Theatre
EDMONTON
Radiant Vermin
By Philip Ridley,
directed by Trevor Schmidt,
Northern Light Theatre,
Studio Theatre,
Apr 17–May 3
Alphabet Line
By A.J. Hrooshkin,
Fringe Theatre,
Westbury Theatre,
Apr 22–May 3
Stag and Doe
Directed by Louise Mallory,
Walterdale Theatre,
Apr 23–May 3
Where You Are
By Kristen Da Silva,
Shadow Theatre, Varscona,
Apr 30–May 28
Little Women
Adapted by Jordi Mand,
Citadel Theatre, Shoctor Theatre,
May 3–25
Horseplay
By Kole Durnford,
Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, Gateway Theatre,
May 14–Jun 1
From Cradle to Stage Festival
Walterdale Theatre,
May 20–25
CALGARY
Jukebox Heaven
Jubilations Dinner Theatre,
Westbrook Mall,
Mar 29–May 31
Awowakii
By Sable Sweetgrass,
Theatre Calgary,
Big Secret Theatre,
Arts Commons,
Apr 22–May 11
Liars at a Funeral
By Sophia Fabiilli,
Alberta Theatre Projects,
Martha Cohen Theatre,
Apr 22–May 11
Miscast
Storybook Theatre,
Beddington Theatre Arts Centre,
Apr 25
The Games of Love and Chance
The Shakespeare Company,
Vertigo Studio Theatre,
May 2–17
Hamlet (solo)
The Shakespeare Company,
performed by Raoul Bhaneja,
Vertigo Studio Theatre,
May 7–10
Once on this Island
By Lynn Ahrens,
Storybook Theatre,
Beddington Theatre Arts Centre,
May 9–31
The Da Vinci Code
Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel,
Vertigo Theatre,
The Playhouse,
May 10–Jun 8
Legally Blonde
By Heather Hach,
Theatre Calgary,
Max Bell Theatre,
May 20–Jun 15
GRANDE PRAIRIE
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]
Directed by Caitlin Card,
Grande Prairie Live Theatre,
Mar 27–Apr 12
Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare,
Grande Prairie Live Theatre,
May 8–24
MEDICINE HAT
9 to 5: The Musical
Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton,
book by Patricia Resnick,
Medicine Hat Musical Theatre,
MHMT Playhouse,
Apr 25, 26, May 1–3, 7–10
ROSEBUD
The Foreigner
By Larry Shue,
Rosebud Theatre,
Opera House,
until May 24
Music
EDMONTON
AB BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
Early Classics
Robertson–Wesley United Church,
May 11
DA CAMERA SINGERS
Edmonton in Song
First Presbyterian Church,
May 4
EDMONTON BLUES SOCIETY
May Blues Event
St. Basil’s Cultural Centre,
May 3
EDMONTON CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
Ehnes Quartet
West End Christian Reformed Church,
Apr 23
EDMONTON CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
Ehnes Quartet
West End Christian
Reformed Church,
Apr 23
EDMONTON RECITAL SOCIETY
Cinema Café
Winspear Centre,
May 18
EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Winspear Centre
Beethoven, Liszt and Piano
Julian Kuerti, conductor,
Apr 24
Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony
Julian Kuerti, conductor,
Apr 26, 27
The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos: Part 1 May 2
The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos: Part 2 May 3
Vivaldi, Rodrigo and The Moldau May 8
Hans Zimmer: Phenomenal Film Scores May 21, 22
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 May 30–Jun 1
NORTHERN LIGHTS FOLK CLUB
Martyn Joseph
Parkview Community League,
May 3
YARDBIRD SUITE
The Edmonton Jazz Society
Son of Dave, May 1
Dizzy & Fay, May 9
The Jacob Do Octet, May 18
CALGARY
CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Jack Singer Concert Hall
Yo-Yo Ma in Concert
May 2
French Impressions: Poulenc’s Organ Concerto
May 9, 10
Mahler’s Resurrection
May 30, 31
CALGARY PRO MUSICA
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Ehnes Quartet
Apr 25, 26
Dick Matthews Young Artist Development Program Concert
May 5
LUMINOUS VOICES
Lamentations
Timothy Shantz, conductor,
Bella Concert Hall,
Apr 18
NATIONAL MUSIC CENTRE
Heartstrings and Honky Tonks
Studio Bell,
Apr 26
RED DEER
RED DEER SYMPHONY
Symphonic Storytelling
Red Deer Polytechnic Arts Centre,
May 24
LETHBRIDGE
LETHBRIDGE SYMPHONY
Series VI–Music For Royalty: Ksiazek on the Keys
Southminster United Church,
May 5
MEDICINE HAT
ESPLANADE
Bellamy Brothers
May 8
The Atlantic Jazz Collective
May 12
Tonye Aganaba
May 15
CANMORE
ARTSPLACE
Roman Rabinovich Plays the Goldberg Variations
May 4
Amy Nelson
May 24
BANFF
BANFF CENTRE
Jeremy Dutcher
Jenny Belzberg Theatre,
May 3
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason—Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Calgary Jazz Orchestra—Bella Concert Hall
Visual Arts
EDMONTON
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA
AGA100: Act 3 Words to Worldmaking
Until Jun 1
what we leave, what we take
Until Aug 24
Emily Chu: Preserving Fragments
Until Mar 15, 2026
HARCOURT HOUSE
Deirdre McCleneghan: The Fitting Room;
Diana Ohiozebau: Not Alone as Such
Both May 2–Jun 14
CALGARY
CONTEMPORARY CALGARY
Miruna Drăgan and Maggie Tiesenhausen: Hummingbird Guided Meditation
Until Jun 29
June Clark: Witness
Until Aug 31
Lauren Crazybull: Wish you were here
Until Nov 2
ESKER FOUNDATION
Erika DeFreitas;
Hangama Amiri: PARTING/ قارف
Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi;
All until Apr 27
Megan Feniak: With All Our Vernal Suns
Until Jun 8
THE NEW GALLERY
Jayden Charles: Trans Healthcare Saved My Life
Billboard 208,
until May 31
NICKLE GALLERIES
Coins of Islam;
Earth and Sky: Carpet Cultures of Asia;
Leesa Streifler: The Performance of Being/ La Performance de l’être
All until Apr 26
LETHBRIDGE
SAAG
Paul Maheke;
Lan “Florence” Yee;
katie marie bruce;
all until Apr 12
MEDICINE HAT
ESPLANADE
Pollywog
Koi Neng Liew,
until Mar 29
BANFF
WALTER PHILLIPS GALLERY
Facing Photographs
Until May 4
WHYTE MUSEUM
Meltdown: A Drop in Time
Until Apr 13
The Ancestors are Talking: Paintings by the Indigenous Seven
May 2–Oct 19
GRANDE PRAIRIE
ART GALLERY OF GRANDE PRAIRIE
Elsa Robinson: Reconnect
Until Jun 1
Lionel Allingham and Nam Duc Nguyen: A Second Horizon
Until Jul 13
I Couldn’t Wait Longer
– Rajni Perera
Dance
EDMONTON
ALBERTA BALLET
Don Quixote
Northern Alberta Jubilee,
May 9, 10
BALLET EDMONTON
Precipice
Allard Hall, Triffo Theatre,
May 2, 3
Film
EDMONTON
NORTHWESTFILMFEST
Metro Cinema,
May 8–15
RAINBOW VISIONS
Metro Cinema,
May 16–18
Literary
EDMONTON
AUDREYS BOOKS
Audreys Book Club
Fleishman is in Trouble,
by Taffy Brodesser-Akner,
Apr 28
Audreys Classics Book Club
Middlemarch,
by George Eliot,
meeting the second Monday of each month
Jan–Aug
EDMONTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Book Clubs of EPL
Fight Night,
by Miriam Toews,
Castle Downs branch,
May 26
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Writer-in-Residence
Author of four books of poetry, most recently Sunny Ways; available for manuscript consultations until June.
CALGARY
OWL’S NEST BOOKS
Hootdunnit Book Club
The Paris Mystery,
by Kirsty Manning,
May 21
SHELF LIFE BOOKS
Political Book Club
Last Sat of each month
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Danny Ramadan
Writer-in-Residence
His latest novel is The Foghorn Echoes. He is available for manuscript consultations.
WORDFEST
Danielle L. Jensen
A Curse Carved in Bone,
Central Library,
May 10
LETHBRIDGE
ANALOG BOOKS
Analog Book Club
Earth-cool, and Dirty,
by Jacob Lee Bachinger,
Apr 20
Must-See Exhibition
Hangama Amiri
PARTING/قارف,
Esker, Calgary, until April 25
After Hangama Amiri and her family fled Kabul in 1996, the family was separated; her father worked in Denmark and Norway, while Amiri lived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with her mother and three siblings. The family was reunited in Halifax in 2005. During this nine-year separation they kept in touch with letters and photos. Amiri uses this archive of material, translating it into textile collages that focus on her parents. Woman Before a Mirror recalls a photograph of Amiri’s mother standing in a favourite outfit in the bedroom of their Dushanbe apartment. The bedroom’s wallpaper and furnishings evoke the prevalence of Soviet-era interior design in Tajikistan. Man with Vase of Tulips is an imagined portrait of Amiri’s father in an apartment in Norway, where he worked for a tulip producer.
