Calgary is celebrating Culture Month with over 150 arts and culture events happening around the city this week.

From the Rosza Awards, the Mayor’s Evening for Business and the Arts and Alberta Arts Days, to Calgary ArtWalk, the East Side Studio Crawl, live music and the launch of the fall theatre season, there are so many ways to experience Calgary’s arts and culture scene.

Event information can be found on CalgaryCulture.com, a new, one-stop source for arts and culture in Calgary. With a comprehensive events calendar, listings may be viewed by date, type, family friendly, LiveRush or free events. Visitors to the site can also sign up for a newsletter that offers weekly highlights of upcoming events. 

What’s on this week:

Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management

September 16, 8 pm, Jack Singer Concert Hall, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts

The Rozsa Award celebrates the outstanding achievement of an individual working in the complex profession of arts management  

Alberta Arts Days

September 18-20, throughout Calgary, many free events

Alberta Arts Days is a three-day celebration of Alberta's arts and culture. Communities across Alberta will be humming with creative energy. From classrooms to concert halls, from libraries to choir lofts and sidewalks to studios, Albertans everywhere will bring the very spirit of Alberta to life.

Mayor’s Evening for Business and the Arts

September 21, 5pm, Max Bell Theatre, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts

Mayor Dave Bronconnier gives a shout-out to the arts, artists and partnerships between business and the arts at the annual Mayor’s Evening presented by Enbridge.

ArtCity Festival

Until September 20, Downtown Calgary, Free

Artcity Festival is Calgary's annual celebration of visual art, architecture, and design. For 10 days each year, new artworks, installations, and projects are temporarily inserted into the urban landscape for discovery and engagement by ordinary citizens and interested parties.

Calgary ArtWalk

September 19-20, throughout downtown, Inglewood and the Beltline.

Artwalk is an opportunity for the general public to visit Calgary galleries and artist studios to discover the quality and variety of artists' work available in Calgary. Come out and meet artists and watch creativity happen before your eyes.

East Side Studio Crawl

September 19, 11 – 5pm, throughout Ramsay, Free

The 6th Annual East Side Studio Crawl takes place in the Ramsey district of Calgary. Meet and talk to 165 artists in their studios at 7 different venues at this free event.

City of Calgary Public Art Program Artist Panel – The Impact of Public Art on a Community

September 17, 5pm, City of Calgary Water Centre (25th Avenue and Spiller Road S.E.), Free

Artists Sans Facon (UK), Lorna Jordan (USA), Stuart Keeler (USA) and Paul Slipper (CAN) will be discussing “What impact can/does public art have on a community?”

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra: Bach's Brandenburg #5

September 17, 7:30 pm, Jack Singer Concert Hall, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts

Savour the sounds of the CPO’s stunning new harpsichord with critically acclaimed guest soloist Charlotte Nediger in an evening featuring two of Bach's greatest hits: The 5th Brandenburg Concerto and the sublime "Air on the G String” from the 3rd Orchestral Suite.

Workshop Theatre: Not a Leg to Stand On “Pay-What-You-Can-Preview”

September 17, 8pm, Pumphouse Theatre, 2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW

Len Pivnik thinks he's a pretty upstanding guy but when an insurance investigator comes to visit he has to be anything but up standing. You see, the insurance company thinks he's confined to a wheelchair. When the investigator arrives, Len, literally, has to think on his feet.