Events

Join The Deep Dark Woods, Barney Bentall, Good For Grapes and more for an afternoon of Canadian Roots Music in the outdoor Shaw Amphitheatre.  Bring the whole family and celebrate our incredible Canadian Roots Music Scene on the Canada Day Long Weekend!

The Visual + Digital Arts Lecture Series presents talks by leading Canadian and international artists, curators and academics. Join Cynthia Girard-Renard, guest faculty for the Banff Artist in Residence 2D program, for this talk.

Join us for a World Premiere by composer George Lewis, as part of the Summer 2018 series of new commissioned works.

Join us every Saturday (1pm and 7pm) all summer for screenings of award-winning films and audience favourites from the 2017 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour.

Claire Chase, Cory Smythe and Steven Schick perform this 4½ hour long paean to the painter Philip Guston by composer Morton Feldman. Come to the Kinnear Dance Studio and meditate on these beautiful sounds as daylight turns to twilight.

Please join Walter Phillips Gallery for a tour and discussion of the exhibition, If the river ran upwards.

Party in the outdoor Shaw Amphitheatre with country rock band Blue Rodeo for their annual outdoor performance.

Join us every Saturday (1pm and 7pm) all summer for screenings of award-winning films and audience favourites from the 2017 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour.

Don't miss this World Premiere by composers Vivan Fung, Sabrina Schroeder and Michael Oesterle, as part of the Summer 2018 series of new commissioned works.

Don't miss this performance by JACK Quartet, Eybler Quartet and Parker Quartet, all Faculty of the Summer Music: Evolution of the String Quartet program.

Join Rogers Communications Chair, Susan Orlean and Literary Journalism faculty editors for a conversation about long form narrative.

Chamber Werx is an event which looks to expand the way we hear, see, and interact with art song, chamber music and opera.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Opera Columbus and Toronto’s Against the Grain Theatre present a new co-production of Gluck/Berlioz’s groundbreaking opera Orphée. Nominated for 9 Dora Awards!

Join Rogers Communication Chair, Susan Orlean in conversation with award winning non-fiction writer, Philip Gourevitch.

Join us for a World Premiere by composer Cris Derksen, as part of the Summer 2018 series of new commissioned works.

Don't miss a World Premiere by composer Zosha di Castri, as part of the Summer 2018 series of new commissioned works.

Join us every Saturday (1pm and 7pm) all summer for screenings of award-winning films and audience favourites from the 2017 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour.

The Visual + Digital Arts Lecture Series presents talks by leading Canadian and international artists, curators and academics. Join Amish Morrell and Diane Borsato, lead faculty for the Outdoor School program, for this talk.

Join Rogers Communication Chair, Susan Orlean in conversation with award winning non-fiction writer, Lawrence Wright.

Hear new and familiar works by some of the world’s finest young string quartets. Repertoire is determined by the faculty and participants and will be announced nearer to the concert date.

Using the story of Hamlet as a thematic starting point, twelve dancers and three actors will work with internationally acclaimed choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen to create a new theatre dance piece.

Please join Walter Phillips Gallery for an Art Break on the exhibition, If the river ran upwards.

Using the story of Hamlet as a thematic starting point, twelve dancers and three actors will work with internationally acclaimed choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen to create a new theatre dance piece.

Witness the collective energy of more than 70 Banff Centre participants and faculty of the Evolution of the String Quartet program on display in simultaneous performance around the Music and Sound facility.

Producing an unbelievably unique sound, A Tribe Called Red, Group of the Year at the 2018 JUNO Awards, mixes traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with cutting-edge electronic music to celebrate their Aboriginal culture in an open, wild party.

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

Witness the collective energy of more than 70 Banff Centre participants and faculty of the (R)revolution: Resonant Bodies program on display in simultaneous performance around the Music and Sound facility.

Keeping the Rock 'n' Roll spirit alive! Join 3 x Juno winners The Sheepdogs for a night of beef-and-boogie, twin-axe riffs, hooks, shuffles and long-haired aesthetic in the outdoor Shaw Amphitheatre!

Emerging musicians from the International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music program perform with their internationally acclaimed mentors in evenings of experimentation.

Featuring Juno winning “Breakthrough” group of the year, Dear Rouge and adding The Boom Booms - voted Best unsigned band 5 times by Georgia Straight Readers - and you have an unmissable show in the late summer beauty of the outdoor Shaw Amphitheatre.

Emerging musicians from the International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music program perform with their internationally acclaimed mentors in evenings of experimentation.

Emerging musicians from the International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music program perform with their internationally acclaimed mentors in evenings of experimentation.

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

JUNO Award winning virtuoso guitarist and composer Jesse Cook returns to Banff in support of his latest album Beyond Borders. Cook’s legions of international fans know one thing: his music has no boundaries!

Emerging musicians from the International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music program perform with their internationally acclaimed mentors in evenings of experimentation.

Emerging musicians from the International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music program perform with their internationally acclaimed mentors in evenings of experimentation.

Witness conducted improvisations with Tyshawn Sorey and participants from the International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music.

Join us in the Margaret Greenham Theatre to hear emerging musicians from the International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music program perform with their internationally acclaimed mentors in evenings of experimentation.

Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival is a three day festival that showcases the finest in international classical music to audience through a completely immersive experience. 

Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival is a three day festival that showcases the finest in international classical music to audience through a completely immersive experience. 

Join us every Saturday (1pm and 7pm) all summer for screenings of award-winning films and audience favourites from the 2017 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour.

Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival is a three day festival that showcases the finest in international classical music to audience through a completely immersive experience. 

Be part of this immersive three day festival from August 31-Sept.2 that showcases the finest in international classical music.

Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival is a three day festival that showcases the finest in international classical music to audience through a completely immersive experience. 

Join us every Saturday (1pm and 7pm) all summer for screenings of award-winning films and audience favourites from the 2017 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour.