Songs In The Saddle: A Stampede Songwriters Showcase w/ Elliot C Way & Carter Felker
2026-07-07 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | The GRAND, 608 1st St SW, Calgary, Ab, T2P 3B1
Get ready, Calgary! The North Country Collective is quickly becoming the heart of a growing grassroots community, championing songwriters who value honesty, authenticity, and the timeless traditions of country, folk, and Americana music.
This special event at the historic Grand Theatre brings together two of Western Canada’s finest songwriters for an evening that celebrates the craft of storytelling through song. Fans of artists like Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and John Prine will feel right at home as these songs and stories unfold on stage.
Vancouver’s Elliot C. Way is no stranger to Calgary or the Stampede, making annual trips through Alberta that have earned him a loyal and growing following. An outlaw country songwriter with a gritty, unmistakable voice, Elliott writes songs rooted in honesty, hard-won experience, and a deep respect for the traditions of the genre. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Waylon Jennings, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan, his live performances are shaped by years on the road and a commitment to songcraft above all else.
Joining him is Calgary’s own Carter Felker, one of the most respected voices in Alberta’s independent country scene. Widely recognized for his acclaimed songwriting and thoughtful records, Felker’s plain-spoken delivery, reedy tenor, and understated musicianship bring to life songs filled with humanity, heartache, humour, and hope. His ability to capture universal truths through everyday stories has made him a standout voice among a new generation of Canadian songwriters.
Both artists will be joined by some of the finest musicians in the country, including players who have shared stages and recording sessions with some of Canada’s most celebrated artists, including Alberta’s own Noeline Hofmann.
Expect an intimate evening of songs and stories—music that speaks to the soul, honours the traditions of classic country and Americana, and reminds us why great songwriting endures. Whether you’re drawn to the outlaw spirit of country music or the rich storytelling traditions of folk and Americana, this is a night designed for listeners who appreciate songs with something to say.
Join us for a memorable evening in one of Calgary’s most beautiful and historic venues The Grand Theatre.

Cowboys Music Festival
2026-07-08, 2026-07-09, 2026-07-10 | Cowboys Music Festival, 1220 9 Ave Sw, Calgary, T3C 0J2
Celebrating 30 YEARS OF CMF this July – Tickets & Suites On Sale Now! Canada’s most LEGENDARY 11-Day Music Festival… Cowboys Music Festival, is a world-famous event that hosts guests from around the world during the Calgary Stampede. Combining a diverse lineup of the world’s top artists with Cowboys iconic party status makes this the most legendary 11-day party in North America.
July 2

Tucker Wetmore
Avery Anna
Charles Wesley Godwin

July 3

Jason Aldean
Dustin Lynch

July 4

Sean Paul
Steve Aoki
Flo Rida

July 5

5 Seconds of Summer
Jason Derulo

July 6

Sam Barber
Dominic Fike

July 7

John Summit

July 8

John Summit

July 9

Macklemore
The Chainsmokers

July 10

Ella Langley
BigXthaPlug

July 11

Jon Pardi
Max McNown
RuPaul

July 12

YUNGBLUD

Badlands Music Festival
2026-07-08, 2026-07-09, 2026-07-10 | Badlands Tent, 725 9 Ave Sw, Calgary, T2P 1L7
Located in the heart of Calgary, Badlands Music Festival offers a unique experience beneath the vast Alberta sky. Nestled amidst the stunning natural beauty of the Canadian Rockies, and the vibrancy of downtown Calgary, the festival grounds provide a breathtaking backdrop for your dance floor.

Badlands Music Festival 2026 Lineup

July 2

Mau P
Notion
Layla Benitez
TSHA

July 3

Disco Lines
Walker & Royce
Linska

July 4

GRiZ
UNiiQU3
Nia Archives
Marlon Hoffstadt

July 5

Dom Dolla

July 6

Knock2
MPH
MCR-T

July 7

ALLEYCVT
Levity
YDG

July 8

Le Youth
Kasablanca
Above & Beyond

July 9

SLANDER
Crankdat

July 10

LSR/CITY

July 11

Loud Luxury
SIDEPIECE
HAYLA
me n ü
Kelland

July 12

Chris Lake
Channel Tres

National Saloon
2026-07-08, 2026-07-09, 2026-07-10 | National Saloon, 330 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, T2R 0C5
Located behind National 10th in the heart of Calgary’s Beltline is the newest tent experience. Live music, great food and the good times you know and love from National. Your one-stop-shop this summer for all your partying needs.
Lineup:
July 2

WaylonWyatt

July 3

ColeBradley

July 4

LØLØ

DiscoRanch

July 5

BigWreck

July 6

YungGravy

July 7

ChadBrownlee

July 9

Steven Page

July 10

Grandson

July 11

Disco Ranch

The Wildhorse Saloon
2026-07-08, 2026-07-09, 2026-07-10 | Wildhorse Saloon, 500 6 Ave Sw, Calgary, T2P 1S9
The Wildhorse Saloon is your destination for the greatest Stampede Party in Calgary. Located in the heart of downtown, we’ve got daily concerts, western barbecue, Double Zero pizza, a non-stop dance floor, our own outdoor midway, and 20+ bars serving drinks that will knock your boots off!
Lineup:
July 2

DownWith Webster

July 5

HotelMira
ModestMouse

July 6

MatthewGood And His Band

July 7

EvanHoner

July 8

HankAzaria and The EZ Street Band: A Springsteen Celebration

 July 9

TheDead South

 July 10

MattMays

July 11

TheRural Alberta Advantage

Calgary Stampede
2026-07-08, 2026-07-09 | Calgary Stampede, 1410 Olympic Way Se, Calgary, T2G 2W1
Experience The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth at the Calgary Stampede, returning July 3–12, 2026!
This iconic 10-day festival transforms the city into a vibrant celebration of Western heritage, blending world-class rodeo action, live music, thrilling chuckwagon races, midway rides and rich cultural experiences. From the daily rodeo featuring top international competitors to the high-energy Evening Show and Grandstand performances, every moment delivers unforgettable excitement.
Visitors can also explore live entertainment across multiple stages, indulge in unique festival food, enjoy family-friendly attractions, and take part in time-honoured traditions like the Stampede Parade and community pancake breakfasts. Welcoming more than a million guests each year, the Calgary Stampede offers an unbeatable mix of sport, culture and community spirit in the heart of summer.

Current // Process + Place
2026-07-08, 2026-07-09 | The New Gallery, 208 Centre St S, Calgary, T2G 2B6
Current is a new series of public art activations presented by The New Gallery (TNG), transforming the Bow River pathway into a flowing corridor of creativity. Connecting Calgary’s cultural landmarks and natural landscapes, these activations merge art, nature, and community through installation, performance, and interactive projects. It invites audiences to experience the city through the rhythm of the river and the energy of downtown life.

Presented by The New Gallery and supported by RISEUp Calgary, Current runs through July 6 – 30th, 2026.
Current brings together the works and creative processes of Calgary artists through installation, performance and socially engaged practice. At times ecological, social and deeply rooted in process, Current invites artists to slow down and work directly within the liminal space of the river’s edge, the histories it holds, its riparian habitat, transition to the urban environment, and the material relations both carried and deposited.

Artist participation is site-specific, and interventions are simultaneously temporary, time-based and socially engaged. Current merges an outdoor exhibition program with musical and movement-based performance, installation, sound, participatory workshops and facilitated interdisciplinary tours.

Fluor Rope Square
2026-07-08 08:30 - 13:00, 2026-07-09 08:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Stephen Avenue Walk, 340 8 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, T2P 1C1
Start Your Stampede with Flour Rope Square! YAHOO!

At Fluor Rope Square, every day starts with our famous bacon pancakes served hot off a chuckwagon!
We also have Stampede-style entertainment, and fun events for the whole family (and for everyone!).
Highlights include the daily First Nations Parade, square dancing, musical acts, and the Old Time Rigs ride.

You can find Fluor Rope Square and the friendly volunteers of the Calgary Stampede Downtown Attractions Committee (DTA) on Stephen Avenue, between the blocks of 2nd Street SW and 1st Street SE.

Fluor Rope Square operates on:
– Saturday July 4th and Saturday July 11th, from 8:30 am – 12 pm
– Monday, July 6th through Friday, July 10th 2025, from 8:30 am – 1 pm

Please note: Fluor Rope Square does not operate on Sunday July 5th.

CHUCKWAGON BREAKFASTS
Daily 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Get your flapjacks and bacon hot off the griddles from the back of the authentic GMC Rangeland Derby Chuckwagons and Fluor Smokies at Fluor Rope Square. Fluor Rope Square serves up our famous bacon pancakes daily. The Chuckwagons are located throughout Fluor Rope Square, all along Stephen Avenue Mall.

ENTERTAINMENT & ACTIVITIES
Entertainment starts at 8:30 a.m. daily
Fluor Rope Square presents marching bands, dancers, singers, fiddlers, clowns, face painting, friendly mascots, and this year we have added something new: a country themed photobooth! Don’t miss our daily High Noon Hootenanny, featuring country music artists. Featured entertainment & activities over the week include:
– Everyday: High Steppin Daddy
– Saturday the 4th: Free Ice Cream courtesy of our friends Bonjour Québec
– Monday: Cole Malone
– Tuesday: Charley Tate
– Wednesday: Trevor Panczak
– Thursday: Maureen Murphy
– Friday: Craig Silver
– Saturday the 11th: Double Suede

Join us down at Fluor Rope Square! You could be invited to compete in the Lammle’s World Championship Hat Stomping Contest, the Fluor Great Western Flapjack Flip, or be sworn in as a honourary Calgarian.

OLD TIME RIGS
Tour downtown Calgary in a horse-drawn old-time rig.
DTA volunteers will be randomly giving out these free tickets to people at Fluor Rope Square this year. Ticket holders are then escorted from Fluor Rope Square at 9:30 a.m. to the departure point on 9th Avenue and 1st Street SW (EnCana Place across from the Palliser Hotel). The tour leaves at 10 a.m. and takes approximately one hour.
Note: this activity is not suitable for those with mobility restrictions.

FIRST NATIONS PARADE
Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. daily (weather permitting)
Members of the five tribes of Treaty 7, dressed in traditional regalia, proudly share their heritage and culture through dance, music, and commentaries in a Parade through Flour Rope Square. Come join them in the Friendship Dance.

SQUARE DANCING
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. daily
Kick up your heels and join our square dancers on Stephen Avenue between 1st Street SW and Centre Street. Experience isn’t necessary! With the help of our Fluor Square Dancers, anyone can learn to dance.

G'ddy Up!
2026-07-08 10:30 - 17:00, 2026-07-09 10:30 - 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Newzones Gallery Of Contemporary Art, 730 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, T2R 0E4
Newzones is pleased to present G’ddy Up!, our annual summer group exhibition celebrating Calgary’s western spirit through a contemporary artistic lens.
Presented in conjunction with the Calgary Stampede, G’ddy Up! brings together works by Kevin Sonmor, Dianne Bos, Evelyne Brader-Frank, Casey McGlynn, and other gallery artists whose work reflects the landscapes, traditions, and visual culture that have shaped the West. Through painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, the exhibition explores how artists continue to reinterpret western subjects and imagery in fresh and unexpected ways.
At once playful, reflective, and distinctly contemporary, G’ddy Up! offers a fresh perspective on the imagery and traditions that continue to define Stampede season and life in the modern West.

The Decibelles
2026-07-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, 604 1st St Se, Calgary, T2G 4W4
The Decibelles, a treble vocal quartet, are looking forward to sharing an eclectic mix of pop/jazz covers ranging from the Beatles to Manhattan Transfer and Miley Cyrus to Citizen Queen. They will touch on a variety of topics, including food, female empowerment, and, of course, love.
The Decibelles (previously known as Here Comes Treble) is a quartet of friends who share a passion for vocal music. Throughout the years, they have sung in different groups and performed on many stages. They have explored different musical genres (from classical to modern jazz) and love challenging and unique song arrangements. They come together to share with you their love of music and present songs from different eras, with a special touch.

Stampede Pre-Game at Hotel Arts
2026-07-08 12:00 - 16:00, 2026-07-09 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Hotel Arts, 119 12 Ave Sw, Calgary, T2R 0G8
Your Stampede Pre-Game Starts Here
From July 7 to 9, we’re transforming the Hotel Arts parking lot into a Stampede Pre-Game complete with a daily DJ Set with SLOFISH, cold drinks, and all your favourite midway-inspired bites.
Whether you’re meeting up with friends before heading through the gates or looking for a place to kick off the afternoon, we’ve got everything you need to get into the Stampede spirit.
On the Menu

Beer and Highballs for $8
Wine for $10
Southern BBQ Beef on a Bun
Loaded Tater Tots
Deep-Fried Pickle Spears
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Empanadas

Plus

Live DJ set from SLØFISH
Complimentary entry

Event Details:

July 7 & 9
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Hotel Arts Parking Lot
Round up your crew, grab a drink, and make the Pre-Game your first Stampede stop.

Drag Bingo & Banter
2026-07-08 18:30 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Burn Block Social Club, 1217b 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Ab, T2G 0S9
Drag Bingo with Divina Diefor & special interview guests. Wing specials, great local beer, & fab drag!

Drag Bingo & Banter is a monthly drag bingo event hosted by Divina Diefor at Burn Block Social Club! 2 fierce & frantic bingo rounds with multiple games & chances to win crazy prizes. Divina is joined by a rotating cast of local drag performers that she will grill guerilla interview style for the audience’s laughter!

Every 2nd month is a fundraiser bingo for the charities of The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Chinook Arch (ISCCA). Come have fun & raise money for queer charities in Calgary and all of Southern Alberta!

Burn Block Social Club is Inglewood’s finest microbrewery & arcade! Come for great beers & wing specials.

$10 Admission gets you 2 bingo cards, $5 per extra bingo card! Get multiple per round to increase your chances of winning and bragging rights! Doors 6PM, Bingo starts at 7 PM.

Country Girls Make Do!
2026-07-08 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Denver) | Gulbar, 636 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, 636 10 Ave Sw, Calgary, Ab T2r, t2r
“Country Girls Make Do” is a stand-up comedy show that will deliver the laughs women need!
Sarah Stupar hosts this Ladies’ Night Stampede Spectacle featuring some of Alberta’s most hilarious women.
Line up coming soon
This show is open to men and women, but no hurt feelings will be tolerated boys, so don’t cry if you get roasted!

CIP Stampede 2026
2026-07-09 16:00 - 22:00 UTC | CIP World HQ and Saloon, 940a 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, Alberta, T2R 0E7
Welcome to the Clown Show. Come on down and celebrate Stampede the CIP way!
You and a guest are invited to the Annual CIP Customer Appreciation Stampede Party at the CIP Saloon.
Come and enjoy an evening of dinner, drinks, dancing to live music and Stampede fun with the CIP Team.
Taxi Vouchers to get you home safe will be provided.
Food will be served from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tickets are required at the door, so make sure you RSVP and print your tickets. Each guest must be individually registered.

SURGE 2 STAMPEDE | Calgary Surge vs. Vancouver Bandits
2026-07-09 18:30 - 23:59 (America/Denver) | Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary
THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE SUMMER. ON THE BIGGEST WEEK IN CALGARY.
We know what happened last summer, and so do they.July 9th. Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary Surge vs Vancouver Bandits.

[SERIES] Somatic Sessions at Yoga Passage
2026-07-09 19:30 - 23:59 (America/Denver) | Yoga Passage, 524 11 Ave Sw, Calgary, T2R 0C8
Join Lindsay for a 5-week somatic immersion blending nervous system literacy, somatic movement, breathwork, inquiry and embodied practices designed to deepen awareness, release stored tension and build emotional resilience.
Each week explores how your body communicates through sensation, movement, and pattern. You’ll learn to track your nervous system states, respond to activation with practical regulation tools, and build a balanced baseline for daily life.
Bring clothes to move in, a water bottle, journal, and pen. Workbook also provided.
Week 1 – Safety In Presence: Nervous System Literacy & The Felt Sense
Week 2 – Your Window Of Tolerance: The Cycle Of Stress & The FFFF Responses
Week 3 – Inner Parts Work: Awareness Of The Shadow & Inner Child
Week 4 – The Body As A Healer: Fascia, Flow & Vagal Resilience
Week 5 – SOMAMVMNT: Integration, Expression & Embodied Empowerment
Facilitator: Lindsay Hainstock
When: Thursdays July 2 – July 30, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Investment: $133 for 5 weeks

BLOSSM: Alberta Funk Debut
2026-07-09 21:00 - 23:59 (America/Denver) | Velvet Room YYC, 628 8 Ave Sw B, Calgary, T2P 1G4
BLOSSM is coming to Calgary on July 9.https://www.thestraightedgegroup.com/https://www.instagram.com/straightedgegrouphttps://www.instagram.com/blossmwithme/https://www.facebook.com/blossmwithme
Catch BLOSSM live at Velvet Room for a night of funky bass, summer energy, and feel-good dancefloor vibes.
� Velvet Room 628 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB � July 9th � Tickets available on Showpass Early Bird $20 / GA $25 / Door $30 Local support TBA.
