Summer is closing up shop one market at a time this weekend. Local on 17th, 4th Street, Currie and Easy Days all hold their last dates of the year, while fall shows up with a brand-new Latin American film festival, a first-ever Indigenous music festival at MacEwan Hall and the Hitmen's home opener. If you only book one thing, make it the 8:45 PM Dark Side of the Moon show in the dome at Spark, and keep Saturday afternoon for wandering the Eastside Studio Crawl.
Jamie's Picks This weekend's best
3 picksCurated
🥂Couples Pick
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (360-degree dome album show)
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon plays start to finish inside the Infinity Dome at TELUS Spark, all ten tracks in order, with visuals wrapping around a screen three storeys high. The 7:15 PM show has sold out, so aim for 8:45 PM and arrive early because there is no late entry.
👨👩👧Kid-Friendly Pick
Polar Bear Breakfast
Families get into the zoo's Wild Canada area before opening for a polar bear talk with a zoo educator and early bear viewing, then a buffet breakfast at Kitamba Café. The ticket includes zoo admission for the rest of the day, and this is the only September date.
🎉Social Pick
Local on 17th Night Market
The last Local on 17th Night Market of the season fills Tomkins Park with local makers, handmade goods and vintage sellers. Live art, kids activities and an all-ages dance party run beside the stalls, and entry is free with nothing to book.
Friday YYC picks
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🥂Couples Pick
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (360-degree dome album show)
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon plays start to finish inside the Infinity Dome at TELUS Spark, all ten tracks in order, with visuals wrapping around a screen three storeys high. The 7:15 PM show has sold out, so aim for 8:45 PM and arrive early because there is no late entry.
🎉Social Pick
Local on 17th Night Market
The last Local on 17th Night Market of the season fills Tomkins Park with local makers, handmade goods and vintage sellers. Live art, kids activities and an all-ages dance party run beside the stalls, and entry is free with nothing to book.
Calgary Hitmen vs. Red Deer Rebels
The Hitmen open their Western Hockey League season at home on the same night the whole league starts play. Red Deer is the visitor, the club is calling this its Farewell Season, and seats start at $19 at the Saddledome.
LAFF 2026 - Opening Reception at Ramada Plaza (Latin American film festival launch)
Calgary's new Latin American Film Festival opens with a free red-carpet reception downtown. Expect photos with a professional photographer, hors d'oeuvres, a toast and a chance to meet filmmakers. Every guest needs a free reserved ticket, and most were claimed by Wednesday.
Circus + Bluegrass Fest – Summer Wrap Up
Capitol Hill's community hall closes out summer with Calgary bluegrass band The Smokin' Toad Revival and acrobatic sideshow stunts from Skinny Circus. Food trucks, a beer garden, fire pits and games fill out the night. It is free, but reserve a ticket and bring a lawn chair.
Also on Friday
05 picks🎨Arboreal Intuitions & Oooooo (sing together and you will make a perfect circle) (Interactive media art opening)Sing into microphones, your voice draws circles
Arboreal Intuitions & Oooooo (sing together and you will make a perfect circle) (Interactive media art opening)Sing into microphones, your voice draws circles
Two free media-art exhibitions open at EMMEDIA with both artists on hand. In one room, two people sing into microphones and their voices draw circles and looping curves on an old tube TV. In the other, a drawing machine starts working when you step close. Both shows run to October 31.
🛍️Currie Night MarketLast 2026 date, park vendors and live music
Currie Night MarketLast 2026 date, park vendors and live music
The Currie Night Market sets up along the pathway through Alexandria Park with local vendors, live music and food. Friday is its second and final date of 2026, and there is no admission charge.
⛳WinSport Mini GolfPlay eighteen hillside holes before Halloween
WinSport Mini GolfPlay eighteen hillside holes before Halloween
WinSport's 18-hole outdoor mini golf course on the Canada Olympic Park hill has its last summer dates Friday and Saturday before it turns into Haunted Mini Golf. Book a tee time online, and note the last start is 8 PM.
🚂Behind the Scenes Roundhouse Tour 2026 (Heritage Park train shed tour)Ninety minutes inside a working locomotive shed
Behind the Scenes Roundhouse Tour 2026 (Heritage Park train shed tour)Ninety minutes inside a working locomotive shed
Heritage Park's Chief Engineer and train crew lead a 90-minute evening tour of the railway roundhouse and engine room, the working shed where the park's locomotives are stored and repaired. It kicks off the park's 40th Railway Days weekend a night early.
🎻Nordic Nights (Calgary Phil season-opening concert)Grieg's concerto and Sibelius's symphony open the season
Nordic Nights (Calgary Phil season-opening concert)Grieg's concerto and Sibelius's symphony open the season
The Calgary Philharmonic opens its Classics season with Grieg's Piano Concerto, played by pianist Stewart Goodyear, and Sibelius's Second Symphony, conducted by Naomi Woo. A recent Canadian piece about exploring the Moon starts the night.
Saturday YYC picks
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👨👩👧Kid-Friendly Pick
Polar Bear Breakfast
Families get into the zoo's Wild Canada area before opening for a polar bear talk with a zoo educator and early bear viewing, then a buffet breakfast at Kitamba Café. The ticket includes zoo admission for the rest of the day, and this is the only September date.
Stoodis Fest (Indigenous music festival)
A brand-new Indigenous music festival debuts at MacEwan Hall with more than ten acts, from country and folk to hip hop, electronic, metal and traditional music, plus drum groups and Elders. It is all ages, drug- and alcohol-free, and kids 12 and under and seniors get in free.
Eastside Studio Crawl (Open artist studios)
More than 80 artists open their working studios across six Ramsay and Inglewood buildings for one free afternoon. The Burns Visual Arts Society site adds live music, door prizes, a silent auction and an outdoor art project anyone can join.
Calgary Stampeders vs. Ottawa REDBLACKS
The Stampeders, 5-8 and last in the West Division, host an Ottawa team still looking for its first win at 0-12. The club has made it its Indigenous Celebration game, with culture, storytelling and performance at McMahon. The stadium is cashless.
Also on Saturday
07 picks🎵Dos Leches Vol. 11 (Free outdoor DJ party)Season's last free dance party, surprise lineup
Dos Leches Vol. 11 (Free outdoor DJ party)Season's last free dance party, surprise lineup
Dos Leches closes its 2026 season of free park dance parties at The Confluence, with local DJs playing Afro house and deep house on the grass into the evening. There is a kids' art zone, food vendors and a Cold Garden beer garden, and the lineup stays a surprise.
🛍️4th Street Night MarketSeven food trucks meet three live bands
4th Street Night MarketSeven food trucks meet three live bands
The 4th Street Night Market's fifth and final date of 2026 fills Central Memorial Park with juried local vendors and seven food trucks. Three live acts play back to back from 5:30 PM, and kids and pets are welcome.
👗Easy Days Pop-Up MarketVintage clothing, food trucks, live music riverside
Easy Days Pop-Up MarketVintage clothing, food trucks, live music riverside
Easy Days holds its last pop-up market of 2026 on the East Village riverfront, with local designers, artists and vintage clothing sellers, plus food trucks and live music. It is free and needs no ticket.
⚽Cavalry FC v. Forge FC (Pro soccer)Four points separate the league's top two
Cavalry FC v. Forge FC (Pro soccer)Four points separate the league's top two
League leaders Cavalry FC, on 49 points and four clear, host second-place Forge FC in a match that could swing the Canadian Premier League regular-season title. Tickets are not sold at the stadium on match day, so buy ahead. Parking is free.
🦅Alberta Biodiversity FestivalMeet a peregrine falcon, feed hatchery trout
Alberta Biodiversity FestivalMeet a peregrine falcon, feed hatchery trout
The fifth annual Alberta Biodiversity Festival wraps up at Bow Habitat Station with a peregrine falcon meet-and-greet, trout feeding in the hatchery and microscope stations. Entry is by timed ticket at $5, and kids 3 and under are free.
🎸Miesha and The Spanks ALL AGES 'Visions' Release Party - Calgary (Hometown rock duo)Hometown rock duo play a new EP matinee
Miesha and The Spanks ALL AGES 'Visions' Release Party - Calgary (Hometown rock duo)Hometown rock duo play a new EP matinee
Calgary rock duo Miesha and The Spanks celebrate their new EP Visions, out the day before, with an afternoon all-ages show at PinBar. Local acts The Corey Hotline and Hunter and The Kill open, and kids 6 and under get in free.
🥕Fall Harvest Sale (Charity produce sale)Thousands of pounds of discounted fresh produce
Fall Harvest Sale (Charity produce sale)Thousands of pounds of discounted fresh produce
The Calgary Produce Marketing Association fills the BMO Centre with thousands of pounds of discounted fruit and vegetables for its annual charity sale. This year adds a Local Makers Market, and kids 16 and under get in free.
Sunday YYC picks
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YYC Music Awards
Calgary's own music awards hand out trophies in 29 categories for the 11th year, from rock, country and jazz recordings to music educator and live venue. Every nominee is from the Calgary area, and the show traditionally features live performances by nominees.
Alcove Fest (Free outdoor arts festival)
Alcove, the Calgary arts charity behind a free drop-in art space downtown, throws its first outdoor festival in a Beltline lot beside BLOX Arts Centre. Local DJs and bands play, a led dance session is open to anyone, and there is a pop-up graffiti wall to paint.
Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Family orchestra story concert)
The Calgary Philharmonic plays Beethoven live while actors tell the story of Christoph, a boy whose moody new upstairs neighbour turns out to be the composer. Come early for the Instrument Discovery Zoo in the lobby.
Also on Sunday
06 picks📚BORN to Read: A Book Fair for AdultsBooks, pizza and beer replace classroom nostalgia
BORN to Read: A Book Fair for AdultsBooks, pizza and beer replace classroom nostalgia
Born Brewing turns its taproom into an old-school book fair for grown-ups for the second year. Owl's Nest Books brings a curated table, the Calgary Public Library Foundation is on site, and there is a reading nook, book and beer pairings and Snowman Pizza. Just walk in.
🎨Rozsa Arts at the Library (Live painting with accordion music)Watch a painting take shape to accordion
Rozsa Arts at the Library (Live painting with accordion music)Watch a painting take shape to accordion
A Calgary abstract painter creates a work live in Central Library's welcome gallery while accordion duo Mysterium Duo plays alongside. It is a free, drop-in Alberta Culture Days hour, and swing dance lessons follow in the library afterward.
🦎Perspective Film Series: Godzilla (1954)See the subtitled original beneath a dome
Perspective Film Series: Godzilla (1954)See the subtitled original beneath a dome
Contemporary Calgary closes this year's Perspective Film Series with the original 1954 Japanese Godzilla, subtitled in English, in its domed theatre. The $10 ticket includes gallery admission. The film carries a mature-content advisory.
🏃Terry Fox Run CalgaryWalk or bike a 2.8-kilometre river loop
Terry Fox Run CalgaryWalk or bike a 2.8-kilometre river loop
Calgary's downtown Terry Fox Run follows a marked 2.8 km loop along the Bow River and around St Patrick's Island. Run, walk, bike, rollerblade or roll it at your own pace. Entry is free, with donations to cancer research.
🍳Sunday Safari BrunchWaffles, animals and a Lindt chocolate fountain
Sunday Safari BrunchWaffles, animals and a Lindt chocolate fountain
The zoo's Sunday buffet brunch in Safari Lodge comes with day admission, so the animals follow the waffles. Seatings start at 9, 10 and 11 AM and noon, and online sales close at midnight the night before.
🏮Contemporary Kids: Let Your Light Shine (Kids lantern-making workshop)Kids craft paper lanterns, both sessions full
Contemporary Kids: Let Your Light Shine (Kids lantern-making workshop)Kids craft paper lanterns, both sessions full
This free Contemporary Kids workshop has children 5 to 12 design their own paper lantern, inspired by Mid-Autumn Festival moon stories. Both September 20 sessions are full, so watch Contemporary Calgary for the next free kids workshop.
All weekend runs Fri–Sun
Also all weekend
03 picks🌊Water Circus Nautilus (Circus on a water stage)Acrobats over a 35,000-gallon water stage
Water Circus Nautilus (Circus on a water stage)Acrobats over a 35,000-gallon water stage
Cirque Italia opens Water Circus Nautilus at CrossIron Mills this weekend, a big-top show built around a 35,000-gallon water stage with fountain jets, rain curtains and lasers. Most opening-weekend shows were already more than half sold.
🎪Le Cirque de France (Big-top circus)Motorcycle stunt riders jump inside the big top
Le Cirque de France (Big-top circus)Motorcycle stunt riders jump inside the big top
Le Cirque de France's animal-free big-top show ends its Calgary run Sunday. The 90-minute show GRAVITY mixes motorcycle stunt riders inside the tent with aerial silks, a tight-wire act, a contortionist and clowns. Parking at Marlborough Mall is free.
🦖SUE: The T. rex ExperienceSmell prehistoric breath and feel the growl
SUE: The T. rex ExperienceSmell prehistoric breath and feel the growl
SUE, the most complete T. rex skeleton ever found, lives in Chicago, but TELUS Spark has an exact cast through November 29. You can smell a recreation of SUE's breath, feel the growl and touch bronze fossil casts, all included with admission.
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In Case You Missed It News
Pizza Culture makes the world's top 100 - Independent guide 50 Top Pizza ranked the Edmonton Trail pizzeria No. 80 in the world for 2026, up one spot from last year and the only Canadian entry on the list.
Free native plants from Friends of Fish Creek - The society is giving salvaged native plants, cleaned and checked for invasive species, to Calgarians who pre-register on its website. The last giveaway is October 1.
A new airport lounge opens at YYC - American Express and Aspire opened their first co-branded lounge in Western Canada in the domestic terminal on September 16, with a full bar, a fireplace and a buffet.
Mount Royal announces a School of Computing Sciences and Mathematics - MRU expects the new school to enrol more than 1,000 students by 2027, with three degree programs, a certificate and four minors.
Country Hills Boulevard NE nears its full reopening - After more than a year of construction, all six lanes between Barlow Trail and 36 Street NE are expected back this month.
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