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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
Coming up July 16th: Peak Laughs at CLVB '33 - Brittany Lyseng Hosted by Bria Hiebert. Showtime 9PM.
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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
Coming up July 17th: LowDown Brass Band. Showtime 8PM.
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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 | Doors at 9 PM | June through August
Coming up July 18th: DJ Jadé. Doors at 9PM.
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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Mackenzie Kelly-Frère
Date: Mon, Jul 20 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Bldg, 204

Visual Arts Open Lecture Series: Mackenzie Kelly-Frère

Join us for an afternoon Visual Arts Open Lecture with contemporary artist MacKenzie Kelly-Frère.
Attend Free
Interplay Chamber Music Concert, 2024. L to R: Lee Allen (alto trombone), Jihong Son (tenor trombone), Charlie Cao (tenor trombone), and DJ Combs (bass trombone). Photo by Abigaile Edwards.
Date: Wed, Jul 22 2026 @ 7:30 PM
St. George's-in-the-Pines Anglican Church

Chamber Music Concert

Participants and faculty from this year’s Chamber Music residency perform intimate concerts celebrating the future of chamber music.
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$45.00
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

Kayla Williams and The Motown 6 bring yacht-pop, soul, and funk to Shaw Amphitheatre, with BBQ and an outdoor bar at 6 PM.
Attend Free
Interplay Chamber Music Concert, 2025, photo by Abigaile Edwards.
Date: Thu, Jul 23 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Rolston Recital Hall

Chamber Music Concert

Participants and faculty from this year’s Chamber Music residency perform intimate concerts celebrating the future of chamber music.
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$45.00

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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.