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Mother’s Day special concert
2026-05-09 17:30 - 21:30 (America/Denver) | La Bodeguita Stereo, 6439 2 St SE, Calgary, T2H 1J5
Celebrate Mother’s Day in style with an
unforgettable live performance by multi-Juno award-winning Oscar Lopez! Join us
for an in-person event filled with great vibes, good music, and plenty of fun.
It’s the perfect way to treat mom and make some amazing memories. Don’t miss
out on this special day at La Bodeguita Stereo!

Candlelight: Hip-Hop on Strings
2026-05-09 18:30 - 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | The GRAND, 608 1 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 1M6
*Candlelight* concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Calgary. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Hip-Hop on Strings at The GRAND under the gentle glow of candlelight.

New West Society presents Better Together
2026-05-09 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Denver) | Jack Singer Concert Hall, 205 8 Ave SE, Calgary
New West Society presents Better Together — an inspiring evening of music that celebrates the people who make life meaningful and remind us that we truly belong. Join us for a joyful musical journey where powerful choral and orchestral performances come together to create a warm, welcoming atmosphere that feels like home. Audiences of all ages will delight in music made famous by Sister Sledge, Toto, Stevie Wonder, and Phillip Phillips, alongside favourites from Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof and Rent, and powerful movie moments from The Greatest Showman, including the unforgettable anthem From Now On.

The Accused AD w/ Powerload, Sick Ritual, Disaster Relief
2026-05-09 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | Dickens, Lower 1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Ab, T2P 2Y6
Crossover thrash punks, THE ACCUSED AD, will be bringing their splatter classics to Calgary for the first time in decades this spring!

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
2026-05-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-06-21 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, 850 4 Street Southeast, Calgary, T2G 1R1
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Calgary. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Hans Zimmer at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, under the gentle glow of candlelight.

Tentative Program
– Time – Inception
– This Land – The Lion King
– Zooster’s Breakout – Madagascar
– Supermarine – Dunkirk
– Honor – The Pacific
– A Dark Knight – The Dark Knight
– Wonder Woman Suite
– Gladiator Suite
– Cornfield Chase – Interstellar
– Dune Suite
– Discombobulate
– Sherlock Holmes
– Pirates of the Caribbean Suite

Performers
– String Quartet:
– 2 violins
– 1 viola
– 1 cello

Candlelight: Tribute to Queen
2026-05-16 20:30 - 21:30, 2026-07-18 20:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, 850 4 Street Southeast, Calgary, T2G 1R1
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Calgary. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Queen at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, under the gentle glow of candlelight.

Tentative Program
– I Want to Break Free
– We Will Rock You
– Somebody to Love
– Radio Ga Ga
– Don’t Stop Me Now
– Killer Queen
– Crazy Little Thing Called Love
– Who Wants to Live Forever
– Bohemian Rhapsody
– Love of My Life
– We Are the Champions
– Another One Bites the Dust

Performers
– String Quartet:
– 2 violins
– 1 viola
– 1 cello

Stage It Festival
2026-05-21 18:00 - 23:59, 2026-05-22 18:00 - 23:59, 2026-05-23 18:00 - 23:59, 2026-05-24 14:00 - 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Motel Theatre & Centre Court, Werklund Centre, 2nd floor, 225 8th Avenue South East, Calgary, Alberta
Celebrate the bold voices of tomorrow at our four-day 2026 Stage It Festival, featuring dynamic new work from Calgary’s emerging Creator-Producers Kaya Coleman, Kamika Bianca Guerra-Walker, Natalia Cortes and Evelina Groll.

This vibrant spring festival includes a slate of exciting performances—music, drag, improv, and stand-up—plus an exclusive of Hunt/Peck experience, created by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, directed by Clare Preuss and featuring Denise Clarke, Jared Tobias Herring, Linnea Swan and Omatta Udalor.

Arkells
2026-05-21 19:00 - 23:45 (America/Edmonton) | The Palace Theatre, 219 8th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 1B7
Arkells brings the Between Us City Takeover to The Palace on Thursday, May 21st!

Date: Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Doors: 7:00 PM
18+ only with a valid government-issued ID

Mahler’s First Symphony
2026-05-22 19:30 - 2026-05-23 23:59, 2026-05-23 19:30 - 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Jack Singer Concert Hall, 225 8 Ave SE, Calgary, T2G 0K9
Discover Mahler’s mighty First Symphony as the Calgary Phil perform this orchestral epic that takes you from the joys of springtime — through rustic dances to an ironic funeral march — and culminates in victory over worldly despair.

Candlelight: Tribute to ABBA
2026-05-24 20:30 - 21:30, 2026-06-21 20:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, 850 4 Street Southeast, Calgary, T2G 1R1
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Calgary. Discover the music of ABBA at Studio Bell under the gentle glow of candlelight. (May 24, June 21, July 26)

Broadway Hits: Hamilton, Rent + More!
2026-05-29 19:30 - 23:59, 2026-05-30 19:30 - 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Jack Singer Concert Hall, 225 8 Ave SE, Calgary, T2G 0K9
Grab your seats for this Broadway extravaganza as your Calgary Phil brings the splendour of The Great White Way to Jack Singer Concert Hall! Juliane Gallant and three marvellous vocal stars team up with the Orchestra to perform memorable tunes from modern musicals including Hamilton and Rent, plus the great Stephen Sondheim’s songs from Sweeney Todd and Company.

Hans Graf Returns: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2026-06-05 19:30 - 23:59, 2026-06-06 19:30 - 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Jack Singer Concert Hall, 225 8 Ave SE, Calgary, T2G 0K9
Step into a magical world of woodland fairies and the lovers who encounter them as the Orchestra and Music Director Laureate Hans Graf perform Mendelssohn’s iconic score for Shakespeare’s beloved A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including one of the most popular and recognizable pieces of music ever written, the Wedding March. Rising star pianist Sophia Liu also joins the Orchestra for Chopin’s beautiful Second Piano Concerto.

Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Pre-concert chat, 6:35 PM

Sled Island Music & Arts Festival
2026-06-17, 2026-06-18, 2026-06-19, 2026-06-20, 2026-06-21 | Various Venues, Calgary, Alberta
The first wave of Sled Island 2026 artists is here!

Joining Sled Island’s previously announced guest curator, clipping., is English chamber folk ensemble Black Country, New Road, revered Canadian pop project HOMESHAKE, LA synth punks Sextile, fuzzy indie rock outfit feeble little horse, outlandish egg punk group Snõõper, lo-fi post-punk duo Sweeping Promises, NYC-based ambient pioneer Laraaji, and genre-bending dream pop artist Salami Rose Joe Louis (signed to Flying Lotus’ record label, Brainfeeder).

Sled Island presents: Suffering Hour + guests
2026-06-17 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | BLOX Arts Centre, 834 11 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1
Suffering Hour
Pitch-black metal trio Suffering Hour plumb the depths of depravity for an avant-garde take on extreme music. Their sound features goth intonations, primal howls, and even touches of thrash metal on their latest EP, Impending Rebirth. With thunderous riffs born in the pits of hell, Suffering Hour is one of the heaviest shows at Sled Island this year.

Sled Island presents: Backxwash + guests
2026-06-18 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Edmonton) | Commonwealth Bar and Stage, 731 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1
Backxwash, influenced by traditional Zambian music, industrial metal and experimental hip-hop, Ashanti Mutinta has carved out a noisy place in Canada’s rising rap scene. After a prior win in 2020, her most recent album, Only Dust Remains, was also considered for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize. Uncompromising, unpredictable, and deeply political, Backxwash is all this, and so much more

Sled Island presents: Granpa (Lucas Abela) + guests
2026-06-18 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | BLOX Arts Centre, 834 11 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1
Granpa (Lucas Abela)
Harsh noise meets bloodcraft when Granpa (Lucas Abela) hits the stage. His free jazz-inspired sounds — achieved by blowing on amplified shards of glass with his mouth (and sometimes bloodying himself in the process) — have toured the world since the ‘90s and were featured on Death Grips’ 2018 album ​​Year of the Snitch. This one-of-a-kind show will be an out-of-body audio experience for the ages.

Sled Island Presents: Salami Rose Joe Louis
2026-06-20 21:30 - 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Dickens, Lower 1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Ab, T2P 2Y6
Described by Pitchfork as “Captain Beefheart for synth heads who grew up watching Adult Swim,” Salami Rose Joe Louis (AKA Lindsay Olsen) harnesses electronic tinkerings and glitch-y hooks to explore cosmic tinged storytelling in her lyricism. A signee to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, she recently dropped a recording of a rehearsal entitled Inside, with trio, at pattys, which should prepare you nicely for her mind-bendingly catchy live show.
