The Taste of the Festival Weekend is a movable feast of delectable events including contemporary dance, mountain film screenings, a photography field trip, late-night cabarets, and a Saturday night gala concert.

This summer, the annual Taste of the Festival BBQ takes place on the Music & Sound building patio, Friday night only, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Banff Mountain Film Festival Screening I
6:30 p.m. · Max Bell Auditorium
$6 · $5 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Conversation with Osvaldo Golijov
6:30 p.m. · Rolston Recital Hall
$6 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Lost Action
7:00 p.m. · Margaret Greenham Theatre
$15 · $12 · $8 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Osvaldo Golijov Concert
7:30 p.m. · Rolston Recital Hall
$15 · $12 · $8 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Banff Mountain Film Festival Screening II
8:30 p.m. · Max Bell Auditorium
$6 · $5 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Scorched Earth
9:30 p.m. · The Club
$12 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Tracklines Tour
10:00 - 12:00 Noon, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. · Walter Phillips Gallery
Free

Frobisher Behind the Scenes
12:00-1:00 p.m. · Telus Studio, JPL
Free

Imaginary Architectures Deluxe Workshop
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. · Glyde Hall
$5 · Ages 7 -12 years

Informal Architectures Exhibition Tour
1:00 p.m. · Walter Phillips Gallery
Free

Meta Incognita
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. · Eric Harvie Theatre East Lobby
Free
Meta Incognita (limits unknown) is a fibre arts exhibition inspired by the new opera Frobisher. The title, borrowed from the Elizabethan name for the lands where Martin Frobisher was to search for the Northwest Passage, describes the spirit of Articulation, a group of Canadian fibre artists, as it explores uncharted territory in the visual arts. Artists from the Articulation collective will be in attendance.

Open Dance Studios
2:00 p.m. · Lazslo Funtek 222
Free
An intimate and interactive look inside The Banff Centre’s famed Summer Dance Program, when the audience is invited into an afternoon rehearsal.

Highlights from Transmediale 2007
4:00 p.m. · Telus Studio, JPL
Free

Golijov Gala Concert
7:30 p.m. · Eric Harvie Theatre
$20 · $15 · $10 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Scorched Earth
9:30 p.m. · The Club
$12 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Tracklines Tour
10:00 - 12:00 Noon, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. · WPG
Free

Sunday Coffee Concert
11:30 a.m. · Rolston Recital Hall
$15 · $12 · $8 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Lost Action
2:00 p.m. · Margaret Greenham Theatre
$15 · $12 · $8 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Photography Field Trip
2:00 p.m. · Meet at Eric Harvie Theatre
$20

Sunday Coffee Concert
4:30 p.m. · Rolston Recital Hall
$15 · $12 · $8 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Scorched Earth
7:30 p.m. · The Club
$12 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Images: Composer Osvaldo Golijov; photo: John Sann. Lost Action performers Malcolm Low, Victor Quijada; photo: Chris Randle. Scorched Earth performer Onalea Gilbertson.