Free This Week
Another busy week as August keeps on truckin’
- Price: Free
Mid-month brings a bunch of fresh options to check out and this week you can even see a free circus in front of City Hall alongside the return of Happenings at Arts Commons. Add in Saturdays in C-Square and the last YYC Free Market of the summer and you have a full calendar.
Here’s what we’re hitting up:
ProArts Presents Czarkologie
August 8, 2018, 12:10 – 12:50pm
Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (604 1st St. SE)
Free
Czarkologie was created in 2010 by pianist/composer Anthony Czarnecki and violinist/conductor Eileen Kosasih. Rooted in Czarnecki’s jazz compositions, hear them perform at this lunch hour concert.
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10-Minute Plays for Jane’s Walk – Summer Edition
August 8, 2018, 3:00 – 4:00pm
Meet at the Conversion Statue (8th Ave. & 1st St. SW)
Free
After its successful turn at Jane’s Walk, these 10-minute plays return for the summer. With several performers reprising their work as well as two new performing groups, three plays are performed in succession along Stephen Avenue.
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Music in the Plaza
August 8, 2018, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Heritage Town Square, Heritage Park Historical Village (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)
Free
Heritage Park’s free summer concert series, Music in the Plaza, returns for a seventh season of spectacular live music. Supported by the RBC Foundation, it continues this week with GET IT! and its selection of funk and R&B.
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Sunnyside Salsa Wednesdays
August 8, 2018, 7:00 – 9:00pm
containR Art Park (1020 2nd Ave. NW)
Free
Running throughout the summer, join Free Spirit Dance and Studio Creole as they bring a tropical mix of salsa, timba, samba, and more to your midweek.
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Music at McDougall
August 9, 2018, 11:45am – 1:00pm
West Grounds, McDougall Centre (455 6th St. SW)
Free
The forth of a seven-part summer concert series from the Government of Alberta and CKUA, head to McDougall Centre this Thursday for some noon-time jams. This week you can see Matt Blais.
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Taste of Calgary
August 9 – 12, 2018
Eau Claire Market (200 Barclay Parade SW)
Free admission
Calgary’s festival of food and drink offers sensational samples from Calgary’s most interesting restaurants and beverage companies against a backdrop of the best musical talent the province has to offer.
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Truck Stop by Machine de Cirque
August 10, 2018, 5:00pm & 8:00pm
Municipal Plaza (800 Macleod Tr. SE)
Free
An epic odyssey on wheels, join the Calgary Downtown Association and Arts Commons Presents for an electrifying circus by Machine de Cirque that takes you on a coast-to-coast tour with high flying acrobatics, music, and a healthy dose of hilarity. Bring your own low-height festival chairs and snacks.
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Happenings #13
August 10, 2018, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Arts Commons (205 8th Ave. SE)
Free
In addition to celebrating the work of all the current visual art exhibitors, Arts Commons throws the spotlight on Calgary’s own circus artists and takes inspiration from the free presentation of Machine de Cirque’s Truck Stop.
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Speaking Truth to Materials: Revisiting the Workshop, from Bauhaus to Womanhouse
August 10, 2018, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration recommended
Join Dr. Erin Silver for a talk that uses the contemporary practices of Vanessa Brown and Anna Torma as springboards for tracing genealogies of early-20th century avant-garde workshops to the feminist studio workshop initiatives of the 1970s.
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10-Minute Plays for Jane’s Walk – Summer Edition
August 11, 2018, 12:00 – 1:00pm
Meet at the Conversion Statue (8th Ave. & 1st St. SW)
Free
After its successful turn at Jane’s Walk, these 10-minute plays return for the summer. With several performers reprising their work as well as two new performing groups, three plays are performed in succession along Stephen Avenue.
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Saturdays in C-Square: Kaley Kinjo & The Blatant Duo
August 11, 2018, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Celebration Square (Corner of 7th Ave. & 4th St. SE)
Free
Join the National Music Centre for free, family-friendly musical afternoons in the East Village as Saturdays in C-Square return. It kicks off this week with Kaley Kinjo & The Blatant Duo. Performances are weather permitting.
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Appliqué Bunting
August 11, 2018, 1:00 – 5:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration required
Although bunting is often seen as decoration, Caitlin Thompson discusses the history of appliqué and how the international textile trade has influenced this resourceful technique. Create your own triangular “tammy” flag, embellished with appliqué and embroidery stitches learned in the workshop. All materials are provided, but participants are encouraged to bring textiles and scraps of fabric to be incorporated into their flag.
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Calgary Dragon Boat Race & Festival
August 11 & 12, 2018
North Glenmore Park (7305 Crowchild Tr. SW)
Free admission
On the water, teams participate in the 2,000-year-old traditional rowing sport. On land, spectators get to cheer them on while experiencing the music, dance, and food of China. The Calgary Dragon Boat Race & Festival draws over 1,850 competitors, 4,000 spectators, and an abundance of excitement and cultural experiences.
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Art in the Garden
August 11 & 12, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Art in the Garden (3443 Kerry Park Rd. SW)
Free
Enjoy a day in the garden with this ninth annual event featuring framed and unframed paintings in many mediums and styles, art cards, matted prints, and stained glass. Artists in attendance include Rosemary Bennett, Fran Sayles, Linda Lalonde, Shelagh Tranter, and Gloria Chow. Donations for the Calgary Food Bank are gratefully accepted.
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Marda Gras
August 12, 2018, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Marda Loop (33rd & 34th Ave. SW)
Free admission
The Marda Gras Street Festival attracts some 35,000 people to Marda Loop for a fun-filled and family-friendly event that embraces the culture and cuisine of New Orleans.
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A Long Time Coming
August 12, 2018, 10:30 – 7:00pm
Olympic Plaza (228 8th Ave. SE)
Free admission
A new summer festival from Generation Indigenous, it aims to bridge the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. With collaborations of vendors and organizations, based on intersectionality and diversity, enjoy Indigenous culture through food, music, dance, spoken word, and traditional activities.
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Music in the Park
August 12, 2018, 12:00 – 2:00pm
South Glenmore Park (8415 24th St. SW)
Free
Enjoy a taste of the Caribbean with Carican Steelband. These talented musicians perform on the traditional steel drums of the Caribbean Sea and its island nations.
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Love Notes and Coffee
August 14, 2018
Arts Learning Centre, Arts Commons (205 8th Ave. SE)
Free, RSVP required
After a highly successful first event at Philosafy Coffee, artistic matchmaker, poet, and author Harpreet M Dayal brings Love Notes and Coffee to Arts Commons. A free event, spoken word artists flirt with painters, dancers, and musicians, creating a love note to Calgary and sharing it with the universe. Just make sure you RSVP.
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YYC Free Market (3.0)
August 14, 2018, 6:00 – 9:00pm
containR Art Park (1020 2nd Ave. NW)
Free
Explore this experimental market where participants collaboratively create an atmosphere that focuses on sharing what we know and offering what we have. A market where the current monetary economic, capitalist, and consumer-based structures are temporarily turned off, it requires you to make it your own. No money is required.
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Sunnyside Open Stage Tuesdays
August 14, 2018, 6:00 – 9:00pm
containR Art Park (1020 2nd Ave. NW)
Free
Every Tuesday throughout the summer, head to #SOSTuesdays for the Sunnyside Open Stage hosted by Eugene Saunders and guests! Swing by to support local talent or share something yourself.
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