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SEPTEMBER
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MST PERFORMATIVE
ART BIENNIAL
BBQ ON THE BOW
End the summer on a saucy note
with this family friendly barbecue
competition and outdoor festival
(page 34).
08 LADIES LAUNDRY
An afternoon of swapping clothes,
listening to speakers and mingling
over snacks and drinks (page 34).
08 CALGARY FOOD FEST
A delicious gathering of over 20 food
trucks, live entertainment and local
vendors (page 31)!
13 SAM SMITH
You know you’re not the only one
who wants to see this crooner
(page 34).
September 7 - October 7 Experience art in a way
you never have before at Mountain Standard
Time’s 9th biennial festival. Performative artists
will seek to transform perspectives as they
occupy theatres, galleries and public spaces in
the downtown core and engage with themes of
technology, politics,
the body and territory (page 33).
WAB KINEW
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September 25 Having published his second
book after the revelatory and conciliatory
memoir, The Reason you Walk, Wab Kinew
presents his most recent work, Go Show
the World. Hosted by Wordfest, Kinew
will discuss his powerful rap song turned
children’s book, a tribute to modern and
historic Indigenous heroes (page 34).
CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR:
A SYMPHONIC EVENING
OF THE BEATLES
The next best thing to seeing The
Beatles live in concert? Seeing
members’ of Broadway’s Beatlemania
perform your favorite hits alongside a
symphony orchestra (page 33).
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R. L. BOYCE
Boogie on with the reigning master of
hill country blues (page 33).
September 9-11 Hosted at the historical
Theatre Junction Grand, CAMP is a
festival on the forefront of technology,
art and design, seeking to celebrate
creativity and connect peers within
the quickly changing digital landscape.
Artists, students and professionals all
take part in a variety of workshops and
storytelling events aimed to educate and
inspire (page 31).
STEVE EARLE
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RAILWAY DAYS
AT HERITAGE PARK
Anything and everything railway is on
display at Calgary’s historical village,
including train rides (page 34)!
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September 26 The politically outspoken
activist, author and singer-songwriter,
along with his band The Dukes, will make
a stop in Calgary while touring their new
album, So You Wannabe an Outlaw. Bent
towards the “outlaw country” movement
which helped form his musical roots, Earle’s
latest record aims to pay tribute to the
artists that inspired him, such as Guy Clark
and Waylon Jennings (page 34).
WORDFEST;
COURTESY
CAMP FESTIVAL