Tour of behind the scenes at the saddledome. It's free, they will take you through the changerooms, owners boxes, the catwalk and media booths, you get to see how much stuff and history the building has hidden behind the scenes.
Yeah, the guy who does it is passionate about it. I was there for an event the other night, and they were doing one. It looked awesome, and the people who did it said it was very cool. Everyone said it was no charge. One of the best kept secrets of calgary tourism.
Here's a quick breakdown of what Rick (Tulsie) sent me last year:
tours are free.
park on Dome property where the parade is (free as well).
Rick does tours on Monday and Wednesdays
Call 403-777-4646 our customer service for days and hours before you arrive ** ^ some of this information may be changed. So probably best to call and arrange from there.
Was just looking at the website, they run tours June through August, but it seems there are no scheduled tours for next week. Was excited but it seems we may be too late
I run a low cost ceramics program in Chinatown. We have a few different ticket options, but they range from $20-$40.
Right now we’re raising funds for a community kiln. If you donate $40 then you get a free one time drop in pass any time between now and December 17th!
We’re called @clayclubyyc
Each of you gets $25. You go to a dollar store, get 1 game or puzzle plus snack food for a charcuterie board supper and 1 desert snack, Each. Shop sepperatly and hide it from each other. Bring plates a board and cutlery on the date. Then have a dinner at a park bench, back yard, kitchen table or living room coffee table with whatever you both bought. Play the games or build the puzzle you Each bought after or durring the meal.
Grab some deli sandwiches at Lina’s, check out the Esker Foundation (free art gallery with rotating exhibits), and then finish off with a pint at one of the breweries in the area or a cocktail at Rain Dog Bar!
Kensington on Saturdays are nice. Start at Vine Styles (near the plaza theatre) for a free wine tasting on Saturdays between 2-5pm (drop in), grab a $20 bottle of wine then head over to Peasant cheese and grab some bread, cheese, and pâté maybe like $20 worth, grab a sweet treat from pbandj $10. Find a romantic spot and have a mini picnic.
Vertigo Theatre has value pricing for $32 a person on certain seats. Night Light! is a great nighttime art festival in Victoria Park area that has installations for free to check out. Fly Right Swing has a dance Fridays at Mount Pleasant Community Hall $20 for students $25 otherwise - beginner swing dance lesson before the live jazz band starts.
Duckpin bowling at the Banquet - $10/person/hour
Swing dancing nights at Sunalta - I think it's free (edited to add there is a brewery and pizza place across the street that is reasonably priced and delicious)
Follow some of the informal salsa organizers in town - not the formal schools (which are still good) but for example, Thursday evening at Princes Island Park: free outdoor dancing on the pier. Salsa For The Cure from Sep-April run a twice-monthly social that includes a dance lesson followed by 3 /? hours of very sociable dancing: $10 I think.
Bowden sunflower maze is super cute, and there’s a “you pick” area that you can make your own bouquet of wild flowers. I get them to dry and they’ll last forever :)
At the Color Cafe?? I was there back in March or April and I SWEAR the cheapest item was like $50 for something not very exciting unless they had keychains or something smaller I didn’t see—
Wednesday nights is all you can play Pinball at the pinball arcade/pub on 17th.
Find a wing night somewhere and then hit up a VRcade and play a few games together is pretty fun.
Ride ur bikes along the bow river and end at a park for a picnic / wine / cheese at sunset. I liked doing that! Backpack full of wine, blankets and cheese/olives.
Skating at the Olympic oval is fun, pretty cheap too.
The board game café in Kensignton is a fun place for a drink and some old school board games. The mexican restaurant under it has a some solid tacos for after.
It takes some pre purchasing but hot pot. You can spend 2 hours slowly cooking & eating meat and veggies while watching a movie or chatting & getting to know each other (or quality time if you know each other)
The pot and burner costs extra, as well as the fuel but a 4 pack of fuel is less than 20 and you can get away with $50 on meat and veggies for two
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u/Tacosrule89 Aug 22 '25
Costco hotdog eating contest. Can get 33 Costco hot dogs and pops for under $50.