How we pick these: Free events, plus events whose cheapest listed ticket is $25 or less (before fees), in the next two weeks. Events without a listed price aren't included.
Thursday, October 1
- FREE First Thursday
5:00 PM · Contemporary Calgary Arts Society
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk
FreeView details → - Wordfest presents Rick Campanelli
7:00 PM · Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
Beltline · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 10-min walk · Arts & culture
- Performing October 1: Adam Tiller
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
- Harvey Fierstein's Torch SongFew tickets left
7:30 PM · Pumphouse Theatre · +8 more dates to Oct 10
Sunalta · CTrain: Sunalta · 13-min walk · Theatre & dance
- OMERTA, COMMONWEALTH & TMANGROUP PRESENTS: VINCENT
10:00 PM · Commonwealth Bar And Stage
Beltline · CTrain: 7th Street SW · 6-min walk · Live music
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Friday, October 2
- Calgary Cup Day 1 -UCalgary Dinos Basketball
2:00 PM · Jack Simpson Gymnasium
University of Calgary · CTrain: University · 10-min walk · Sports
- UCalgary Dinos Women's Soccer vs. Regina Cougars
6:00 PM · McMahon Stadium
University of Calgary · CTrain: Banff Trail · 7-min walk · Sports
- A Fox on the FairwayFew tickets left
7:30 PM · Pumphouse Theatre · +6 more dates to Oct 10
Sunalta · CTrain: Sunalta · 13-min walk · Theatre & dance
- Pumpkins After Dark | 2026 Calgary ABFew tickets left
7:30 PM · WinSport · +13 more dates to Oct 31
Canada Olympic Park · Family
- In Every Universe We Are Improvisors
7:30 PM · The Kinkonauts · +4 more dates to Oct 30
Beltline · CTrain: 8th Street SW · 7-min walk · Comedy
- Performing October 2: Adam Tiller
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
- Village Brewery Cask Sessions Presents: Stunt Husband and 90's Winona
8:00 PM · Village Brewery
Highfield · Food & drink
- Samantha Savage Smith with Guests Cassia Hardy and Ava Wild
9:00 PM · The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 1-min walk · Live music
- FRIDAYS WITH BENEFITS
9:30 PM · Twisted Element · +3 more dates to Oct 23
Beltline · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 8-min walk · Nightlife
- Rap & Burgers @ World Famous Fridays (Rap Night) - Free RSVP
10:00 PM · Commonwealth Bar
Beltline · CTrain: 7th Street SW · 6-min walk · Live music
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Saturday, October 3
- Battle of the Scheldt: Special Wargaming Event
10:00 AM · The Military Museums
Garrison Woods
From $20View details → - Calgary Cup Day 2 -UCalgary Dinos Basketball
12:00 PM · Jack Simpson Gymnasium
University of Calgary · CTrain: University · 10-min walk · Sports
- UCalgary Dinos Football vs. Regina Rams
1:00 PM · McMahon Stadium
University of Calgary · CTrain: Banff Trail · 7-min walk · Sports
- MRU Women's Soccer vs. Saskatchewan
1:00 PM · Mount Royal University Cougars Athletics
Lincoln Park · Sports
- Hangings, Homicides, and History True Crime Tour
2:00 PM · The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland · +2 more dates to Oct 24
East Village · CTrain: Bridgeland · 10-min walk · Tours
From $20View details → - Performing October 3: Adam Tiller
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
- Gateway Events Presents: Cassie & Maggie
7:30 PM · King Eddy
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 5-min walk · Live music
- STUCCO // SPEC REALISTS // SECONDS // DIAL UP
8:00 PM · The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 1-min walk · Live music
- G-Pol @ Commonwealth Bar & Stage
9:00 PM · Commonwealth Bar & Stage
Beltline · CTrain: 7th Street SW · 6-min walk · Live music
- MILLERO (EXPERTS ONLY) • 10.03.26
9:00 PM · Sub Rosa
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 3-min walk · Nightlife
- Hairitage - Calgary
9:00 PM · The Palace Theatre
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 3-min walk · Live music
- SPECTACULAR SATURDAYS
9:30 PM · Twisted Element · +2 more dates to Oct 24
Beltline · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 8-min walk · Nightlife
- DRAKE NIGHT @ HUDSONS CALGARY (DOWNTOWN)
10:00 PM · HUDSONS CDT
Beltline · CTrain: 6th Street SW · 10-min walk · Nightlife
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Sunday, October 4
- Calgary Cup Day 3 -UCalgary Dinos Basketball
10:00 AM · Jack Simpson Gymnasium
University of Calgary · CTrain: University · 10-min walk · Sports
- UCalgary Dinos Women's Soccer vs. Saskatchewan Huskies
12:00 PM · McMahon Stadium
University of Calgary · CTrain: Banff Trail · 7-min walk · Sports
- Contemporary Kids: Flute Toot-torial
1:00 PM · Contemporary Calgary Arts Society
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Family
- MRU Women's Soccer vs. Regina
1:00 PM · Mount Royal University Cougars Athletics
Lincoln Park · Sports
- Deadly Alberta True Crime Tour
2:00 PM · The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland · +3 more dates to Oct 25
East Village · CTrain: Bridgeland · 10-min walk · Tours
From $20View details → - Chesteremere Mustangs 2026/2027 Regular Season
3:15 PM · Chestermere Mustangs Hockey Club · +4 more dates to Nov 15
Chestermere · Family
- The Corps, JSM, Dangerbox & TLM
5:00 PM · Modern Love
Beltline · CTrain: 6th Street SW · 8-min walk · Live music
- Sundays Unplugged: October 2026
7:30 PM · The Kinkonauts · +3 more dates to Oct 25
Beltline · CTrain: 8th Street SW · 7-min walk · Comedy
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Monday, October 5
- Performing October 5: Michael Moses
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
- It's Just An Open Mic
8:30 PM · Tubby’s - It’s just a bar. · +3 more dates to Oct 26
Beltline · CTrain: 8th Street SW · 9-min walk · Live music
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Tuesday, October 6
- Performing October 6: Michael Moses
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
Wednesday, October 7
- AMA Series: Commercial Acquisitions with Vanessa Kolias, Boardwalk
8:00 AM · Jamieson Place
Downtown · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 6-min walk
From $15View details → - Community Connect 2026
11:30 AM · Platform Calgary · +1 more date to Nov 19
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 4-min walk
From $15View details → - Mushrooms & Immune Defense: Nature’s Hidden Allies
6:00 PM · Cardel Theatre
Douglasdale/Glen · Theatre & dance
- Resident Artist Growler Launch: Chipewyan “Chip” McCrimmon
7:00 PM · Cold Garden
Inglewood
FreeView details → - Performing October 7: Michael Moses
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
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Thursday, October 8
- ignite sparked by BBB: Grand Opening Celebration
2:00 PM · BBB Alberta and East Kootenay
Mayland
FreeView details → - Thanksgiving Shopping Spree (FREE) - ShawnessyFew tickets left
6:00 PM · Calgary Co-op Shawnessy Wine Spirits Beer
Shawnessy · CTrain: Somerset-Bridlewood · 9-min walk
FreeView details → - Pumpkins After Dark | THRILLER THURSDAY | 2026 Calgary AB
7:15 PM · WinSport · +2 more dates to Oct 22
Canada Olympic Park · Family
- Performing October 8: Michael Moses
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
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Friday, October 9
- Honest Heart Collective w/ Guests TBA
5:00 PM · Modern Love
Beltline · CTrain: 6th Street SW · 8-min walk · Live music
- CGDA Masterclass
5:00 PM · Platform Calgary
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 4-min walk
From $15View details → - UCalgary Dinos Women's Soccer vs. MRU Cougars
6:00 PM · McMahon Stadium
University of Calgary · CTrain: Banff Trail · 7-min walk · Sports
- Paint your pet watercolor painting
6:00 PM · Sammie · +2 more dates to Nov 13
South Calgary
From $15View details → - MRU Men's Hockey vs. MacEwan
7:00 PM · Flames Community Arena (Blue) · +1 more date to Nov 14
Garrison Woods · Sports
- La Luna
7:00 PM · Decidedly Jazz Danceworks · +1 more date to Oct 10
Beltline · CTrain: Victoria Park/Stampede · 7-min walk · Family
- Performing October 9: Michael Moses
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
- BC DC Live In Concert - With Special Guests: April Rush - CALGARY
8:00 PM · Arrow Head
Manchester · CTrain: 39 Avenue · 11-min walk · Live music
From $20View details → - Good Grief, Show Pony and In Search of Sasquatch
8:00 PM · The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 1-min walk · Live music
- Eric Braun with Kate Reid at the King Eddy
8:30 PM · King Eddy
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 5-min walk · Live music
- Megan Hamilton Fri. Oct 9 @ Sub Rosa
9:00 PM · Sub Rosa
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 3-min walk · Nightlife
- Let Him Cook @ World Famous Fridays (Rap Night) - Free RSVP
10:00 PM · Commonwealth Bar
Beltline · CTrain: 7th Street SW · 6-min walk · Live music
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Saturday, October 10
- Central Bark Halloween Portraits October 10
10:00 AM · Furever Reflections
Sunalta · CTrain: Sunalta · 9-min walk
From $20View details → - Stoking the Fire #10 - WTM Muay Thai Interclub Smoker
2:30 PM · WTM Mauy Thai
Glenbrook
From $25View details → - UCalgary Dinos Women's Hockey vs. Saskatchewan Huskies
5:00 PM · Father David Bauer Arena
University of Calgary · CTrain: University · 12-min walk · Sports
- CRAWLERS (Off the CUFF)
7:00 PM · Globe Cinema
Downtown · CTrain: 6th Street SW · 2-min walk
From $10View details → - MRU Women's Hockey vs. MacEwan
7:00 PM · Flames Community Arena (Blue) · +1 more date to Nov 13
Garrison Woods · Sports
- Performing October 10: Michael Moses
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
- Astrology Girl, Ghostform, LENNY BRD
8:00 PM · The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 1-min walk · Live music
- The Definitive with Silas Presley at the King Eddy
8:30 PM · King Eddy
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 5-min walk · Live music
- Genesa Evolved - Revival Phase ft. ALYAG (Victoria, BC) + Kali Yuga (Bday) & Friends
9:00 PM · Fright Night
Highfield
- CARTE BLANCHE • OCTOBER 10TH
9:00 PM · Sub Rosa
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 3-min walk · Nightlife
- Common Saturdays - Free RSVP
10:00 PM · Commonwealth Bar · +1 more date to Oct 24
Beltline · CTrain: 7th Street SW · 6-min walk · Live music
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show | SECOND SCREENING
10:00 PM · The GRAND
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 2-min walk · Film
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Sunday, October 11
- Meditation on Twin Hearts with Healing
1:00 PM · Optimist Arena · +2 more dates to Oct 25
Glendale · CTrain: 45 Street SW · 13-min walk
- DJ Rice's SUNDAY SKOOL Thanksgiving Long Weekend Edition
9:00 PM · DJ Rice's Sunday Skool est.1996
Alyth/Bonnybrook · Live music
- ALT8 | CALGARY | Commonwealth [HARD TRANCE + BOUNCE]
10:00 PM · Commonwealth Bar & Stage
Beltline · CTrain: 7th Street SW · 6-min walk · Live music
- CLUB SAPPHIC TAKEOVER @ PAPI NIGHTCLUB
10:00 PM · Club Sapphic
Downtown · CTrain: 6th Street SW · 1-min walk
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Monday, October 12
- Stompasaurus October 12th
6:00 PM · Willow Ridge Community Association
Maple Ridge
From $15View details → - Pride at the Strip Club: STRIPSGIVING
7:00 PM · Cathouse
Sunridge · CTrain: Rundle · 10-min walk
From $20View details →
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Tuesday, October 13
- Technical Luncheon: Asset Integrity Management and Digital TwinningEarly-bird pricing ends Mon, Oct 5
11:30 AM · Calgary Petroleum Club
Downtown · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 3-min walk
From $15View details → - Witches, Cats & Poets: Story Time
12:45 PM · Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
Beltline · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 10-min walk
- Tech Talent Tuesdays - 2026 Series
4:30 PM · Platform Innovation Centre · +3 more dates to Nov 24
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 4-min walk
FreeView details → - Reading is FUNdamental with Deborah Ellis & Vikki VanSickle
5:30 PM · Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
Beltline · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 10-min walk · Arts & culture
- A Celebration of Richard Wagamese. Starring Shelagh Rogers & David A. Robertson
5:30 PM · Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, Central Library
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 3-min walk
- Book Tour: An Evening with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan DaneshFew tickets left
7:00 PM · The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland
East Village · CTrain: Bridgeland · 10-min walk · Live music
From $25View details → - Opening Night Showcase
7:30 PM · Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, Central Library
East Village · CTrain: City Hall · 3-min walk
- Performing October 13: Alex Carr
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
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Wednesday, October 14
- Contact Improv: Weight, Gravity and Connection | Jennifer Clarke | DJD
9:30 AM · Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
Beltline · CTrain: Victoria Park/Stampede · 7-min walk · Comedy
From $20View details → - A Morning with John Borrows & Shelagh Rogers
10:00 AM · Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
Beltline · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 10-min walk
- Fierce Attachments of the Feline Variety with Rosemary Sullivan
12:00 PM · Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
Beltline · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 10-min walk
- Rediscover The GRAND | A Corporate Block PartyFew tickets left
6:00 PM · The GRAND
Downtown · CTrain: 1st Street SW · 2-min walk
FreeView details → - Sleepy Hollow (1999) | Classics & Crafts
6:30 PM · The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland
East Village · CTrain: Bridgeland · 10-min walk
From $12View details → - Culturally Speaking
7:00 PM · Heritage Park · +1 more date to Nov 18
Haysboro · CTrain: Heritage · 5-min walk
FreeView details → - The Way We... Talk About Animals
7:30 PM · DJD Dance Centre
Beltline · CTrain: Victoria Park/Stampede · 7-min walk · Arts & culture
From $25View details → - The Fabulous Andrew Sean Greer
7:30 PM · Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
Beltline · CTrain: 3rd Street SW · 10-min walk
- Performing October 14: Alex Carr
7:30 PM · Comedy Cave
Downtown West End · CTrain: Downtown West - Kerby · 3-min walk · Comedy
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