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Music festivals and live music event listings and coverage across Alberta and BC, with an emphasis on discovery and travel. FestivalSeekers brings you feature coverage on cool festivals, events to check out and cultural happenings across Western Canada. Find a new event, or a "new to you" festival, in your own backyard!

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Updated: Wed. Jul. 7, 2021

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Musician Monthly Spotlight FestivalSeekers BuyBasin Festival
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These are tough times for musicians who thrive off playing in front of a live audience.

Updated: Wed. Feb. 22, 2023

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Like any season from ski season, golf season, baseball, football…any of them, any aficionado gets itchy feet as the season comes closer.

Updated: Tue. May. 18, 2021

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Whoop-Up Days Family Festival
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Lethbridge, Alberta
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Whoop-Up Days is an annual festival, exhibition, and rodeo held in Lethbridge, Alberta, for five days in the last full week of August

Updated: Tue. Jul. 21, 2026

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Kathaumixw choir
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Powell River, British Columbia
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The International Choral Kathaumixw is a 5 day choral festival filled with concerts, common song singing, choral & vocal solo competitions.

Updated: Tue. Jul. 21, 2026

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Calgary, Alberta
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Each year on the second Sunday in August, the streets of Marda Loop come alive with the New Orleans-themed Marda Gras Street Festival. This one-day free public event includes the sights and sounds of...

Updated: Mon. Apr. 13, 2026

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Sunshine Music Festival Palm Beach Regional Park Qathet BC
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Powell River, British Columbia
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Head to Powell River for two days of terrific music, coastal views, food and special events.

Updated: Thu. Jun. 11, 2026

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