Signature Events
Alberta hosts many major festivals and events throughout the year. Come discover why Edmonton is called Canada’s “Festival City” and what makes the Calgary Stampede the “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.”
Getting Started
No matter where you are in Alberta, no matter the season, there's plenty of special events throughout our six tourism regions. Here's a partial list to get you started.
Then click on the Regions pages in the EXPLORE menu for more events and details.
Alberta Central
- Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose)
- Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Assn. Finals (Lloydminster)
- Centre Fest: International Street Performers’ Festival (Red Deer)
- David Thompson Days Country Fair (Rocky Mountain House)
- Grandview Stage Music Festival (Rocky Mountain House)
- History Road (Wetaskiwin)
- Lac La Biche Pow Wow and Fish Derby (Lac La Biche)
- Lakeland Country Fair
- Lea Park Pro Rodeo (County of Vermillion River)
- Maple Flag (Cold Lake)
- Olds Pro Rodeo
- Ponoka Stampede (Ponoka)
- Rocky Pro Rodeo (Rocky Mountain House)
- Sundre Pro Rodeo
- Thunder in the Valley Drag Races (Drayton Valley)
- Wainwright Stampede
- Western Days Fair and Exhibition (Red Deer)
- Winter Festival of Speed (Lac La Biche)
Alberta North
- Alberta Open Sand Sculpture Championship (Lesser Slave Lake)
- Athabasca Country Fringe Festival (Athabasca)
- Blueberry Festival (Fort McMurray)
- Falher Honey Festival (Falher)
- Golden Walleye Classic (High Prairie)
- Grand Prairie Street Performers Festival
- High Prairie Elks Pro Rodeo
- InterPLAY Festival (Fort McMurray)
- Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
- Magnificent River Rats Festival (Athabasca)
- North Country Fair (Lesser Slave Lake)
- Peace Country Gospel Jamboree (Beaverlodge)
- Peace Fest (Peace River)
- Reel Shorts Film Festival (Grande Prairie)
- Rombs Country & Bluegrass Jamboree (Fairview)
- Sawridge Festival (Slave Lake)
- Slave Lake Songbird Festival (Lesser Slave Lake)
- Stompede (Grande Prairie)
- Summerslam (Grande Prairie & Fort McMurray)
- Extreme Country Fever Music Festival (Grande Prairie)
Alberta South
- Bluegrass Country Music Festival (Hillspring)
- Canadian Badlands Passion Play (Drumheller)
- Heritage Days Stampede (Strathmore)
- Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede
- Medicine Hat Jazz Fest
- Pioneer Acres Annual Show & Reunion (Irricana)
- Rum Runners Days (Crowsnest Pass)
- South Country Fair (Fort McLeod)
- Spectrum Festival (Medicine Hat)
- Spock Days/Galaxyfest Star Trek Convention (Vulcan)
- The Gathering – Cowboy Poetry (Pincher Creek)
- Whoop-Up Days Summer Fair & Rodeo (Lethbridge)
- Waterton Wildflower Festival (Waterton Lakes National Park )
Calgary & Area
- Afrikadey!
- Bragg Creek Festival
- Calgary C-Jazz Festival
- Calgary Dragon Boat Festival
- Calgary Folk Music Festival
- Calgary Fringe Festival
- Calgary Stampede
- Calgary International Bluesfest
- Calgary International Children's Festival
- Calgary Winterfest
- Carifest
- Expo Latino
- FunnyFest Comedy Festival
- Fourth Street Lilac Festival
- GlobalFest
- North American Championship Chuckwagon Races & Guy Weadick Pro Rodeo (High River)
- Reggae Fest
- Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival (Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton!)
- Rodeo Royal
- Spruce Meadows: International show-jumping tournaments
- Taste of Calgary
- Wild Wild West Events: Bikes & Blues Festival, Annual Bluegrass Festival
- Wordfest
- Round up of Calgary Festivals
Canadian Rockies
- Banff Culture Walk
- Banff Mountain Film Festival
- Banff Summer Arts Festival
- Canadian Death Race (Grande Cache)
- Canmore artsPeak Arts Festival
- Canmore Children's Festival
- Canmore Folk Music Festival
- Canmore Highland Games
- Canmore Rocky Mountain Half Marathon, Run & Walk
- Ice Magic Weekend - International Ice Sculpting Competition (Lake Louise)
- Jasper Heritage Rodeo
- Mary Reimer Memorial Rodeo (Hinton)
- Winter Magic Festival (Hinton)
- WinterStart Festival (Banff/Lake Louise)
Edmonton & Area
- Blueberry Bluegrass Country Music Festival (Stony Plain)
- Boonstock Music Festival (Gibbons)
- Canadian Finals Rodeo
- Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival
- Dragon Boat Festival
- Dreamspeakers International Film Festival
- Capital EX (formerly Klondike Days)
- Edmonton & Northern Alberta Historic Festival
- Edmonton Folk Music Festival
- Edmonton Heritage Festival
- Edmonton International Film Festival
- Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
- Edmonton International Street Performers Festival
- Farmfair International
- Labatt Blues Festival
- Nextfest - Syncrude Next Generation Arts Festival
- Ice on Whyte
- International Childrens' Festival (St. Albert)
- Rexall Edmonton Indy
- River City Shakespeare Festival
- Stony Plain Cowboy Poetry Gathering
- Symphony Under the Sky
- Taste of Edmonton
- The Works Art & Design Festival
- Thunder in the Valley Drag Races (Drayton Valley)
- WPCA Dodge World Chuckwagon Championships
- Yardbird Jazz Festival
- For a round up of Edmonton's festivals, visit Edmonton Festival City
