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Spring Performances and Events
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Sat, May 4, 2019

Ruthie Foster

Austin Texas' Ruthie Foster not only has been nominated 3 x for Best Blues Album at the Grammy's but 3 times in a row.  She has worked and collaborated with the best including; Bonnie Rait, The...

Eric Harvie Theatre
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$35
Fri, May 24, 2019

Dancers of Damelahamid: Mînowin

The Dancers of Damelahamid perform their new piece Mînowin. Mînowin illuminates the process of finding direction, is an exploration and understanding of organic moments when we connect with one...

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25
Fri, May 24, 2019

Ghost Opera

GHOST OPERA will be unlike anything anybody’s seen before – a full-scale puppet opera,  bringing together the supernatural and the philosophical, the comic and the fearsome, music and image, the...

Eric Harvie Theatre
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$25
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Summer Performances & Exhibitions
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Red pastel is used to create a detailed illustration of the lower half of a people walking in line single-file.

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June 15 – August 25, 2019 | Walter Phillips Gallery, Main Space

 
A shocked looking opera singer wears a suit and blouse while holding a bloodied knife.
Thu, Jun 27, 2019

No One's Safe

A Murder Mystery Opera Event - In No One's Safe, you’re invited to immerse yourself in a roving  murder mystery of operatic proportions. Follow the characters through the Leighton Artist Studios,...

Leighton Artist Studio
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$25
Susan Aglukark smiles in front of a retaining wall of 8x8's
Sun, Jun 30, 2019

Susan Aglukark & Leela Gilday

Performing at Banff Centre is Nunavut’s first ever Juno Award-winning Inuk singer/songwriter, Susan Aglukark, who will be joined by Leela Gilday, an internationally loved artist with a 20-year...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$45
Opera. Silent Light. The words are graphically depicted in black over a rained upon window looking out at a field.
Thu, Jul 4, 2019

Silent Light

Silent Light is a new Opera based on the film Stellet Licht by Carlos Reygadas. Music by Paola Prestini. Libretto by Royce Vavrek. Stage Direction and Design by Thaddeus Strassberger. Lighting...

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$20
The six members of Blue Rodeo stand in the grass beneath a maple forest.
Sun, Jul 7, 2019

Blue Rodeo

Spanning nearly three decades, Blue Rodeo has sold in excess of four million records and won an unprecedented 11 JUNO Awards. They are also a major highlight of Summer at Banff Centre, so get your...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$60
Two dancers perform in a beautiful space, Bodytraffic coming to Banff Centre.
Fri, Jul 12, 2019

Bodytraffic Dance Performances

Founded in 2007 by Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett, BODYTRAFFIC is a world-class contemporary dance company, known internationally for its Los Angeles-grown, contagious vivacity...

Eric Harvie Theatre
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$25
The four members of the band Alvvays stand with a projection of oranges overlaying them.
Sat, Jul 13, 2019

Alvvays

Toronto-based five-piece Alvvays combine their fuzzy, jangly indie pop with infectious, sugary melodies that recall the likes of Scottish outfit Teenage Fanclub and nod to the U.K. post-punk act...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$45
Thu, Jul 18, 2019

Shay Kuebler and Radical System Art present Epilogos

Epilogos builds its performance language off a blending of theatre, dance, martial arts and the interaction of these elements to video and live sound. In Epilogos, all the performance elements are...

Eric Harvie Theatre
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$20
Jens Lindemann holds a trumpet wearing a suit jacket and jeans.
Sun, Jul 21, 2019

Jens Lindemann in the Shaw Amphitheatre

Jens Lindemann is the first classical brass player to ever receive the order of Canada and the foremost trumpet soloist in his country’s history.

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$25
Jens Lindemann plays plays the piccolo wearing a velvet jacket.
Wed, Jul 24, 2019

Jens Lindemann in Concert

Jens Lindemann is the first classical brass player to ever receive the order of Canada and the foremost trumpet soloist in his country’s history.

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25
Hawksley Workman plays guitar before a mic in a black and white photo.
Sat, Jul 27, 2019

Frazey Ford & Hawksley Workman

Bringing together two incredible Canadian artists for one performance: Hawksley Workman & Frazey Ford!  Between them they have won JUNO awards & critical acclaim. The evening will deliver...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$50
John Prine sits playing an acoustic guitar in an informal space.
Thu, Aug 8, 2019

John Prine

Two time Grammy-award winner, John Prine, is a singer songwriter who, from his eponymously titled first LP release in 1971, has continued to write and perform songs that have become central to...

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$80
Banff Jazz participants perform.
Sat, Aug 10, 2019

Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble Showcase

 Vijay Iyer leads world renowned faculty and participants through an evening of jazz and creative music exploration. Featuring co-Artistic Director Tyshawn Sorey.

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25
Afie Jurvanen sits with a guitar, Bahamas.
Sun, Aug 11, 2019

Bahamas

Bahamas is the solo project of Toronto-based guitarist and musical gun-for-hire Afie Jurvanen. See this indie-folk artist in the beauty of the outdoor Shaw Amphitheatre.

Shaw Amphitheatre
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$47
Banff Jazz participants perform.
Sat, Aug 17, 2019

Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble Showcase

 Vijay Iyer leads world renowned faculty and participants through an evening of jazz and creative music exploration. Featuring co-Artistic Director Tyshawn Sorey.

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25
Banff Jazz participants perform.
Fri, Aug 23, 2019

Jazz and Creative Music Ensemble Showcase

 Vijay Iyer leads world renowned faculty and participants through an evening of jazz and creative music exploration. Featuring co-Artistic Director Tyshawn Sorey.

Margaret Greenham Theatre
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$25