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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 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
Outdoor setting with a musician on stage in front of a crowd
Date: Thu, Jul 23 2026 - Sun, Jul 26 2026
Shaw Amphitheatre

AMP Sessions: Joshua Burnside, John Wort Hannam, Lost Decade, The Ramblin' Hey Ho Ha's

Joshua Burnside, John Wort Hannam, Lost Decade, and The Ramblin' Hey Ho Ha's come to the Shaw Amphitheatre, with BBQ and an outdoor bar at 6 PM.
Attend Free
Jin-Me Yoon
Date: Sat, Jul 25 2026 @ 1:30 PM
Rice Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Bldg

Artist Conversation with Jin-me Yoon

Celebrate Walter Phillips Gallery’s 50th anniversary with a conversation with Governor General’s Award-winning artist Jin-me Yoon.
Attend Free
Interplay Opera Workshop: Excerpts from St. Matthew Passion, 2025.
Date: Sat, Jul 25 2026 @ 7:30 PM
On Sale

Tue, Apr 21 2026 @ 10:00 AM

Jenny Belzberg Theatre

Miroir de nos peines (Mirror of Our Sorrows)

A Workshop Performance
Global opera powerhouse Hèctor Parra comes to Banff Centre with an action-packed story set in interwar France.
Attend Free
Portrait of a DJ standing confidently with arms crossed in front of a tropical palm leaf backdrop.
Date: Sat, Jul 25 2026 @ 9:00 PM
CLVB '33

Live at CLVB '33: DJ Night

DJ Faust
Every Saturday features DJ sets. The chairs are cleared, the tables are to the side, and dance parties are scheduled.
Attend Free
Basia Irland
Date: Tue, Jul 28 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Bldg, 204

Visual Arts Open Lecture Series: Basia Irland

Join us for an afternoon Visual Arts Open Lecture with Basia Irland, a pioneer of ecological art.
Attend Free
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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Chamber Music Musicians playing in a church with audience seating on banches

Chamber Music Concerts

Participants and faculty from this year’s Chamber Music residency perform intimate concerts celebrating the future of chamber music.

Music is generously supported by the Alice and Betty Schultz Scholarships Endowment Fund for Dance and Music, the Maria Francisca Josepha Brouwer Scholarship Fund for Dutch Artists, and the Yolande Freeze Master Artists in Music Fund.

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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.