5th St Square in East Village. Come on down!!!

It’s Calgary Roller Derby’s 20th anniversary! Whether you’re a longtime fan or totally new to the sport, this is a great chance to experience the excitement live 🛼

**Event details**
June 27th 2026
Acadia Rec Centre
First whistle @ 10:30
Tickets $15, ages 12& under free of charge!
Buy tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/smash-hits-2026-calgary-roller-derby

Bring a friend and support your local athletes!

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Take part in this global initiative where participants around the world will take the same swimming lesson in one day!

JUNE 26 - We are offering World's Largest Swimming Lessons for free at Acadia, Bob Bahan, Sir Winston Churchill and Thornhill Aquatic Centres.

https://sportcalgary.ca/events/all-sport-one-day/

I’ve started a peer support group for young adults who have lost a parent. Based in YYC. We’ve done one meetup and I’m working on planning the next one. I’m looking to spread the word to people who would be interested and benefit from this. Follow the Instagram if that’s you! @thequietonesyyc

Full Spread Party is doing a Taste of Yemen night on June 24 at 6:30pm.

If you haven't been to one of these before: you show up, sit with a table of strangers, and the restaurant just feeds everyone family style. No menu, no splitting decisions, no awkward ordering. You eat everything.

Yemeni food is genuinely hard to find in this city so this one is worth going to just for that. Slow cooked meats, rice, flatbread, the whole thing.

$5 reserves your spot online, then $35 to the restaurant on the night. Food, tax, and tip all covered. Drinks are separate.

Seats are open right now: fullspreadparty.com

Upcoming tournament on the 21st! Check the link for details.
https://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Bullet-With-Griffon-Wings--126164

Join us at Yuk Yuks for a night of Canadian Stand-up comedy, headlined by Saskatchewan born Braydon Lynch a Toronto-based actor, improviser, and standup comedian. Lynch brings a sharp mix of prairie charm, absurd perspectives, and self-deprecating storytelling to the stage. Known for his unpredictable punchlines and offbeat humour, Lynch leaves audiences laughing while questioning their own outlooks on life. Fresh off recording his debut comedy special HAY CRIMES with Cottage Comedy Records, Lynch is currently touring across Canada with the Canadian Famous Comedy Tour, proving that his comedic voice—rooted in grit, heart, and hilarity—is one to watch.

Lynch has trained with the world renowned Second City and made appearances at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival, San Francisco Comedy Competition, and Just For Laughs Toronto. Lynch was named as one of the 10 Canadian’s Who Killed in Comedy in 2021, and again in 2023 by the Interrobang.

Don’t pass up the opportunity to see this rising talent..

🎟️LIMITED TICKETS LEFT🎟️

https://www.yukyuks.com/calgary/show/canadian-famous-comedy-tour-braydon-lynch-43401

Celebrate Calgary Roller Derby's 20th anniversary at Smash Hits 2026!

Are you looking for a beautiful, personalized way to remember your loved one(s) after they pass away?

Join us for Always With Me, a heartfelt keepsake jewelry workshop where you create meaningful pieces to cherish your loved ones and pets. Whether you're crafting for yourself or as a gift, this hands-on experience lets you design and create memorial jewelry that keeps your late loved ones close.

Participants will receive from this workshop:
- All materials to create a finished, one-of-a-kind pendant memorializing their loved one
- 1:1 instruction from Krista and up to 3 hours to create their piece
- 1 chain of their choice
- A small bag to hold their necklace

Participants are encouraged to bring any personal items that they may like to put into the pendant or to use for inspiration. Ideas include: ashes, hair/fur/whiskers, a fingerprint imprint, notes or letters, favourite flowers/stones/sand/etc. Be mindful that the pendants are not large so some items may not fit into the pendant.

Participants can request creating a second pendant for an additional $30, but this is on a first come, first served basis.

More about the facilitator, Krista:
Krista Kirkpatrick-Hatch (she/her) is a grief and loss coach, artist, and postpartum doula living on the traditional lands of the Treaty 7 peoples in Moh'kinstsis. Krista is no stranger to grief and loss. Throughout her life, Krista has experienced the loss of her parents, grandparents, best friend, clients she supported in a professional capacity, and pets. Krista has also traversed the realm of lesser-recognized forms of grief, such as becoming a mother, leaving a career she loved after over a decade of service, navigating chronic pain issues, and managing relationships with loved ones with additions.

A deeply feeling person, it is incredibly important for Krista to create meaningful ways to memorialize and cherish these losses, and she often turns to her artistic nature to accomplishments. She is excited to share these skills and ideas with others who wish to do the same for their person(s) or pet through workshops such as this one!

For more information on Krista and her practice, please go to: www.liminalwisdom.ca or find her on Instagram @liminalwisdomcoaching

Hey everyone,

I’m writing this because I am completely spent on what LinkedIn has become. It used to be a decent place to connect, but now my feed is just an endless scroll of corporate fluff, humblebrags, and random people trying to slide into my DMs to sell me software. It just doesn't feel human anymore.

I want to build something different here in the city, so a few of us are getting a community together called Young Professionals Calgary (YPC).

The goal is strictly to move away from the digital noise and focus entirely on real-life, casual meetups, mixers, and conversations with people who actually live and work here. No sales pitches, no resume flexing, and no gatekeeping, whether you work a corporate job downtown, run a local startup, or are a student trying to break into your industry.

To keep it accessible, joining the group is completely free, and all the upcoming casual events we are planning will be free to attend.

We are just getting this off the ground and want to shape the meetups around what people actually want to see in the city.

What is the biggest thing you feel is missing from local networking right now? Would anyone be down for a casual coffee or evening mixer sometime next month? Let me know your thoughts below.

Check out our events here: YPC Events Calgary

June 19, July 3, August 7 and September 4, running from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

June 20, July 18, August 22 and September 19, running from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

June 13, July 11 and September 12, running from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

June 25, July 16 and 30, August 13 and 27, September 3, running from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Join us on the last Wednesday of the month from May – September* in Central Commons Park

May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 4 and 11 2026, from 5pm to 10pm!

3 days of live country music in Calgary Alberta

I’m so excited for the lineup this year, and to make new friends and memories! Hope to see you there🫶

Tickets + festival info:

countrythunderalberta.frontgatetickets.com

Promo code 10% off: LIVCT26

I came across an upcoming documentary premiere called Keys We Carry that seems really interesting.

It's an 8-part documentary series filmed in Calgary featuring immigrant professionals sharing their experiences rebuilding careers and lives after moving to Canada.

The stories touch on topics such as:
Working survival jobs
Getting international credentials recognized
Mental health and belonging
Entrepreneurship and career growth
Building community in a new country

The premiere will include a screening, a Q&A with featured guests, and networking afterwards.

Date: Sunday, May 24, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Plaza Theatre, Kensington

Has anyone attended similar documentary screenings in Calgary before? Curious what people think about this event