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Your Saturday night plans could involve unlimited midway rides, live music and a trip back to the 1920s. 🥂🎡GEMS JAM is b...
09/01/2026

Your Saturday night plans could involve unlimited midway rides, live music and a trip back to the 1920s. 🥂🎡

GEMS JAM is bringing an adults-only night to on September 12, with the park staying open late for an evening inspired by the glamour of the Roaring Twenties.

Catch and performing live, while buskers and other entertainment pop up throughout the park. You can ride the Antique Midway as many times as you want, check out vintage cars and motorcycles, and dressing for the decade is highly encouraged. ✨

The night doesn’t end when the park festivities do either. At 11 PM, the party moves into Gasoline Alley Museum for an after-party running until 1 AM. 🪩

📅 Saturday, September 12
⏰ 7:30 PM to 1 AM
📍
🎟️ $49.95 + GST
🎡 Unlimited Antique Midway rides
🎶 + live
🚘 Vintage cars + motorcycles
🪩 After-party until 1 AM
🔞 18+

Who would you bring for a night in the Roaring Twenties? 👀🥂

Your next craft night is throwing it back to the ’90s. 💿✨Retro Craft Night: 1990s Edition is happening at the Royal Albe...
09/01/2026

Your next craft night is throwing it back to the ’90s. 💿✨

Retro Craft Night: 1990s Edition is happening at the Royal Alberta Museum on September 3, with an evening dedicated to some seriously nostalgic crafts.

Make friendship bracelets, create your own beaded lizard keychain or bring a jean jacket from home and give it a retro makeover. All the materials and instructions are provided, so you can simply drop in and get crafty.

📅 Thursday, September 3
⏰ 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
📍 Royal Alberta Museum
🦎 Friendship bracelets + beaded lizard keychains
✨ Bring a jean jacket to decorate
🎟️ Included with general admission
🔞 18+

Who are you bringing for a little ’90s nostalgia? 👀

Our guide to Calgary’s September concert (& comedy 😎) dates is here, with plenty of shows to keep your calendar full as ...
08/31/2026

Our guide to Calgary’s September concert (& comedy 😎) dates is here, with plenty of shows to keep your calendar full as summer comes to an end! ⛅️🎤🎉

From major concerts at the Scotiabank Saddledome to more intimate shows at venues around the city, September is packed with live music for just about every kind of concert date 👀🎵

Do you have tickets to any of these shows? Tag your concert date! 💬⤵️

Pride is taking it back to the streets this September. 🏳️‍🌈✨Inglewood Pride: Back to the Streets is bringing three days ...
08/31/2026

Pride is taking it back to the streets this September. 🏳️‍🌈✨

Inglewood Pride: Back to the Streets is bringing three days of community-led Pride programming to the neighbourhood from September 4 to 6.

The weekend will celebrate q***r and trans artists and communities with drag, live music, all-ages events, neighbourhood activations, local businesses and more happening throughout Inglewood.

The lineup includes the Treaty 7 D**e and Trans March, Black Pride YYC Festival, Glam on Tap: Sunset Block Party, the Apollo Western Cup Lawn Bowling Competition and Calgary Pride’s All Ages Celebration.

📅 September 4 to 6
📍 Inglewood
🏳️‍🌈 Three days of Pride programming
🎶 Music, drag, community events + more
✨ Community-led and nonprofit

Who are you celebrating Pride with this weekend? 🌈

Victoria Park is about to light up the night. ✨Night Light is returning September 24 to 26, transforming the neighbourho...
08/31/2026

Victoria Park is about to light up the night. ✨

Night Light is returning September 24 to 26, transforming the neighbourhood into a massive outdoor gallery filled with glowing sculptures, projection-mapped buildings, interactive light installations and live performances.

The three-night festival stretches across multiple blocks, so you can wander through the neighbourhood and experience the installations after dark. And the best part? It’s completely free!

📅 September 24–26
⏰ 6 PM – 11 PM nightly
📍 Victoria Park
🎟️ Free + no registration required
✨ Light installations + projections
🔥 Live performances + fire displays
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All ages

Who would you explore this glowing outdoor gallery with? 👀

Spooky season is starting a little early this year. 👻✨Hokus Pokus LIVE is heading to Western Canada this September, brin...
08/30/2026

Spooky season is starting a little early this year. 👻✨

Hokus Pokus LIVE is heading to Western Canada this September, bringing a campy live drag parody inspired by the Halloween classic Hocus Pocus to the stage.

The show stars drag royalty Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Sapphira Cristál and Landon Cider, with plenty of comedy, costumes and spooky-season chaos along the way
📍 Edmonton — September 17
📍 Calgary — September 18
📍 Kelowna — September 19
📍 Victoria — September 21

👑 Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Sapphira Cristál + Landon Cider

Who are you kicking off spooky season with? 👀

Think you could escape the library before time runs out? 👀🔐Locked Library: Creature Feature is taking over the Calgary C...
08/28/2026

Think you could escape the library before time runs out? 👀🔐

Locked Library: Creature Feature is taking over the Calgary Central Library on September 18, turning four floors of the library into one massive escape room-style adventure.

Grab your team and work your way through puzzles, clues and codes as you race against the clock and other teams to make it to the end. Plus, all proceeds support programs and resources at the Calgary Public Library.

📅 Friday, September 18
⏰ 7 PM – 9:30 PM
📍 Calgary Central Library
🧩 Four floors of puzzles + challenges
🏆 Race against other teams
📚 Proceeds support the Calgary Public Library

Who would you want on your escape team? 👀

The Roaring Twenties are getting a 2026 glow-up, and Heritage Park is throwing the party ✨🥂On September 12, GEMS JAM is ...
08/28/2026

The Roaring Twenties are getting a 2026 glow-up, and Heritage Park is throwing the party ✨🥂

On September 12, GEMS JAM is taking over the park for a night of midway rides, vintage cars, live entertainment and plenty of 1920s-inspired glamour.

Here’s what’s waiting for you:

🎡 Unlimited Midway rides
🎯 Midway games + classic fair food
🚗 Vintage Cars & Motorcycles
🎶 Live entertainment + buskers throughout the night
🎤 Performances from Mariya Stokes and Devin Cooper
✨ 1920s-inspired style encouraged
🌙 After Party in Gasoline Alley from 11pm-1am

Grab your date or your crew, dress like Gatsby is watching and get ready to JAM under the stars 🍾🌌

📍 Heritage Park
🗓️ September 12 | 7:30pm-1am

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Calling all cat lovers, this one’s for you. 🐱✨The Calgary Cat Festival & Market is back for its 5th year on September 12...
08/27/2026

Calling all cat lovers, this one’s for you. 🐱✨

The Calgary Cat Festival & Market is back for its 5th year on September 12 and 13, bringing a full weekend of feline fun to Contemporary Calgary.

Shop cat-themed goodies from local vendors, connect with fellow cat lovers and celebrate all things cats, all while supporting the local cat community. Plus, kids 12 and under get in free!

📅 September 12–13
⏰ Saturday: 11 AM – 7 PM
⏰ Sunday: 11 AM – 5 PM
📍 Contemporary Calgary, 701 11 St SW
🎟️ General admission: $12
🐾 Kids 12 & under: Free

Who’s the biggest cat lover you know? Tag them below! 👀🐱

Chinatown is about to light up for one magical night 🏮✨The Calgary Chinatown Lantern Festival returns September 11, brin...
08/26/2026

Chinatown is about to light up for one magical night 🏮✨

The Calgary Chinatown Lantern Festival returns September 11, bringing a free evening of glowing lanterns, food and entertainment to the neighbourhood in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Wander through colourful lantern displays, grab a bite from local food and street food vendors, browse artisan booths and enjoy live entertainment throughout the evening. 🥟🎶

📅 Friday, September 11
📍 2nd Ave. SW & Daqing Square
🎟️ Free

🏮 Lantern displays
🥟 Food vendors
🛍️ Local makers & vendors
🎶 Entertainment

Who are you bringing for an evening under the lanterns? 👇🏮

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