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Erdem Taşdelen Wounded in Three Acts
2026-03-27 12:00 - 2026-08-16 19:00 (America/Edmonton) | Contemporary Calgary, 701 11 St SW, Calgary, Canada
Erdem Taşdelen
Wounded in Three Acts
March 27—August 16, 2026
Setting up the stage with melodramatic flair, Wounded in Three Acts marks a new chapter in Erdem Taşdelen’s artistic practice, and his first return to Calgary since his 2019 exhibition at The Bows. Dramaturgic and narrative strategies ground Taşdelen’s work within the history of humanity’s examination of its own nature and the pursuit of catharsis through shared enactment. Using diverse media to articulate captivating fictions that never stray far from truth, his projects graze veracity with a shrewdness that urges our attention toward contemporary sociopolitical realities.
Wounded in Three Acts weaves together elements of four recent bodies of work, presenting an audio installation, a film, graphic prints, and a live performance. Taşdelen’s artistic approach borrows from the languages of theatre, contemporary fiction and collective action to engage with notions of power, solidarity and resistance, as well as human behaviour, aspirations and limitations. Unmade Films (2022) is a series of posters for imaginary motion pictures never made. Under the guise of visual mimicry, the series investigates cinematic tropes and invites viewers to imagine their own versions of the stories these films may tell.
An exercise in dramaturgy and dystopian reflection, Taşdelen’s audio installation The Characters (2018-2021) – partly recorded in Calgary in collaboration with EMMEDIA –follows the self-indulgent and mordantly humorous narratives of a set of stock characters. With their defining traits taken from a text by ancient Greek philosopher and naturalist Theophrastus, these fictional personas are recognizable archetypes. At Contemporary Calgary, Taşdelen presents a condensed version of the project featuring ten idiosyncratic monologues, portraying the less palatable aspects of humankind and generating a strangely familiar, attention-grabbing clamour that holds an unflattering mirror to our contemporary society.
Frictions (2024) is a moving image work that comprises twelve first-person narratives, each reflecting on the psychological toll of living alongside strangers in an era marked by polarization, technologically-mediated hostility, and uncertainty about the future. Inspired by the artist’s own dreams involving social discomfort and anxiety, the film’s narratives unfold against the backdrop of hazy, dreamlike visual sequences, punctuated with interludes of ambient soundscapes that reinforce a sense of unease. These small yet charged moments of friction expose deeper societal ruptures: the erosion of empathy, the projection of personal insecurity onto others, and the difficulty of meaningful social connection in a world saturated by suspicion and self-preservation.
Punctuating the exhibition run at varying intervals, A Long Dramatic Pause (2025-26) is Taşdelen’s first live performance work, which premiered at Studio Voltaire in London, UK this past fall. The narrative employs the lexicon of photography and theatre to explore strategies of resistance against ultranationalism and far-right politics. Twelve theatrical vignettes describe a photographic image never shown but brought to life through re-enactment and visual analysis by a solo performer. As the performer alternates between observing and embodying an antifascist figure in the photograph, the narrative gradually implicates the audience, shifting their focus towards their own agency and collective presence. For this iteration, Taşdelen collaborated with performer Cindy Ansah to develop a unique, site-specific version of A Long Dramatic Pause, guided by a written script and a set of corresponding graphic scores that also feature in Taşdelen’s exhibition.
Collectively, the works in Wounded in Three Acts examine the ways in which we negotiate living alongside strangers whose histories, beliefs and worldviews may be vastly different from our own. Examining culturally learned behaviours and drawing from unique historical accounts, Taşdelen approaches these questions across different formats, looking at narrative itself as a constructive device through which we make sense of our experiences and feelings, both for ourselves and for others. His works do not attempt to instruct or persuade; instead, they build situations in which we all must reckon with our positions and forms of complicity or solidarity.
Wounded in Three Acts is generously supported through the Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Program.
Curated by Mona Filip.

Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens Stacking Crates to Reach a Banana
2026-03-27 12:00 - 2026-08-16 19:00 | Contemporary Calgary, 701 11 St SW, Calgary, Canada
Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens
Stacking Crates to Reach a Banana
March 27—August 16, 2026
How are our bodies measured and valued?
How do we perform within systems that observe, record, and assign meaning to behaviour?
Stacking Crates to Reach a Banana by Quebec-based artist duo Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens brings together works that examine the body—human and nonhuman—as a site of measurement, performance, and value. Their practice draws on the visual language of modern science—diagrams, charts, graphs, and schematics that translate lived experience and bodily labour into data, units, and archetypes. Across the exhibition, embodied movements are rendered into abstract models within systems that quantify and compare behaviour, even as the artists’ reworking of these forms unsettles claims of human exceptionalism.
The two-channel video piece Taming Chance (2012) sets the tone for the exhibition, combining a sense of playfulness with serious inquiry. The artist-performers attempt to bring order out of chaos while they deliberately court risk through the manipulation of raw materials. The thirty architectural recreations that feature in the series Anthology of Performance Pieces for Animals (2018- present), cast animals as active performers within the framework of laboratory-based cognitive experiments done to study them. In another room is the series, Each Number Equals One Inhalation and One Exhalation (2016–present), that includes graphical representations of diagrammatic studies that illustrate human productivity and labour, drawn from disciplines ranging from work science, scientific management, economics and psychology. Punctuating these small, abstract sculptures are five videos from Is there anything left to be done at all? (2014), subtly evoking the presence of a tangible body, but through explorations of non-productive action. Staged during a residency at Trinity Square Video in Toronto that is dedicated to art production, Ibghy and Lemmens invited four artists to workshop the generative potential of improvisations and creative outflow, probing what forms of action or desire remain once goal, effort, and reward are uncoupled. Brought together in direct dialogue for the first time, the sculptures and videos form a pictorial architecture in themselves, paralleling the models they reference. In so doing, the artists intentionally orchestrate the viewing experience to disrupt how meaning is derived from patterns.
Further, by working with models of non-productivity and by granting material and animal bodies agency on the same plane as human bodies, the duo reveals the limits and flaws of these systems. The handmade sculptures, built from simple materials such as bamboo sticks and acetate sheets, emphasize the provisional nature of all regimes of epistemological control.
In making visible how instruction operates as a pattern that scripts action, the exhibition traces the ethical stakes of such systems: the hierarchies they embed, the behaviours they normalize, and the ways bodies are instrumentalized as resources to be optimized. Together, the works offer a critical and timely reflection on processes of reduction, interrogating how systems of knowledge abstract bodies into data, variables, and units of labour, while opening a space to consider bodies as irreducible to the metrics used to measure and manage them.
Curated by Kanika Anand.

Haig Aivazian: You May Own the Lanterns, but We Have the Light
2026-05-06 - 2026-08-16 | Contemporary Calgary, 701 11 St SW, Calgary, Canada
Exhibit: Haig Aivazian’s You May Own the Lanterns, but We Have the Light
Contamporary Calgary: #701 11th Street SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2C4
May 7—August 16, 2026
Who has the power to control light? In what ways can darkness be weaponized?
You May Own the Lanterns, but We Have the Light (2022-ongoing) brings together three episodes of a cartoon mini-series by Haig Aivazian, building on his ongoing examination of the public administration of light and darkness as a policing tool.
Drawing on the history of public lighting, the work considers artificial light not just as a means for illuminating the streets at night, but as a mechanism of governance, where visibility underpins surveillance, authority, and the staging and enforcement of social order in public space.
Most civilizations have long understood the night as a realm of mystery. It belongs to creatures we have been trained to fear: gargoyles, vampires, and werewolves, lurking through the shadows. They inhabit the darkness, only to be banished by daylight – exposed, vilified, and cast as dangerous. But the night is also when we dream. Reality loosens its grip and other worlds begin to take shape. In dreams, regimes can falter, hierarchies dissolve, and new orders come into being – if only for a moment, before the day returns.
You May Own the Lanterns, but We Have the Light is composed of fragments of found cartoons and animations from a wide range of sources, all meticulously redrawn, stitched together, and reanimated in collaboration with a team of animators in Beirut, with varying degrees of alteration to the original material. In this work, the night becomes fertile ground for upheaval and resistance, a space that allows for refuge and revolution, where efforts to take it over and colonize it are met with acts of subversive escapism and defiance.
The exhibition looks at both the street and the nightclub as sites of disruption, drawing parallels between dancing and protest as forms of communal resistance. But it also traces the moment when these gestures begin to fail – when dance, gathering, and dreaming are no longer sufficient to hold the weight of opposition. This moment demands that we consider the necessity of other modes of cultural production, ones that are capable of fighting – and ultimately undoing – the conditions that allow an oppressive world order to persist.
Here, we are faced with a threshold: prevailing systems are about to collapse, and new ones have yet to take shape. How can we reclaim power in the night?

Adelita Husni Bey: Agency
2026-06-03 - 2026-11-08 | Contemporary Calgary, 701 11 St SW, Calgary, Canada
Exhibit: Adelita Husni Bey’s Agency
June 4—November 8, 2026
Contemporary Calgary: #701 11th Street SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2C4
2014, Rome, Italy.
Thirty-five students at Manara High School took part in a workshop modelled on a group exercise, derived from a 1970s UK critical civic studies curriculum method. Led by Italian-Libyan artist Adelita Husni Bey, the students were divided into five constituencies – politicians, activists, bankers, journalists, and workers – and asked to engage with pressing issues in contemporary Italian politics, including unemployment, snap elections, and natural disasters.
Presented more than a decade after its completion, Husni Bey’s Agency (2014) is a documentation of this workshop, reflecting on the nature of power; the ways in which it manifests and operates; and how it may (or may not) be effectively used. Both disquieting and astute, the work resonates as urgently today as it did at the moment of its making, 12 years ago.

Really Much, Given Name and Queen of the Worms
2026-08-08 20:00 - 2026-09-09 00:00 | Palomino, 109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Really Much, Given Name (Hamilton, Ontario) and Queen of the Worms
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Saturday August 8, 2026
Doors: 8:00pm / Action 9:00pm
Admission: $15.00 advance at www.showpass.com
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Really Much
Fuzzy Power Pop
https://reallymuch.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/really.much
Given Name (Hamilton, Ontario)
Fuzzed out pop from ‘The Hammer’
https://givennamefanclub.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/given_name_fanclub
Queen of the Worms
Timeless Power Pop
https://www.instagram.com/queenoftheworms
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!

Sunday Jazz with Jonny Chavez Quartet
2026-08-16 10:15 - 12:15 | GULBAR YYC, 636 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2R1C3, Canada
Kick back and vibe out with Jonny Chavez Quartet spinning smooth jazz tunes this Sunday morning.

This Sunday, the Jonny Chavez Quartet returns to GULBAR for an afternoon of jazz standards, smooth grooves, and modern favourites reimagined in a fresh jazz style 🎺
Led by Jonny Chavez on trumpet and vocals, the quartet brings together four talented Calgary musicians:
Jonny Chavez — Trumpet & Voice
Beau McCartney — Bass
Peter Strietman — Guitar
Alejandro Torres Cala — Keys
Expect expressive trumpet, warm vocals, rich guitar and keys, and a lively rhythm section — the perfect soundtrack for cocktails, dinner, and a relaxed Sunday afternoon. The group has performed at GULBAR several times, and we’re always happy to welcome them back.
📅 Sunday, August 16
🚪 Doors open at 4:00 PM
🎶 Show: 4:15–6:15 PM
📍 GULBAR — 636 10 Ave SW
🎟 $7 in advance until August 15 | $10 at the door
🔞 18+
We definitely recommend joining us — grab your tickets and reserve a table in advance at gulbar.ca.

Pink Pop Party
2026-08-16 12:00 - 16:00 | The Palace Theatre, 219 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
The Pink Pop Party comes to The Palace on Sunday, August 16th at 12:00 p.m.

Coheed and Cambria
2026-08-18 19:00 - 22:30 | The Palace Theatre, 219 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Coheed and Cambria brings the This is Our War Tour to The Palace on Tuesday, August 18th with special guests Chixdiggit!

Tickets are $65.93.

Among Legends
2026-08-21 14:00 - 18:00 | verns, 622 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P1G4, Canada
WHERE: Vern’s
622 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada

WHEN: August 21, 2026
TIME: 8:00 PM MDT
$15 COVER CHARGE

Ontario’s Among Legends have been playing their own brand of energetic punk rock for nearly a decade. Formed in 2016, the band built its reputation through a run of EPs before releasing their debut full-length album Take Good Care in 2022. Since its release, the band has played consistently throughout Canada and the United States, with energetic shows and a firm belief that playing music should be a good time. After carving some time out of a busy show schedule to record, Among Legends returns with their second full-length album Lose My Grip, due July 10, 2026 via Little Rocket Records. The new record finds the band more confident in their melodic punk rock sound, leaning into more aggressive tendencies with tighter hooks as the band reflects on both personal and external challenges. This year, Among Legends are ready to take Lose My Grip on the road, playing as many dive bars, basements, DIY spaces, concert halls and backyards as possible.

Genres: Punk-pop, Alternative, Pop Punk, Punk

Band Members: Bennett Rouleau, Mitchell Buchanan, Sara Fellin

Hometown: Waterloo, Canada

Dandy Brewing Presents: DANDYFEST Music & Beer Festival
2026-08-22 12:00 - 22:00
Located at the Dandy Brewing Company and Tasting Room, DandyFest is a one day music festival featuring multiple bands, breweries and art!
Bands featured: Hayden Pedigo, Charlotte Cornfield, Otto Benson, Escape-ism, You Doo Right, Sunglaciers, Wayne P. Garrett, They Say Stories, PP Cauldron and more!

Canada's IRON KINGDOM Forge "Blood and Steel" w/ Second Single From New Album "Shadows and Dust" Release Tour
2026-08-22 19:00 - 23:00 | Dickens, 1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Calgary Show takes place at 7 p.m. on August 22nd at Dickens Pub. More information to be released for the upcoming show later on Dickens Pub Website: https://dickensyyc.com/events/
ABOUT THE BAND:
Vancouver, Canada’s traditional heavy metal torchbearers IRON KINGDOM return with the second single from their upcoming sixth studio album “Shadows and Dust,” due out June 6, 2026, marking their first release under their new label partnership with Steel Shark Records (France), which will offer an exclusive EU edition limited to just 300 double‑CD copies. Disc 1 will contain the full “Shadows and Dust” album, while Disc 2 will feature a “Best Of” collection highlighting tracks from Iron Kingdom’s previous five releases. In addition, the label will introduce a third vinyl colour (100 copies) available only to EU fans.
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Following the momentum of their first single and music video “Defenders”, the band now unveils the powerful new track “Blood and Steel”, accompanied by an epic lyric video that dives deep into the album’s themes of endurance, mortality, and the human cost of ambition.
Bassist Leighton Holmes explains further:
“The inspiration for ‘Blood and Steel’ came from two places. One draws from Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen, and the other from imagining myself as a soldier in Alexander the Great’s army, twelve years into a campaign, thousands of miles from home, questioning how I got there. The endless marching, the battles, the weight of the gear… It’s a brutal life, and in a small way, it parallels the blood, sweat, and tears of touring in a band.”​
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Musically, “Blood and Steel” stands apart in the IRON KINGDOM catalogue.
“We wanted the song to feel like a march. It’s very bass‑ and drum‑driven in the verses, with guitars layered in strategic spots. It’s a different kind of song for us, and I think it’s going to add something special to our live sets,” adds vocalist/guitarist Chris Osterman.
Watch and listen to “Blood and Steel” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb8BIzHT3_Q​
Add to your Spotify playlist – https://open.spotify.com/track/6SDL7czZLBENHKRRbFvrQl​
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​“Shadows and Dust” is IRON KINGDOM’s most emotionally charged and thematically dark album to date, ten tracks exploring death, hardship, impermanence, and the resilience required to push through life’s most difficult trials. The cover art, inspired by the story behind “Blood and Steel,” depicts an army marching across a desolate landscape, echoing the album’s central themes of struggle and perseverance.
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​“This album plays in a dark realm. But that’s exactly what will make it accessible to people going through tough times. The music shows hope for a way out. It’s a journey, one we can’t wait for fans to experience front to back,” says Osterman.

SoLARIS at Congress Coffee
2026-08-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Congress Coffee, 215 36 Ave NE, Calgary, Canada
Red hot rock and latin influences take the stage with SoLARIS! Tickets are $10.00.

BRUTAL YOUTH / ANTI-QUEENS w/ The Evergreen Standard (FREE SHOW)
2026-08-26 08:00 - 2026-08-27 00:00 | The Ship & Anchor, 534 17 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
On Wednesday August 26th, The Ship is super stoked to welcome back BRUTAL YOUTH and THE ANTI-QUEEN for one amazing evening of awesomeness!
Also along for this Punk Rock Ride is The Evergreen Standard!
And if you needed another rad reason to come party… there’s NO COVER!!!!
It all kicks off at 9pm.

ReggaeFest
2026-08-28 - 2026-08-30 | The Rise, St. Patrick’s Island, 1300 Zoo Rd. N.E., Calgary, Alberta
You’re invited to gather & groove with Calgary ReggaeFest! Join us August 28 and 29 for Calgary’s premier celebration of reggae music and Caribbean culture at The Rise on St. Patrick’s Island. More than a music festival, Calgary ReggaeFest is a pulsating rhythm of unity, culture and celebration.
Listen to LIVE music from local, national and international performers:
Friday, August 28:
Gates 4:00 pm, Show 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Performances by:
DJ Nutek International (Calgary)
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band (SK)
Sonic Alley (AB/BC)
Calgary Showcase: Music 2 Di Soul Band, Mr Progress, Gyal Ediot, Tamoy Powell
Music 2 Di Soul Band (Calgary)
Louie Culture (Jamaica)
Saturday, August 29:
Gates 2:00 pm, Show 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Performances by:
DJ Nutek International (Calgary)
Souls in Rhythm (Calgary)
Peligroso Bonsai (Mexico/Canada)
Music 2 Di Soul Band (Calgary)
Nana McLean (ON)
Jemere Morgan (USA/Jamaica)
Leroy Sibbles (Jamaica/Canada)
PLUS!! Beer Stand by Village Brewery ~ Food Trucks ~ Dance Floor ~ Craft Vendors
General Admission 13 years +:
Weekend Pass – $70 advance / $80 gate
Day Pass Friday – $45 advance / $50 gate
Day Pass Saturday – $45 advance / $50 gate
Child (12 & Under) – FREE when accompanied by a paying Adult. Ticket Required.
(Child tickets are only valid with a General Admission ticket purchase. Each child must have a ticket to enter.)
* All tickets + GST and Service Fees.
* LineUp Subject to Change
For more information visit ReggaeFest.ca

Brian Byrne of I Mother Earth with guests Cas Jade and Void Souls
2026-08-28 08:00 - 2026-08-29 00:00 | Palomino, 109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Brian Byrne of I Mother Earth ‘The Sick Signal Tour’ with guests Cas Jade and Void Souls.
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Friday August 28, 2026
Doors: 8:00pm / Action 9:00pm
Admission: $25.00 advance at www.showpass.com
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
Brian Byrne
Newfoundland export Brian Byrne spent many sweat-drenched nights as a 2nd singer in Canada’s incredible I Mother Earth. Since then he has been an activist, philanthropist, singer-songwriter.
2026’s Sick Signal is an album Brian made during the peak of the pandemic lockdowns with longtime friend and collaborator Dan Levandier (The Motorleague) and Mitch Boudreau (Small Package/The Ditchpigs).
https://brianbyrne.org
https://www.instagram.com/brian_byrne13
Cas Jade
CAS JADE’s art is about healing, empowerment, and reclaiming identity. She is building her career independently, with intention, community, and long-term artistry in mind — creating not just songs, but lasting worlds for those who need them.
https://casjademusic.com
https://www.instagram.com/casjadee
The Void Souls
Heavy hitting instrumentals and dynamic, energetic vocals.
https://www.voidsouls.com
https://www.instagram.com/voidsoulsmusic
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!

Neighbour Andy
2026-08-28 20:30 - 22:30 | King Eddy, 438 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Canada
Alt-rock five-piece Neighbour Andy bring their blend of Americana, folk, and funk to the legendary King Eddy stage on August 28.
About Neighbour Andy:
Comprised of Drake Lesperance (vocals), Mark Davidson (guitar), MacKenzie Jackson (bass), Jordan Alexiuk (drums), and Joel d’Eschambault (keys), the five friends fuse the rhythmic drive of alt-rock with the narrative heart of Americana, folk, and an influence of funk — a sound that skips the predictable and lands somewhere that feels necessary.

Sour Patch Men - Album Release
2026-08-29 20:30 - 2026-08-30 12:00 | King Eddy, 438 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Canada
Calgary’s indie-folk outfit The Sour Patch Men blends sharp modern songwriting with the warmth of traditional bluegrass arrangements, creating a sound that feels both timeless and daring. Beloved for their disarming stage presence, quick wit, and high-voltage energy, the band has carved out a reputation as fearless innovators in Calgary’s folk and bluegrass scene.
Tickets: $20 in advance or $25 at the door.

Peaches: No Lube So Rude Tour
2026-09-01 19:00 - 22:30 | MacEwan Hall, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Canada

REAL SICKIES w/ THE SMELTERS / THE FAULT LINES – FREE SHOW
2026-09-02 21:00 - 23:30 | The Ship & Anchor, 534 17 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Real Sickies are coming from E-town, The Smelters from the BC wilderness and The Fault Lines are probably heading to play their set after their shifts somewhere in CGY.
It’s a 3-chord shindig that you don’t wanna miss.
No cover, kicks off at 9pm.

KRUELTY, Dead Heat, Dying Remains and special guests
2026-09-05 20:00 - 2026-09-06 00:00 | Palomino, 109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
KRUELTY, Dead Heat, Dying Remains and special guests
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Saturday September 5, 2026
Doors: 8:00pm / Action 9:00pm
Admission: $25.00 advance at www.showpass.com
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
KRUELTY (Tokyo, Japan)
Formed in Tokyo, Japan in the summer of 2017 by Kohei Azuma aka ZUMA, KRUELTY has emerged as the most notable artist to find that sweet spot where the amalgamation of heavy beatdown hardcore and ‘90s American/Scandinavian death/doom metal becomes the blueprint of brutality and slam KRUELTY unleash. With KRUELTY you will hear the ultimate convergence of some of the most punishing death metal riffs and the most mind-blowing breakdowns influenced by Japanese and ‘90s East Coast hardcore bands.
https://www.kruelty666.com
https://www.instagram.com/krueltyjphc
Dead Heat (Oxnard, California)
Process of Elimination, Dead Heat’s first album for Metal Blade, sees the Oxnard, California-based band reaching a sonic and lyrical apex across 11 heavy tracks, produced by the band with Paul Fig (Deftones, Trivium, Jerry Cantrell). “Perpetual Punishment” opens the record with gentle guitar before kicking into aggro/hardcore mode. “We chose this song to start Process… because when it hits, it’s hard, and has a great flow,” states singer Chris Ramos. “Lyrically it’s about not wasting your time in life because tomorrow simply isn’t promised. It’s a key theme I always try to portray in lyrical form, or even in random stage banter. I feel like it’s what’s keeps me going on every day.” – www.metalblade.com
https://deadheatca.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/deadheat805
Dying Remains
New Breed of Death Metal
https://www.instagram.com/dying.remains
https://dyingremains-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!

Bluegrass Night with The Smokin' Toad Revival
2026-09-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Congress Coffee, 215 36 Ave NE, Calgary, Canada
Born of the prairies and residing in Calgary, AB The Smokin’ Toad Revival is a new bluegrass band featuring a tasteful blend of original bluegrass music and traditional tunes.
Prepare to be captivated by intricate vocal harmonies, lightning-fast lead playing, and a bouncing rhythm section that will keep your foot tapping. The objective of The Smokin’ Toad Revival is to share their love for the genre by creating a memorable all-ages experience that leaves listeners with a smile. Tickets are $20.00.

Iguana Death Cult, Hot Garbage, Ancient Greece, Still Depths
2026-09-10 19:00 - 2026-09-11 00:00 | Palomino, 109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Iguana Death Cult (The Netherlands), Hot Garbage (Toronto), Ancient Greece (Toronto), Still Depths (Vancouver)
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Thursday September 10, 2026
Doors: 7:00pm / Action 7:30pm
Admission: $28.00 advance at www.showpass.com
On Sale: Fri, June 19th 10::00am MST
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
Iguana Death Cult (The Netherlands)
Iguana Death Cult’s latest evolution finds the Rotterdam band reflecting on hardship and doubt while facing a burning world. The result channels their early punk and garage roots, powered by Tobias Opschoor’s razorsharp riffs, Rennert’s relentless drumming,
Jimmy de Kok’s groovy rhythms and Jeroen Reek’s raw, emotive vocals.
Formed in 2014, the band has grown from a group of friends into an renowned international act, touring with band such as Osees and Frankie and the Witch Fingers, supporting Jack White and performing at SXSW, Levitation, and Desert Daze.
Their new album Guns Out (Greenway Records) marks a return to punchy garage rockand features honest self-reflection, addressing escapism, mental strain, and creative renewal. Tough yet introspective, Guns Out captures a band coming to terms with its
own evolution and the turbulent world around it.
https://iguanadeathcult.com
https://www.instagram.com/iguanadeathcult
Hot Garbage (Toronto)
Driving rhythms of dark post-punk and motorik krautrock
https://www.instagram.com/hotgarbg
Ancient Greece (Toronto)
Post Hardcore Punk
https://www.instagram.com/ancientgreece__
Still Depths (Vancouver)
Experimental post noise rock
https://www.instagram.com/stilldepths
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!

Cask Sessions: Upside Down Man & Berserker
2026-09-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Village Brewery, 5000 12a Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 5K9, Canada
Friday September 11th
Cask Sessions presents: Upside Down Man & Berserker
Village Brewery
15$ in Advance 20$ at doors
Village Brewery Cask Sessions presents two frighteningly tight punk/hardcore bands in one night! Both bands play technical and fast audio haymakers of sets sure to wow any fans of punk, hardcore or just angry sounds. And if that duo isn’t enough to interest you, advance admission includes a Cask pint free with it. Win win!
Be sure to check out Upside Down Mans newly released album available on streaming services or vinyl/CD on sketchy Records Merch: Upside Down Man

Tickets will be available on the website below
https://villagebrewery.com/community-events/

Bambara with guests Pøltergeist, Thespian and Eye of Newt
2026-09-11 20:00 - 2026-09-12 00:00 | Palomino, 109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Bambara with guests Pøltergeist, Thespian and Eye of Newt
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Friday September 11, 2026
Doors: 8:00pm / Action 8:30pm
Admission: $28.00 advance at www.showpass.com
On Sale: Fri, June 19th 10::00am MST
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
Bambara (Brooklyn, New York
An extraordinary, nocturnally-inclined modernist rock band drenched in Southern Gothic, Bambara have evolved their macabre vision to perfection with their fifth album Birthmarks. Created in collaboration with co-producer Graham Sutton from UK experimental pioneers Bark Psychosis (a man also heavily responsible for the groundbreaking These New Puritans records), it’s not so much a concept album as a stunningly complex work of narrative fiction, featuring memorable characters including the aforementioned C&W karaoke-bar siren with halo-braided hair and a one-eyed murderer begging for the electric chair – all not exactly set to music, but actually born from it. – www.bellaunion.com
https://www.bambaranyc.com
https://www.instagram.com/bambaraband
Pøltergeist
Post-Punk, Traditional Metal, and Shoegaze
https://poltergeistovdoom.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/poltergeistovdoom
Thespian (Vancouver)
Post Punk Art Rock
https://thespiantracks.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/thespian.insta
Eye of Newt
Weird Indie Post-Punk
https://eyeofnewt.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/eyeofnewtshreds
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!

Jose Gonzalez: Against the Dying of the Light Tour
2026-09-13 19:00 - 22:30 | The Palace Theatre, 219 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada

Shannon Shaw with guests Radiation Flowers and Amy Nelson
2026-09-13 19:00 - 2026-09-14 00:00
Shannon Shaw with guests Radiation Flowers and Amy Nelson
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Sunday September 13, 2026
Doors: 7:00pm / Action 7:30pm
Admission: $28.00 advance at www.showpass.com
On Sale: Fri, June 19th 10::00am MST
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
Shannon Shaw
A garage rock diva whose music merges the sounds of doo wop and ’60s rock with the bold attitude of indie and underground sounds, Shannon Shaw first gained an audience as the leader of the group Shannon & the Clams. Born and raised in Northern California, Shaw grew up on a musical diet of ’50s and ’60s oldies, and while studying art in the 2000s, she fell in with like-minded musicians to form Shannon & the Clams, rising through the indie rock underground on the strength of albums like 2013’s Dreams in the Rat House and 2015’s Gone by the Dawn. An alliance with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys led to him producing 2018’s Onion, as well as Shaw’s solo debut, a country accented set titled Shannon in Nashville. – Mark Deming
https://www.theshannonshaw.com
https://www.instagram.com/shannonshaw
Radiation Flowers (Saskatoon)
Slow-burning, spacey psych-rock
https://theradiationflowers.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/theradiationflowers
Amy Nelson
Speakeasy Country Garage Blues
https://amynelsonmusic.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/amyflyingakite
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!

Doubting Paris with Taurus Ranch Band
2026-09-17 19:30 - 21:30 | King Eddy, 438 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Canada
Cinematic alt-rock band Doubting Paris hits the legendary King Eddy stage with special guest Taurus Ranch Band on September 17.
About Doubting Paris:
Originally formed in 2003, Doubting Paris built a reputation for emotionally honest songwriting, atmospheric guitars, and cinematic alternative rock.

Nimino: Keep Me Awake Tour
2026-09-17 21:00 | The Palace Theatre, 219 8 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada

Nuisance, Sheglank’d Shoulders, Nife Fite and Disaster Relief
2026-09-18 20:00 - 2026-09-19 00:00 | Palomino, 109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
Nuisance (demo tape release), Sheglank’d Shoulders (album drop), Nife Fite and Disaster Relief
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Friday September 18, 2026
Doors: 8:00pm / Action 9:00pm
Admission: $16.00 advance at www.showpass.com
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
Nuisance
Gritty, High Voltage Rock n’ Roll
Sheglank’d Shoulders
Calgary’s Kings of Skaterock Return for One Night Only!
https://sheglankdshoulders.bandcamp.com
Nife Fite
Reckless Caveman Egg Punk
https://nifefite.bandcamp.com
Disaster Relief
Hotter Than Fire!!
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Iyarhe Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), the Battle River Territory of the Métis Nation of Alberta Districts 5 & 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!

Delilah Bon
2026-09-20 19:00 | Palomino, 109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, Canada
