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Browsing: Christmas Events
Christmas light shows, Santa visits, parades, festivals and New Year’s Eve in Calgary and area.
How to plan a New Year’s Eve night out in Calgary for 2026: galas, dinner-and-dance packages, 17 Avenue and Stephen Avenue bars, concerts and getting home.
New Year’s Eve in Calgary 2026: the City’s free downtown fireworks and celebration, family countdowns, ZOOLIGHTS, skating, parties and dinners.
Kid-friendly New Year’s Eve in Calgary: early countdowns, ZOOLIGHTS on Dec 31, the City’s free celebration, skating and quiet nights in.
Looking for Christmas things to do in Calgary this weekend? Every weekend of the 2026 season, from the first markets in November to New Year’s.
Is there a Santa Claus Parade in Calgary in 2026? Here are the parades of lights in High River, Airdrie, Mahogany, Auburn Bay and Banff, plus the Holiday Train.
Where to see Santa in Calgary in 2026: nightly at ZOOLIGHTS, at the Christmas markets, Holiday Wonder, Heritage Park and Banff. Dates and costs.
Once Upon A Christmas at Heritage Park is listed for December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20, 2026: wagon rides, Santa, carollers, a breakfast buffet and a Christmas market.
The Enchanted Festival at Spruce Meadows runs nightly December 12–23, 2026, 5 to 9 PM: a lights walk, indoor Wonderland, roller rink, Santa and free parking.
The Airdrie Festival of Lights runs Dec 1–31, 2026, 6 to 9 PM nightly in Nose Creek Park. Free entry, trains, fire pits, Santa and parking.
Holiday Wonder returns to the BMO Centre December 3–30, 2026, with a million lights, a new European Christmas Village and Santa, all indoors. Tickets from $17.18.