Wordfest has been informed that our Founding Partner, Calgary Public Library, is experiencing an interruption that may impact our presentations at the Imaginairium Festival, October 15-21.
VENUE UPDATE: Tuesday, Oct. 15 shows at 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM are now being held at Memorial Park Library, 2nd floor. For festival ticket holders, please watch your inbox for information about show(s) impacted.
Should additional shows be impacted, we’ll update wordfest.com and contact ticket holders directly. We encourage all festivalgoers to consult the website for up-to-date venue information. We cannot wait to welcome you to The Imaginairium!
On Sale Now: The 2024 Imaginairium
50+ Authors in 30+ Events
Boom! It’s time for a confetti cannon of imagination for your brain! Wordfest’s Imaginairium, Canada’s Liveliest Literary Festival, returns to Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood on Oct. 15 to 21, 2024.
We know it’s going to be hard choosing between all this wordy goodness. But we know you’re ready to squeeze every bit of joy out of these six special days in October. Our insider tip? Treat Wordfest’s fall festival as a menu of life-affirming ideas. Savour your favourite returning authors. Sample breakout stars. Devour the intimate, inspired pairings. Relish the variety and talk shows, storytelling and poetry events, and the return of Literary Death Match! Add your literary dreams to the mix in our interactive How To’s.
But wait… there’s more. (There’s always more at Wordfest!) We’re also presenting tasty off-festival shows from September through December, which you will discover if you scroll to the bottom of this page. And we’ll be announcing new events throughout the fall, so please sign up for our newsletter to avoid FOMO.
Check Out the Festival Lineup & Schedule Now!
This is What WonderFull Looks Like
YEAR-ROUND SCHEDULE
November
SOLD OUT Wordfest Presents Matty Matheson
Nov 16 @ 1 PM MT
Bella Concert Hall, The Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts @ MRU
18 Mt Royal Cir SW
About Us
Wordfest™ beams out from Calgary, Canada in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Treaty 7 territory. We are an entrepreneurial arts non-profit founded in 1996 as one of Canada’s leading literary festivals. Our small team’s mission (which is to connect the world’s best audiences with the world’s best authors) has evolved to include producing lively, accessible shows year-round, in addition to the fall Imaginairium Festival. Our unique (and free) Wordfest Youth program focuses on Grades 5 to 12 to fuel teen literacy, providing interactive experiences and class sets of books to thousands of students every year. We also produce Imagine On Air Audio, as well as online programming.
Our goal? To help you think bigger, dig deeper, and build meaningful relationships. Sign up for our newsletter here to become a part of the vital Wordfest community.
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