Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

October 30 - November 7, 2021

Learn More
Banff International String Quartet Competition

August 29 – September 4, 2022

For over 30 years, Banff International String Quartet Competition has celebrated the art of chamber music while providing career support for emerging string quartets. 

Learn More
Midsummer LIVE! Silent Auction

Online silent auction online bidding until 11:00 p.m. MDT on Saturday, October 23, 2021.

Learn More
Online and In-Person Programs

Fall programs are open for application

Apply Today

2021 Fall / Winter Events 

Film Screenings, Concerts, Talks, Gallery Tours, and more!

Learn More
Campus Update

Moving through this period together

Learn More
Support Banff Centre

Giving now is more meaningful than ever.

Support Our Work

Programs

Head shots of faculty
Residency
January 17 - January 30, 2022

Winter Writers Retreat 2022

The Winter Writers Retreat is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice.

Application deadline: Oct 27, 2021
View Program
Vanessa Goodman during Performing Arts Creation Residency, 2019. Photo by Jessica Wittman.
Residency
March 07 - March 26, 2022

Performing Arts Creation Lab - Spring 2022

Creation Lab residencies are designed for performing artists and companies worldwide to develop their new work in one or more Banff Centre studio spaces.

Application deadline: Nov 24, 2021
View Program
Photos of program faculty Anar Ali and Susan Holbrook
Residency
March 07 - March 19, 2022

Spring Writers Retreat 2022

The Spring Writers Retreat is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice.

Application deadline: Dec 08, 2021
View Program
View All Programs
Banff Centre is hiring.
Apply Today

Events

Encore: Classics I, from the film The Last Honey Hunter

Encore: Classic Films I

An on-demand online program filled with much-loved films including audience and staff favourites from the past decade. Begins August 5! 

View Event
Kite, Listener, 2018, video still, L-sys visualization. Collection of the artist.

Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts

September 10 - December 5, 2021 | 'Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts' features newly commissioned scores, performances, videos, sculptures and sound by Indigenous and other artists who...

Midsummer LIVE! Silent Auction

The 2021 Midsummer LIVE! online silent auction offers an exceptional selection of travel and adventure opportunities, behind-the-scenes experiences, unique lifestyle items, and a broad range of art...
View All Events


Banff

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival + World Tour

Tickets On Sale Now: Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival + World Tour

October 30 - November 07


LIVE: We're bringing films and stories of adventure and exploration from around the world to our newly renovated Jenny Belzberg Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Alberta. The return to live for the 2021 Festival will consist of a limited number of select in-person events, in reduced-capacity settings, and will also feature events and screenings at Lux Cinema Banff, artsPlace Canmore and other venues in downtown Banff.

Virtual: With the overwhelming popularity of the Virtual Festival in 2020, we're also bringing back Virtual Festival films to the comfort of your home for more epic adventures indoors!
Learn More


Campus Lawn and Maclab Patio

Visit Maclab

Maclab Now Open


11:00 am - 10:00 pm | 7 Days a Week
 Maclab Bistro features healthy, creative comfort food inspired by fresh local ingredients. Come visit us for dine-in service and enjoy expansive mountain views, or use our take-away service. Ask our servers about our weekly wine specials!

Banff Centre is participating in the Government of Alberta’s Restrictions Exemption Program, guests will be asked for proof of vaccination, medical exemption, or a privately-paid negative PCR or rapid test within 72 hours of service.

Plan Your Visit Restrictions Exemption Program

Sally Borden Fitness and Recreation

Sally Borden

Sally Borden Now Open


Visit our Sally Borden page to find out more
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday 11:30 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday 11:30 am – 7:00 pm


Banff Centre is participating in the Government of Alberta’s Restrictions Exemption Program, guests will be asked for proof of vaccination, medical exemption, or a privately-paid negative PCR or rapid test within 72 hours of service.

Learn More Restrictions Exemption Program

Tania Willard, 'Surrounded/Surrounding', 2018, wood burning fire ring, laser etched cedar woodlogs from SecwépemcTerritory, relief print on paper. Collection of the artist. Gifted to Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre, Kingston, 2019.

Walter Phillips Gallery

On Now : Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts

September 10 - December 5, 2021


How can a score be a call and tool for decolonization?
Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts features newly commissioned scores, performances, videos, sculptures and sound by Indigenous and other artists who respond to this question.

Curated by Candice Hopkins and Dylan Robinson
Exhibition tour organized by Independent Curators International (ICI)

Learn More

Virtual Inspiration

Opera group performs on stage.

Curated Spotify Playlists

Discover curated playlists from Banff Centre residencies, programs, and competitions.
Reading in a hammock, by a lake, surrounded by mountains

Literary Arts Reading List

Our Director of Literary Arts, Derek Beaulieu, recommends these titles by Banff Centre faculty and friends.
Opera in the 21st Century Virtual Open Studios : Digital Image of Students in Zoom Call

Opera in the 21st Century Virtual Open Studios

In this online version of our Open Studios events, you are invited to meet the participants and explore the artistic research and work created in our 2020/21 Opera in the 21st Century program.