Venues

A visit to Congress Coffee might trigger memories of those bygone days when hearing snippets about underground events on Calgary’s underground Radio Radio — or the old CJSW when it was still on cable — started your quest to show up somewhere on a frigid night that made you question if you should have been out on the icy roads, only to hear a resounding “Yes!” in your heart when you arrived and realized you found “your people.”

With live music seven days a week and tacos to write home about, Mikey’s keeps on jumpin’. Nearly two decades ago, sax player and singer Mike Clark, now proprietor of music hub and restaurant Mikey’s on 12th, looked around the continuously packed Saturday afternoon crowds at the now defunct Morgans on 17th and thought to himself, “I have an instant crowd.

Where history meets heart, music and great food in a landmark location. Ryan McLeish has a lively job with many highlights.

Summer in Calgary has already been full of all sorts of festivals and events to enjoy and there's still more to come, but none arguably more exciting than the 17th annual Calgary Fringe Festival. Returning to its longtime home in historic Inglewood, the eight-day festival runs Aug.