Events

Join 2 time Juno Award nominee Jill Barber – one of Canada's brightest stars –  for an intimate performance. 

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. The Fall series brings alternative cinema to the Bow Valley

Banff Centre presents this popular series of drawing workshops. Led by staff and artists, participants of all ages and levels of experience are invited.

Prince Hamlet – original story written by William Shakespeare – adapted and directed by Ravi Jain. Jain's remixed, reimagined, and bilingual Prince Hamlet feature a cross-cultural, gender-bent cast, challenging conventional ideas of who gets to tell this story.

Join singer-songwriter Kevin Doherty and participants from the Banff Musicians In Residence program for an evening of musical exploration.

Enjoy community created art as peices from our beginner-level drawing workshop, Drawn to Nature, are displayed in this unique exhibition.

Join Brendan Canning and participants from the Banff Musicians In Residence program for an evening of musical exploration.

The Visual Arts Lecture Series presents talks by leading Canadian and international artists, curators and academics. Join John G. Hampton, guest faculty for the Banff Artist in Residence Winter 2019 program, for this talk.

Featuring readings from writers in the Winter Writers Retreat hosted by guest mentor, Pasha Malla.

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. The winter series brings alternative cinema to the Bow Valley.

This workshop will gather together ten First Nations creators in a process of dialogue, exchange and physical practice. Our physical training will be rooted in Body Weather, working with the body as energetic potential within a physical and sensory field.

From the creators of the internationally acclaimed Betroffenheit (winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production) Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young, comes a new dance/theatre work about corruption, farce and the forces of radical change. 

Banff Gallery Hop is a monthly initiative dedicated to bringing together galleries, museums, and arts related businesses to create an enhanced visitor experience which fosters understanding, appreciation and promotion of arts, culture, and heritage in Banff.

Experience a captivating and highly engaging songwriter’s workshop with Norman Foote in this 1 hour workshop is geared for kids  aged 5-15 who want to show up with their imaginations and willingness to participate.  The workshop is FREE and includes a ticket (regular $15) to

Kids and families are invited to get creative and come and sketch and draw with Teaching Artist in Residence Janice Tanton in this free art class. All materials provided, participants will leave with a memorable work of art. 

Don't miss this 1 p.m. Family Friendly show! Wes barker's show features magic, comedy, and stunts. It’s like watching stand-up comedy, but adding amazing magic tricks and audience interaction. 

Explore your artistic talent with children’s book illustrator, Stéfanie Gignac, as she leads a step-by-step tutorial of how to draw Ursa the Grizzly from “A Beary, Berry Good Day/Une «baie» bonne journée.”

Alan Doyle burst on to the scene with the band Great Big Sea.  He has gone on to have an award-studded career.  Not only for the work with GBS but also as a writer - he has written two books, as a producer, actor and of course songwriter.

Reel Time features some of the best films from the Toronto International Film Festival. The winter series brings alternative cinema to the Bow Valley.

Choreographed by acclaimed Canadian dance artist Peggy Baker, this new creation offers the immediacy of daring contemporary dance; supercharged live music; and sophisticated design elements from artists working with pigment, projection, and light.

Featuring readings from writers in the Spring Writers Retreat.

At the end of each residency, participants in Visual + Digital Arts programs at Banff Centre open their studio doors to share the artistic research and art work created, as well as the pertinent conversations generated in the program.

Saul Williams is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, slam poet, writer, and actor.