Calgary Stampede promises huge pop-music bang for your park-entrance buck. The Coca Cola Stage evening lineup includes Christian Hudson, JJ Shiplett, The Dudes, Walk off The Earth, X Ambassadors, The Sheepdogs, Jocelyn Alice, Gord Bamford and Simple Plan. Indoors at Nashville North, country is the flavour, and acts include Tim Hicks, The Dungarees, Wes Mack, Aaron Pritchett, John Conlee, Cold Creek Country, Kentucky Headhunters, Washboard Union and Madeline Merlo. July 8 to 17.
Calgary flips out once a year during Stampede time. The spatulas fly from July 8 to 17 as the city’s annual round of pancake breakfasts draws hungry cowboy-hat-clad locals and tourists alike to form massive breakfast queues across parking lots and up city streets. For a complete list of pancake events, visit stampedebreakfast.ca. The majority of these are free.