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National Indigenous Peoples Month Graphic

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Month

Banff Centre is excited to recognize and celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st by presenting a series of events throughout the month of June.

2023 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, Signature Image, Hael Somma in Chamonix, photo by Antoine Mesnage, Highline, Slackline

Signature Image 2023

We are proud to announce the 2023 signature image which represents the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour in over 50 countries!

Banff Centre Congratulates Viano Quartet on Being Selected for The Bowers Program

Congratulations to the Viano Quartet on being selected for The Bowers Program by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

BISQFest 2023: Dates, Performers and Packages Announced

Banff Centre is excited to announce that the Banff International String Quartet Festival will take place from September 1-3, 2023.

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Banff Playwrights Lab

Over the past 50 years, more than 800 plays have been written, created, and workshopped at Banff Centre.

Megumi Masaki Announced as Director of Music by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Megumi will lead the vision and implementation of Music programming at Banff Centre, developing and nurturing emerging artists alongside world-class faculty.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Amiel Gladstone as Director of Theatre Arts

Amiel will oversee and guide the many theatre programs that support artists at every career level both on campus, and in their future careers.

Banff Centre Announces Haema Sivanesan as Director of Leighton Studios and Program Partnerships

This new position will focus on supporting the unique opportunity that the Leighton studios offer artists of all genres.

Isidore String Quartet Performing at BISQC 2022

Banff Centre Congratulates 2022 BISQC Laureates Isidore Quartet on Receiving Avery Fisher Career Grant

Opera in the21sst Century performance 2022

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa for Opera in the 21st Century Program

Banff Centre, in collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, is excited to announce the 2023 Opera in the 21st Century multi-disciplinary program

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Appointment of Jill Price to Chair of Foundation Board

The Territory wins the 2022 Banff Mountain Film Competition Grand Prize

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to announce The Territory as Grand Prize film winner.

Partners

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 “Minhrpa” (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, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

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