Your Downtown Weekly Events - Week of October 30, 2021

There’s fun for the whole family and with friends this week with the Holiday Night Market, Dia De Muertos, Movies at the GRAND, the return of DOC Soup Series and an 80’s & 90’s Dance Party! Read on for more details to start making your plans.

CALGARY NIGHT MARKET: HOLIDAY MARKET 2017 - November 3, 10, 17, 2017

It’s almost that time of year when everyone is looking for that perfect gift. Calgary Night Market will be hosting four markets this November inside Eau Claire Market.

Last year we had a blast and we are doing it all over again!! Come and Join us!
We will have a variety of unique items such as jewelry, pottery, clothing, wood work, handmade soaps, vintage and much more.

This event is free and is just a five minute walk from the train station. Visitors can enjoy live music, buskers, DJ and much more!

Dates | November 3, 10, 17, 24
Time | 5pm to 11pm
Location | Eau Claire Market - 200 Barclay Parade SW

MOVIES AT THE GRAND PRESENTS “THE FLY” - October 30, 2021

Movies at the GRAND – Halloween Edition

This October 30th, we inFRIGHT you to the spookiest, gooiest, creepy crawliest movie we can get our claws on! Movies at the GRAND and CSIF are gHOSTING a special halloween screening this year, directed by an infamous Canadian… THE FLY by Canadian director David Cronenberg!

So if you decide to come knocking at our door, expect a trick and a treat.

Doors at 7pm. Movie at 8pm.
Come early for drinks and snacks.
Tickets are just $5.00

A special thank you to our Community Partner CSIF and CalgaryMovies.com for their support and a big thanks to our awesome sponsors: Village Brewery, Sturgess Architecture, Everbrave and Eau Claire Distillery.

DIA DE MUERTOS - November 1, 2021

Join us for a night of festivity and fun with an Altar Exhibition accompanied by live performances. Have your face painted in Catrina style, check out the Art Show, and enjoy our Bread of the Dead with Mexican hot chocolate and food stations, all while celebrating Day of the Dead at Arts Commons.

Due to the current events that have happened in Mexico, Casa Mexico and Arts Commons would like to dedicate this Dia de Muertos to those who passed in Mexico’s recent earthquakes.

This event is for the whole family and it is free of charge! Come join us!

For more information visit www.casamexico.ca or www.artscommons.ca

DOC SOUP SERIES: BENDING THE ARC - November 1, 2021

Three decades ago, a group of activists and doctors set out to bring healthcare to everyone in the world. This is the story of their ongoing crusade and its effect on millions of people.

Thirty years ago, a group of improbable heroes came together on a mission that was both medical and moral, and by everyone’s estimation other than their own - highly unlikely to succeed.

Their goal was simple but daring: to make high-quality healthcare available to everyone, even in the world’s poorest countries.

Fighting entrenched diseases, political and bureaucratic machinery, and the charity-industrial complex itself, these crusaders forced the international community to embrace the idea that healthcare must be a basic human right in every society, and went ahead to provide it. In doing so, they have changed the lives of millions of people across the globe.

Told through interviews rare archival material and on-the-ground contemporary footage featuring Dr. Paul Farmer (legendary founder of Partners In Health), Dr. Jim Yong Kim (the maverick president of the World Bank), and Dr. Agnes Binagwaho (controversial Health Minister of Rwanda), the film is an emotionally charged, dramatic and inspiring journey with these brilliant and headstrong heroes.

BENDING THE ARC is the first film in the 2017-18 Doc Soup Series co-presented by Hot Docs.

80’S & 90’S DANCE NIGHT - November 3, 2021

On Friday November 3, come ready to dance and enjoy exclusive access to see one of the world’s greatest mix artists. Ben Liebrand will be spinning the ‘wheels of steel’, celebrating music from the 80’s & 90’s. You’ll experience first-hand why Ben has inspired an entire generation of DJs around the globe.

Dance party starts at 8pm and runs until 1am at Junction Stage (628 8 Avenue SW). Tickets available here.

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