Location: Carburn Park, 67 Riverview Dr S E, Calgary, AB T2C 4H8, Canada
SUNDAY, APRIL 26 - we’re meeting at Carburn Park from 9:30am to 12:00pm!
Carburn Park is located along the Bow River, featuring two man-made ponds, a regional pathway, and numerous wildlife/waterfowl. The main pathway is paved, but the park also features a variety of more natural paths that bring you alongside the river/through the trees.
🗓️ Date: Sunday, April 26
📍Address: 67 Riverview Drive SE
⏰ Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm
Event Info: here
‼️Accessibility Information:
• The park features clearly marked paved trails
• Lots of benches located along the main pathway
• Accessible public washrooms (NOT gender neutral) as well as outhouses located close to the parking lot
• Free parking available on-site
• Bike racks available on site (near the parking lot and the washrooms)
🏳️🌈Important note: Calgary Queer Bird Watching Club is committed to creating safe and inclusive spaces for
2SLGBTQIA+ folks and their allies. Discrimination, hate, and harassment of any kind (including but not limited to racism, transphobia, biphobia, sexual harassment, sexism) will not be tolerated.
Location: Congress Coffee Company 1A-215 36 Ave NE, Calgary AB T2E 2L4, Canada
Discussing The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman by KJ Charles. Join us at Congress Coffee for a fun conversation about this sexy, swashbuckling Regency romance. New members are always welcome. You do not have to finish (or even start) the monthly book pick to participate.
Location: The Rainbow Room, 4th floor 750 11 St SW
Friendly conversation in a safe, supportive and welcoming online environment. This is a chance for older members of our community to support each other and meet new people. Open to older adults 50+ who identify as 2SLGBTQ+ community members and folks who are allies.
Join us for a relaxing afternoon of playing around with and sculpting clay together. We'll provide the supplies, just bring yourselves!
*NEW LOCATION* We are now meeting at The Rainbow Room (750 11 St SW), where Outlink's new home is located!
When you arrive, dial the intercom code at the door to be let in (this will be provided later). Take the elevator to the 4th floor. Turn right when you come out of the elevator. The Board Room is on the left hand side. Please follow the signs to the room! We'll let folks in until 2:30, so please arrive before then!
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Friendly conversation in a safe, supportive and welcoming online environment. This is a chance for older members of our community to support each other and meet new people. Open to older adults 50+ who identify as 2SLGBTQ+ community members and folks who are allies.
This is a free drop-in group but you can register: https://www.meetup.com/outlink/events/313562336/
Public Health Safety Precautions:
Public health and the safety of our communities is very important to us! The following safety practices are put in place for our in-person programming:
Wearing a mask is strongly encouraged.
If you have any cold, flu, or Covid symptoms (ex. fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose), we ask that you please do not attend.
There is a Shigella outbreak in the Beltline area. Please wash your hands before eating and after using the washroom to prevent the spread. Hand sanitizer is available as well.
The maximum capacity for the room is 25 people. The room can fit about 12 people comfortably.
Location: Globe Cinema, 617 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 0W9, Canada
A hybrid documentary that journeys to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos. What starts as a celebration of tradition, descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing.
Every Christmas in Penjamillo, Michoacán, the annual jaripeo unites locals and returning U.S. migrants in a celebration of cowboy culture, nostalgia, and masculinity, while beneath the spectacle a hidden queer subculture quietly unfolds. Filmmaker Efraín Mojica, who grew up between Penjamillo and Riverside, California, blends personal experience with Super 8 footage, stylized memory, and raw verité to interrogate the machismo at its core. Through encounters with Noé, a macho cowboy living partly in secret, and Joseph, a flamboyant jaripeo superfan and community pillar, the film becomes an intimate journey of self-recognition within a traditionally masculine world. JARIPEO is a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
Get tickets here: https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2026/jaripeo/
Location: BLOX Arts Centre, 834 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E5, Canada
Looking for a fun activity on a Sunday afternoon? Check out our free BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) drop-in classes! This all levels drop-in class is led by experienced BIPOC improvisers and provides a safe, inclusive, and low stakes environment for members of the BIPOC community to practice core improv skills through games and light scene work. Whether you're an improv novice or an expert, if you identify as part of the BIPOC community come play with us! Our BIPOC drop-in classes are offered monthly on Sunday March 29, Sunday April 26, and Sunday May 24 from 4-6pm. No registration required, just show up and play!
Location: Congress Coffee Company, 215 36 Ave NE #1A, Calgary, AB T2E 2L4, Canada
LGBT or Lets Get Books Together or is a monthly queer book club revolving around themes rather than assigned reading. The following month's theme will usually be decided collaboratively at every meet-up, occasionally there may be a preselected themes that correlate with current history or heritage month's.
Theme: Queer Joy!
To start things off, our first theme will be queer joy!
We won't be suggesting any specific books this month, as we feel its important to acknowledge that queer joy is unique to every individual. So feel free to pick out a book you feel represents queer joy, and lets discuss it together!
📅 Date: Final Sunday of each month
⏰ Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
📍 Location: Congress Coffee - 215 36 Ave NE #1A, Calgary, AB T2E 2L4
💸 Cost: Free! This program, like all of our programs are walk in and do not require a sign up to attend!
Please note that Congress Coffee closes at 5PM, but they have graciously offered us the use of their space privately! This means you will need to be let inside to attend. A facilitator will be sitting nearby to let folks in.
And as always, before taking pictures please always ask for permission.
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🏳️🌈 Queer Calgary is a registered non-profit organization that aims to combat queer isolation while fostering queer joy within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community of Calgary. We champion this by organizing regular community events and workshops in safe, facilitated third spaces.
To learn more about our upcoming events, donate, or even join our discord check out our Linktree!
However, please remember that these events are meant to be a safe space for the Queer community. Transphobia, homophobia, and discrimination of any kind are not welcome.
If needed, don't forget to ask about our Community Access Fund! Which aims to make our programs accessible to all in the form of bus/transit tickets. Please reach out to us via email at hello@queercalgary.ngo for more details.
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