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Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival 2026

Canada's celebration of art in the mountains since 1950.

Over 100 concerts, DJ nights, literary cabarets, art-making workshops, and much more—including many free events—all summer long.

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Poster style Red backgorund with text Karaoke & Comedy Nights
Date: Thu, Jun 04 2026 - Fri, Aug 28 2026
CLVB '33

Live at CLVB '33: Karaoke or Comedy Nights

Every Thursday at 9 PM | June through August
Thursdays bring the fun: karaoke nights to take the mic (free) or comedy ($20 cover). Shows are at 9 p.m. 18+.
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$20.00
Poster style Red backgorund with text Live Music
Date: Fri, Jun 05 2026 - Fri, Aug 28 2026
CLVB '33

Live at CLVB '33: Live Music

Every Friday at 8 PM | June through August
Fridays are for live music: folk, jazz, cabaret, and more. $20 cover. Shows at 8 p.m. 18+. See our summer programming.
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$20.00
Poster style Red backgorund with text DJ Nights
Date: Sat, Jun 06 2026 - Fri, Aug 28 2026
CLVB '33

Live at CLVB '33: DJ Nights & Dance Parties

Every Saturday at 9 PM | June through August
Every Saturday features DJ sets. Clear the chairs, move the tables, start the dance party. Doors at 9 p.m. Free. 18+.
Attend Free
Image of a river
Date: Mon, Jul 06 2026 - Sun, Jan 03 2027
Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Building

One arc in colour, another in time

To mark its 50th year, Walter Phillips Gallery invites past artists to return a postcard with a memory, creating a growing archive for visitors to experience.
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Photograph by Diane Borsato
Date: Sat, Jul 18 2026 - Sun, Dec 13 2026
Walter Phillips Gallery

Diane Borsato: A Clean Place to Swim

This exhibition presents new and past works that explore the liberating, intimate, and communal possibilities of being in the water.
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Banff Centre Campus, Cascade Mountain in the Background.
Date: Sat, Aug 01 2026 @ 10:30 AM
Le Café

Campus Tour

Experience Banff Centre campus through the eyes of our participants! Tours Occur Every Other Saturday from June to August.
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$10.00
Portrait of a DJ standing confidently with arms crossed in front of a tropical palm leaf backdrop.
Date: Sat, Aug 01 2026 @ 9:00 PM
CLVB '33

Live at CLVB '33: DJ Night

DJ Faust
Every Saturday features DJ sets. Clear the chairs are cleared, move the tables, and start the dance party.
Attend Free
Patty Chang, photo by Amy Sadao
Date: Tue, Aug 04 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Bldg, 204

Visual Arts Open Lecture Series: Patty Chang

Join us for an afternoon lecture with Patty Chang, an acclaimed contemporary artist working in performance, video, text, photography, and sculpture.
Attend Free
Performer wearing dramatic stage makeup, a platinum-blonde wig, and a black sequined outfit poses with their tongue out against a dark background.
Date: Thu, Aug 06 2026 @ 9:00 PM
CLVB '33

Live at CLVB '33: Karaoke Night

Hosted by Birthday Girl
Thursdays bring the fun: karaoke nights to take the mic (free) or comedy ($20 cover). Shows at 9 p.m. 18+.
Attend Free

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Jazz Jams at CLVB '33


Late nights keep the music going: informal jazz jams led by Jazz & Sonic Arts artists, where improvisation takes over, and anything can happen.

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Indigenous Arts

Through outstanding performances, concerts, workshops, talks, and exhibitions, Indigenous Arts contributes to strong and vibrant Indigenous arts communities in Canada and around the globe.

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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.