Where and how to celebrate Canada Day 2025 in Calgary

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 10:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

Whether Canada Day comes astatine the extremity of a relaxing four-day weekend, oregon oddly breaks up your enactment week after a azygous time backmost successful the office, Calgarians looking to people the juncture person plentifulness of options to take from connected Tuesday.

A assortment of venues, peculiarly successful downtown Calgary and surrounding neighbourhoods, are hosting day-long events to observe the country's 158th birthday.

Here's a little look astatine what's planned for the holiday, and what Calgarians request to know.

Fireworks

Top of caput for astir radical connected Canada Day is simply wherever and erstwhile to drawback the fireworks.

This year's show is scheduled to statesman astir 11 p.m. MT, with fireworks launched from Stampede Park. The City of Calgary advises that the champion viewing determination volition beryllium from The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland. On-site viewing won't beryllium disposable astatine the Stampede Grounds, arsenic setup continues for the Calgary Stampede that starts aboriginal this week.

Live euphony and different events

Several renowned Canadian artists volition grace stages crossed the city.

The city's main signifier evening show, the astir noteworthy performance lineup of the day, volition beryllium held astatine The Confluence. The Sam Roberts Band is acceptable to headdress disconnected a lineup that features artists similar Aysanabee, Big Sugar and Lu Kala.

The Confluence is besides offering escaped admittance to its taste centre, Canadian History Trivia astatine Burnswest Theatre, and a walking circuit highlighting the divers radical progressive successful Calgary's development.

At Spruce Meadows, successful the city's southwest, state instrumentalist Brett Kissel volition play an outdoor show as portion of a day-long lawsuit that besides includes a horse race, corgi races and a kids' portion with mini-animals, pony rides and arcade games.

Studio Bell, the King Eddy and a brace of outdoor stages astatine St. Patrick's Island volition besides diagnostic concerts passim the day. Pop-up performances of instruments from the National Music Centre's postulation volition beryllium portion of Studio Bell's event, too.

Along with its unrecorded music, St. Patrick's Island volition person nutrient vendors, look coating and airbrush tattoos. Nearby, the East Village Street Fair volition tally from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with much than 50 vendors, nutrient trucks and a brew garden.

Canada Day festivities are besides scheduled with day beverage astatine Heritage Park, a presumption offering pins and flags astatine Calaway Park, and a lineup astatine the Chinese Cultural Centre that includes dances, martial arts, vendors, a kids' country and more.

Travelling astir Calgary

Buses and CTrains volition run connected a Sunday level of work for the holiday, and Calgary Transit's telephone centre and lawsuit work centres volition beryllium closed. 

The metropolis volition connection escaped parking successful on-street ParkPlus zones and Calgary Parking parkades, but for the parkade astatine Arts Commons and astatine aboveground tons wherever play rates volition apply.

In the East Village, the pursuing roads volition beryllium closed from 6 a.m. until midnight, owed to Canada Day events:

• 8th Avenue S.E., from 4th Street S.E. to 6th Street S.E.
• 5th Street S.E., from 7th Avenue S.E. to 9th Avenue S.E.
• 6th Street S.E., from 8th Avenue S.E. to 9th Avenue S.E.

Calgary Public Library

Calgary's Central Library volition clasp escaped activities and programs passim the afternoon, including a storytime, Indigenous dancing demonstrations and a citizenship ceremonial for caller Canadians.

All of the city's different room locations volition beryllium closed for the day, but successful Rocky Ridge, which volition beryllium unfastened for YMCA vacation hours.

Closed facilities

Many metropolis facilities volition beryllium closed for Canada Day, including each arenas, indoor pools and fittingness centres, the Southland and Village Square leisure centres, the Calgary Soccer Centre, the North Mount Pleasant and Wildflower arts centres and the carnal services centres.

All registered programs, swimming lessons and drop-in programs typically scheduled for Tuesdays volition not tally connected Canada Day.

Surrounding area

Many communities around Calgary are readying Canada Day events of their own.

Airdrie is hosting a parade, rodeo and fireworks display. Okotoks is readying a mobile obstacle course, a lineup of creation performances and its ain fireworks show. Cochrane volition big unrecorded amusement and activities astatine Mitford Park, ending with fireworks.

Further westbound successful Banff, Canada Day typically marks 1 of the town's busiest days of the year.

Its solemnisation includes a parade, a farmers' marketplace moving from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., a lineup for musicians and dancers, arsenic good arsenic tract games and circus workshops.

In Canmore, the town's Nordic Ski Club is organizing a amusive tally and walk, portion the town's yearly parade volition observe the area's plants and animals this year.