Hold on to Your Toques, Calgary! Chinook Blast is Coming Through!
We’re like a self-fulfilling prophecy. We say the word “Chinook,” and you get warmer weather AND weekend plans.
Come join us for the opening weekend of Chinook Blast!
Slide on Over
There are three chances to curl this coming weekend.
Chinook Slide brings the sport to life with exciting matches between celebrities from 12 – 1 pm and an interactive learn-to-curl event from 1 – 4 pm at Olympic Plaza.
Come see celebrity players:
• Catriona Le May Doan, Olympic medalist in speed skating
• Cheryl Bernard, Olympic medalist in curling
• Darby Taylor, curling athlete ambassador from the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games
• Kayla and Ashton Skrlik, Team Alberta members from the 2023 Scotties
• Martin Purvis, Wendy Frazier, Anne Hibberd, and Jack Smart, 2019 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Champions
• Jamie Macoun, Calgary Flames Alumni President
• Curtis Glencross, Calgary Flames Alumni
• Tre Roberson, Calgary Stampeders
• Mike Rose, Calgary Stampeders
•Dan Taylor, Calgary Roughnecks
Cabane à Curling invites you to try curling or hang around the bonfire while taste-testing maple taffy on St Patrick’s Island on February 2 from 2 – 5 pm. Can’t make the event? You can curl to your heart’s content all weekend from 8 am – 6 pm on the synthetic rink.
Glide By
Finding joy in winter can come from finding a new sport.
Try skating for free at Olympic Plaza from 4 – 9 pm on February 2. The Skate Hut will have free skate and helmet rentals while supplies last.
Or up the ante with cross-country skiing at Nordic at Night. On February 3 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, the East Village Nordic Loop will transform into an all-ages glow party. Bring your own skis, and enjoy the roving performers, music and hot beverages.
Light Up the Night
We put on one heck of a show all around, but we might be best known for our art and light installations.
Check out this year’s line up with:
1000 Faces showcases a 12-ft sphere, raised 40 feet in the air with 1779 plexiglass tiles that mimic a school of fish or flock of birds in the Eau Claire promenade.
Starquarium is a never-before-seen intergalactic aquarium at Olympic Plaza. Interact with the exhibit and have a specimen beamed into the tank at your request.
aGoGo is back with Fire & Flow, a fire-dancing performance on February 2 from 7 – 8 pm on Stephen Avenue.
Roots/Routes mirrors the human need to ground ourselves with a trailered steel tree trunk and root system in search of water, communication and community at Olympic Plaza.
See What Else is Happening
We’ve filled this weekend with too many fun events to count. Check out our events page for food tours, musical and theatrical performances, sporting events, markets, and more.