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The Festival returns bigger than ever with expanded outdoor activities, including live music, crafts, entertainment and the outrageous phenomenon SQUONK! The Calgary International Children's Festival runs May 20 to 23. Public Early Bird Tickets are $17. After April 30, tickets are up to $29. Wild Kratts Tickets starting at $30.

Calgary Unplugged is an annual family-friendly Earth Hour event. Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024 Time: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Location: Central Library (800 3 Street SE) Join us for music, entertainment, and opportunities to experience what environmental actions you can take in Calgary. Pedal power midway games and experience how our natural world affects our daily lives. Bring personal lighting and dance to the DJ when the lights go down for the Earth Hour party! Calgary Unplugged is hosted by The Arusha Centre's Climate Program, with support from The City of Calgary and community agencies. If you can't make it to the event, turning off nonessential lights, "unplug" from electronics at 8:30 and reconnect with people, games or hobbies! After Earth Hour, share your participation with #EarthHour and #EarthHourYYC. Email programs@arusha.org with questions.

Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child-accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains. Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness, and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of. Recommended for children aged 5 to 12, but created with the entire family in mind. Come one hour before the show & enjoy family friendly activities. Stay after to meet the performers. Created and Narrated by Samantha Whelan Kotkas Music by Tyler Hornby Puppets by Green Fools Theatre Video by Joel Goundry Tyler Hornby - Drums, Chris Andrew - Piano, Pat Belliveau - Saxophones, Aaron Shore - Guitar, Stephen Shepard - Bass

Lougheed House is pleased to present the work of renowned Calgary based photographer, George Webber. This exhibition of recent work underscores the photographer’s fascination with the formal beauty of this abandoned and feral industrial site. George Webber has been photographing the people, landscape and urban environment of the Canadian west for over 35 years and has received numerous awards for his photography. His work can be found in museums and archives in Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Australia. This exhibit is part of the Exposure Photography Festival, presenting photography exhibits and special events across Alberta.

The Calgary Home + Garden Show is the most trusted resource for every home improvement project, inside and out. With expert insights from local and internationally celebrated home, horticulture and landscaping specialists, live-action culinary demonstrations from Calgary’s top chefs, plus more than 650 exhibitors and a slew of exciting new features designed to whip any home or garden into shape, there’s real advice, real inspiration and real experts at every turn. Satisfaction guaranteed—or the cost of admission is on us.

Admission to the party includes a dance lesson (primary movements, rhythmic structure, posture, leading and following), a social dance as well as refreshments. No partner required! For ages 18+.