IAC’s Family Day Long Weekend Activity Favourites
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.”
Michael J. Fox
As we launch into the run-up to the Family Day long weekend I thought I’d share with you some of our favourite and wish-list activities and events that might spawn some ideas to help you create fond family memories together.
These icons will help you identify the activities of your choice:
⛄️ Outdoors
👓Observe
⛹Participate
👨👩👧👦 Family-friendly
🛍 Shopping
💰Entry fee may be required
🗺 Multiple locations around the city
Our favourite events, festivals and activities arranged by Calgary city quadrant
| NW: ⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 2019 FIS Freeski & Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup ⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 World Cup Snowboard Grom Event 👓⛹👨👩👧👦💰 Little Ray’s Wildlife Festival | NE: 👓👨👩👧👦💰 Dive-In Movie: Beauty & The Beast 👨👩👧👦🛍 Vivo Winter Bazaar 2019 |
| SW: ⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦💰 Granary Road Family Fun Fest 👓👨👩👧👦 Spruce Meadows Classic Show Jumping Event I / II / III / IV | SE: 👨👩👧👦🛍💰 Little Modern Winter Market 👓⛹👨👩👧👦💰 Family FISHtival |
| Downtown: ⛄️⛹ Beltline Bonspiel ⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 Chinatown Ice Sculpture Showcase ⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 Glowfest ⛄️👓 Glow Live! ⛄️👓 Bassbus Presents Nightlight 👓⛹👨👩👧👦 Eau Claire Family Fun Day 👓👨👩👧👦💰 Studio Bell with Fred Penner | City-wide venues: ⛹👨👩👧👦💰🗺 YYC Hot Choc Festival ⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 Firefighter Story Time ⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 XC Skiing & snowshoeing ⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 Ice skating ⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 Tobogganing & sledding |
An alphabetical list of our favourite family-friendly events, festivals and activities
⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 2019 FIS Freeski & Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup at Winsport COP
⛄️⛹ Beltline Bonspiel at Lougheed House
⛄️👓 Bassbus Presents Nightlight at Olympic Plaza
⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 Cross-Country Skiing and snowshoeing at multiple locations around Calgary
👓👨👩👧👦💰 Dive-In Movie: Beauty & The Beast at Village Square Leisure Centre in the NE
⛹👨👩👧👦 Eau Claire Family Fun Day
👓⛹👨👩👧👦💰 Family FISHtival at the Bow Habitat Station
⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 Firefighter Story Time at various City Library locations across Calgary
⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 Glowfest Downtown along Stephen Avenue and 7th Ave SW, between 5th St SW and Macleod Trail
⛄️👓 Glow Live! at Olympic Plaza
⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦💰 Granary Road Family Fun Fest at Granary Road
⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 Ice skating at multiple locations around Calgary
⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 Ice Sculpture Showcase in Chinatown
👨👩👧👦🛍💰 Little Modern Market Winter Edition at Rally Pointe SE
👓👨👩👧👦💰 Little Ray’s Wildlife Festival at Northland Village Mall NW
👓👨👩👧👦 Spruce Meadows Classic Show Jumping Event I / II / III / IV
👓👨👩👧👦💰 Studio Bell with Fred Penner
⛄️⛹👨👩👧👦🗺 Tobogganing and sledding at multiple locations around Calgary
👨👩👧👦🛍 Vivo Winter Bazaar 2019 at Vivo Centre, Country Village Road NE
⛄️👓👨👩👧👦 World Cup Snowboard Grom Event at Winsport COP
⛹👨👩👧👦💰🗺 YYC Hot Choc Festival at over 70 participating locations around Calgary
IamCalgary promotes FAMILY! We hope that you get to be with family in some form or another this coming weekend as we wish you and your families a happy, fun-filled and memorable Family Day long weekend.
“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. And having both is a blessing.”
Featured image courtesy of Calgary Tourism
