Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival

September 1 -3, 2017
Three days of exhilarating concerts. Now on Sale!

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Summer Events Now on Sale!

A Tribe Called Red, Blue Rodeo, Corb Lund, Sarah Harmer and Jens Lindemann headline summer 2017 events. Tickets now on sale!

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Banff Centre's Shaw Amphitheatre
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Visual, Digital + Media Arts programs for 2017 are now live and accepting applications. Apply today!

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Impulses

A Walter Phillips Gallery permanent collection exhibition. Currently open.

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Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival

Showcasing the finest in international classical music.

Sept. 1-3
Residency
September 02 - September 09, 2017
Application Deadline: 
June 07, 2017

Mountain Photography Residency

Find the focus and inspiration you need to develop your mountain culture based project with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards.

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Sun, Jul 23, 2017

Sarah Harmer

Sarah Harmer possesses one of the most distinctive voices of the Canadian rock and folk music scenes. Catch Sarah perform in an outdoor concert at Banff Centre's Shaw Amphitheatre.

Shaw Amphitheatre
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So Many Questions with Jonathan Goldstein

CBC veteran and host of the popular podcast Heavyweight Jonathan Goldstein sat down with us to share tips for asking awkward questions, the difference between writing for radio and writing a book, and told us the worst date he’s ever been on.
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Apply to a Literary Arts Program

From Mountain and Wilderness Writing, to a new Investigative Journalism Intensive, and more—check out our Literary Arts programs and apply today. 
Tue, Jul 11, 2017

In Performance: Miro Quartet and Imani Winds

The Miro Quartet offer sensuous performances of Schubert’s Quartettsatz and Beethoven’s Quartet No. 131, while Imani Winds perform works by Stravinsky and Ligeti.

Rolston Recital Hall
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Performance in the Park 2017
Fri, Jun 9, 2017

Performance in the Park 2017

Celebrate Canada 150 and the arrival of summer with highly-anticipated performances from two of Canada’s top contemporary music acts at Performance in the Park in Banff National Park June 9 and 10, 2017. Featuring Hedley (June 9) and Walk Off The Earth (June 10), 

Parks Canada Administration Building Grounds
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The Aesthetic Advantage: Q+A With Faculty Diane Ragsdale

We caught up with lead faculty for the Leadership program The Aesthetic Advantage to talk about how beauty and business can intersect to create something new.
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Thu, Jul 6, 2017

Kopernikus

Kopernikus, a chamber-opera written by arguably Canada’s greatest composer Claude Vivier, explores themes of loss, longing, and reconciliation by looking at what Canada has to celebrate and also come to terms with. 

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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