Playbill Series

Year-round performances
A stellar line-up of artists and performances from Canada and abroad are featured throughout the year. The Playbill Series offers a chance to see the new, the exciting, the familiar, the entertaining, the unusual, and the provocative.

Jazz Concerts

A tradition spanning over 30 years, the Banff jazz program brings leading performers and composers together with emerging artists in an exhilarating four-week frenzy of jazz.

Music & Sound Concert Series

Summer Concert Season   June to August
Each summer, over 250 participants from The Banff Centre’s summer music program take the stage with distinguished faculty members in a two-month feast of over 50 fantastic music concerts

Fall Concert Season  September to December
Winter Concert Season   January to March
Each fall and winter, we present the talented international resident musicians of The Banff Centre’s Music & Sound program, along with a variety of visiting artists, in our weekly concerts.

Banff Summer Arts Festival

May – September 2008
Join us as we explore the height, breadth, and depth of impassioned creativity. Experience events of every sort, both intimate and spectacular — concerts, performances, art walks, exhibitions, film screenings, readings, and new media events. Sign up to receive the 2008 brochure.

WordFest

October 14 – 19, 2008
The Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival is Alberta’s hottest literary event and the third-largest festival of its kind in Canada.

Banff Mountain Festivals

November 1 - 9, 2008
Mountain stories, legends, and adventures: The Banff Mountain Festivals deliver those stories in ways that will amaze, inspire, and move you. The Banff Mountain Film Festival, presented by National Geographic and New Balance, offers big screen adventure that’s larger than life. The Banff Mountain Book Festival, presented by Canadian Mountain Holiday and National Geographic, brings mountain stories alive.

Banff International String Quartet Competition

August 30 – September 5, 2010
For six days and 14 sessions, ten string quartets from around the world will have the opportunity to play for a distinguished jury, for the public, and for each other in the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC), one of the world’s leading international music competitions.