Lunar New Year, Half Moon Run and a wedding fair: What's on this weekend in Calgary
Your guide to what's happening around the city
The deep freeze is still upon us but don't let that stop you from warming up to some entertainment options this weekend.
Lunar New Year celebration
This Friday and Saturday night, at Jack Singer Concert Hall, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is presenting a concert called the Lunar New Year Celebration.
It's a mix of traditional and contemporary Chinese music with Junping Qian is the guest conductor.
In 2008, Google and YouTube commissioned Tan Dun to compose Internet Symphony No. 1 for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
More than 22 million people from 200 countries tuned in to watch and you have a chance to hear it live this weekend with the CPO.
Diavolo presented by Alberta Ballet
This dance troupe from L.A. is performing at the Jubilee Auditorium starting tonight and continuing until Saturday evening.
They were a top 10 finalist on America's Got Talent.
They're known for acrobatic dance productions that incorporate large architectural structures on stage — like domes, pyramids, rectangles — which they dance and parkour on.
Calgary Renovation Show
The Calgary Renovation Show kicks off Friday at the BMO Centre.
Each day there's a different theme, like DIY, Reno & Decor, and Sustainability & Energy, which include several practical sessions.
Some examples of sessions are: The Three Biggest Mistakes People Make When Refinishing Furniture and How You Can Avoid Making Them, and Do You Take This Renovation To Have and To Hold? How a Home Reno is Similar to A Marriage.
The Wedding Fair Calgary
Learn about the latest wedding trends, gowns and tuxes at The Wedding Fair Calgary.
There's honeymoon information, cakes, photography, resources for planning stags and stagettes, gift registries and a very entertaining fashion show.
The Wedding Fair is a one-day affair that happens Sunday and goes from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Philip Hansen Cellist performance
A former principal cellist of the CPO, Philip Hansen will be playing Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 on a rare five-string cello. Typically, cellos only have four strings like the violin.
He's doing a cello recital in Calgary this Sunday at St. Stephen's Anglican Church at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $20 and can be bought at the door with cash.
Half Moon Run at Mac Hall
If Indie rock is more your thing, then you'll want to see the band Half Moon Run, from Montreal.
The band is playing MacEwan Hall at the University of Calgary on Friday at 7 p.m. You'll be sure to hear tracks from their latest album, A Blemish In the Great Light.
With files from Ellis Choe