Special Events

Your Weekend Guide to Family-Friendly Fun in Calgary: August 7 – 9

Calgary Events News & Reviews, Special Events

Do you like to be in the know? Sign up for the monthly Family Fun Calgary e-newsletter. We give you a peek at all of the great, upcoming, family-friendly activities scheduled in Calgary. What sort of adventure is your family up for this weekend? If you need ...Read More

Fun in the Field With an Aspen Crossing Train Excursion

Calgary Events Day Trips, Special Events

Make a trip out to Aspen Crossing (near Mossleigh) for a memorable train excursion adventure. Families will enjoy a relaxing train ride through the prairies and a stop to play games with the kids, before boarding the train back. Make sure you don’t get ...Read More

Feel the Beat at Carifest – Online for 2020

Calgary Events COVID-19, Special Events

Calgary’s Carifest celebrates Caribbean arts and culture every August. Usually, you can enjoy a steel drum concert, a parade and local, international, and Caribbean entertainment, food, art and more. This year, the festival is going online on August 15, 2020. Stay tuned for details! ...Read More

The Great YYC Staycation Scavenger Hunt

Calgary Events Special Events

Things have been a little rough this year (#understatement) but we’re ready for summer with the Great YYC Staycation Scavenger Hunt. This is a free “event” that runs from July 24 – August 30, 2020, and invites your family to have fun completing local ...Read More

Can Your Teens Help You Escape the Locked Zoo?!

Calgary Events Special Events, Teens & Tweens

The Calgary Zoo has launched a fun and physically-distanced outdoor experience with the Locked Zoo. New dates have been added, and now teens ages 14 and up can join the fun in Locked Zoo: Running Wild on July 31, 2020! A robot on the ...Read More

Ghostly Encounters Are Back with Heritage Park Ghost Tours

Calgary Events Special Events

Ghostly encounters and ghoulish good times are back with the return of Heritage Park’s Ghost Tours on Thursdays and Fridays this July and August. There are two 90-minute tours each night, with family-friendly tours at 7 pm. (The tour at 9 pm is for ...Read More

Prepare to Get Muddy and Go Marsh Dipping at Bow Habitat Station

Calgary Events Cheapies & Freebies, Special Events

Armed with nets and buckets, prepare to get a bit muddy as you search for and identify the critters who make their home in our wetlands. Dipping is easy; all you do is dip a vessel beneath the water’s surface and find out what – ...Read More

Picnic in the Park: A Kid-Friendly Talk About Racism

Calgary Events Cheapies & Freebies, Special Events

On July 8, 2020, join Jon Cornish and members of the Calgary Police Foundation for a kid-friendly talk about rasicm. This event will be a good place to start or continue relevant and important conversations. McDonald’s coffee and smoothies will be available, but please ...Read More

Aboriginal Awareness Week and Indigenous Day in Calgary

Calgary Events COVID-19, Special Events

From June 15 – 21, 2020, you can celebrate Aboriginal Awareness Week online, through the Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society Facebook page. Learn to bake bannock, enjoy stories, see a youth talent show, and more! Aboriginal Awareness Week: When: June 15 – 21, 2020 ...Read More

TELUS Spark Presents BODY WORLDS: ANIMAL INSIDE OUT

Calgary Events COVID-19, Major Attractions, Special Events

See the world’s most spectacular animals like never before! Travel on an anatomical safari exploring a variety of animals from goats to giraffes and octopuses to ostriches in BODY WORLDS: ANIMAL INSIDE OUT at Spark, Calgary’s Science Centre. While we can’t actually go visit ...Read More