Calgary's Culture Days

Discover. Experience. Celebrate. Calgary Culture Days: Sept. 1 - 30th

Culture Days is an annual celebration of arts, culture, heritage, diversity and community spirit.

  • Discover the vibrant cultural landscape of our city with events happening downtown and in neighbourhoods across Calgary. 

  • Experience local arts and culture throughout the month. There’s something for everyone, including music, festivals, theatre, cultural events, artist exhibits and more.

  • Celebrate all that arts and culture contributes to making Calgary a vibrant place to live, work and play.

Calgary Culture Days coincides with Alberta Culture Days through Sept. and with National Culture Days, celebrated Sept. 20 – Oct. 13.

Culture Days Ambassadors

  • Bruce Starlight – Tsuut'ina Elder

Share what you discover, experience and celebrate during Culture Days with the hashtag #YYCculturedays.

Featured events

Sep. 23 - 30

Bones of Crows – Film Screening

Sep. 29 from 6:30 – 9 p.m.

Central Library - 800 3 St. S.E.

Bones of Crows is a multigenerational epic and story of resilience told through the eyes of Cree matriarch Aline Spears. Removed from their family home and forced into Canada’s residential school system. Over the next hundred years, Aline and her descendants fight against systemic starvation, racism and sexual abuse — and work to build a more just future.

Building Bridges and ReconciliACTION - Gallery Tour & Artist Talk

Sep. 30 from 2 – 4 p.m

The Galleries at Arts Commons – 205 8 Ave. S.E.

Join Sanja Lukač, Senior Curator of Visual & Media Arts, for a tour of the +15 Gallery, +15 Soundscape, and Ledge Gallery. Kristy North Piegan, Brendon Many Bears and Sheila Norris will speak about their work and collaborations in the Building Bridges and ReconciliACTION exhibit. In partnership with Pokaiks Reconciliation Society.

Orange Shirt Day

Sep. 30 from 9 - 10:30 a.m.

The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland - 750 9 Ave S.E.

Join us to commemorate Indian residential school victims, honour survivors and their families and commit to acting on reconciliation. Everyone is encouraged to wear orange as a sign of support and to honour the children who didn’t return from residential schools across the country.

Pokaiks – The Children Commemorative Walk and Gathering Event

Sep. 30 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Eau Claire Park to Contemporary Calgary

The walk and gathering is a tribute to the survivors of the residential school system and the sixties scoop.

Studio Bell: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Sep. 30

Studio Bell - 850 4 St. S.E.

The National Music Centre (NMC) will open Studio Bell with free admission on September 30. As part of this important day of dialogue and understanding, NMC will present a discussion at 1:00 pm on the power of music for reconciliation, hosted by David McLeod, curator of the National Music Centre's Speak Up! Exhibition.

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Communities planning an event in Sept. that celebrate arts, culture, diversity or community spirit can submit events to our Culture Days calendar.

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