List of festivals in Calgary

Festivals of Calgary
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The following is an incomplete list of annual festivals and cultural events in Calgary, a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. This list includes festivals of diverse types, such as regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays. This list also includes festivals in the surrounding area.

Festivals by season

Summer

Whirling dervishes at Calgary Turkish Festival

Autumn

Winter

Spring

Carifest 2007 opening day parade

Most attended festivals

Calgary Stampede

Main article: Calgary Stampede
Rider at the Stampede Rodeo

The city is famous for the Calgary Stampede, a large agricultural fair and rodeo held every July. The Stampede officially bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth". It features an internationally recognized rodeo competition, a midway, stage shows, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon races, First Nations exhibitions, and pancake breakfasts around the city. It is among the largest and most well known festivals in Canada. The event has a 104 year history. In 2005, attendance at the 10-day rodeo and exhibition totalled 1,242,928, which set a new record. Attendance at the Stampede Parade (North America's second longest parade), which takes place downtown on opening day, is usually somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000. During Stampede Week, many of the city's residents dress in country attire, and many businesses decorate their stores and offices in western style.

Lilac Festival

The Lilac Festival is an annual street festival held in Calgary, Alberta. In 2005 it had an estimated 120,000 attendance.[35] The festival takes place along the 13 blocks of 4th Street (between 13th Avenue South and Elbow Drive) in the Beltline and Mission neighborhoods.[35]

Sun and Salsa Festival

The Sun and Salsa Festival is an annual festival put on in the Kensington Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) of Calgary.[36][37][38][39][40] Attendance of the festival has grown to around 100,000 in 2010.[41]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Fiestaval
  2. ↑ Calgary Turkish Festival
  3. ↑ Sun and Salsa Festival
  4. ↑ Inglewood Sunfest
  5. ↑ Morningside Music Bridge International Music Festival
  6. ↑
  7. ↑
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ www.calgarybluesfest.com
  10. ↑ Taste of Calgary
  11. ↑ Information on Marda Gras Street Festival
  12. ↑ Classical GuitarFestWest
  13. ↑ Calgary Fringe Festival
  14. ↑ "Bow River Flow".
  15. ↑ "Mountain View Festival".
  16. ↑ "Calgary Blues Festival". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  17. ↑ Haultain and First Street Festival
  18. ↑ FozzyFest (2011). "FozzyFest".
  19. ↑ Badlands Music Festival (2013). "Badlands Music Festival".
  20. ↑ Treemendus
  21. ↑ Picture this...film festival
  22. ↑ SUYS
  23. ↑ Gluten Free Expo
  24. ↑ "MTT Fest".
  25. ↑ "The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo".
  26. ↑ Calgary Maple Festival des Sucres
  27. ↑ Calgary International Children's Festival
  28. ↑ "Otafest - May".
  29. ↑ "Puppet Power - May".
  30. ↑ Commuter Challenge
  31. ↑ "Light and Motion - June 11th and 12th".
  32. ↑ "Sled Island Music Festival". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  33. ↑ "MEC Calgary Bikefest".
  34. ↑ "MEC Calgary Paddlefest".
  35. 1 2 "Lilac Festival". 4th Street BRZ. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  36. ↑ White, Tarina (2008-07-21). "Smokin' salsa social". Calgary Sun. Canoe Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  37. ↑ White, Tarina (2008-07-20). "Sun and Salsa suits Calgarians just fine". Calgary Sun. Canoe Inc. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  38. ↑ Sylvester, Krista (2008-07-21). "Sun and Salsa serves up spicy Sunday". Metro News (Calgary). Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  39. ↑ Dormer, Dave (2008-07-20). "Sun-sational salsa adds spice to city". Calgary Sun. Canoe Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  40. ↑ "Kensington Heats Up With Sun and Salsa". visitkensington.com/sunsalsa. Kensington BRZ. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  41. ↑ Dormer, Dave (2010-07-25). "Street fest hot, hot, hot". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
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