Holiday Gift Guide 2016
Give the gift of arts and culture this season
It’s inevitable. The holidays are upon us and there’s always one person on your list that you have no idea what to buy for. Why not give them the gift of arts and culture with these great offers?
Alberta Theatre Projects
With half of its season left to be staged you can’t go wrong with a gift card for Alberta Theatre Projects. Celebrating its 45th anniversary, ATP is presenting an all-Canadian lineup and for $90 you can get two tickets to one of its upcoming shows.
atplive.com
Calgary Blues Fest
Calgary International Blues Festival’s annual holiday sale returns and features four-day passes for 2017 for just $99. And this year the sale has been expanded to include single day passes at $50, plus its Thursday two for one pass is also $50. Hurry. Prices go up on January 1, 2017 and all passes are transferrable.
calgarybluesfest.com
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Tickets to the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra make a great gift for music lovers young and old alike! Upcoming shows include Dreamworks Animation in Concert, Symphonic Pink Floyd: The Wall & Dark Side of the Moon, and Ultimate Country Legends. Have someone picky to buy for? Get them a ticket voucher! Starting at $60, they can choose their own concert and redeem the vouchers for great seats (some restrictions apply).
calgaryphil.com
DJD Holiday Season Offer
This holiday season buy tickets to both productions in the Decidedly Jazz Danceworks season and save 20%. Get tickets to see Juliet & Romeo—a reimagining of Shakespeare’s passionate and tragic tale, part of the 31st Annual High Performance Rodeo—running January 18 to 28, 2017, and Modern Vaudevillians—a boisterous, disorderly, and exceptionally fun evening—running April 20 to May 6, 2017, at the DJD Dance Centre (111 12th Ave. SE).
decidedlyjazz.com
GlobalFest 2017 Holiday Tickets
In honour of GlobalFest’s 15th anniversary and Canada’s 150th birthday, this annual summer festival features an all-Canadian lineup of presenting teams. From August 15 to 26, 2017, see six evenings of multicultural activities and choreographed pyromusical artistry!
GlobalFest’s annual holiday sale is always a great time to save with general admission tickets just $7.50, finale tickets $15, and GlobalPasses $42 until December 31, 2016. And for every ticket purchased during this promotion, GlobalFest will donate one ticket to its Individuals and Families-In-Need Program. Tickets and GlobalPasses can be found at all Calgary Co-op Customer Service Offices and online (subject to additional processing fees) while supplies last.
globalfest.ca
High Performance Rodeo
While passes to Calgary’s own High Performance Rodeo make a great gift, it’s the new $15 Wednesdays that has us buying stocking stuffers. Each Wednesday night during the Rodeo, January 5 to February 2, 2017, scoop up tickets for most shows at just $15 each (some restrictions apply). These include Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera, All The Little Animals I Have Eaten, 6 Guitars, All’s Well That Ends Well, and more. At that price, who could resist?
hprodeo.ca
Loft on Eighth
Got a reader on your list? Gift a story this season with Loft 112’s new micro press, Loft on Eighth. Its beautiful chapbooks are $5 with each one containing a single story and an envelope, so it’s super easy to mail. Housed in a self serve chapbook dispensary, all chapbooks from Long Lunch/Quick Reads, Inner City Stories and Tent Peg Reading Series are available next time you visit Loft 112 (112, 535 8th Ave. SE).
loft112.org
Theatre Junction GRAND
Have someone on your list that’s a passionate supporter of the arts in Calgary? For 25 years Theatre Junction has been creating and presenting contemporary theatre, dance, music and multidisciplinary work from all over the world. Part of its #25for25 campaign, donate $25 as a gift from you or on behalf of someone you love and you’ll receive a limited edition anniversary ornament.
vendini.com
Wordfest
Want to make a book lover’s dream come true? Get them a 2017 Platinum Pass for next year’s Wordfest. Just $350 gets you an all-inclusive year at Wordfest ($1,000+ value) including admission to the 22nd annual festival in October 2017 and any Wordfest shows held throughout 2017.
wordfest.com
