Ultimate Calgary Weekend Events You’ll Love
From spooky Halloween adventures and festive fall markets to fun seasonal events, Calgary has plenty of ways to make the most of this weekend. Take on the thrills at Dash of Doom, get into the Halloween spirit at Ghoul’s Night Out, browse seasonal finds at the Oktoberfest Market, and discover even more Halloween activities, fall festivities, and exciting events happening around the city.
Calgary is full of fun ways to get into the Halloween spirit this weekend, so we’ve rounded up some of the best things to do from October 23 to 25. From cheering on the Calgary Flames at their home game to enjoying the spooky festivities at Halloween on 17th and settling in for a 12-hour Halloween movie marathon, there’s no shortage of ways to make the most of your weekend.
Scroll through, make your picks, and turn it into a weekend worth remembering.
Full List of events
Friday, October 23, 2026
Calgary Hitmen vs. Medicine Hat Tigers
📍 Scotiabank Saddledome (555 Saddledome Rise Southeast, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 23, 2026
💰 $34+
⏰ 7pm
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Bring your family, friends, or crew to cheer on the team as they battle it out on the ice. From jaw-dropping goals to thrilling saves, this is more than just a game—it’s an experience!
Ghouls’ Night Out
📍 Heritage Park Historical Village (1900 Heritage Dr SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 23 – 25, 2026
💰 $19+
⏰ Fri & Sat: 5pm – 9pm / Sun: 3pm – 7pm
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A favourite family-friendly Halloween tradition in Calgary, Ghouls’ Night Out has something for little ghosts, grown-up ghouls and everyone in between. Dress up in your Halloween best, grab your treat bags and get ready for a frightfully fun night at Heritage Park!
Cobb’s Adventure Park: Field of Screams
📍 Cobb’s Adventure Park (1500 84th Street NE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 23 & 24, 2026
💰 $19+
⏰ 6pm – 10pm
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Halloween is just around the corner, and at Cobb’s Adventure Park, you can scare the pants off yourself or your kids with the haunted attraction, Field of Screams! You’ll also find other fun activities at this event.
Oktoberfest Market
📍 German Canadian Club of Calgary (218 37 Avenue NE, Calgary, AB )
📆 October 23 – 25, 2026
💰 $10+
⏰ Fri: 5pm – close / Sat: 12pm – 9pm / Sun: 12pm – 6pm
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This three-day celebration brings together German food, beer, music and traditions, with live music, Schuhplattler dancing, Alphorn performances and plenty of entertainment for the whole family. Guests can also explore a market featuring more than 50 vendors, while younger visitors can enjoy the bouncy castle and other activities.
Train of Terror (18+)
📍 Aspen Crossing (203079 Range Road 251 Mossleigh, AB)
📆 October 23 & 24, 2026
💰 $110+
⏰ 6:30pm
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This Halloween, embark on our Train of Terror…if you dare! This is NOT your average relaxing Aspen Crossing Railway tour. Aboard the Train of Terror, you will experience an indoor haunted maze, an out door haunted maze & haunted freight cars, disturbing entertainment and ultimate FEAR! If you make it through the fright cars alive, join us on the other side where you will find a Halloween party, with food and drinks for purchase!
Halloween on 17th – A Carnival of curiosities
📍 Tomkins Park (17 Ave & 8 St SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 23 & 24, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 11:30am- 5pm
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On October 23 & 24, 2026, enter a realm of mystical oddities, roaming creatures, glowing wonders and supernatural spectacles. Dress up and bring your family and friends to Tomkins Park for a free, all-ages outdoor Halloween weekend. A Carnival of Curiosities awaits. Step closer, if you dare…
Hallowe’en Horror: A Night at the Grimmies Murder Mystery Dinner
📍 Spruce Meadows (18011 Spruce Meadows Way SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 23 & 24, 2026
💰 $110+
⏰ 6pm – 9:30pm
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Celebrate Hallowe’en with a deliciously unexpected twist at Hallowe’en Horror: A Night at the Grimmies, a fun interactive murder mystery experience at Spruce Meadows’ British House. Indulge in a gourmet, Hallowe’en-inspired menu as you unravel clues, interrogate suspects, and work to solve a horrific & deadly crime before the night ends.
Mystery Night at The Museums
📍 The Military Museums (4520 Crowchild Trl SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 23, 2026
💰 $60
⏰ 5:30pm – 8:30pm
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Take a step back in time to 1912! The Balkan War is in full effect and volunteers are signing up to join the initiative. More and more people are moving Westwards and, for Calgary, joyous memories of the very first Calgary Stampede are still fresh.
Calgary Farmyard Harvest Lights
📍 Calgary Farmyard (284022 Township Road 224, Rockyview, AB)
📆 October 23 & 24, 2026
💰 $26+
⏰ 5pm – 9:30pm
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The Calgary Farmyard is inviting you back to Harvest Lights! The entire farm will be open and lit up for Friday and Saturday evenings, from September 11 – October 24, 2026 (weather permitting). The lights come on at sundown, and the only area left unlit will be the giant corn maze, so you can bring your flashlight and get a little lost.
ScreamFest
📍 GMC Stadium (2200 Stampede Trl SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 22 – 25, 2026
💰 $35+
⏰ 7pm – midnight
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Get ready to scream at ScreamFest, Calgary’s largest Halloween event, with a terrifying haunted house, thrilling rides, carnival games and more.
Pumpkins After Dark
📍 WinSport Canada (Canada Olympic Road Southwest, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 22 – 31, 2026 (Thursdays – Sundays)
💰 $17+
⏰ 6:30pm – 11pm
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Explore the magical pathway of lit pumpkin sculptures and displays, with music, sounds and special effects. With classic Halloween characters, dinosaurs and dragons, movie and pop culture icons – this family friendly event has something for everyone. Make Pumpkins After Dark your new annual tradition!
Annual Bearspaw Fall Market
📍 Bearspaw Lifestyle Centre (253220 Bearspaw Road, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 22 – 25, 2026
💰 $3
⏰ 10am – 6pm
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Embrace the cozy charm of autumn at our Fall Artisan Market, where local artisans showcase their handmade treasures. From unique crafts to seasonal delights, discover the perfect finds to celebrate the season. Join us for a festive, heartwarming experience surrounded by vibrant fall colors and the spirit of creativity!
Banff Craft Beer Festival
📍 212 Bear St, Banff, AB
📆 October 22 – 24, 2026
💰 $70+
⏰ Thurs & Fri: 5pm – 10pm / Sat: 12pm – 4pm & 5pm – 9pm
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Held partially outdoors, the #BanffBeerfest allows you to enjoy delicious Alberta made craft beer and spirits against the backdrop of the spectacular Rocky Mountains with its pristine wilderness and glacier fresh waters.
Pasta La Feasta
📍 Various restaurants, Calgary, AB
📆 October 01 – 31, 2026
💰 Prices vary
⏰ Times vary
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Eating for a good cause? We’re all in! October is National Pasta Month, and from October 1 – 31, 2026, Pasta La Feasta is bringing together a group of Calgary restaurants to offer a signature pasta dish in support of The Alex Community Food Centre. Like we needed an excuse to eat pasta!
Haunted Historic Inglewood
📍 Various Locations, Inglewood, Calgary, Alberta
📆 October 01 – 31, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ Times vary
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This fall, Calgary’s original main street comes alive with spirits, scares, and spine-tingling fun. Haunted Historic Inglewood is a month-long celebration of Halloween featuring eerie pop-ups, ghostly performances, zombie walks, spooky workshops, and immersive fright experiences woven throughout the neighbourhood.
The Crypt & The Crow (18+)
📍 Tops Pizza (19919 Fairmount Dr SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 01 – 31, 2026
💰 Price of food & drinks
⏰ 11am – 11pm
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Get ready to step into The Crypt & The Crow, Tops Pizza South’s immersive 18+ Halloween pop-up running October 1–31. The space will be transformed into a spooky gothic crypt filled with eerie decor, creepy cocktails, and a Halloween-inspired menu featuring everything from black-bun burgers and squid ink pasta to spooky pizzas and wings. Pair it all with theatrical drinks like smoking skull Old Fashioneds and syringe-served cocktails for a Halloween night out that’s anything but ordinary. Grab your crew and get ready for a seriously spooky night at The Crypt & The Crow!
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Calgary Flames vs. Detroit Red Wings
📍 Scotiabank Saddledome (555 Saddledome Rise Southeast, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 24, 2026
💰 $51+
⏰ 8pm
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If you’re looking for an unforgettable night out, there’s nothing like the electrifying atmosphere of a Calgary Flames game. From the roar of the crowd to the fast-paced action on the ice, every moment is packed with excitement.
Butterfield Acres Harvest Pumpkin Fest
📍 Butterfield Acres (254077 Rocky Ridge Road, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 24 & 25, 2026
💰 $20
⏰ 10am – 4pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Harvest Pumpkin Fest is more than a quick pumpkin stop. It’s a full farm visit where families can slow down, explore, and enjoy the magic of the season together. Plus, you asked, and Butterfield heard you — pumpkin Hunts are back! This popular tradition is great for families with littles!
It’s fresh-air farm fun for children, parents, grandparents, and everyone in between!
Visit with your favourite farm animals
Purchase a pumpkin to take home
Enjoy autumn photo opportunities throughout the farm
Head on a tractor-pulled wagon ride through Scarecrow Alley
Warm up by a crackling fire
Indulge in warm drinks, seasonal treats, s’more kits, and fall goodies (extra fee)
Book a pony ride for children under 60 lb/27 kg (extra fee)
Fall-O-Ween
📍 Taza Park Sales and Marketing Centre (5894 Tsuut’ina Pkwy. Ste 150, Tsuut’ina, AB)
📆 October 24, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 12pm – 5pm
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Celebrate autumn at Taza Park! Make your own fall wreath with home design influencer Bailey Exner of Bailey at Home (free for the first 150 participants, so come early). Snap festive pics at the photobooth (costumes and pets welcome) and warm up with complimentary mulled cider and baked goods. Tour fall-styled builder showsuites, vote for your favourite, and complete the scavenger hunt for a chance to win a designer décor package.
Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner
📍 The Lougheed House (707 13 AVE SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 24, 2026
💰 $130+
⏰ 6pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
With secrets to uncover, suspicious characters around every corner and plenty of laughs along the way, it will be up to you to follow the clues, question what you hear and see if you can figure out whodunnit before the culprit is revealed. Join us inside the historic Lougheed House for an interactive evening of mystery, comedy and a delicious three-course dinner, while the story unfolds around you.
Dash of Doom
📍 North Glenmore Park (Crowchild Trail Southwest, Calgary AB)
📆 October 24, 2026
💰 $25+
⏰ 1:30pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Run Calgary invites you to be a part of Calgary’s only Halloween night race, where the aid stations serve candy and there are prizes for being dead last. Coordinate the costumes because the real winners in this family and dog-friendly Halloween evening race in support of Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) are best costumes not top finishers in the 5 km 10 km or kids race.
12 Hour Halloween Movie Marathon (18+)
📍 Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 24 & 25, 2026
💰 $23+
⏰ 7pm – 7am
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
An annual CUFF tradition! This Halloween, the Calgary Underground Film Festival returns to Globe Cinema for our annual 12-Hour Horror Movie Marathon. Stay awake all night and enjoy 7 movies from 7pm until 7am the next morning, including a costume contest, and other surprises throughout the night.
Calgary Reptile Expo
📍 The Genesis Centre (7555 Falconridge Blvd NE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 24 & 25, 2026
💰 $10+
⏰ Sat: 10am – 5pm / Sun: 10am – 4pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
The Calgary Reptile Expo, hosted by The Alberta Reptile and Amphibian Society (T.A.R.A.S.), is slithering closer! Come explore a variety of vendors and displays on October 24 – 25, 2026, all dedicated to the love of reptiles. This is Canada’s largest not-for-profit reptile expo, and you won’t want to miss it! Children 5 and under are free.
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Calgary Hitmen vs. Saskatoon Blades – Sunday Funday
📍 Scotiabank Saddledome (555 Saddledome Rise Southeast, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 25, 2026
💰 $34+
⏰ 4pm
🔗 Get your tickets here: Click Here
Bring your family, friends, or crew to cheer on the team as they battle it out on the ice. From jaw-dropping goals to thrilling saves, this is more than just a game—it’s an experience!
Cavalry FC vs. Vancouver FC
📍 Spruce Meadows (18011 Spruce Meadows Way SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 25, 2026
💰 $27+
⏰ 2pm
🔗 Get your tickets here: Click Here
From edge-of-your-seat goals to the electric energy of the Foot Soldiers, every match is a battle worth watching. Whether you’re a die-hard supporter or just looking for an epic day out, come rep your city and be part of the beautiful game.
Pup Crawl
📍 All throughout Kensington, Calgary, AB
📆 October 25, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 1pm – 4pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
Kensington is getting into the Halloween spirit with its annual Pup Crawl. Dress your furry friend in their spookiest costume and head to Kensington for an afternoon of trick-or-treating at participating businesses. Along the way, stop by the outdoor plaza along Kensington Road for a spooky photo booth and a caricature of you and your pup.
The Barn Artisan Halloween Market!
📍 Shawnessy Barn (224 Shawmeadows Rd SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 25, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 11am – 4pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
KCome join us as we feature local vendors over two full floors, all with unique, hand-crafted, created, and made in Alberta products. Come in costume, we’ve got goodies for kids and adults alike!
That’s your weekend, Wanderers. From cheering on your favourite teams and browsing local fall markets to enjoying spooky Halloween activities and seasonal festivities around the city, there are plenty of ways to get out, soak up the autumn atmosphere, and make the most of Calgary this weekend.
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