Calgary 
Events Description
It’s a time and place where engineers show their creative sides, and artists get technical, where science hits the street, and everyone gets ingenious. Everyone is warmly encouraged to take part. Find yourself immersed in engineered art, international ingenuity competitions, public performances, community challenges, backyard-built contraptions, and creations of your own making.
2023
Beakerhead, Calgary’s festival celebrating the mash-up of art, science, and engineering, returns for its 10th anniversary this September. This year’s festival is full of immersive experiences and artistic performances that illuminate science, technology, and engineering. Plus, a little bit of pyrotechnics.
Beakerhead 2023 will include more than 50 activities, presentations, workshops and installations that showcase the alchemy that happens when innovators, creators, scientists, and artists collide. Attendees can experience virtual reality, art installations and even a roller rink at BRAIN in Contemporary Calgary. Beakerheads can then travel to BODY at Millennium Park where they can also enjoy a refreshing Beakerhead Beer, adaptive skateboarding, DJs, and more. Back at Beakerhead’s headquarters in TELUS Spark Science Centre, there will be robotics and Hack the House, where youth teams have turned a piece of furniture into a sustainably powered, rideable machine.
Beakerhead’s feature attraction comes from UK outdoor arts company Walk the Plank. BODY is an immersive after-dark installation that brings you on a journey through the systems of the human body. BODY uses the latest technology to create a deeper understanding of the science of the human form through light, sound, special effects and fire. BODY has been shown at Northern Ireland’s Science Festival and Ireland’s National Science week.
HOW MUCH
Tickets: Free & Ticketed events
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date: September 14-17th, 2023
Venue:
Various, Calgary — Contemporary Calgary, Millennium Park, and TELUS Spark Science Centre.
LRT Train station | Downtown West Kerby Station
It’s easy being green! Beakerhead attendees are encouraged to take public transit to join in the fun. The Downtown West Kerby C-Train Station is conveniently located near Contemporary Calgary and Millennium Park, next to 11th st SW.
11th St SW from 6th Ave to 9th Ave
All vehicular lanes with the exception of one open lane for emergency access will be closed between 8 am September 14, 2023, and 9 pm September 17, 2023.
Paid Parking
Multiple paid public parking options are available on the street and at the following locations within two blocks from the event:
1105 – 7th Avenue SW – Lot #60
1102-1120 7 Ave SW
