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May Long Weekend Activities in Calgary – May 18 – 21, 2018

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Victoria Day/ May long Weekend activities in and around Calga including free, fun family & kids’ activities, live music, theatre & performing arts, sports and exhibitions: Friday May 18 to Sunday, May 21, 2018

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I. Family & Kids Activities

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone In Concert

Relive the film that started it all. Watch the wand choose the wizard, trolls run amok, and magic mirrors in high-definition while the Calgary Philharmonic performs John Williams’ iconic score. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event as Harry, Ron, Hermione and all your favourite characters return to the screen and bewitch the world all over again.  Details

May 18 & 19, 2018 | 7:30 PM

Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium & 1415 14 Ave. NW, Calgary

$25 – $100 + charges

2. Science Odyssey

Science Odyssey is a ten-day national campaign that celebrates Canadian achievements in science, technology, engineering and math. Every year in May, hundreds of science outreach leaders deliver fun, engaging and inspiring activities to Canadians of all ages.  Details

MAY 11 to 20, 2018

Various Venues, Calgary

Mostly FREE

3. MARY POPPINS the musical

Mary Poppins is an enchanting mixture of irresistible story, unforgettable songs, breathtaking dance numbers and astonishing stagecraft. This show is a perfect opportunity to showcase a strong, iconic female performer, as well as unique special effects and illusions. Details

May 18 to June 9, 2018

StoryBook Theatre – 375 Bermuda Drive NW, Calgary

$22 to $27

4. High River Little Britches Weekend

Round up your cow pokes and come-on-down to enjoy one of Canada’s most unique rodeos, plus a jam-packed roster of events including the 60th Annual Little Britches parade. The Little Britches rodeo is one of the main attractions, where kids can practice their cowboy moves in challenges such as calf roping, sheep riding and barrel busting. A music festival, and “A taste of High River” event for food lovers rounds out the weekend’s festivities! Details

May 18 to 21, 2018

High River Rodeo Grounds

Free and ticketed events

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5. Calgary Serbian Fest

Join the Calgary-Serbian community as they entertain, feed and wow you with fantastic cultural and sports events during the May long weekend. This spectacular event will feature a broad entertaining program showcasing some of the best cultural dances, cuisine, sports and displays that the Serbian community has to offer.   Details

May 19 & 20, 2018 | 11AM – 5PM

16025 243 Ave E, De Winton

$5 per person (age 10 and up)

6. Victoria Day at Granary Road

Spend Victoria Day with your whole family and friends at the Granary Road Market. You can join in on a Drum Circle, watch Irish Dancing, and participate in a POUND Fitness Class. It’ll be a day full of excitement and activities including Carnival Games. Details

Monday, May 21, 2018 | 09:30 AM – 05:30 PM

226066 112th St West, MD of Foothills

Free

7. Calaway Park Opening Weekend

This will be a weekend at Calaway Park you do not want to miss! Calaway Park will be kicking off its 37th season of family fun!

Details

May 19th to 21st, 2018

Calaway park, Calgary

Regular Admission

8. Opening Weekend Summer

Celebrate the long weekend by stepping back in time. Calgary’s Heritage Park Historical Village’s 54th summer season begins. Enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, feast on a fresh cheese bun, experience the thrill of the antique midway or ride on our thundering steam train, as Heritage Park opens for another exciting summer! Details

May 19 to 21, 2018 | 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM

Heritage Park, Calgary

Regular Admission

9.   Iron Horse Park Opening

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Come and experience an interpretive journey on the 1.6 km of track which is currently operational. Another 0.5 km of track was also completed in 2016 and will occasionally be available on public run days. Details

Sunday, May 20, 2018 |  11:00AM to 4:00PM

Iron Horse Park
820 Railway Gate SW Airdrie

$3

10. Secret Garden: Theatre Calgary

This beloved classic children’s book comes beautifully to life in this stunning Broadway musical. A young orphan girl is sent to live with her reclusive uncle on his dar and depressing estate. When she discovers the key to a neglected garden, she reawakens the magic locked inside the garden walls and her family’s heart.  Details

April 17 – May 19, 2018

Max Bell Theatre in the Arts Commons

$35.00 – $131 + charges

11. Other Activities

 Cineplex 

Cineplex family Favourites: Visit participating Cineplex theatres near you on Saturdays at 11:00 AM and watch a family favourite film each week for only $2.99.

Teen Night: Enjoy DJ’s, competitions,contests, prizes, and pizza! Trampoline dodgeball, climbing, ninja warrior courses, and many more fun obstacles are guaranteed to have you meet new friends and have the best night of the week! on  Saturdays 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM @  InjaNation Fun & Fitness, 52 Aero Drive NE, Calgary.

Whales|Tohora

One of the most exclusive exhibitions is making its final North American stop at Calgary’s science centre. Whales|Tohorā is an interactive experience housing one of the world’s largest whale collections from the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. This exhibition will immerse you into the biology diversity, evolution and deep significance of whales to Māori culture. January 20, 2018 – June 20, 2018 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Details

Harry Popper and the Frozen Princess

Family Dinner theatre – Saturdays, April 28 to June 16, 2018 |  11:00 AM to  2:00 PM @ Jubilations Dinner Theatre Calgary

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II. Live Music

1. EDM/Concert Tours/Weekday Concerts

1. Schuckfest

Schuckfest takes over Festival Hall with Joseph Schuck and the Glue and his two other bands: Backline Boys and House of Lords, plus guest: festival guitar tech Jarin Dean.  Details

Friday, May 18, 2018 | 7:00 PM

Festival Hall – 1215 10 Ave SE, Calgary

$20.00 – $40.00

2. Kent Sangster’s Obsessions Octet

The Obsessions Octet was founded in 2005 by Kent Sangster. a jazz saxophonist, and his wife Joanna Ciapka-Sangster, a classically trained violinist, out of their long- held desire to make music together. This group is the most innovative, ambitious, crazy and satisfying project that they have undertaken to date. Details

Friday, May 18, 2018 | 8:00 PM to  11:00 PM

National Music Centre – 850 – 4 Street SE, Calgary

$15

3. Gordian Knot

The final concert of the Kensington Sinfonia’s 2017/18 season will feature works including Purcell’s “Chaconne” from “The Gordian Knot Untied”, Philip Glass’s Echorus for two violins, Devienne’s Flute Concerto in E minor with flutist Sarah Gieck, and a new premiere from outgoing Artistic Director Donovan Seidle, based on Lewis Carroll’s nonsense-word poem, “Jabberwocky”.
Details

Sunday, May 20, 2018 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Hope Lutheran Church, 3527 Boulton Road NW, Calgary

$20 to $25; 12 and under: FREE

4. Live Music Brunch with Amy Metcalfe

Wrap up your weekend with delicious food and captivating live music at NOtaBLE in Bowness. NOtaBLE’s Live Music Brunch welcomes artists from a variety of genres to perform while serving up the restaurant’s acclaimed brunch and lunch offerings-with no cover charge! Join us for the next instalment on May 20, featuring Amy Metcalfe.

Details

Sunday, May 20, 2018 | 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

NOtaBLE The Restaurant, 4611 Bowness Road NW, Calgary

Free Admission

III. Theatre & Performing Arts

1. Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem

The year is 1887, the occasion is Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, and American performer Anne Moses (a.k.a. Annie Oakley) needs the help of the World’s Greatest Detective. But the simple case of a missing brother quickly leads to extraordinary inventions, robbery, and murder. Directed by former Vertigo Artistic Director Mark Bellamy, Haysam Kadri and Karl Sine return as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in this Canadian Premiere.  Details

May 12  to June 16 2018

The Playhouse — Vertigo Theatre, 115 9 Ave SE, Calgary

$29 to $63 + charges

2. Miss Katelyn’s Grade Threes Prepare for the Inevitable

Montreal, Columbine, Newtown, Orlando. Welcome to class 3B at Saint Joseph’s Elementary School. Your teacher, Miss Katelyn, knows the world is a dangerous place and her life-saving lesson is about to begin.  Details

May 15 to 19, 2018

Arts Commons – Motel, Calgary

$20.00

3. Much Ado About Nothing

Love-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio return to Messina after a long stint at war, and find themselves in the company of Beatrice and Hero. As memories of battle give way to a life of celebration and revelry, Claudio and Hero fall deeply in love, and Benedick and Beatrice kindle their own contentious courtship. Details

Thursday May 17  to Saturday June 2 2018

Studio – Vertigo Theatre, 115 9 Ave SE, Calgary

$25 to $35+charges

4. The Old, Sad Songs

As a teenager struggling to find her voice, Valerie found comfort in the worlds of an old, barely famous country singer. As their correspondence carried on over the years their relationship became ever more entwined within the old, sad songs from his albums. And now, as he faces his coming mortality, a desperate decision leads them each to face themselves, each other and the possibility of redemption for them both.  Details

May 18 – 26, 2018

Pumphouse Theatres
2140 Pumphouse Ave SW, Calgary

$19 to $23

IV. Sports & Related Events

1. Annual Field of Dreams

Annual Field of Dreams Charity Classic Slow-Pitch Game & Home Run Derby. The #FieldofDreamsYYC will feature players and alumni from the Calgary Stampeders, the Calgary Flames and the Okotoks Dawgs, Battling one another on the field!

May 18, 2018 | 7:00 PM

Seaman Stadium and Duvernay Fieldhouse, 256 Don Seaman Way, Okotoks

$10-$30

2. Victoria Day Tweed Ride


What the tweed ride is, is a casual, ~10-15km ride around Calgary’s inner city where participants are encouraged to dress in tweed or vintage and by doing so may even win a prize, like a Brooks saddle.

Monday, May 21, 2018 | 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Village Ice Cream: 431 10 Avenue SE

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V. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events

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1. Spring Arts & Crafts Fair

In accordance with May’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Potential Place members will be putting on an arts and crafts fair to both raise awareness of mental illness, and to raise money for their Clubhouse.  Along with a wide variety of artwork handmade by Clubhouse members, there will also be a bake sale full of goodies, and live music! Please come by and help support those in Calgary who struggle with mental illness every day. Details

Thursday, May 17, 2018 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Friday, May 18, 2018 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Potential Place Society
999 8th Street SW, Calgary

Free

2. Otafest 2018

Otafest is a 3-day Japanese Cultural and Animation Festival. Guests of Honor include Leah Clark, Matt Mercer, Kim Chi, Capcom Live! and more!
Check out over 100 hours of programming, special guests, our huge Exhibitor Hall and Artist Alley for amazing art and merchandise, autograph signings, guest meet & greets, concerts, photo booth, video game tournaments, Pokemon league, Maid Cafe, and much. Details

May 18 to 20, 2018

Calgary Telus Convention Centre

$0-$55

3.  Picnic in the Park

There will be 15+ food trucks, live music, and a plethora of things to see and do. Details

May 19 & 20th, 2018  | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Victoria Park

$5 Entry (free for kids under 14)

4.  Otafest Night Market

Come play festival games on Stephen Avenue with the Maids & Butlers, enjoy live entertainment on the Stephen Avenue stage, traditional festival garb to try on at the photo booth, traditional Japanese festival games to try your luck at, as well as performances from Midnight Taiko and Yosoca – Yosakoi Soran Calgary. Details

 Saturday, May 19, 2018 | 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Stephen Avenue Walk

Free

5. One Tribe Community Festival

A variety of experiences & presentations will be offered throughout the weekend that are community connecting, heart opening, fun and conscious. They will include movement, mediation, music, expression, exploration and more! Details

May 19 to 21, 2018

Camp Chief Hector, Bow Valley Provincial Park

$100- $300 includes all buffet meals and accommodations

5.  Picnic in the Park

Feast on 15 of your favourite YYCFoodTrucks, take in live musical performances from some of Calgary’s newest talents, relax with a cold drink and amazing food in a family friendly, zero waste environment in the heart of our great city. Details

May 19 to 20, 2018

1st St. and 11th Ave SE, Calgary

$5

6. Living with Wildlife Presentation/Forum

Do you have questions about bobcats, coyotes, hawks, porcupines, hares or any of the other 400+ wildlife species we share our city with? Join the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (CWRS), in collaboration with the City of Calgary, for this free and informative talk/forum about Living with Wildlife.. Details

Saturday May 19th  | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Inglewood Bird Sanctuary , 2425 9th Ave S.E.

 Free

7. Exhibitions

  • No Rain, No Flowers: Come and see the latest mixed media art installation by local artist Stefanie Staples using paper mâché, paper, wood, and paint. A playful representation of clouds and rain, and the necessity of both to grow flowers abundant.  Through May 24 @ Arts Commons.Details
  • 16th Annual Juried Members Show: 2018 marks the 16th anniversary of the Leighton Art Centre’s Juried Member’s Show. This year’s exciting member-only group exhibition features 54 pieces of painting, ceramics and prints from 38 artists. 116 artists submitted 340 pieces so it was a very competitive selection process! Through June 3, 2018 @ Leighton Art Centre, 282027 144 St. West, Foothills. Details
  • Breanne Avender – Where the Wave Ends: A jewellery collection from the very edge of the ocean. It is about the moment and the place where the wave ends in bubbles, drops, and sparkles. They linger – just for a moment – until the next wave rolls in. on May 5th – June 30th, 2018 | 12 pm-5 pm @  #225, 1721 29th Ave SW, Calgary. Details

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