List of festivals in Calgary
The following is a list of annual festivals and cultural events that take place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the surrounding area:
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[edit] Winter
- Emerging Artism (December)
- Once Upon A Christmas (December)
- Zoolights (December/January)
- One Yellow Rabbit - High Performance Rodeo (January)
- International Festival of Animated Objects (January)
- Calgary Winter Festival (February)
- Picture this...[1] (February)
- Rodeo Royal (March)
- $100 Film Festival (March)
- Show Us Your Shorts - A Festival of Short Films[2] (March)
[edit] Spring
- Calgary Games Convention (March)
- MTT Fest (March)[3]
- The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo(April)[4]
- Calgary International Spoken Word Festival (April)
- Calgary Underground Film Festival (April)
- FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival (May and June)
- Visaki Mela (Punjabi Spring Harvest Festival) (May)
- Calgary International Children's Festival[5] (May)
- Otafest (May)[6]
- Lilac Festival (May)
- Heritage Park Festival of Quilts (May)
- Carifest (June)
- Light & Motion Prop Arts and Circus Festival (June)[7]
- The 'New' Calgary Jazz Festival (June)
- Calgary Greek Festival (June)
- Ignite! Theatre-Arts Festival (June)
- Sled Island Music Festival (June)[8]
- MEC Bikefest (June)[9]
- MEC Paddlefest (June))[10]
[edit] Summer
- Calgary Stampede (July)
- Calgary Turkish Festival[11] (July)
- Sun and Salsa Festival[12] (July)
- Fiestaval[13] (July)
- Chariot Festival of India (August)
- Folk Music Festival (July)
- Heritage Day (August)
- When Words Collide (August 10-12, 2012) [14]
- Taste of Calgary - Food & Drink Festival (August 11–14, 2011)[15]
- Summerstock (August)
- Dragon Boat Festival (August)
- Marda Loop | Information on Marda Gras Street Festival (August)
- Chinatown Street Festival (August)
- afrikadey (August)
- Inglewood Sunfest[16] (July)
- Calgary Fringe Festival[17] (August)
- International Reggae Festival (August)
- Bow River Flow - Calgary's Human-Powered transportation festival (August 21, 2011)[18]
- GlobalFest - OneWorld Festival and International Fireworks Festival (August 19-27, 2011)
- Expo Latino (August)
- Calgary International Blues Festival (August)[19]
- The C-Jazz CARNIVALE! (August–September)[20]
- Victoria Park, Calgary Haultain and First Street Festival[21] (September)
- FozzyFest (South Kananaskis) (Canada Day Long Weekend) [22] Outdoor Electronic Music Festival
[edit] Calgary Stampede
The city is famous for the Calgary Stampede, a very large agricultural fair and rodeo every July. The Stampede officially bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth". It features an internationally recognized rodeo competition, a midway, stage shows, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon races, First Nations exhibitions, and pancake breakfasts around the city, among other attractions. It is among the largest and most well known festivals in Canada. The event has a 96 year history.
The Calgary Stampede was inaugurated in 1912 by Guy Weadick, an American trick roper. Weadick wanted to put on a world-class rodeo event and Wild West show that would bring the best cowboys from across the continent. The first Stampede was the richest rodeo competition in North America with prize money totaling $20,000. It drew more than 100,000 spectators. In 1923, the Stampede was combined with the Calgary Exhibition and the chuckwagon races were added. In 2004, the rodeo prize money was doubled to $1 million to put the Stampede on par with other major rodeos such as the National Finals Rodeo.
In 2005, attendance at the 10-day rodeo and exhibition totalled 1,242,928, which set a new record. Attendance at the "Stampede Parade" (North America's second longest parade), which takes place downtown on opening day is usually somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000. During Stampede Week, many of the city's residents dress in country attire, and many businesses decorate their stores and offices in this "western" style.
[edit] Autumn
- Calgary Highland Games (Labour Day Weekend)
- Barbecue on the Bow Festival (September)
- C-Jazz Festival (September)
- Heritage Park Railway Days (September)
- Artcity - Festival of Art, Design and Architecture (September)
- Calgary International Film Festival (September / October)
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation "CIBC Run for the Cure" (October 5, 2008)
- Calgary Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival (October)
- Wordfest: Banff Calgary International Writers Festival (October)
- Calgary Arab Film Festival (October)
- Marda Loop Justice Film Festival
- Calgary Gay Pride Festival (September)[23]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Picture this...film festival
- ^ SUYS
- ^ "MTT Fest". http://musictimestwo.blogspot.com/2011/12/mtt-fest-march-24th-2012.html.
- ^ Template:Url= www.calgaryexpo.com//
- ^ Calgary International Children's Festival
- ^ "Otafest - May". http://www.otafest.com.
- ^ "Light and Motion - June 11th and 12th". http://www.lightandmotion.ca.
- ^ "Sled Island Music Festival". http://www.sledisland.com. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "MEC Calgary Bikefest". http://blog.mec.ca/events/mec-bikefest/mec-bikefest-calgary/.
- ^ "MEC Calgary Paddlefest". http://blog.mec.ca/events/mec-paddlefest/mec-paddlefest-calgary/.
- ^ Calgary Turkish Festival
- ^ Sun and Salsa Festival
- ^ Fiestaval
- ^ [http://www.whenwordscollide.org/}
- ^ "Taste of Calgary: Food & Drink Festival". http://www.tasteofcalgary.com. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Inglewood Sunfest
- ^ Calgary Fringe Festival
- ^ "Bow River Flow". http://www.bowriverflow.ca.
- ^ "Calgary Blues Festival". http://www.calgarybluesfest.com. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Calgary Jazz". http://www.calgaryjazz.com/cjazzfestival.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ Haultain and First Street Festival
- ^ FozzyFest (2011). "FozzyFest". http://www.fozzyfest.com.
- ^ "Calgary Pride Festival". http://www.pridecalgary.ca/. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
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