Calgary Activities This Weekend

February 3, 2012
By Cody Battershill

There is so much to do in Calgary this weekend!

Calgary Activities for Friday

The best Calgary activities, events and happenings around town for this weekend! February 3-5, 2012!

Ben Miner
Yuk Yuks 8pm/10pm
Today and Tomorrow
Ben Miner is a funny guy. He has performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, been featured in New York Times, toured coast to coast and he is also on the air at XM Satellite Radio Broadcasting across North America weekly.

National Geographic Live
Jack Singer Concert Hall 7pm
Till April
Experience top National Geographic explorers live in Calgary for the first time in Calgary. National Geographic Live showcase a speaker series of National Geographic explorers, adventurers, photographers, scientists and filmmakers! With compelling stories from the field and exhilarating images and video, each speaker shares the unforgettable National Geographic experience with you.

Thinking of Yu
Martha Cohen Theatre 2pm/730pm
A beautifully written, thoughtful and emotional play about a woman who discovers an overwhelming, and ultimately freeing sense of possibility, when she becomes increasingly curious about three Chinese students who threw paint on a portrait of Mao in Tiananmen Square.

Calgary Flames vs Chicago Blackhawks
Saddledome 7pm

Calgary Activities for Saturday

Carly's Angels
Lolita's Lounge 9pm
Carly's Angels. Limited Seating. The riotous drag show that has kept audiences amazed and laughing for over 10 years. Carly's Angels is a female impersonation show with the perfect combination of lively music, shiny costumes and brassy humour.

Theatre Junction Grand 100th Anniversary
Theartre Junction Grand 2pm-2am
Theatre Junction Grand is turning 100 and celebrating in a big way. More than 20 artists, including live DJs, singers, painters, dancers and performing artists will take part in this nonstop birthday. Art Central will be transformed from iconic gallery mall into three distinct levels, each with its own unique experience.

Seasonal Waves
EPCOR Centre for Performing Arts 5pm
Seasonal Waves explores collaborative sound-making at several levels: the artists performed the instruments through direct engagement in live performance, and the instruments performed themselves through sympathetic resonance and excited systems. Seasonal Waves references the four seasons of the Canadian prairies: Fall, Winter, Spring,Summer. Each season is a distinct movement with its own sonic character, duration and rhythms. In all movements, sound events suggest everyday natural and urban sounds and rhythms such as wind, insects, birds, chinooks,.

UFC 143 Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit Fights start at 8:00 p.m.

Calgary Activitites for Sunday

Market Collective
Ant Hill Building 11am
Market Collective showcases the work of local artists, artisans and musicians.

Symphony Sundays for Kids
Jack Singer Concert Hall 130pm
These exciting afternoons of musical magic are created for young audiences and their families (recommended for ages 4 – 12). With the musical Petting Zoo where kids get to try out real orchestra instruments.

Family Recreation Day
Village Square Leisure Centre 1130-330
Free Event! Celebrate 100 years of Recreation. Bring your family together for a fun time with surprising adventures. Participate in games and challenges and win prizes for your family. Pre-registration in not required.