When it comes to treating Mom this year, there are several ideas around Calgary.
The city and its attractions, markets, restaurants, and more are fun ways to spend Mother’s Day in Calgary. These range from free to paid events, indoor or outdoor fun, ways to relax, and ways to find adventure.
A Mother’s Day celebration in Calgary can be centred around mom and her alone time. Or you can find something fun to do for the whole family. This includes events aimed at younger kinds, and things to do for adult families.
Say happy Mother’s Day to Mom this year with the idea that she’d love the most!
Take Mom to a Sunday Brunch Event
Calgary will have a huge array of Mother’s Day brunch events. The Mother’s Day dining events in Calgary can be found at hotels, restaurants, pubs, and bars. Many will include a buffet, while there are also a few a la carte Mother’s Day menus, and different dinner events.
Go Wine Tasting in and around Calgary
Calgary has a bustling craft brewery, winery, and meadery scene. You can visit many of the microbreweries in central Calgary and beyond, but there are also wine tasting opportunities around the city. Treat mom to an afternoon drive, a tasting experience, and a tour.
- The City & Country Urban Winery is in central Calgary with tasting events available for reservation.
- There are still tour slots available with the Spirit Hills Winery southwest of the city for their tasting tours.
- FallenTimber has a unique tasting experience with their local crafted mead and honey farm. The location is a short drive northeast of Calgary.
Take Mom Shopping
We don’t mean just the mall, either. Spring and May in Calgary equal chances to get out to the Farmers’ Markets. You can support local while getting mom a great gift or treating her to some market eats.
- Authentically Indigenous presents their Mother’s Day craft market for 2023: Honouring the Matriarchs. The market pops up at the Kerby Centre on May 13-14.
- The Inglewood Night Market celebrates the beginning of their season on the evening of May 12 on 10th and 10th SE.
- The Found Spring Market will host a special food edition on May 14th at The Commons in Inglewood.
- Mother’s Day Extravaganza at Marda Loop Community Association is an indoor-outdoor market offering an exciting event with food trucks, face-painting, a DJ, art demonstrations, and kids activities, along with over 75 vendors, door prizes, and a free gift for the first 100 moms!
- StyleDemocracy is hosting an Adidas warehouse sale on Mother’s day weekend.
Get Gifts for Mom:
- 25 Places to Get Mother’s Day Gifts in Calgary
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- 5 Newest Bakeries in Calgary to Get Mother’s Day Treats
Give her a Spa Day in Calgary
Treat mom to some alone time, some luxury, and some relaxation this Mother’s Day. There are many Calgary spas with a variety of packages available that help you save on pampering your mom for a day. Or, you can always let her decide on how to spend the day with a gift certificate purchase.
- The Fairmont Palliser has the ultimate weekend of luxury planned for your mom with their Mother’s Day Spacation. The offer is good for your mom’s stay between May 1st and June 30, 2023.
- The Soma Spa on Market Street has a long list of package specials, including one for moms-to-be, with a prenatal massage included. Their other offers include a build-your-own spa day, too.
- CaVaBien Day Spa has a variety of Mother’s Day specials and packages this year! These treatments include manicures, pedicures, massages, facials, hair treatments, and prenatal massages.
Kid-Friendly Mother’s Day Activities
Sometimes finding something to do on Mother’s Day will require considering all ages in the family. There are many family friendly activities to try in Calgary between the attractions both large and small.
- There is always a fun reason to visit the TELUS Spark Science Centre. And May will be no different: the Science Centre has its Wonderspaces exhibit, plus a celebration for World Migratory Bird Day on May 13th.
- Heritage Park is featuring a Mother’s Day brunch. But if you can’t make it or get tickets, the park will be open to regular visitors for May 12-14. Plus, that same weekend will feature Day Out with Thomas (the tank engine!).
- The Calgary Zoo is also hosting a Mother’s Day brunch. Admission tickets are included in the ticket and you can explore the
- All of the great family-friendly attractions at the Granary Road Farmers’ Market will reopen by the end of April, just in time for Mother’s Day. Families can enjoy mini golf, the active learning park, and all the local shopping.
Have a Mother’s Day High Tea Date
Book you and mom, and yourself and our family a memorable afternoon with one of Calgary’s High Tea Mother’s Day events. High tea involves afternoon snacks like pastries, finger sandwiches, and other snacks, along with a selection of teas to enjoy with the foods. High tea is served between lunch and dinner.
- Calgary’s Deane House is hosting a high tea event for Mother’s Day with sweet and savoury snacks to pair with the tea. The high tea is available on Saturday and Sunday.
- The Calgary Farmers’ Market will host a high tea event for the whole family: Quali-Tea Time with Mom on May 14th.
Stars on Ice at the Scotiabank Saddle Dome
The 2023 Stars on Ice figure skating tour makes a stop in Calgary on May 14th. Spend the afternoon with mom and some of Canada’s most talented figure skaters. The tour is filled with all the stars like Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojko, Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier, Alexa Knierim, Brandon Frazier, Jason Brown, and more.
When: May 14, 2023
Where: Scotiabank Saddle Dome
How much: $32-$182
Catch the World Premiere of BOTERO by the Alberta Ballet
The Alberta Ballet will present BOTERO for the first time in Calgary on Mother’s Day weekend. These shows provide a perfect evening for yourself and your mom, or you can give the tickets to your mom as an early Mother’s Day gift! The Ballet will offer the production on three different nights.
When: May 11-13, 2023
Where: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 1415 14 Ave NW
How much: $65-$190
Free Outdoor Fun
Let’s hope for some good weather on Mother’s Day weekend. The outdoor spaces in Calgary could allow for several free outdoor activities. Plus, you can take mom on a short trip west to the foothill and mountain parks for a little extra adventure.
- Plan a Mother’s Day picnic! Calgary’s various picnic sites give your picnic riverside views, park and forest views, or mountain and sunset views.
- Enjoy a peaceful bike ride around the city. The paved trails are all clear of the snow and ice now, and can lead you and your mom to some incredible views. A bike ride is also a perfect way to start the day before a picnic!
- Explore Fish Creek Provincial Park on foot. There will be tons of wildlife and birds during the spring months, and the park has several choices for different lengths of hikes.
- It’s spring migration time! Go bird-watching if your mom is interested in enjoying a walk amid Calgary’s natural spaces.
Get Tickets to Dinner and a Show
Surprise mom with either tickets to a live show for her and someone else, or with an evening of dinner and theatre. These Calgary dinner theatres both offer showings on Mother’s Day and include bar access with the dinner and show.
- 9 to 5 The Musical plays at Stagewest Theatre Restaurant in Calgary on May 14th,
- The Wedding Singer: 1999 is on for the spring season at Calgary’s Jubilations Dinner Theatre. Showings are on all weekend.