Ultimate Calgary Weekly Events You’ll Love
Hey Wanderers!
Calgary is full of exciting ways to make the most of your week, with something happening around every corner. Celebrate culture and community at GlobalFest, laugh along at the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival, browse unique finds at local artisan markets, and discover even more festivals, live entertainment, and family-friendly activities happening throughout the city.
We’ve rounded up the best things happening this week so you can spend less time searching and more time making plans. Below is your guide to the top events happening in and around Calgary from Monday, August 24 through Friday, August 28, featuring Movies in the Park, Calgary ReggaeFest, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers In Concert, live entertainment, community events, and so much more. Whether you’re catching a movie outdoors, soaking up the sounds of ReggaeFest, enjoying an unforgettable night of live music, or discovering something new around the city, there are plenty of ways to make the most of your week.
Scroll through, pick your thing, and go make it a week worth talking about.
Full List of events
Monday, August 24, 2026
The Beach Boys
📍 Grey Eagle Event Centre (3775 Grey Eagle Drive, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 24, 2026
💰 $90+
⏰ 8pm
🔗 Get your tickets here: Click Here
You can capsulize most pop music acts by reciting how many hits they’ve had and how many millions of albums they’ve sold. But these conventional measurements fall short when you’re assessing the impact of The Beach Boys. This band has birthed a torrent of hit singles and sold albums by the tens of millions. But its greater significance lies in the fact that The Beach Boys’ songs have forever changed the musical landscape, profoundly influencing countless performing artists to follow.
Rock Around The Clock With Elvis And Friends
📍 Jubilations Dinner Theatre, 1002 37 Street SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 15 – October 17, 2026
💰 $49+
⏰ Times vary by date
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
One, Two, Three O’clock, Four O’clock Rock!” In the 1950’s anytime was a good time for the kids to rock. It is hard now to imagine a time when rock and roll was brand new. When a teenager had a friend who first said, “Hey, listen to this!”. Rock and roll was the most exciting sound that young people had ever heard. It was rowdy, fresh and even a little bit dangerous, according to your parents.
Let us take you back there one more time. To the time of Elvis and Buddy Holly… to the sound of La Bamba and Wake Up Little Suzie. Pull on those bobby socks and Put Your Head on My Shoulder.
Planet Fitness FREE High School Pass
📍 Planet Fitness
📆 June 01 – August 31, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ Hours vary by location
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
Hey, teens! If you’re aged 14 – 19, you can head to Planet Fitness for FREE this summer and work out all summer long! Register today for an energized summer. (You will only have access to the Planet Fitness Club you select.)
Summer Farm Days at Calgary Farmyard
📍 Calgary Farmyard (284022 Township Road 224, Rocky View County, AB)
📆 June 26 – August 31, 2026
💰 $26+
⏰ 9:30am – 4:30pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Looking for something to do with your summer days in Alberta? Summer is the perfect time to visit the Calgary Farmyard. The lines are shorter and the days are just as much fun! Capture the perfect photo in our Sunflower Fields and be the first to take our 11 Acre Corn Maze Adventure for a spin! Summer is the perfect time to come and see the barnyard babies that aren’t all grown up just yet! From the young to the young at heart, there’s hours of fun for everyone. Zip through our zip lines, jump on our jumping pillows and play on our 35+ attractions!
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Cranston Tuesday Market and Social
📍 Cranston Residents Association at Century Hall (11 Cranarch Road SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 25, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 4pm – 8pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
Spend your Tuesday evenings this summer at Century Hall enjoying a lively community market filled with summer vibes and local flavour. Explore 20+ local vendors, grab a bite from a variety of food trucks, relax in the beer garden, and let the kids enjoy the Kids Fun Zone.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Music in the Plaza
📍 Heritage Park (211900 Heritage Dr SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 26, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 6pm – 8pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
Heritage Park’s Music in the Plaza is one of Calgary’s most popular free concert series, featuring local Alberta artists. From 6 – 8 PM, enjoy an evening of live music in the Heritage Plaza.
University District Night Market
📍 Central Commons Park (3956 Perraton Ave NW, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 26, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 5pm – 9pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
The Night Market will feature local artisan vendors and small businesses, live music and entertainment, and the opportunity to discover everything new in University District.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
GlobalFest
📍 Spruce Meadows (18011 Spruce Meadows Way SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 27 – 30, 2026
💰 $35+
⏰ 5pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Celebrate GlobalFest, Alberta’s can’t miss summer festival experience with song, dance, food, and mind-blowing firework displays.
Movie in the Park
📍 Murdoch Park (130Corner of Centre Ave and 7a St NW, Calgary, AB
📆 August 27, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 8pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
Head to Murdoch Park on August 27, 2026, for a FREE Movie in the Park in Bridgeland-Riverside! They will be playing The Princess Bride.
Friday, August 28, 2026
Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (18+)
📍 Prince’s Island Park (698 Eau Claire Ave SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 28 – 30, 2026
💰 $50+
⏰ 5:30pm – 11pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Laugh your way through the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival as it returns to Calgary with headliners Matt Rife, Jeff Arcuri, and more.
Calgary ReggaeFest
📍 The Rise, St. Patrick’s Island, Calgary, AB
📆 August 28 & 29, 2026
💰 $45+
⏰ Fri: 4pm – 10pm / Sat: 2pm – 10pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
You’re invited to gather and groove with Calgary ReggaeFest! Join us for Calgary’s premier celebration of reggae music and Caribbean culture at our new home at The Rise on St. Patrick’s Island. More than a music festival, Calgary ReggaeFest is a pulsating rhythm of unity, culture and celebration.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers In Concert
📍 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (1415 14 avenue NW, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 28 & 29, 2026
💰 $86+
⏰ Fri: 7:30pm / Sat: 1pm & 7pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Join the FILMharmonique Orchestra and Choir for a thrilling journey back to Middle-earth and experience ACADEMY AWARD®-winning Composer Howard Shore’s epic score performed live to the motion picture in HD.
Y2K Trivia Showdown
📍 The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland (750 9 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 28, 2026
💰 $25/team
⏰ 6:30pm – 8pm
🔗 Learn more & register here: Click Here
Do you have mad trivia skillz? Do you think the late 90’s and 00’s are still fresh? Gather your peeps and roll up to Y2K Trivia Night at The Confluence this August! Here’s the deets: we’ll have topics on Y2K movies and music, iconic Y2K fashion statements and pop culture moments, and the most nostalgic 90’s and 00’s products.
Dress up in your best and most blinged out Y2K fits and come chillax with us at The Burnswest Theatre. Avoid getting pwned, and prove that you’re the trivia bomb dot com. It will totes be a sweet night!
Queen – It’s a Kinda Magic
📍 Grey Eagle Event Centre, 3775 Grey Eagle Drive, Calgary, AB)
📆 August 28, 2026
💰 $53+
⏰ 6:30pm
🔗 Get your tickets here: Click Here
Immerse yourself in the spectacle, grandeur and energy of the world’s greatest Rock band with Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic, celebrating the legacy of Queen and Freddie Mercury.
Hear Warren Vernon-Driscoll performing lead vocals, guitar and piano ALL LIVE ON STAGE and in Freddie’s original key, and with all the wit, charm and bravado of the legend himself.
That’s your week, Wanderers. Whether you’re laughing along at the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival, celebrating cultures from around the world at GlobalFest, browsing local artisan markets, or discovering exciting festivals, live entertainment, and community events, there are countless ways to make the most of your week in Calgary.
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Because we believe we are all made to wander, and Calgary keeps giving us reasons to. ✨
Shabina + Adi
