Banff Centre events

Seasonal Overview of Events at The Banff Centre

Banff Summer Arts Festival

Banff Summer Arts Festival

Annually May – August
Join us as we explore the height, breadth, and depth of impassioned creativity. Experience events of every sort, both intimate and spectacular — concerts, performances, art walks, exhibitions, film screenings, readings, and new media events.

Presenting

Presenting Series

Year-round performances
A stellar line-up of artists and performances from Canada and abroad are featured throughout the year. The Presenting Series offers a chance to see the new, the exciting, the familiar, the entertaining, the unusual, and the provocative.

Banff Mountain Festivals

Banff Mountain Festivals

An annual event featuring mountain stories, legends, and adventures: The Banff Mountain Festivals deliver those stories in ways that will amaze, inspire, and move you. The Banff Mountain Film Festival, presented by National Geographic and The North Face, offers big screen adventure that’s larger than life. The Banff Mountain Book Festival, presented by National Geographic, brings mountain stories alive.

Wordfest

WordFest

Annually in October
The Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival is Alberta’s hottest literary event and the third-largest festival of its kind in Canada.

Summer Concert Series

Music & Sound Concert Series

Fall Concert Season — October to December
Winter Concert Season — January to March
Each fall and winter, we present the talented international resident musicians of The Banff Centre’s Music & Sound program, along with a variety of visiting artists, in our weekly concerts. Contact the Box Office for information on the Concert Lover Card.

Banff International String Quartet Competition

Banff International String Quartet Competition

August 30 – September 5, 2010
Over one week, this renowned triennial event presents the worlds best young string quartets to play for a distinguished jury, for the public, and for each other in the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC), one of the world’s leading international music competitions.

Glyde Hall

Exhibitions

The Walter Phillips Gallery is home to thought-provoking contemporary art exhibits. Exhibitions curated by the Visual Arts Department can also be found in the west lobby of the Eric Harvie Theatre and in the Other Gallery in Glyde Hall.

Winners of the Banff Mountain Photography Competition are on display in the Sally Borden Building. Other Mountain Culture and the Environment exhibitions are also located in the Max Bell building.