Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival

A celebration of art in the mountains!

Since 1950, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has been inviting audiences onto campus for concerts, art shows, film screenings, workshop presentations, productions, talks, and readings at our gorgeous location on Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain.

With a 360° view of the Rocky Mountains, the Summer Arts Festival invites the Banff community into the creative process that happens every day at Banff Centre, to witness the magic that comes out of our residencies in visual art, music, opera, Indigenous arts, literature, and more.

From world premieres to works in their earliest stage of development, Banff Centre is a place where emerging artists, Canadian icons, and international superstars gather to create and share work with our community.