Epicurean Calgary

Epicurean Calgary
Calgary, AB
Canada
ph: 403-269-6592 ex. 2
epicureancalgary@yahoo.ca

What's Up Calendar

To get your event listed, or for more information on events below, please CALL or E-Mail us at 403-269-6592 ex. 2 or epicureancalgary@yahoo.ca

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AN UPDATE ON EVENTS AFFECTED BY COVID-19:
ALMOST ALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY, OR TO A SPECIFIC FUTURE DATE, OR HAVE BEEN CANCELLED COMPLETELY. SOME CHARITY EVENTS STILL HAVE A VIRTUAL SILENT AUCTION OR OTHER COMPONENT YOU MAY DONATE TO, SO PLEASE SUPPORT THEM IF YOU CAN. INFORMATION ON EACH EVENT IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.

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Calgary Flames

The Flames return for the 2020-21 season. They play 15 games in February. For more info, click here.

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Concerts and Special Events:

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January-March 2021

Winter Festivals

February 2021
February 22-27
Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest

For a list of seasonal festivals in and around Calgary, click here. More to come.

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January-March 2021

Walks, Runs, Rides, Rolls, Strolls, Jogs, Etc.

Various Locations

January 2021
January 1-February 28
Ski For Heart 2021 (ONLINE)

February 2021
February 1-28
Hypothermic Half Marathon 2021 (VIRTUAL)
2021 YYC Hot Chocolate Fest

December 31-February 28
The Great Canadian Kilt Skate (ONLINE)

March 2021
March 12-14
The Original St. Patrick's Day Road Race (VIRTUAL)

To register, pledge, donate, or for more information, click here.

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2021

January 2021

January 20-February 28, 2021

EXPOSURE 2021: Alberta's Photography Festival

Various Locations in Calgary and also Banff, Edmonton, Cochrane, Lethbridge, and online

List of Exhibitions
For a guide of exhibitions online and in Calgary, Banff, Cochrane, Lethbridge, and Edmonton, click here.
For a list of events, click here.

Exposure celebrates the arrival of 2021 with the seventeenth edition of the annual festival of photography. This year brings a festival like no other with over 190 visual artists! The challenges presented by COVID-19 have required energy, inventiveness, and resilience. They have produced a hybrid festival that brings together physical indoor exhibition spaces with outdoor public exhibitions and online experiences. The online program offers a unique opportunity to host new international
exhibitions and artists never before seen in Calgary, a COVID “silver lining”. So, put on your masks and come out to see the exhibitions, or hang out in your sweats and head over to www.exposurephotofestival.com and see amazing photography.
The Exposure 2021 International Open Call exhibition will feature the work of photographers and visual artists based around the world who incorporate, celebrate or challenge the photographic medium within their practices. Selected by MaryAnn Camilleri, Director of The Magenta Foundation, the exhibition will present the works of contemporary photographers based in Canada, USA, UK, Italy, South Korea, Netherlands, Germany and Argentina.
The Exposure 2021 Emerging Photographers Showcase celebrates the rich talent of early-career practitioners who are based in Alberta. Exposure’s 2020 Emerging Photographer of the Year award recipient, Colleen Rauscher, will also be presenting her first-ever solo show.
New for 2021, Exposure will bring an exciting city-wide public exhibition to its audiences in Calgary! In partnership with Pattison Outdoors, Exposure Billboard will show the work of 30 international and local artists and photographers via digital billboards located throughout the city.
During the Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary will see the return of The Photoville FENCE exhibition. Calgary’s Olympic Plaza will be the only location outside of the USA that will host this incredible exhibition, thanks to Exposure’s ongoing partnership with Brooklyn-based Photoville and a new partnership with Calgary’s Chinook Blast Festival. Exposure thanks the City of Calgary, Calgary Arts Development and Calgary Tourism for their support of this exciting exhibition.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Exposure Photography Festival has brought the Flash Forward Incubator Program to schools in Calgary and Edmonton, in partnership with The Magenta Foundation, based in Toronto.
Exposure’s 2021 online program includes exhibitions by The Museum of Youth Culture, which houses the world's most comprehensive collection of youth culture content, and Hundred Heroines, the only UK charity dedicated to advancing public awareness of women in photography.
Exposure 2021 participating exhibitors promise an exciting and diverse program of group and solo exhibitions and wide-ranging curatorial themes that audiences can engage with online, and in Calgary, Banff, Cochrane, Edmonton and Lethbridge. The Exposure 2021 exhibition program will display a broad range of narratives, subjects, practices and explorations of the photographic medium.
Exposure’s mission is to generate participation in photographic image making and to engage practitioners, photo professionals, and audiences in dialogue about the medium, its past, present and future. Like photography itself, Exposure embraces a broad audience, including beginners and experienced image makers, amateurs and professionals, and photographers of all ages and interest levels. Exposure seeks to expand awareness, to educate, inform, and delight.
Each February, The Exposure Photography Festival provides a focus to exhibit a diversity of photographic imagery by involving as many entities within the community as possible. Anyone willing to create a meaningful photography-based program, exhibit, or event is welcome. To date, the festival has united educators, independent artists, and public and private galleries, aided by the generous support of businesses, media partners, and government. The Exposure Photography Festival also programs lectures, panel discussions, and workshops to encourage more thoughtful image making by practicing photographers and to raise important questions about photography. This activity infuses vitality to the Alberta winter cultural scene, nurtures a sense of collectorship, and invites an expanding audience to experience the positive aesthetic and intellectual ways that serious photography can shape their lives. Look also for exhibitions in Banff, Edmonton, Cochrane, Lethbridge, and online.
The Exposure Photography Festival is a registered non-profit society established in 2004. Exposure is run by an enthusiastic Board of Directors who are devoted to photography. The festival's mission is to generate participation in photographic image making and to engage practitioners, photo professionals, and audiences in dialogue about the medium, it's past, present and future. Like photography itself, Exposure embraces a broad audience, including beginners and experienced image makers, amateurs and professionals, and photographers of all ages and interest levels. Exposure seeks to expand awareness, to educate, inform, and delight.
2021 will be the 17th year of Alberta’s one and only photography festival. The Festival usually hosts over 30,000 attendees annually. Most events and activities are free and open to the public. The Board of Directors looks forward to welcoming the community to an exciting and inspiring festival, celebrating photography and photographers from near and far.
Look for over two dozen exhibitions. Exposure estimates a large audience for the extensive 2021 program of exhibitions and events hosted in galleries, local businesses, online and outdoors. From February 4-28, the Exposure Festival HQ will be held in Contemporary Calgary (now postponed). Displayed within its dramatically bold brutalist spaces are the three festival feature exhibitions: International Open Call, Emerging Photographers Showcase and 2020 Emerging Photographer of the Year, Colleen Rauscher.

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February 2021

February 11-28, 2021

Chinook Blast

Various locations in the Downtown Core

Schedule:
Friday-Sunday 3:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Chinook Blast 2021 is excited to feature:
The Hub
A walk-through art and light display experience in the city center
Look up, look down, look every which way as you make your way through the downtown core, basking in local art installations lighting up our winter nights.
Light Breeze, February 11-March 1, East Village, Olympic Plaza & Stephen Avenue Place
The Cat’s Cradle, February 11-28, Stephen Avenue
Sonic Illumination, February 26-28, 100W block of Stephen Avenue
The STAR-Quarium, February 19-21, 26-28, Vendor Gardens - Near the Peace Bridge
The DOORS, February 11-14, 19-21, 26-28m Edison Building (Plaza)
Panaudicon, February 11-28, 200W block of Stephen Avenue
Colour-Where?, February 19-22, Calgary Central Library & Olympic Plaza
Luminocity, February 11-28, Stephen Avenue
Conciliation, February 18-21, C-Square in East Village
Winter Warm Up at Snap Foto Club, February 12-14, 19-21, 26-28, 200 118 8 Avenue S.W.
Luminescent Tall Tales, February 11-28, Stephen Avenue Walk / Virtual platform
Nordic Cross-Country Ski Loop, February 11-28, Fort Calgary
Hygge Hut Fire Pits, February 12-14, 19-21, 26-28, Riverwalk Plaza in East Village
Winter Gleam, February 19-22, Stephen Avenue
Chinook Blast Lighting Contest, February 12-27, 101 9 Avenue S.W. at the Calgary Tower
Project Projekt, February 12-15, 18-20, 25-27, 130 9 Avenue S.E.
Polychromatic, February 18-21, Calgary Central Library
Aiksiisopoo, February 12-14, 26-28, 750 9 Avenue S.E. at Fort Calgary
The Nook, February 11-28, East Village
Winter Froth, February 19-22, Stephen Avenue
Crystal-ealis, February 11-28, Barclay Mall in the Devon Building
Laser Plaza, February 11-14, 19-21, 26-28, Municipal Plaza
The Cube, February 12-14, 100W block of Stephen Avenue (by Goodlife Fitness)
The ORB, February 19-21, James Short Park at 115 4 Ave. S.W.
Abstract Aurora, February 18-21, Stephen Avenue (by ATB)

Partner Pop-Ups
Displays lighting up Calgary neighbourhoods around the downtown core
Fort Chinook, February 11-28
Crescent Moon Festival, February 12-14
Chinatown Ice Sculpture Showcase, February 12-28

Friends of Chinook Blast
Virtual events and activities planned by local artists and organizations
Ethnik Festival of Arts and Culture, February 26-27
(exp)lore, February 13, 20, 27
Fatigue-fest!, February 11-12, 15-19, 22-26
Body and Soul, February 17-23
To the Wild Sun of Winter, February 20
Yuki, February 22, 24, 26, 28
Indigenous Winter Storytelling Self-Guided Tour, February 11-28
Nordic Pole Walking, February 13-14, 20-21, 27-28
Fleece To Shawl, February 20
Exposure Photography Festival, February 1-28
Radical Books, February 27
WP Puppet Theatre, Ongoing
YYC Hot Chocolate Fest, February 1-28
Music Mile To Go, February 12, 19, 26

Join in for Chinook Blast’s Inaugural Year - 2021
The inaugural celebration is your chance to embrace the season and show the world that we’re not afraid of a little cold. After all, we don’t hibernate when temperatures fall, we bundle up and head out to enjoy all that winter has to offer.
Enjoy three weekends of open, outdoor winter fun at Chinook Blast–Calgary’s midwinter round up.
Calgary–come outside, bring your small social cohort and enjoy the vibrancy of our city this winter. You’re not afraid of a little cold, are you?
For three wonderful and wintery weekends, you can experience life outside of your four walls in a safe, socially distanced way.
- Cozy up fireside on outdoor patios
- Give speedskating a try and see how fast you can glide
- Capture moments among outdoor art installations
- Take a recharging walking tour
- And plenty more activities!

Year One
While there is an ongoing global pandemic, there is also no better time to brighten spirits and enliven our downtown.
Therefore, 2021 programming will go ahead but fall in line with COVID-19 Safety Protocols.

Years to Come
In the following years, welcome national and international tourists to share in our city’s pride. And when that time arrives, you can look forward to three iconic, anchoring events:
- The High Performance Rodeo, a 35-year institution of performing art in Calgary
- Calgary Folk Music Festival’s Block Heater, one of the city’s fastest-growing music festivals
- Glow Festival, an awe-inspiring winter festival with lights, ice carving and more presented by the Calgary Downtown Association

No matter the year, there will be three weekends of compelling and accessible programming that will unify our city with a common theme and coordinated schedule.

Stay Safe
Have a little fun without worrying because your safety is the top priority. Each activity is designed with AHS protocols in mind including areas that require masks, enforced social distancing and convenient hand-washing stations to help you (and others) stay safe.

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February 22-27, 2021

Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest (ONLINE)

Online

Monday, February 22
5:30 p.m. A special invitation only gathering at Mikey's On 12th for the pre-Maple Blues Awards Zoom
6:00 p.m. Maple Blues Awards stream. Calgary Bluesfest Producer Cindy McLeod will be honoured with the newly renamed John Valentyn Blues Booster Award!

Tuesday, February 23
6:00 p.m. Guitar Lesson with Tony D
7:00 p.m. Harmonica lesson with Steve Marriner

Wednesday, February 24
6:00 p.m. Cindy McLeod hosts the Blues Witness show, kicking off a new V-Jay series

Thursday, February 25
7:00 p.m. Debra Power in Concert (Calgary, AB)
8:30 p.m. Jack Semple in Concert (Regina, SK)

Friday, February 26
7:00 p.m. Steve Marriner in Concert (Ottawa, ON)
8:30 p.m. Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers in Concert (Halifax, NS)

Saturday, February 27
7:00 p.m. Tony D in Concert (Ottawa, ON)
8:30 p.m. Russell Jackson & Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne in Concert (Vernon, BC)

Tickets:
Concerts are $10/ea. If you buy the Midwinter Concert Series you get an annual subscription for FREE, with access to the entire video library

Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest celebrates its 15th Anniversary with a virtual series of world class concert performances, workshops and special events! The Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest, February 22-27, brings a full week of the best in Blues, celebrating some of the finest in Canadian Blues.
Starring: Tony D, Jack Semple, Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers, Steve Marriner, Debra Power, and Russell Jackson & Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne in a series of concerts!

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February 25-28, 2021

Calgary Home and Garden Show (POSTPONED TO APRIL 22-25)

BMO Centre, Stampede Park

Thursday, Noon-9:00 p.m.
Friday, Noon-9:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Sunday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Admission:
Adults (13+): $16.00
Seniors (60+): $13.00
Seniors (60+) Friday: $7
Children 12 and under: FREE

The Calgary Home + Garden Show is the most trusted resource for every home improvement project, inside and out. With experts offering great products and ideas for landscaping, decorating and renovating your home, plus more than 550 exhibitors and a slew of exciting new features, there’s real advice, real inspiration and real experts at every turn.
You can also expect to see internationally known designers sharing their secrets of the trade and inspiring the home decorator. Everything Home and Garden with gardening and landscaping, decorating and design, remodeling and renovating, home accessories and more.

Celebrity speakers include: TBA
Home & Garden Stage: TBA

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February 26-27, 2021

Ethnik Festival of Arts and Culture (VIRTUAL)

Online

6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

The annual Ethnik Festival of Arts and Culture is the premier, all-inclusive flagship festival that takes part in the celebration of Black History Month during the last week of February each year. Ethnik Festival of Arts and Culture is committed to creating platforms of events for an all-inclusive celebration. Their aim is to unite different cultures and ethnicities.
On February 26 & 27 join members of the Afro Canadian and Caribbean communities as they come together to celebrate diversity and inclusivity, and share their vibrant cultural traditions with other communities from across Canada. The goal is to promote leadership, inform and inspire younger generations to express genuine versions of themselves through the lens of Afro-Canadian and many other world art traditions. The 2021 edition will be a hybrid festival where participants gets to win lots of consolation prizes during the festival quiz competition. The festival will be live on Facebook and YouTube.
Ethnik Festival of Arts and Culture is powered by D’Touch Ltd. An organization committed to creating platforms of events for an all-inclusive celebration. Our aim is to unite different cultures and ethnicities. The idea behind this cause is Unity in diversity, geared towards building an integrated and socially cohesive society in Canadian societies and beyond.

2021 International & Local Artists Lineup
Troy James, Actor
Vivian Kaye, Entrepreneur
Wakefield Brewster, Poet/Spoken Word Artist
Cheryl Foggo, Author, Screenwriter & Playwright.
Kate Ryan, Circus & Hula Hoop Artist
KTHECHOSEN, Freestyle Rapper
Ray Val, Musician / Singer
Rey TheSongstress, Musician / Singer
Tola Adedipe, Spoken Word Artist
Rondel Roberts, Performer
Sabrina Naz, Choreographer/Dancer
Robinson Maurice, Percussionist
Zaire Ink, Recording Artist
Tola Dee, Poet & Spoken Word Artist
Priscilla Bukassa, Spoken Word Artist
Bethel Afework, Spoken Word Artist

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March 2021

March 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021

Alberta Beer Festivals present Brew Ed. (POSTPONED)

Brewer's Apprentice, N3 448 8 Ave. S.E.

6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. each class

Registration: $165
Includes all four "classes" including beer and brewery tour. Registration can be bought as a gift to use in any month in 2021.

Alberta Beer Festivals has always been about beer education. In order to continue that practise, they have created Brew Ed. (formerly Beer School), a four-part course that will cover all aspects about beer. Intimidated by the number of beers available and would like to know more about different beer styles? Are you currently employed or thinking about working in the restaurant service or alcohol retail industry? Do you plan to take the Cicerone Certification Program or want to learn more about the Beer Judge Certification Program? Intent on becoming a home brewer, but would like to know what varieties to brew? Or, simply, you just like beer and would like to know more about it? If you answered yes to any of the above, then Brew Ed is for you.

Each class of 10 people (maximum) will run approximately three hours and will cover a different topic such as the history of beer styles, how beer is made, and get up and personal with beer’s different ingredients. We will study beer’s characteristics and components, what makes a good beer, and even learn how to judge a beer. You’ll also learn a bit about beer packaging, glassware and home brewing. Lastly, we will also look at some food and beer pairings and talk about cooking with beer. Approximately a dozen beers will be sampled each class, so you’ll see and taste the difference between the different beer styles. The final class will be a “field trip” to one of Calgary’s breweries, where the “students” can see how beer is made first hand. And note: there will be NO final exam!

In addition to learning about the world’s most popular alcoholic beverage in an educational yet fun “classroom” you will:
- Receive your own Growler
- Be eligible to win some beer swag
- Try some surprise beers
- Be eligible to judge and/or steward at Calgary International Beerfest in May 2021, which includes free admission to the show. Details will be explained in “class”.

So register for Calgary’s most comprehensive beer learning experience today, before all the spots fill up! The next session will begin in April 2021. Note: You must be 18 years or older to register.

Click here to see Course Outline.

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March 8, 2021

Virtual International Women’s Day: Women + Wealth Gala

Online

Program of Events:
5:00 p.m.: Breakout Rooms Open for Group Ticket Holders
6:00 p.m.: Welcome, Carrie Doll
6:15 p.m.: Introduction to The Canadian Women’s Foundation, Paulette Senior
6:30 p.m.: Fireside Chat with Chau Lui
7:00 p.m.: Performance, Michelle Rushfeldt
7:10 p.m.: Fireside Chat with Sarah Nicole Landry
7:55 p.m.: Closing Remarks, Peter Kinkaide
8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.: Breakout Rooms Open for Group Ticket Holders

Tickets:
Single: $50
"Virtual Table" for 6: $250
"Virtual Table" for 10: $400
Includes one-time use codes to join the live event PLUS access to a dedicated breakout room for you and your guests to mingle in an hour before and an hour after the program. A breakout room is a private virtual room that allows you to see and chat with the other members of your virtual table. Host your clients, colleagues or friends for cocktails and discussion as if you were sharing a table with them at the Gala.

The 2021 International Women’s Day Women + Wealth Gala is hosted by Women & Wealth Inc, a not-for-profit organization that holds events on International Women’s Day to empower, inspire and support women across Canada who are, or are on their way to becoming, confident and passionate leaders of businesses, organizations, governments, schools, and communities. Together, they seek to help close the gender gap and promote gender equality within society.
2021 marks a different year for Women + Wealth. Normally, they would get together in the hundreds and celebrate International Women’s Day together. Since that is not an option this year, they are going virtual!
Join in from your home or office for the 2021 International Women’s Day Women + Wealth Gala in support of the Canadian Women’s Foundation featuring none other than The Birds Papaya – Sarah Nicole Landry!
This event is a powerful and empowering way for people across Canada to connect and celebrate International Women’s Day by bringing that experience to you. The 2021 IWD Gala will not only include an incredible evening of inspiration and empowerment from guest speakers who will share their story of success (the ups, downs and everything in between), Sarah Nicole Landry, Chau Lui, Paulette Senior and Host Carrie Doll, but also several ticket add-ons including a take-out three-course dinner, charcuterie board and prosecco (available for pick-up from Rebel Food and Drink in Edmonton and Murrieta’s Bar & Grill in Calgary) to help you enjoy the virtual Gala experience from the comfort of your home or office.

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March 11, 2021

YWHISPER Fundraising Gala (ONLINE)

Online

7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Individual tickets: $75

Why whisper?
Speak up!
Speak out!
Raise your voice for those who cannot.
Join in for an impactful evening with colleagues, friends, and community leaders. Listen to awe-inspiring keynote speakers, purchase raffle tickets for exciting prizes and more! Your support plays an important role in raising awareness and critical funds for the more than 5,500 vulnerable women and families that YW Calgary supports each year.
The 10th annual YWHISPER will feature a speaker series on the economic impacts of the pandemic on women and what needs to be done for a more equitable future. This past year has been hard on everyone. It’s been even harder for vulnerable women and their families. That’s why this may be the most important YWHISPER yet. This year will also be the 10th anniversary of YWHISPER but the first virtual event. To celebrate this they have partnered with The Walrus, Canada’s leading Canadian and international affairs long-form journalism magazine, to tap into their roster of cultural influence from across Canada. Keynote speakers will unpack the disproportionate challenges faced by women and gender-diverse people as a result of the pandemic, and the opportunities to push for real systemic change as we move toward recovery.
While not able to meet in-person, they are committed to bringing the same YWHISPER energy, thought leadership and inspiring conversation to your living room. YWHISPER has raised more than 3 million dollars over the past nine years and your support helps women and their families live free from violence, find safety, economic stability and build a brighter future. Voted one of Maclean’s Top 100 Charities of 2020, YW Calgary focuses on enhancing women’s well-being while advocating for equity. Each year YW supports nearly 6,000 women and their families move from crisis to stability by providing shelter, supportive housing, counselling, child development, childcare, education and employment programs in partnership with donors, government and other social agencies.

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March 12-14, 2021

Parents' Quest for the Cure: No-Show Gala (ONLINE)

Online

When: Sometime over the weekend of March 12th-14th.
Time: Morning, afternoon, evening, anytime.

Tickets: $300
For $300, you can purchase an event box for two. Choose between picking up your event box beforehand or having it delivered to your home ($20 fee). Open the box and you'll discover an assortment of enchanting delights including a bottle of fine wine, sweet and savory snacks, a virtual escape room experience, a trivia game, a chance to bid on and win great prizes and more.

Enjoy Parents' Quest for the Cure from the comfort of home and help raise much needed funds for childhood cancer research. With each ticket purchase you will receive a Magical Night for 2 box that will include a number of different surprises: challenge yourself to an Escape Room style experience, sip on some wine, munch on some delicious goodies and share your at-home event experience online withsocial media challenges. Join in the virtual fun of the online silent auction, enter the prize draw and test your online search skills with the Kids Cancer Care trivia game.
So sit back, relax and enjoy the magic of a gala evening from the comfort of your home. Join in at a time of your choice between March 12 and 14 for the Parents' Quest for the Cure: No Show Gala, presented by NorthGate Aviation Ltd.
Help provide children with a chance against cancer by supporting childhood cancer research. Quest for the Cure Gala proceeds go directly to childhood cancer research in Alberta.
Parents’ Quest for the Cure Gala is a Kids Cancer Care event made possible by generous sponsors and donors.

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March 13, 2021

Janus Academy's Annual Spring unGala (ONLINE)

Online

6:00 p.m.

Tickets: $50-$100

This year has brought extraordinary challenges to Janus Academy and its families. This pandemic has not changed the Janus Academy's path, but only strengthened their determination to build brighter futures for children with autism.
You are invited to join the Janus Academy’s 24th Annual unGALA on Saturday, March 13. We may not be together in one room, but we can still stand together in their mission. There will be one of Calgary’s largest silent auctions and an amazing community of sponsors, donors, and guests.
Janus Academy Society is a non-profit charitable organization that operates an independent school for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a summer camp, and an Adult Community Access Program for adults with ASD.
Operating for over 24 years, and with the support of its sponsors, donors, volunteers and parents, Janus Academy has been able to address some of the autism community’s most pressing needs, including a safe and caring learning environment for individuals with ASD.
Every year, hundreds of people in the community come out to support Janus Academy’s signature fundraising event. All of the money raised at the annual gala goes to the assessment, education, and treatment of students with this lifelong disorder.

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March 15-31, 2021

The Virtual Sugar Shack 2021

Online

In 2021, the Calgary ACFA is transforming its traditional winter cultural event into the tradition of sugar shacks, to offer French-language and immersion schools in the region an innovative virtual program in the form of various activities, flexible and adapted:
- A traditional music show and interactive dance workshop, with artists Daniel and Aline Gervais
- Two DIY activities, on the theme of sugar time and winter traditions one for the elementary level, with the Family Support Centre
- An educational and demonstration of maple pull on the snow with the Voyer family, local producers
- An interactive activity on the Francophone history of the greater Calgary area with the Alberta Economic Development Council and The Louis Pasteur High School
- An activity related to Aboriginal history and culture with Coloring It Forward
- The broadcast of a cultural program, in partnership with Unis TV
These activities, carried out in partnership with community organizations, will be filmed and then made available to schools with educational materials to help teachers animate their sessions with these activities.
The aim is to offer students the entertainment of winter events, while deepening their knowledge of French culture and history.

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