Banff Summer Arts Festival
June 21 – August 25, 2012
The sky is blue and the mountains are in front of you when the Banff Summer Arts Festival kicks off with Performance in the Park featuring the Sam Roberts Band on Saturday, June 23.
The Banff Centre’s beautiful new Shaw Amphitheatre is featured this summer with perennial Canadian favourites Blue Rodeo, blues force of nature Matt Andersen, South African legend Johnny Clegg, and famed folksinger Emmylou Harris — all on sale now.
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Featured Events
What's On
Friday, June 22
Saturday, June 23
- Ajax & Little Iliad 4:00 pm
- Performance in the Park
Sam Roberts Band 4:00 pm - Ajax & Little Iliad 9:00 pm
Sunday, June 24
Tuesday, June 26
Saturday, June 30
Wednesday, July 4
Thursday, July 5
Friday, July 6
Saturday, July 7
- This is War
by Hannah Moscovitch 4:00 pm - Music for a Summer Evening 7:30 pm
- King Lear
Contemporary Legend
Theater from Taiwan 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 8
Tuesday, July 10
Thursday, July 12
- Mark Leckey Artist’s Talk 4:00 pm
- Music for a Summer Evening 7:30 pm
- Diverse as this Land featuring Pacific Curls and Wayne Lavallée 7:30 pm
Friday, July 13
- Diverse as this Land featuring Pacific Curls and Wayne Lavallée 7:30 pm
- Music for a Summer Evening 7:30 pm
- BigBoxNaturalAction
Mark Leckey Performance 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 14
Wednesday, July 18
Thursday, July 19
Friday, July 20
Saturday, July 21
Sunday, July 22
Thursday, July 26
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The Banff Centre is grateful to the Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta and to the many corporations, foundations, and individuals who generously support our programs and participants. Because of this support, The Banff Centre is able to showcase many of its programs and participants during the Banff Summer Arts Festival.
The Banff Centre’s supporters are recognized on the annual donor wall in the Eric Harvie Theatre and in an annual published list of supporters. Named funds that were created in order to provide support for faculty, master artists, fellowships, and scholarships are, as applicable to the summer programs, listed in the Festival house programs.
The Banff Centre is supported by:
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Walter Phillips Gallery
Featured Video
Vijay Iyer Trio . Galang (trio riot version) .
Pricing Legend
BIG THANKS To our supporters of the Banff Summer Arts Festival and The Banff Centre
Corporate Program Supporters:
The Jazz program is generously supported by TD Bank Group through the TD Fellowships and Scholarships in Jazz.
The Jazz program is generously supported by Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
Festival Partners:
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