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Calgary Roughnecks Flex Club
2026-07-31 17:00 - 23:59, 2026-07-28 17:00 - 23:59, 2026-07-24 17:00 - 23:59, 2026-07-21 17:00 - 23:59, 2026-07-17 17:00 - 23:59, 2026-07-14 17:00 - 23:59, 2026-07-10 17:00 - 23:59, 2026-07-07 17:00 - 23:59 (America/Denver) and 7 more dates | Scotiabank Saddledome, 555 Saddledome Rise SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 2W1, US
We’re changing the game when it comes to flexible ticket packages! With one of the first multi-team products in professional sport, the FlexClub offers fans the opportunity to experience the WHL, AHL, and NLL with ease. With FlexClub, you can pick ANY team, ANY game, ANY seat, in ANY combination that works for you. With three teams to pick from, and 78 games on the calendar, there’s a WIN for everyone!

Monthly free tutoring!
2026-06-29, 2026-06-25, 2026-06-22, 2026-06-18, 2026-06-15, 2026-06-11 | Esker Foundation, 1011 9 Ave SE 4th floor, Calgary, T2G 0H7, Canada
Need help with homework? Our free drop-in tutoring program downtown is for junior high and high school students. RSVP your spot or come in when you can. Our tutors walk around and help with English, math, and science, whether you have one small question or a lot to work on. It’s a relaxed, friendly place to get help, learn more, and feel better about school. Walk ins welcome. Email goodneighbouryyc@gmail.com for more information.

Candlelight: Tribute to ABBA
2026-06-21 20:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Studio Bell, 850 4 St SE, Calgary, Ab, T2G 0L8, US
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Calgary. Get your tickets now to discover the music of ABBA at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Tentative Program
– Dancing Queen
– SOS
– Money, Money, Money
– The Winner Takes it All
– Voulez-Vous
– Angeleyes
– Waterloo
– Fernando
– Knowing Me, Knowing You
– Chiquitita
– Lay All Your Love On Me
– Super Trouper
– Mamma Mia
Performers
– String Quartet:
– 2 violins
– 1 viola
– 1 cello

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
2026-06-21 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | Studio Bell, 850 4 St SE, Calgary, Ab, T2G 0L8, US
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Calgary. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Hans Zimmer at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Tentative Program
– Time – Inception
– This Land – The Lion King
– Zooster’s Breakout – Madagascar
– Supermarine – Dunkirk
– Honor – The Pacific
– A Dark Knight – The Dark Knight
– Wonder Woman Suite
– Gladiator Suite
– Cornfield Chase – Interstellar
– Dune Suite
– Discombobulate – Sherlock Holmes
– Pirates of the Caribbean Suite
Performers
– String Quartet:
– 2 violins
– 1 viola
– 1 cello

Salami Rose Joe Louis
2026-06-20 21:30 - 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Dickens, Lower 1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Ab, T2P 2Y6, US
Described by Pitchfork as “Captain Beefheart for synth heads who grew up watching Adult Swim,” Salami Rose Joe Louis (AKA Lindsay Olsen) harnesses electronic tinkerings and glitch-y hooks to explore cosmic tinged storytelling in her lyricism. A signee to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, she recently dropped a recording of a rehearsal entitled Inside, with trio, at pattys, which should prepare you nicely for her mind-bendingly catchy live show.

Sled Island presents: Granpa (Lucas Abela) + guests
2026-06-18 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | BLOX Arts Centre, 834 11 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1, US
Granpa (Lucas Abela)
Harsh noise meets bloodcraft when Granpa (Lucas Abela) hits the stage. His free jazz inspired sounds — achieved by blowing on amplified shards of glass with his mouth (and sometimes bloodying himself in the process) — have toured the world since the ‘90s and were featured on Death Grips’ 2018 album ​​Year of the Snitch. This one-of-a-kind show will be an out-of-body audio experience for the ages.
Important info:Start and running times are subject to change. Please check the Sled Island schedule in June for exact set times.
Upon entering a festival venue, the passholder agrees to being photographed, filmed or recorded in that venue, and agrees to the publication, reproduction, distribution and broadcast of all photographs, video or other recordings of the passholder’s voice or likeness without further notice or compensation in any publicity, advertisement or other publication carried-out by, or on behalf of, Sled Island and in perpetuity in any manner and media whatsoever, including print, broadcast or internet.
Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees must abide by Sled Island’s safer spaces and inclusion policy and agree to the code of conduct, which can be found at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.
All passes and tickets are non-refundable.
About Sled Island:
Sled Island is an annual five-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that brings together a community of music, comedy and art with over 25,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.
Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).

Sled Island presents: Backxwash + guests
2026-06-18 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Edmonton) | Commonwealth Bar and Stage, 731 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1, US
Backxwash
Influenced by traditional Zambian music, industrial metal and experimental hip-hop, Ashanti Mutinta has carved out a noisy place in Canada’s rising rap scene. After a prior win in 2020, her most recent album, Only Dust Remains, was also considered for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize. Uncompromising, unpredictable, and deeply political; Backxwash is all this, and so much more.
Important info:
Start and running times are subject to change. Please check the Sled Island schedule in June for exact set times.
Upon entering a festival venue, the passholder agrees to being photographed, filmed or recorded in that venue, and agrees to the publication, reproduction, distribution and broadcast of all photographs, video or other recordings of the passholder’s voice or likeness without further notice or compensation in any publicity, advertisement or other publication carried-out by, or on behalf of, Sled Island and in perpetuity in any manner and media whatsoever, including print, broadcast or internet.
Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees must abide by Sled Island’s safer spaces and inclusion policy and agree to the code of conduct, which can be found at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.
All passes and tickets are non-refundable.
About Sled Island:
Sled Island is an annual five-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that brings together a community of music, comedy and art with over 25,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.
Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).

Sled Island presents: Suffering Hour + guests
2026-06-17 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | BLOX Arts Centre, 834 11 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M1, US
Suffering Hour
Pitch-black metal trio Suffering Hour plumb the depths of depravity for an avant-garde take on extreme music. Their sound features goth intonations, primal howls, and even touches of thrash metal on their latest EP, Impending Rebirth. With thunderous riffs born in the pits of hell, Suffering Hour is one of the heaviest shows at Sled Island this year.
Important info: Start and running times are subject to change. Please check the Sled Island schedule in June for exact set times.
Upon entering a festival venue, the passholder agrees to being photographed, filmed or recorded in that venue, and agrees to the publication, reproduction, distribution and broadcast of all photographs, video or other recordings of the passholder’s voice or likeness without further notice or compensation in any publicity, advertisement or other publication carried-out by, or on behalf of, Sled Island and in perpetuity in any manner and media whatsoever, including print, broadcast or internet.
Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees must abide by Sled Island’s safer spaces and inclusion policy and agree to the code of conduct, which can be found at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.
All passes and tickets are non-refundable.
About Sled Island:
Sled Island is an annual five-day independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta that brings together a community of music, comedy and art with over 25,000 attendees in multiple venues across the city. For more information, visit SledIsland.com.
Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).

Sled Island Music & Arts Festival
2026-06-17 00:00 - 2026-06-21 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Various Venues, Calgary, Alberta, US
Sled Island is an annual, multi-venue independent music and arts festival in Calgary, Alberta. The first wave of Sled Island 2026 artists is here! Joining Sled Island’s previously announced guest curator, clipping., is English chamber folk ensemble Black Country, New Road, revered Canadian pop project HOMESHAKE, LA synth punks Sextile, fuzzy indie rock outfit feeble little horse, outlandish egg punk group Snõõper, lo-fi post-punk duo Sweeping Promises, NYC-based ambient pioneer Laraaji, and genre-bending dream pop artist Salami Rose Joe Louis (signed to Flying Lotus’ record label, Brainfeeder). Also included in the first wave lineup is Nigerien desert rock band Etran de L’Aïr, a new solo project from multidisciplinary artist and Sled Island alum Thor Harris (Swans, Thor & Friends, Ben Frost), acclaimed lo-fi hip-hop artist DijahSB, indie pop singer-songwriter Emily Yacina, blackened death metal trio Suffering Hour, and Montreal slop rock group Tha Retail Simps. Each year, Sled Island’s guest curator helps to shape the festival’s programming. This year, clipping. has handpicked an incredible collection of performers, including renowned abstract rapper billy woods (Armand Hammer), horrorcore noise rap artist Backxwash, accomplished experimental sound composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Calgary hip-hip heroes Cartel Madras (opening for clipping. at The Palace Theatre), Australian free noise musician Granpa (Lucas Abela), gothic industrial artist Lana Del Rabies, and more still to be announced. Sled Island’s complete 2026 lineup will be announced in the coming months, including additional headliners, over 150 more bands, as well as comedy, art, special events and conference programming. For now, check out our Sled Island 2026 YouTube playlist! Sled Island passes and tickets for clipping. with Cartel Madras are currently on sale at SledIsland.com. A limited number of single show tickets to newly announced Sled Island 2026 shows will go on sale Friday, March 6 at noon MST. For more information and to check out the first wave lineup, visit SledIsland.com. A huge shout out to Becca Lowe for this year’s poster design! Thank you to our sponsors and funders at Servus Credit Union, Calgary Downtown Association, Eighty-Eight Brewing, Dandy Brewing Company, The Beltline BLOX, Confluence Distilling, Structured Abstraction, Calgary Arts Development, The City of Calgary, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Government of Canada, FACTOR Canada, Rozsa Foundation, Calgary Hotel Association and SOCAN Foundation.

Reverend Horton Heat with The Surfrajettes (SATURDAY SHOW)
2026-06-13 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | Dickens, Lower 1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Ab, T2P 2Y6, US
The LONG awaited return of the punk rockabilly legend is finally happening! Reverend Horton Heat is coming with The Surfrajettes!

Reverend Horton Heat with The Surfrajettes (FRIDAY SHOW)
2026-06-12 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | Dickens, Lower 1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Ab, T2P 2Y6, US
