BC & Alberta Festival Stories & Event News

May is the month of flowers in Western Canada, but it's also the month of festivals! Why? Because May festivals and events lure us outside again as music, food, art and culture spring forth.

Tune in via the Battle River Online Festival to meet the people (and some of the farm animals!) who are ready and wait

Enter to win, with our big festival giveaway featuring passes for you and a guest to the festival of your choice. CONTEST CLOSED.

Alberta's big summer music festivals fill a big landscape with joyous sound! Here are 20 to get you dancing and grooving.

Cherries, rattlesnakes and oysters, oh my! The southern BC desert town of Osoyoos is full of surprises to fill your spring adventure calendar.

Castle Mountain, Fernie, Kimberley and Nelson deliver epic skiing, spring festivals you can road trip through along the Crowsnest Pass and Highway 3.

Check out over 20 music festivals in BC for summer 2026, bringing some of the biggest international artists as well as homegrown musical talent to the BC stage!

As Shred Kelly headlines Fernival this spring 2026, lead singer Sage McBride dishes on how to make the best of this epic festival weekend at Fernie Alpine Resort.

From retro fashion shows to ski ballet to alpine skiing history tours on the mountain at Kimberley Alpine Resort, few events inspire the kind of fervor that North Star Day does.

Find your enchanted festive moments at some of Western Canada's most exciting winter holiday festivals. 

Spooky, occult and outlandish, Halloween is the season to be anything but normal. Check out these events, embrace the paranormal and get ready for some thrills!

What made the 2025 festival summer highlight reel in Western Canada? YOU DID. Audiences showed up big time and the proof is in the photos you sent in for our season recap.

Rifflandia, Victoria's major September music festival, has built an undeniable cultural experience in its 18-year run thus far. Jim Barr dives into what makes it so magical.

Tickets for 2026 festivals including Shambhala, Bass Coast, Rockin' Thunder are on sale now at early bird rates! Start planning now so you're there for the best of next summer.

Autumn in Alberta and BC brings with it apple picking, fall fairs, Thanksgiving feasts, colourful aspen hikes, fun Halloween costume parties, and yes, pumpkin spice lattes. It also brings fest