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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS


Special presentations at Werklund Centre help to bring incredible performances around the world to Calgary. From comedians like Martin Short and Ali Hassan, to legendary musicians like Jann Arden, Rosanne Cash, and Lea Salonga, to authors and speakers like Louise Penny and Yotam Ottolenghi, all have brought their special brand of wow to our stages. Check out our past performances below.

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Past Performances

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2025-2026 Season

Lea Salonga: Stage Screen & Everything in Between – October 15, 2025

An Evening with Louise Penny – October 30, 2025

Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience – November 6, 2025

National Geographic
WILD EYE: A Life in Photographs with Beverly and Dereck Joubert – October 26, 2025

Soweto Gospel Choir: Peace – December 21, 2025

An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi: Crowd Pleaser – February 24, 2026

2024-25 Season

Social Tango – November 3, 2024

360 ALLSTARS – November 29, 2024

Jann Arden Christmas Tour – December 19 & 20, 2024 Cancelled

Jann Arden: Mixtape Tour – June 25, 2025

An Actor's Perspective: In Conversation with Paul Gross – September 23 2024
with Alberta Theatre Projects

The Lehman Trilogy – October 15 - November 3, 2024
with Theatre Calgary

Taylor Mac in Conversation & Screening of 24-Decade History of Popular Music – January 18, 2025
with One Yellow Rabbit & Calgary International Film Fest

Hot Dyke Party – January 16-18, 2025
with Downstage & One Yellow Rabbit

2023-24 Season

National Geographic Film Concert: Secret of the Whales – April 21-23, 2024

Ruben & Clay: Twenty | The Tour – September 29, 2023

A Jann Arden Christmas – December 19 & 20, 2023

Queens of the Blues: Shemekia Copeland and Dawn Tyler Watson – February 9, 2024

Dinosaur Wold Live – May 24 & 25, 2024

2021-22 Season

Ólafur Arnalus – June 6, 2022

2022-23 Season

Choir! Choir! Choir! – October 7, 2022

2019-20 Season

Itty Bitty Art Days: An Alice in Wonderland Tea Party – October 30, 2019

Pink Martini – April 16, 2020

Itty Bitty Art Days: Alberta, the Land, and the Animals – May 22 & 23, 2020

2018-19 Season

Cirque Éloize: Saloon - October 6, 2018

OK Go: The Live Video Tour - November 17, 2018

Lea Salonga: The Human Heart Tour  - April 17, 2019

Potted Potter - February 5-18, 2019

2016-17 Season

BD&P World Music
Mavis Staples - September 17, 2016

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - March 31, 2017