Summer in the Mountains
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is bursting with great programming this season
- Location: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity 107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff
- Price: Free - $55
Tucked away in Banff National Park sits a Canadian institution for all things creative. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity regularly programs world-class offerings in music, visual arts, theatre, dance, and so much more, but its summer schedule this year is to die for. Trust us. It’s well worth the trip!
Heading out to Banff this season? Here are the shows we are most looking forward to:
Performance in the Park
June 9 & 10, 2017
Cascade Gardens, Parks Canada Administration Building (Cave Ave, Banff)
$12.50 – $35
Celebrate Canada 150 and the arrival of summer with highly-anticipated performances from two of Canada’s top contemporary music acts, Hedley and Walk Off The Earth. Get your tickets quick as only a few remain.
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In Performance: Claire Chase and Steven Schick
June 20, 2017, 4:00 – 6:00pm
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$12.50 – $25
Kicking off Banff Centre’s Summer Classical Music Series, co-artistic directors Claire Chase and Steven Schick present an eclectic program of works for flute and percussion by Pauline Oliveros, Iannis Xenakis, Gustavo Aguilar, Marcos Balter, Mark Applebaum, and faculty composer Tyshawn Sorey. Members form the summer music faculty will also join the two for an informal conversation with the audience following the performance.
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Radhe Radhe: The Rites of Holi and The Rite of Spring
June 23, 2017, 7:30pm
Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$12.50 – $25
Faculty and participants from Banff Centre’s Ensemble Evolution Program join Vijay Iyer for a performance of Radhe Radhe—a live film score paired with a new arrangement of Stravinsky’s Rite.
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BrassFire Featuring Jens Lindemann
July 2, 2017, 1:00pm
Shaw Amphitheatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$10 – $25
An interactive performance celebrating the rich musical history of the trumpet, the first classical brass soloist to ever receive the Order of Canada, Jens Lindemann developed BrassFire in 2006 at Banff Centre and here’s your chance to catch it.
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Kopernikus
July 6 & 8, 2017, 7:30pm
Margaret Greenham Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$12.50 – $25
A chamber opera by Montreal-born composer Claude Vivier, Kopernikus is unlike any opera that has ever been written. Vivier created a new sound by constantly seeking answers to the simple questions of where are you coming from and where are you going? In this new production, an all-Canadian creative team explore this timeless work in which the cosmos symbolizes the afterlife.
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Blue Rodeo
July 7, 2017, 6:30pm
Shaw Amphitheatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$55
Join one of Canada’s most iconic groups for their annual outdoor performance in the Shaw Amphitheatre. Blue Rodeo have sold over 4 million albums, won countless JUNO Awards, been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, been named to the Order of Canada, and have been honoured with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award.
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An Evening with Naomi Klein
July 13, 2017, 7:30pm
Margaret Greenham Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$12.50 – $25
Join award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, and author Naomi Klein for an on stage conversation about her body of work, including This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. Klein and Avi Lewis are guest faculty in Literary Arts’ Environmental Reportage program this summer.
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Corb Lund with special guest Leeroy Stagger
July 15, 2017, 6:30pm
Shaw Amphitheatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$50
Don’t miss this Americana and roots-country performance featuring the rollicking honky tonk and rousing alt-country of critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Corb Lund and Lethbridge’s Leeroy Stagger.
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Sarah Harmer
July 23, 2017, 1:00pm
Shaw Amphitheatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$20 – $35
Sarah Harmer possesses one of the most distinctive voices of the Canadian rock and folk music scenes and you can see her perform this summer against the beautiful backdrop of Banff National Park.
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Noetic
July 27 & July 29, 7:30pm
Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$12.50 – $25
A dance work for 19 dancers choreographed originally for Gothenburg Ballet by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, the piece was created by a distinguished team comprising sculptor Antony Gormley, fashion designer duo Les Hommes, and composer Szymon Brzóska.
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A Tribe Called Red
August 6, 2017 6:30pm
Shaw Amphitheatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
$20 – $30
A Tribe Called Red mixes traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with cutting-edge electronic music to celebrate their culture in an open, wild party.
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2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art
August 9, 2017, 5:00pm
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff)
Free
An analogy of thinking about what it means to be between spaces and time, for the time being focuses on our present and relationships to perceptions of reality. Get an in depth look at the show during this curator’s tour.
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And that’s just scratching the surface. For a full schedule of events this summer, head to banffcentre.ca.
