Jeremy Derksen

With the opening of the new Canfor Culture and Events Centre, Whitecourt's local scene is getting a boost.

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.

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.

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.

Have you seen who's headlining music fests in Alberta and BC for summer 2025? Check out these lineup announcements from some of BC and Alberta's biggest music fests. 

Have you seen who's headlining music fests in Alberta and BC for summer 2025? Check out these lineup announcements from some of BC and Alberta's biggest music fests. 

Feel like a Vermilionaire—head to Savor Vermilion, where "old prairie" meets "new school" at a food festival brimming with local makers, distillers and entertainment.

Check out some of the highlights and memories from summer 2024 festivals, and get ready to make your own memories as the biggest weekends of the summer light it up.

Beating the heat at summer festivals in Alberta and BC is all about your pre-game. With a little advance prep you can be free to indulge in all the spontaneous fun of the festival scene. 

From the summit of SilverStar Mountain, BC, looking out onto the Okanagan valley, you can see a mountain village teeming with trail runners, mountain bikers, live music and a vibrant arts scene.

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!

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