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Host your performance, graduation, wedding, town hall, AGM, and more, in our unique venues offering a one-of-a-kind experience for you and your guests.
Werklund Centre offers a creative and inspirational environment right in the heart of downtown Calgary, close to some of the city’s best hotels, restaurants, and attractions. With more than three decades of experience, we offer streamlined services for meetings, acoustically sound theatres for performances, sweeping concert halls for grand productions, and infinitely flexible options for everything in-between such as receptions, corporate parties, and fundraisers.
Our Venues
Jack Singer Concert Hall
Ideal for: Concerts, performances, film premieres, graduations, large meetings
Capacity: 150-1797
- 1797 – theatre-style,
- 150 – formal dinner,
- 200 – cocktail reception.
Accessibility: Theatre seating includes wheelchair accessible seats
Lighting & A/V: Fully customizable lighting and A/V options
Venue Maps:
- Seating Plan (PDF)
- Stage (PDF)
- Artists Lounge Dressing Rooms (PDF)
- Level 1 & 2 Dressing Rooms (PDF)
Jack Singer Concert Hall Lobby
Ideal for: Conferences, galas, receptions, lectures, concerts, meetings, corporate events, post and pre-show events
Capacity: 100-1000
Stage: Stage measures 11' deep x 34' wide
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Lighting & A/V: Fully customizable lighting and A/V options
Venue Maps:
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Main Floor Map (PDF)
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Upper Lobby Map (PDF)
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Cocktail Reception (PDF)
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Banquet Layout (PDF)
Max Bell Theatre
Ideal for: Theatre, dance, recitals
Capacity: 775 – theatre-style
Accessibility: Theatre seating includes wheelchair accessible seats
Included: Fully customizable lighting and A/V options
Venue Maps:
Seating Plan (PDF)
Martha Cohen Theatre
Ideal for: Performances and recitals
Capacity: 412 – theatre-style
Accessibility: Theatre seating includes wheelchair accessible seats
Included: Fully customizable lighting and A/V options
Venue Maps:
Seating Plan, Proscenium (PDF)
Engineered Air Theatre
Ideal for: Performances, presentations, lectures, weddings
Capacity: 90-185
- 185 – theatre-stye
- 150 – cocktail reception,
- 90 – dinner
Accessibility: Theatre seating includes wheelchair accessible seats
Included: Customizable theatre lighting, standard room set-up, private lobby, event planning support
Venue Maps:
Jack Singer Rehearsal Hall
Ideal for: Performances, receptions, lectures, meetings, corporate events, post and pre-show events
Capacity: 160
Floor: Open floor measures 55' x 30'
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Lighting & A/V: Fully customizable lighting and A/V options
Venue Maps:
Founders Room
Ideal for: Board meetings, Annual General Meetings (AGM), town halls, cocktail parties, receptions, intimate weddings.
Capacity: 56-100
- 100 – Receptions
- 84 – theatre style seating
- 56 – banquet style seating
Included: Sound System and foundational set up
Venue Maps:
Layout (PDF)
See your dreams on the big stage, host with Werklund Centre.
Also at Werklund Centre
Big Secret Theatre
Ideal for: Performances, lectures, receptions
Capacity: 165 – theatre-style configuration (can be up to 190 in special configurations)
Accessibility: Theatre seating includes wheelchair accessible seats
Included: Customizable lighting and A/V options, event planning support
Venue Maps:
Seating Plan (PDF)
For rental information, please contact Johanne Deleeuw: 403-264-3224, Ext. 7598
Motel Theatre
Ideal for: Performances, recitals, rehearsals, workshops, and receptions
Capacity: 50 – depending on configuration
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Included: Fully customizable lighting. A user-driven space with no technical support provided.
For rental information, please contact Bianca Miranda: bianca@downstage.ca
Film at Werklund Centre
From our stately exteriors to modern spaces, transport your next film project around the world with Werklund Centre.
Event Services
Werklund Centre has extensive in-house services to help make your event successful and memorable.
Rentals FAQs
With more than 25 years of experience, we have the answers to the most common questions.
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