjoy dinner, or explore the shops of the Haskayne Mercantile Block before you setup your lawn chair and enjoy...
The ASA Presents 2026 Artist in Residence: Sarah Almquist
Throughout her residency, Sarah will explore using rest and relaxation as a form of protest and examine how that practice can exist within an institution. Her work highlights various artists who engage in this sort of practice as inspiration, while exploring how she practices self-care and how to...
Visual Verse
The Alberta Society of Artists is pleased to present the group exhibition “Visual Verse” featuring the work of SPECTRA Textile Arts. “Spectra is a group of like-minded Fibre Artists who are committed to the exploration and presentation of textiles as art.
Baseline by Anna Gaby-Trotz
This installation features a collection of images gathered while examining the changing climate through the North West Passage. These waters – situated between Kugluktuk, Nunavut and Greenland – have a deep history of colonial conquest and now, once impassable due to ice, are open to commercial...
Current // Process + Place
Current is a new series of public art activations presented by The New Gallery (TNG), transforming the Bow River pathway into a flowing corridor of creativity. Connecting Calgary’s cultural landmarks and natural landscapes, these activations merge art, nature, and community through installation,...
Summer Exhibition: Chroma
Christine Klassen Gallery’s CHROMA, is its annual summer exhibition exploring colour as a force for curiosity, connection, and reinvention. This year’s exhibition brings together new work by Carl White, Steve Speer, Bryce Krynski, and others, alongside Chrissy Nickerson’s new Bridges...
Markets in the Plaza
Thousands of people come to shop at Heritage Park every year – and now we’re bringing the market to you! Come shop our local vendors, explore the shops in the Plaza, grab a bite to eat and be entertained at Markets in the Plaza! Markets in the Plaza is a pet-friendly event, so make sure
Chandler Billinghurst
Chandler Billinghurst is a comedian with the kind of name that sounds like he should either own a vineyard or get heckled at one. He brings sharp observations, quick turns, and just enough charm to make terrible life choices seem relatable. On stage, Chandler mixes wit and honesty, finding the...
Community Concert
Join us on the front lawn at cSpace for a free concert showcasing some of our amazing festival musicians. Bring a blanket or chair, relax in the setting sun, and savour some sublime music. PROGRAM(outdoors on the artPark lawn; bring a blanket or lawn chair)
BOBBY DOVE with Tyler Allen guitar, Keith Rodger bass, Bob Blair pedal steel, Rye Lundy drums
With a voice as powerful as their storytelling, Bobby Dove pays tribute to the golden age of traditional honky tonk while crafting original, emotionally charged songs. BIO Bobby Dove is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is quickly becoming a magnetic presence in the world of Country and Americana...
ChamberFest West: Continental Drifts
Continental Drifts, ChamberFest West’s fifth annual chamber music festival promises an extraordinary journey across continents and centuries, from the ancient griot traditions of West Africa to the concert halls of Vienna, from the wide open spaces of the American West to the drawing rooms of...
Audrey Ochoa
Audrey Ochoa is a trombonist and composer whose work defies easy categorization. Unbound by rigid ideas of genre or delivery, she pairs meticulous, influential compositions with a playful and liberated approach.
Pangaea
PangaeaChamberFest West opens its fifth season to a world without borders. This celebratory program journeys across continents, beginning with African Classical Music featuring master kora player Tunde Jegede and the vivid storytelling of Chinese folklore, followed by the hypnotic Piano Phase by...
Fiona Malena Flamenco
Dancer Fiona Malena first saw famed dancer Antonio Márquez dancing his Zapateado on stage over 20 years ago and was struck by the mastery and synthesis of both classical and flamenco worlds. Here she continues this journey accompanied by esteem pianist Oksana Yaremchuk and violinist Claudia Schaer.
Free This Week
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July Exhibitions
Check out new visual art exhibitions in Calgary — from wood engravings and colour woodcuts to illustrations for unwritten and... Read More
Free This Week
Saddle up for a week of free summer fun in Calgary! Experience Sunset Salsa in Inglewood, put your feet to... Read More
Free This Week
Keep the Stampede spirit strong for another week of free arts and culture events in Calgary! Fuel up at Contemporary... Read More
July Exhibitions
Check out new visual art exhibitions in Calgary — from wood engravings and colour woodcuts to illustrations for unwritten and... Read More
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Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 118 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.
