Ultimate Calgary Weekly Events You’ll Love
Hey Wanderers!
From celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends to diving into the world of imagination at the Imaginairium Festival, there are plenty of exciting ways to get out and enjoy Calgary this week. Catch a must-see musical, discover live performances, check out seasonal events, and more. There’s something for everyone to add to their calendar!
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, October 12 through Friday, October 16. Whether you’re getting your scare on at ScreamFest, checking out the Calgary Tattoo Arts Festival, taking in a powerful performance of Calgary Opera’s Tosca, or exploring the city’s many other fall events and activities, 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, October 12 2026
Halloweekends
📍 Calaway Park (245033 Range Road 33, Calgary,, AB)
📆 October 12, 2026
💰 $56
⏰ 11am – 5pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Join the Boo Crew at Calaway Park this Fall! Stroll through Hallotown… if you dare! Is it scary? No, it’s friendly! Dress up as your favourite family friendly character and enjoy a day of Fall fun! It’s a spooktacular good time for the whole family!
Calgary Hitmen vs. Victoria Royals
📍 Scotiabank Saddledome (555 Saddledome Rise Southeast, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 12, 2026
💰 $34+
⏰ 1pm
🔗 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!
Calgary’s Thanksgiving Monday Walk & Dance Party
📍 Eau Claire Plaza (101 Barclay Parade SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 12, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ 9:30am – 12:30pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
The morning kicks off with a 5 km friendly walk along the city’s scenic downtown pathways—welcoming walkers of all ages and abilities. When the walk wraps up back at Eau Claire Plaza, the celebration turns up a notch with thePOWER hour, our outdoor dance party featuring a live DJ. The plaza will come alive with music, movement, and energy, plus our amazing collaborators offering free treats, samples, and goodies to keep the vibe high.
Roller Palace Thanksgiving Skate
📍 Roller Palace (42 Highfield 1010 42nd Ave SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 12, 2026
💰 $19
⏰ 12pm – 5pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Roller Palace is a terrific place to go roller skating. You can rent skates or bring your own and enjoy an active skating session at their wonderful facility. Grab your wheels and get ready for upbeat, energetic fun!
Olympic Toonie Skate
📍 University of Calgary (288 Collegiate Boulevard NW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 12, 2026
💰 $2
⏰ 6pm – 8pm
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
On select Monday nights, head to the Oval for the Monday Nights Toonie Skates from 6 – 8 PM. On these special evenings, you skate for just $2. Be sure to check the schedule, as Toonie Skates don’t run every Monday night.
YYC Pizza Fest
📍 Various restaurants, Calgary, AB
📆 October 02 – 18, 2026
💰 Prices vary
⏰ Times vary
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
YYC Pizza Week is now Pizza Fest, with charity, community and pizza crusts in mind. Each year, local participating restaurants craft an exclusive pizza in a competition to be lauded as Calgary’s best pizza. From each purchase, a slice of the proceeds goes to Calgary Meals on Wheels, directly supporting the nutritional needs of vulnerable Calgarians.
Fall Ghost Tours
📍 Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 01 – 15, 2026
💰 $25+
⏰ 7pm – 9:30pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Step into the shadows and explore the eerie side of history with Heritage Park’s spine-chilling Calgary Ghost Tours. As night falls, the Park’s historic streets come alive with tales of haunted buildings, mysterious apparitions and unexplained phenomena. Guided by our knowledgeable storytellers, you’ll uncover the darker side of the past and hear true stories that have been passed down through generations of Park goers.
Pasta La Feasta
📍 Various restaurants, Calgary, AB
📆 October 01 – 31, 2026
💰 Prices vary
⏰ Times vary
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
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
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
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
🔗 Learn more & reserve your spot here: Click Here
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!
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Imaginairium Festival
📍 Various Venues, Calgary
📆 October 13 – 18, 2026
💰 Prive varies
⏰ Times vary by date
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
This fall, Wordfest is where your imagination goes to get real. We’re thrilled to present 41 shows featuring the 60 authors appearing at our 31st annual festival: Superstars who personify the dazzling range of Canadian and international storytelling. They are the very best humans, which makes the opportunity for you to connect with each of them in person even more magical.
Check out the authors appearing at the 2026 Imaginairium: Superstars who personify the dazzling range of Canadian and international storytelling! And they are all the very best humans, which makes the opportunity for you to connect with each of them this fall even more magical.
Evil Dead The Musical
📍 Martha Cohen Theatre (215 8th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 13 – November 14, 2026
💰 $30+
⏰ Times vary by date
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
A wildly entertaining Canadian adaptation of the cult-classic horror comedy, Evil Dead The Musical explodes onto the Martha Cohen Theatre stage this Halloween season. Blood, jokes, cheesy effects, and unforgettable musical numbers, Evil Dead The Musical is pure comedy from start to finish, and unlike any other live show out there. Expect outrageous laughs, over-the-top gore, and a thrilling theatrical experience.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
UB40 – The Unstoppable Tour 2026
📍 Grey Eagle Event Centre (3775 Grey Eagle Drive, Tsuut’ina, AB)
📆 October 14, 2026
💰 $84+
⏰ 7pm
🔗 Get your tickets here: Click Here
Get ready to sing along to reggae-pop favourites as UB40 brings their Unstoppable Tour 2026 to Calgary! Grab your crew and get ready for a night of feel-good grooves, iconic hits, and unforgettable live music.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Pumpkins After Dark
📍 WinSport Canada (Canada Olympic Road Southwest, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 15 – 31, 2026 (Thursdays – Sundays)
💰 $17+
⏰ 6:30pm – 11pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
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!
YMCA Arts: One Man Avengers
📍 Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton (4995 Market Street SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 15 & 16, 2026
💰 $20+
⏰ 7pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
One Man Avengers is a fast-paced solo performance by Charles Ross that hilariously recreates the Marvel Cinematic Universe using only his voice, body and imagination. Perfect for die-hard fans, casual viewers, and anyone who’s ever argued about timelines, power levels, or which Avenger would actually win in a fight.
Friday, October 16, 2026
Calgary Tattoo Arts Festival
📍 BMO Centre (1912 Flores LaDue Parade SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 16 – 18, 2026
💰 $32+
⏰ Fri: 4pm – midnight / Sat: 12pm – midnight / Sun: 12pm – 6pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
More than 650 tattoo artists from Canada and around the world come together for live tattooing, artist seminars, contests, and a stage show.
Cobb’s Adventure Park: Field of Screams
📍 Cobb’s Adventure Park (1500 84th Street NE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 16 & 17, 2026
💰 $19+
⏰ 6pm – 10pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
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.
Calgary Hitmen vs. Lethbridge Hurricanes
📍 Scotiabank Saddledome (555 Saddledome Rise Southeast, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 16, 2026
💰 $34+
⏰ 7pm
🔗 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!
ScreamFest
📍 GMC Stadium (2200 Stampede Trl SE, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 16 & 17, 2026
💰 $35+
⏰ 7pm – midnight
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Get ready to scream at ScreamFest, Calgary’s largest Halloween event, with a terrifying haunted house, thrilling rides, carnival games and more.
Train of Terror (18+)
📍 Aspen Crossing (203079 Range Road 251 Mossleigh, AB)
📆 October 16 & 17, 2026
💰 $110+
⏰ 6:30pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
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!
CALGARY OPERA’S TOSCA
📍 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (1415 14 Ave NW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 16, 18 & 24, 2026
💰 $50+
⏰ Times vary
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
How far would you go to save the person you love? Tosca answers with ravishingly beautiful music and devastating choices.
Sung in Italian with projected English translations. Featuring the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Calgary Opera Chorus, and Cantaré Children’s Choir.
Ghost Teas
📍 Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. S.W., Calgary, AB)
📆 October 16 – 18, 2026
💰 $34+
⏰ Tours starting from 12:15 – 2:30pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
Gather your friends and family for a spine-chilling twist on Heritage Park’s Famous 5 Afternoon Teas! Start with a 60-minute, family-friendly ghost tour through the Park’s haunted sites, where you’ll uncover eerie tales of ghostly sightings and mysterious happenings. Afterward, indulge in a spooktacular tea service featuring treats like Petit Frightful Finger Sandwiches, Mummy Wrapped French Pastries, and more—it’s a deliciously haunting experience!
Freshtival
📍 Globe Cinema (617 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB)
📆 October 16 & 17, 2026
💰 FREE
⏰ Times vary
🔗 Learn more here: Click Here
Showing films from industry giants, Matchstick Productions and Teton Gravity Research and others, Freshtival, the world’s longest running ski film festival, has every ski movie you want to see.
Calgary Farmyard Harvest Lights
📍 Calgary Farmyard (284022 Township Road 224, Rockyview, AB)
📆 October 16 & 17, 2026
💰 $26+
⏰ 5pm – 9:30pm
🔗 Learn more & get your tickets here: Click Here
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.
That’s your week, Wanderers. From celebrating Thanksgiving with loved ones and getting into the Halloween spirit to discovering exciting events, enjoying live entertainment, and finding plenty of seasonal fun around the city, there are so many ways to get out, make memories, and enjoy everything Calgary has to offer.
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Because we believe we are all made to wander, and Calgary keeps giving us reasons to. ✨
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