Third Annual Calgary Métis Fest
Third Annual Calgary Métis Fest is a free-to-attend community event on Saturday, July 4, 2026 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM at The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland in Calgary.
The Calgary Nose Hill and Calgary Elbow Métis Districts are inviting families, friends, and the wider community to experience the rich heritage, traditions, and joyful spirit of Métis culture in Calgary by joining the third annual Calgary Métis Fest. Attendees can enjoy lively performances by Métis fiddlers and jiggers, along with Métis musicians sharing traditional and contemporary sounds.The event will feature an array of artisans showcasing unique cultural items and crafts. Hands-on fun includes adult and kids Voyageur games with exciting prizes for participants, and an authentic trapper’s tent experience.Additional highlights include insightful Métis talks and Elder talks, delicious traditional food, and opportunities to connect with Métis history and community through cultural displays and activities.
Details
- Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026
- Time: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Venue: The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland
- Category: community
- Location: off-grounds, around Calgary
- Admission: free
More that day
- 'North American' — 12:00 AM · Spruce Meadows
- The Big Four Roadhouse: Logan Ryan Band — 3:00 AM · The Big Four Roadhouse
- The Big Four Roadhouse: Nickola Magnolia — 5:00 AM · The Big Four Roadhouse
- Polar Bear Breakfast — 8:00 AM · Wilder Institute
- Fluor Rope Square — 8:30 AM · Stephen Avenue Walk
- Millarville Farmers' Market — 9:00 AM · Millarville Racing & Agricultural Society
- SUE: THE T.REX EXPERIENCE — 9:00 AM · TELUS Spark Science Centre
- 4th Annual Pancakes & Picasso Stampede Breakfast — 10:00 AM · Canopy Studios
- Farmers' & Makers Market — 10:00 AM · cSPACE Marda Loop
- Now Boarding: Open Aircraft Days — 10:00 AM · The Hangar Flight Museum
- Seniors Stampede Bridge Tournament — 10:00 AM · Bow Cliff Seniors
- Born To Buck™ presented by Holt Renfrew — 11:00 AM · Altalink Hall in the Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Calgary Beer Party at Village Brewery — 11:00 AM · Village Brewery
- Cattle Trail — 11:00 AM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Council Tipi — 11:00 AM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Country Critters, Milky Way Dairy Display & Demonstrations — 11:00 AM · Agriculture Barns
- Draft Horse Town, Blacksmiths & Farm Equipment — 11:00 AM · Country Trail in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- Horse Haven — 11:00 AM · Agriculture Barns
- MexiFest Mexican Arts & Cultural Festival — 11:00 AM · Eau Claire Plaza
- Mobile Skate & Scoot Spot — 11:00 AM · Mobile Skate & Scoot Spot
- Nutrien Ag-tivity in the City — 11:00 AM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Pink Pony Drag Brunch — 11:00 AM · The Canadian Brewhouse (Calgary University District)
- PlayLab: Feet to the Beat — 11:00 AM · Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre
- Sheep & Pork Showcases — 11:00 AM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- The Champagne Garden at the 'North American' — 11:00 AM · 18011 Spruce Meadows Way Southwest
- Horse Haven Equine Showcases — 11:15 AM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- Paw Patrol: Dino Rescue! — 11:15 AM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Flag Raising — 11:30 AM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Heavy Horse Show — 11:30 AM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Camp Riders — 11:45 AM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- BMO Community Square Programming — 12:00 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Community Stage: Globalfest Performance — 12:00 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Freestyle Motocross — 12:00 PM · Monster Energy Compound
- Full Throttle — 12:00 PM · Dog Bowl Arena in Community Park South
- Ghazaleh Avarzamani: Churn, Earn, Burn and then Return — 12:00 PM · Contemporary Calgary
- International Cuisine Demo: Chinese Cuisine with Matthias Fong (Foxtrot) — 12:00 PM · BMO Centre
- KOAC Saturday Sculpture Park Tours - Summer 2026 — 12:00 PM · Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre
- Little Rodeo Pro — 12:00 PM · Kids' Midway
- ᐃᔨ – Eyes – Shirley Moorhouse — 12:00 PM · Esker Foundation
- Paw Patrol Meet & Greet — 12:10 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Bubble Playshop — 12:30 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Community Stage: Calgary Public Library — 12:30 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Horse Culture — 12:30 PM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- On Air! — 12:30 PM · BMO Centre - Stage of Wonders
- Stampede Showriders — 12:30 PM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- Community Stage: Midway Melodies Karaoke — 1:00 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- High Dive Show — 1:00 PM · The Grand Staircase
- Soca Cabana — 1:00 PM · Bleu Calgary
- Team T&J Present Kids' Dino Stompin' Jamboree — 1:00 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Tipi Viewing — 1:00 PM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Corona Skydeck — 1:15 PM · Calgary Stampede
- Draft Horse Demo — 1:15 PM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- Taste Of Stampede Culinary Cup with Chefs from Leading Restaurants in Calgary and Surrounding Alberta — 1:15 PM · BMO Centre
- Bubble Playshop — 1:30 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Little Rodeo Pro — 1:30 PM · Kids' Midway
- Stampede Rodeo — 1:30 PM · GMC Stadium
- Coca-Cola Stage: Sea of Lettuce — 1:45 PM · Stampede Park
- 2026 Stampede Pride Day — 2:00 PM · Nashville North
- Bud Bar Stampede BBQ — 2:00 PM · Bud Bar Cannabis
- Gabby's Dollhouse Dance Party — 2:00 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Interpretive Tour — 2:00 PM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Stampede Showriders — 2:00 PM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Community Stage: Globalfest Performance — 2:15 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- On Air! — 2:15 PM · BMO Centre - Stage of Wonders
- Freestyle Motocross — 2:30 PM · Monster Energy Compound
- Full Throttle — 2:30 PM · Dog Bowl Arena in Community Park South
- Stampede Princess Demo & Autographs — 2:30 PM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- Community Stage: Calgary Public Library — 2:45 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Gabby's Dollhouse Meet & Greet — 3:00 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Little Rodeo Pro — 3:00 PM · Kids' Midway
- Siksika Nation Day — 3:00 PM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Community Stage: Line Dancing Lesson — 3:15 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Taste Of Stampede Culinary Cup with Chefs from Leading Restaurants in Calgary and Surrounding Alberta — 3:15 PM · BMO Centre
- Bubble Playshop — 3:20 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- High Dive Show — 3:20 PM · The Grand Staircase
- Community Stage: Showband Flute Ensemble — 3:30 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Paw Patrol: Dino Rescue! — 4:00 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Draft Horse Demo — 4:30 PM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- High Dive Show — 4:30 PM · The Grand Staircase
- Team Cattle Penning presented by Petrus Resources — 4:30 PM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Community Stage: Globalfest Performance — 4:45 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- On Air! — 4:45 PM · BMO Centre - Stage of Wonders
- Dulcie Foo Fat - Land and Figure: Paintings — 5:00 PM · Masters Gallery Ltd
- Freestyle Motocross — 5:00 PM · Monster Energy Compound
- Full Throttle — 5:00 PM · Dog Bowl Arena in Community Park South
- Interpretive Tour — 5:00 PM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Paw Patrol Meet & Greet — 5:00 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Steve Aoki, Sean Paul, and Flo Rida LIVE at Cowboys Music Festival — 5:00 PM · Cowboys Park
- Community Showcase: Gourmet Tailgate with Calgary Stampeders — 5:15 PM · BMO Centre
- Community Stage: Midway Melodies Karaoke — 5:15 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Bubble Playshop — 5:20 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Community Stage: Line Dancing Lesson — 5:45 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Danny Nix and The Heat — 5:45 PM · The Big Four Roadhouse
- Liberty Horse Demo — 5:45 PM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- BEEHIVE: The 60's Musical — 6:00 PM · Stage West Theatre Restaurant
- Coca-Cola Stage: Dax — 6:00 PM · Stampede Park
- Gabby's Dollhouse Dance Party — 6:00 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- National Saloon & 90.3 AMP Radio Presents: LØLØ — 6:00 PM · National Saloon
- Sharing Our Culture — 6:00 PM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo | Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything — 6:00 PM · Esker Foundation
- Community Stage: Globalfest Performance — 6:15 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Heavy Horse Show Pre-Show — 6:30 PM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Horse Haven Equine Showcases — 6:30 PM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- On Air! — 6:30 PM · BMO Centre - Stage of Wonders
- Community Stage: Midway Melodies Karaoke — 6:45 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Charley Crockett with special guest Kashus Culpepper — 7:00 PM · Spruce Meadows
- Flag Lowering — 7:00 PM · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Freestyle Motocross — 7:00 PM · Monster Energy Compound
- Heavy Horse Show — 7:00 PM · Nutrien Western Event Centre
- Okotoks Dawgs: 2026 Season — 7:00 PM · Seaman Stadium
- Team T&J Present Kids' Dino Stompin' Jamboree — 7:00 PM · BMO Kids' Zone
- Evening Show — 7:15 PM · GMC Stadium
- The Grandstand Show — 7:15 PM · Calgary Stampede
- A$AP Rocky — Don't Be Dumb World Tour — 7:30 PM · Scotiabank Saddledome
- Coca-Cola Stage: Nessa Barrett — 7:30 PM · Stampede Park
- Community Stage: Globalfest Performance — 7:30 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Full Throttle — 7:30 PM · Dog Bowl Arena in Community Park South
- Draft Horse Demo — 7:45 PM · Northern Lights Arena in the Agriculture Zone Presented by Brandt
- Community Stage: Midway Melodies Karaoke — 8:00 PM · BMO Centre - BMO Community Square
- Twain Gretzky Overdrive with Sean Hamilton & The Amber Hour and Carter Felker — 8:00 PM · The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
- Where Dark Things Dwell — Outdoor Escape Room — 8:00 PM · Heritage Park
- Disco Ranch — 9:00 PM · National Saloon
- SoDown & WonkyWilla — 10:00 PM · The Palace Theatre
- 'North American' — Spruce Meadows — all day · Spruce Meadows
- A Ritual of Wishing: Community Cyanotype Project — all day · Old Fire Hall #1
- Baseline by Anna Gaby-Trotz — all day · 460 42 Ave SE
- Canadian Armed Forces Displays — all day · Kids' Midway
- Fairytale Fantoms — all day · cSPACE Marda Loop
- Interpretive Programs — all day · Elbow River Camp Presented By Enbridge
- Live Sand Sculpting — all day · BMO Centre - Western Oasis
- Market Vendors — all day · The Market
- World Cup Watch Parties — all day · Eau Claire Plaza
- See everything on Saturday, July 4, 2026
Frequently asked questions
When and where is it?
Saturday, July 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, at The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland.
Is Third Annual Calgary Métis Fest free?
Yes, it is free to attend.