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About Calgary's Cultural District
What
Located in the heart of the city, Calgary's Cultural District is home to dozens of arts and culture hotspots like galleries, museums, theatres, concert halls and outdoor festival space, plus excellent shopping, dining and nightlife all within a few browsable blocks.
The Cultural District is a public gathering place and offers a tantalizing mix of things to see and do including browsable streets with surprises and discoveries on every block, a hotspot for creativity and experimentation, street vendors and markets, festivals, parades, fireworks, great food and a place for reading, relaxing and people watching.
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Where
The Cultural District encompasses 14 blocks of downtown Calgary and includes many of Calgary's arts and culture venues including the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, the recently restored Grand Theatre, Vertigo Theatre, the Glenbow Museum, the Art Gallery of Calgary, Cantos Music Foundation and Art Central, along with many other galleries and music venues.
Close to the downtown transit lines, the District also includes several major hotels, the Calgary Tower, Stephen Avenue Walk and Olympic Plaza, a key Calgary landmark that served as the medal ceremonies site for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.
Why
The vision for the Cultural District is to become Calgary's - and one of Canada's - most loved urban destinations for arts and entertainment.
The Cultural District offers a place that melds history and the future, reflect's Calgarians enormuous zest for life, capacity for innovation and is a place where Calgary can come together as one.
Who
The Cultural District Renaissance Society of Alberta, a non-profit operating as the Cultural District, is a group of property owners, business managers, arts organizations, attractions, hotels, restaurants, retailers and citizens.
The group has been working together since 2001 to animate and promote the Cultural District, working closely with many community members including The City of Calgary, the Calgary Downtown Association and Calgary Arts Development.