Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Calgary, Canada

Topdrukte — Zoolights and Christmas markets, Winter / Christmas break in Canada

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Chinook season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Rockies ski season (10 nov – 15 mei (meestal)), Zoolights and Christmas markets (20 nov – 5 jan)

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Chinook season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Rockies ski season (10 nov – 15 mei (meestal))

Druk — March break / semaine de relâche in Canada

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Chinook season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Rockies ski season (10 nov – 15 mei (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Rockies ski season (10 nov – 15 mei (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Rockies ski season (10 nov – 15 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — 4th Street Lilac Festival, Summer break in Canada

• Festival

  4th Street Lilac Festival

  1–14 jun · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  A free one-day street festival along 4th Street SW each June: more than 500 vendors, live music and patios spilling onto the road, one of the city's longest-running neighbourhood festivals. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Calgary Stampede, Canada Day

• Festival

  Calgary Stampede

  3–12 julSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  Ten days of rodeo, chuckwagon racing and midway in early July, and the whole city dresses for it and serves free pancakes on street corners. Hotel rates roughly double and downtown rooms go months out. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Canada Day

  1 julNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday. Banks, government offices and many shops close, towns put on daytime concerts and parades with fireworks after dark, and hotels and ferries fill when it makes a long weekend. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Calgary Folk Music Festival

  23–26 julDruk

  Four days on Prince's Island Park in the river downtown, a fortnight after the Stampede and about as different in temperament as a city can manage. Tarps go down on the main-stage lawn at dawn. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — GlobalFest fireworks, Summer break in Canada

• Festival

  GlobalFest fireworks

  27–30 augLicht & vuurDruk

  Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August. It runs late because the sky here does not go properly dark until nearly ten. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Calgary International Film Festival, Summer break in Canada

• Festival

  Calgary International Film Festival

  20 sep – 5 okt · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  Eleven days of Canadian premieres, international award winners and free outdoor screenings each fall, Alberta's largest film festival and an Oscar-qualifying showcase for short films. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: GlobalFest fireworks (27–30 aug)

Druk — Calgary International Film Festival

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Calgary International Film Festival (20 sep – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — Zoolights and Christmas markets

• Seizoen

  Chinook season

  1 nov – 31 mrtWindseizoen

  Several times a winter a warm wind comes off the Rockies, an arch of cloud opens on the western horizon and the temperature climbs twenty degrees in a few hours. The snow goes, the ice rinks go with it, and half the city gets a headache.

• Seizoen

  Rockies ski season

  10 nov – 15 mei · meestalBoek vroeg

  Calgary is the airport for Banff, Lake Louise and Sunshine, ninety minutes west, and their lifts run from mid-November into May. Sunshine Village usually holds out to the Victoria Day weekend. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Zoolights and Christmas markets

  20 nov – 5 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  The zoo's light walk runs from late November to early January and sells timed tickets that go early on weekends. It is the standard cold-evening outing here, so dress for standing still outdoors. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Zoolights and Christmas markets, Winter / Christmas break in Canada

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Chinook season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Rockies ski season (10 nov – 15 mei (meestal)), Zoolights and Christmas markets (20 nov – 5 jan)