Signature Events
Alberta hosts many major festivals and events throughout the year. Come discover why Edmonton is called Canada’s “Festival City” and what makes the Calgary Stampede the “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.”
Getting Started
No matter where you are in Alberta, no matter the season, there's plenty of special events throughout our six tourism regions. Here's a sampling to get you started.
Alberta Central
- Blueberry Bluegrass Country Music Festival (Stony Plain)
- Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose)
- Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Assn. Finals (Lloydminster)
- Centre Fest: International Street Performers’ Festival (Red Deer)
- David Thompson Days Country Fair (Rocky Mountain House)
- Lac La Biche Pow Wow and Fish Derby (Lac La Biche)
- Maple Flag (Cold Lake)
- Ponoka Stampede (Ponoka)
- Rocky Air Show (Rocky Mountain House)
- Western Days Fair and Exhibition (Red Deer)
Alberta North
- Alberta Open Sand Sculpture Championship (Lesser Slave Lake)
- Blueberry Festival (Fort McMurray)
- Canadian Championship of Custom Bike Building (Beaverlodge)
- Falher Honey Festival (Falher)
- Gold Cup Jet Boat Race (Peace River)
- Golden Walleye Classic (High Prairie)
- InterPLAY Festival (Fort McMurray)
- Magnificent River Rats Festival (Athabasca)
- North Country Fair (Lesser Slave Lake)
- Peace Country Gospel Jamboree (Beaverlodge)
- Peace Fest (Peace River)
- Summerslam (Grande Prairie & Fort McMurray)
- TELUS Country Fever Music Festival (Grande Prairie)
Alberta South
- Beethoven in the Badlands (Drumheller)
- Bluegrass Country Music Festival (Hillspring)
- Cowboy Christmas Show (Hillspring)
- Canadian Badlands Passion Play (Drumheller)
- History in the Hills (Elkwater)
- Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede
- Medicine Hat Jazz Fest
- Pincher Creek Parade of Lights
- Rum Runners Days (Crowsnest Pass)
- South Country Fair (Fort McLeod)
- The Gathering – Cowboy Poetry (Pincher Creek)
- Whoop-Up Days Summer Fair & Rodeo (Lethbridge)
- Waterton Wildflower Festival (Waterton Lakes National Park )
Calgary & Area
- Afrikadey! African Festival
- Calgary C-Jazz Festival
- Calgary Folk Music Festival
- Calgary Exhibition and Stampede
- Calgary International Children's Festival
- Calgary Winterfest
- Carifest
- Expo Latino
- GlobalFest
- Kaos Blues’ Beltline Blues Festival
- Mozart on the Mountain
- North American Championship Chuckwagon Races & Guy Weadick Pro Rodeo (High River)
- Reggae Fest
- Spruce Meadows: International show-jumping tournaments
- Taste of Calgary
- Wordfest
- ENMAX Zoolights
Canadian Rockies
- Banff Culture Walk
- Banff Festivals
- Banff Summer Arts Festival
- Canadian Death Race (Grand Cache)
- Canmore artsPeak Arts Festival
- Canmore Folk Music Festival
- Canmore Highland Games
- Ice Magic Weekend - International Ice Sculpting Competition (Lake Louise)
- Jasper Heritage Rodeo
- Mary Reimer Memorial Rodeo (Hinton)
- WinterStart Weekend in Banff
Edmonton & Area
- Canadian Finals Rodeo
- Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival
- Dragon Boat Festival
- Capital EX (formerly Klondike Days)
- Edmonton Folk Music Festival
- Edmonton Heritage Festival
- Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
- Edmonton International Street Performers Festival
- Expo Latino
- Grand Prix of Edmonton
- Labatt Blues Festival
- Ice on Whyte
- Northern Alberta International Childrens' Festival
- Silver Skate Festival and Edmonton Winter Triathalon
- Symphony Under the Sky
- The Works Art & Design Festival
- Thunder in the Valley Drag Races (Drayton Valley)
- Yardbird Jazz Festival
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