Explore campus on this 1-hour walking tour guided by knowledgeable staff. Get a unique peer into some of our most influential spaces, including those that are typically reserved for participants, faculty, and performers.

Tours are subject to change depending on campus activity, but a tour with us may include: a backstage walk through our theatre complex, a peek into our Visual Arts facilities, a session inside the Music Huts, and an exclusive visit to the current Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition, celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer.

Learn how Banff Centre went from a single drama course in 1933 to a global leader in arts, culture, and creativity as part of your 2026 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival experience.

Tours will occur rain or shine. Please dress for the outdoors, and be prepared for uphill and downhill slopes.

Explore campus on this 1-hour walking tour guided by knowledgeable staff. Get a unique peer into some of our most influential spaces, including those that are typically reserved for participants, faculty, and performers.

Tours are subject to change depending on campus activity, but a tour with us may include: a backstage walk through our theatre complex, a peek into our Visual Arts facilities, a session inside the Music Huts, and an exclusive visit to the current Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition, celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer.

Learn how Banff Centre went from a single drama course in 1933 to a global leader in arts, culture, and creativity as part of your 2026 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival experience.

"We would HIGHLY RECOMMEND signing up for the next tour date. For $10 you get a fab guide who tours you 'backstage' - it's so great! We event stood on the stage in the Jenny Belzberg Theatre!" - Tour Guest

"I would highly recommend this tour and am so surprised as to how little I [from Canmore] knew about the Centre myself. I would do this tour again in a flash." - Tour Guest

Explore campus on this 1-hour walking tour guided by knowledgeable staff. Get a unique peer into some of our most influential spaces, including those that are typically reserved for participants, faculty, and performers.

Tours are subject to change depending on campus activity, but a tour with us may include: a backstage walk through our theatre complex, a peek into our Visual Arts facilities, a session inside the Music Huts, and an exclusive visit to the current Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition, celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer.

Learn how Banff Centre went from a single drama course in 1933 to a global leader in arts, culture, and creativity as part of your 2026 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival experience.

"We would HIGHLY RECOMMEND signing up for the next tour date. For $10 you get a fab guide who tours you 'backstage' - it's so great! We event stood on the stage in the Jenny Belzberg Theatre!" - Tour Guest

"I would highly recommend this tour and am so surprised as to how little I [from Canmore] knew about the Centre myself. I would do this tour again in a flash." - Tour Guest

Explore campus on this 1-hour walking tour guided by knowledgeable staff. Get a unique peer into some of our most influential spaces, including those that are typically reserved for participants, faculty, and performers.

Tours are subject to change depending on campus activity, but a tour with us may include: a backstage walk through our theatre complex, a peek into our Visual Arts facilities, a session inside the Music Huts, and an exclusive visit to the current Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition, celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer.

Learn how Banff Centre went from a single drama course in 1933 to a global leader in arts, culture, and creativity as part of your 2026 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival experience.

"We would HIGHLY RECOMMEND signing up for the next tour date. For $10 you get a fab guide who tours you 'backstage' - it's so great! We event stood on the stage in the Jenny Belzberg Theatre!" - Tour Guest

"I would highly recommend this tour and am so surprised as to how little I [from Canmore] knew about the Centre myself. I would do this tour again in a flash." - Tour Guest

Explore campus on this 1-hour walking tour guided by knowledgeable staff. Get a unique peer into some of our most influential spaces, including those that are typically reserved for participants, faculty, and performers.

Tours are subject to change depending on campus activity, but a tour with us may include: a backstage walk through our theatre complex, a peek into our Visual Arts facilities, a session inside the Music Huts, and an exclusive visit to the current Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition, celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer.

Learn how Banff Centre went from a single drama course in 1933 to a global leader in arts, culture, and creativity as part of your 2026 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival experience.

"We would HIGHLY RECOMMEND signing up for the next tour date. For $10 you get a fab guide who tours you 'backstage' - it's so great! We event stood on the stage in the Jenny Belzberg Theatre!" - Tour Guest

"I would highly recommend this tour and am so surprised as to how little I [from Canmore] knew about the Centre myself. I would do this tour again in a flash." - Tour Guest

Explore campus on this 1-hour walking tour guided by knowledgeable staff. Get a unique peer into some of our most influential spaces, including those that are typically reserved for participants, faculty, and performers.

Tours are subject to change depending on campus activity, but a tour with us may include: a backstage walk through our theatre complex, a peek into our Visual Arts facilities, a session inside the Music Huts, and an exclusive visit to the current Walter Phillips Gallery exhibition, celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer.

Learn how Banff Centre went from a single drama course in 1933 to a global leader in arts, culture, and creativity as part of your 2026 Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival experience.

Tours will occur rain or shine. Please dress for the outdoors, and be prepared for uphill and downhill slopes.

Waihona Kino (Body Archive) brings two internationally recognized Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) artists to Banff Centre. Dance and visual art join forces through the work of choreographer and dancer (Tau) Peter Rockford Espiritu and cultural bearer Marques Hanalei Marzan. Rounding out the team is Hawai'i-born director Roberta Uno and award-winning projection designer Joan Osato.

The presentation is the first of two performances in the First Looks series, culminating this summer’s Dance Production Residency. After three weeks of development, experimentation, and technical fine-tuning, a pair of unique pieces will meet audiences, capping off the participants’ creative journey.

It’s a rare chance to see the next great dance show before they hit international stages—don't miss yours.

See the other piece in Dance: ON SECOND THOUGHT

Dance is generously supported by the Alice and Betty Schultz Scholarships Endowment Fund for Dance and Music and the Arnold Spohr Distinguished Guest Artist Endowment for Dance.

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ON SECOND THOUGHT is a vibrant ensemble dance work by choreographer Bret Easterling that invites audiences inside the creative process. Playful, athletic, and brimming with queer joy, the piece asks a simple but radical question: What might happen if we chose our second thought instead of our first instinct? As dancers pause, reconsider, and move from that impulse, surprising and inventive choreography unfolds in real time, creating a spontaneous and unrepeatable performance that feels alive, collaborative, and full of possibility.

The presentation is the second of two performances in the First Looks series, culminating this summer’s Dance Production Residency. After three weeks of development, experimentation, and technical fine-tuning, a pair of unique pieces will meet audiences, capping off the participants’ creative journey.

It’s a rare chance to see the next great dance show before they hit international stages—don't miss yours.

See the other piece in Dance: Waihona Kino (Body Archive)

Dance is generously supported by the Alice and Betty Schultz Scholarships Endowment Fund for Dance and Music and the Arnold Spohr Distinguished Guest Artist Endowment for Dance.

Get Tickets 

Have you heard this one? A group of opera singers, a pianist, and an eager audience walk into a bar. Everyone has a great time.

Your favourite arias and ensembles are on tap at this casual, wild night, featuring performances from this year’s participants in Summer Opera, a program that offers skill-building and practical experience for singers, composers, conductors, and more.

As in past years, Opera Pub will inject the Banff Legion with a lively, cabaret-style atmosphere—not to mention unforgettable high notes. It’s the perfect introduction for newcomers, and a refreshing new take for opera vets who want something a little different.

Have you heard this one? A group of opera singers, a pianist, and an eager audience walk into a bar. Everyone has a great time.

Your favourite arias and ensembles are on tap at this casual, wild night, featuring performances from this year’s participants in Summer Opera, a program that offers skill-building and practical experience for singers, composers, conductors, and more.

As in past years, Opera Pub will inject the Banff Legion with a lively, cabaret-style atmosphere—not to mention unforgettable high notes. It’s the perfect introduction for newcomers, and a refreshing new take for opera vets who want something a little different.