Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival

A celebration of art in the mountains!

Since 1950, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has been inviting audiences onto campus for concerts, art shows, film screenings, workshop presentations, productions, talks, and readings at our gorgeous location on Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain.

With a 360° view of the Rocky Mountains, the Summer Arts Festival invites the Banff community into the creative process that happens every day at Banff Centre, to witness the magic that comes out of our residencies in visual art, music, opera, Indigenous arts, literature, and more.

From world premieres to works in their earliest stage of development, Banff Centre is a place where emerging artists, Canadian icons, and international superstars gather to create and share work with our community.

Find out more in the Festival Guide and see what's coming up in the Festival Calendar.

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Banff (The Beautiful) Celebrates Oscar Peterson at 100

Fri, Jul 18 @ 8 PM

Upcoming

World Music Rehearsal 2017. Photo by Donald Lee.

Date: Fri, May 09 @ 7:30 PM

Rolston Recital Hall

Soundweavings Participant Concert 2

Our Soundweavings residency brings together skilled musicians of diverse backgrounds—experience what they’ve been working on over the last two weeks!

Sol Chiniquay and Nic Latulippe

Date: Wed, May 14 @ 7:00 PM

Max Bell Auditorium

Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series with Soloman Chiniquay & Nic Latulippe: Through the Lens

Photographer Soloman Chiniquay and experimental filmmaker Nic Latulippe discuss how community engagement plays into their collaborative storytelling projects.

Sarah Berman. Photo by Michael Benz.

Date: Thu, May 15 @ 7:00 PM

Literary Cabarets: Literary Journalism Readings - Chapter 1

Sarah Berman is a journalist covering culture, politics, and justice. Her first book, Don't Call It a Cult, was shortlisted for multiple awards.

Indigenous Arts

Walter Phillips Gallery

How to Fest

CLVB '33

Amphitheatre

The Handmaid's Tale Chamber Opera Premiere

Sat, Jul 26 @ 7:30 PM

Opera, jazz, film, and more... "Artists roam freely across these definitions" and so should we.

Josephine Ridge, Executive Director, Arts

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We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minihrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Rockyview District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.