Here’s everything happening in Calgary over the next seven days: concerts, theatre, festivals, workshops, trivia nights, markets and free events, in one live list that updates every morning. Start with this week’s highlights, scroll the full calendar by day, or skip to the weeknight ideas if you need a plan for tonight.
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CALGARY EVENTS THIS WEEK, DAY BY DAY
October 2026
Evil Dead The Musical
Imaginairium Festival
DIY Polymer Clay Worry Stones Workshop – Create Your Own Calming Stones
Performing Oct 13th – 17th: Alex Carr
Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice DIY Workshop
Paint Nite • Bubblemania Café • Calgary
Pranks, Parties, and Pumpkins: A Halloween History Tour
Men’s Breathwork – Choose YOU, Access YOU, Get back to YOU
Wordfest Presents Opening Night Showcase Starring Cassie Campbell-Pascall & Clara Hughes
100 Cities Project: Calgary | Dinner with New Friends
WEEKNIGHTS, SORTED
Weekends get all the attention. Monday to Thursday is where Calgary quietly does some of its best stuff: cheaper tickets, shorter lines, and a real shot at the table everyone’s been trying to book.
The new spot, before everyone else: Weeknights are when you can actually walk into the places that just opened. Our new restaurants in Calgary guide tracks what’s opened and what’s coming next.
A drink worth leaving the house for: Skip the usual and try somewhere from our best cocktail bars in Calgary list, or find the door to After Eight.
Make something with your hands: Terrariums, pottery, paint and sip, fall bouquets. Workshops fill the calendar most weeknights, and you leave with something to show for it. Filter the calendar by Classes & Workshops.
Trivia night: Pubs and pizzerias across the city run weekly trivia, and plenty of them are free to play. They’re on the calendar above.
PICK YOUR PLAN
Free (or close to it): Everything free or under $20 lives in Free & Cheap events. If it’s your birthday week, our Calgary birthday freebies list does the math for you.
Date night: Book a table from our romantic restaurants guide, then catch a show from the calendar.
The ones that make you look twice: Puppy yoga. Ghost tours through Calgary’s oldest buildings. Calgary does weird and wonderful better than it gets credit for.
Markets: Night markets, makers markets and pop-ups run year-round. Start with our Calgary markets guide.
Need something tonight? See things to do in Calgary today.
Planning the weekend? Our best things to do in Calgary this weekend drops every Wednesday, hand-picked with prices and times.
THINGS TO DO IN CALGARY THIS WEEK: FAQ
What’s happening in Calgary this week?
The calendar above has everything on over the next seven days, updated every morning: festivals, concerts, theatre, markets, workshops and free events. For the short list of what’s actually worth your night, get the Locale List in your inbox every Thursday.
What is there to do in Calgary on a Tuesday night?
$5 movies at Cineplex, trivia at a neighbourhood pub, a pottery or terrarium workshop, or a cocktail bar you’d never get into on a Saturday. Tuesday is quietly the best night of the week for trying somewhere new.
What’s free in Calgary this week?
Free events are marked “Free” in the calendar’s price line, and the Free & Cheap category collects everything under $20. Birthday freebies, grand-opening giveaways and free festival days show up in the Locale List first.
What just opened in Calgary?
New restaurants, bars and cafés open almost every week, and the Locale List covers all the latest openings and what’s new in the city every Thursday. Join the Locale List and you’ll hear about them first.
What’s the difference between this page and the weekend guide?
This page is the full, live list of the next seven days. The weekend guide is the edit: the handful of Friday-to-Sunday events we think are genuinely worth your time, with prices, times and why they’re worth going.
NEVER MISS AN EVENT
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