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Need few ideas for a fun time with your bestie or your date? Here is a list of 45 things to do this January in Calgary!
- Tryout a new sport during All Sport One City days for FREE. Try parkour, see how fun wheelchair basketball can be, see what all the fuss is about with yoga, or learn the basics of netball. At All Sport One City, you can try your hand at a martial art, learn how to fence, or give power horseshoe a shot. Registration opens on January 1.
- Watch or join with over 80 Dipsters in crazy costumes jump into the icy water to raise critical funds and awareness for the SA Foundation’s work against human trafficking. January 1, 2018 | 1:00 PM @ Elbow Valley Resident’s Club
- Treat your beau to a New Year’s day brunch at Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant.
- Attend High Performance Rodeo, Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts.
- Learn to Swing Dance @ Mount Pleasant Community Centre
- Get ready to go UNDERCOVER @ Vertigo Theatre from January 13 to February 11! When everyone is a suspect, find out whether the rookie detective will be able to discern clues and see that justice is served? Enjoy beer samples from Village Brewery before the show from 6:30 to 7:30 PM on January 23. Tickets are only $20 on January 24, if you are between 15 to 29.
- Rock out with the Tenors or with Bret Kissel on Saturday, January 13, 2018.
- Keep your inhibitions at bay and listen to Naked Girls Reading Erotica.
- Enjoy the thrilling contemporary adaptation of Pushkin’s timeless poem and Tchaikovsky’s renowned opera, Onegin features a high-energy musical score to tell a sweeping tale of unrequited love, infatuation, and intrigue.This passionate retelling of a Russian classic will blow your mind. January 5-13, 2018 @ Max Bell Theatre
- Get ideas for your next home renovation project at The Calgary Renovation Show.
- Enjoy a performance of City of Angels, winner of 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score.
- Have a fun game night at Distortion-Live on Tuesdays. – FREE.
- Plan a lunch date at Lunchbox Theatre.
- Plan and get your tickets for Robbie Burns Day celebration!
- See some of the best and most exciting films from the 2017 Banff Mountain Film Festival which takes place in Banff every November.
- Enjoy a free night out at Contemporary Calgary. This month’s Late night Thursday program at Contemporary Calgary is a stage show by Selci, which features dancers from Trip The Light contemporary dance crew (Calgary), visuals by artist Sebastian Jarmula (Calgary), and a stage installation that she designed herself.
- Brush up YOUR Broadway with this spectacular crash course in the some of the greatest musicals in Broadway featuring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lin Manuel Miranda, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kander & Ebb, Disney and Stephen Sondheim!
- Join the National Music Centre for the launch of their monthly Alberta Spotlight series, featuring Raleigh with support from Crystal Eyes.
- Travel to Lake Louise for Ice Magic Festival! Wander amongst the emerging sculptures watching the magic in action, ask questions of the carvers, and vote for your favourite. -FREE on select days!
- Bundle up, share some homegrown beers and enjoy Calgary’s thriving music scene during BIG Winter Classic.
- Listen to Tim Hecker.
- Book your seats at Jubilee Auditorium as Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound is bringing the heat back to Alberta with a brand new show: After the Curtain.
- Race down Mt Norquay on a Cardboard Sled! – January 19, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Enjoy a night of Celtic Music with Còig– one of Atlantic Canada’s premiere traditional groups or a blues night with Mr. Sipp.
- Hear the work of artists like Justin Timberlake, Fleetwood Mac, Katy Perry, Daft Punk, Hall & Oates and more, all performed by 50 energetic singers and a great band!
- Find out what happens when Matthew Perry, husband to Julia, father to Bunny, resolves that before the clock strikes midnight one year from now, he will have murdered his wife?
- Shake off the holiday cobwebs and keep at your 2018 resolutions with MEC Calgary Race 1.
- Read, sing, whisper, read in chorus, and generally have fun during the reading marathon of Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives!
- Spend Sunday morning, enjoying a delicious buffet brunch amongst a fabulous classic setting, and be moved by a recital performance featuring singers from the upcoming opera by Calgary Opera.
- Join Astronaut Terry Virts and learn about his experience and time in the International Space Station (ISS), where he installed the Cupola module, granting an unprecedented 360-degree view from the station.
- Have a night out with the Beatles! Lovingly reproduced to be as true to the original recording as possible, The Beatles’ seminal album Abbey Road comes to the Jack Singer Concert Hall from Classic Albums Live.
- Visit Spruce Meadows for a free weekend of Horse Jumping competitions.
- Try wines from Australia’s premium wine regions such as Margaret River, Adelaide Hills, the Barossa and Eden Valley during Australian Beach BBQ Festival.
- Maybe you prefer Italian Wines?
- Hear the best of Tchaikovsky’s most lyrical, plaintive, and heartbreakingly beautiful music during the Calgary Philharmonic’s moving tribute to the great Tchaikovsky! Tickets are only $25 to $35 to this concert.
- A Calgary Roughneck game night is always a fun night out!
- Plan an ice walk at Johnston Canyon!
Photo Credit: Canadian Tourism Commission
- From K.Flay to Jens Lindemann, there are many concerts taking place this month in Calgary.
- Find out more about doing biology outside of traditional professional settings. Maybe you can try some new biology on for size during Adults only night @ Telus Spark.
- Have a nerdy night at Wild Rose Brewery.
- Enjoy a winter hike at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary!
- Go Dog Sledding at Spray Valley Provincial Park.
- Go skiing or snowboarding at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park. On Servus Credit Union’s Servus
Ski Tuesdays, lift tickets are just $10 between 3 p.m. and 9 on Jan. 9, Jan. 30, 2018. - Get a sneak-taste into 2018 Hot Chocolate Fest on Sunday, January 28th, 2018.
- Have a fun time trying Canada’s most beloved winter sports for free at St. Patrick’s Island.Confluence Plaza. Daily, 9am – 7pm.
For more fun see:
Things to Do Winter in Calgary
50 Fun Things to Do During Winter in Alberta