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Join us for cultural celebrations, community gatherings, and experiences that bring Guyanese Calgarians together.

A large crowd filling a park at an outdoor Guyanese festival, the national flag flying above them

Upcoming Events

Everyone is welcome at our events, apart from the few marked (Members only). Children 2 and under always come free. Venues, dates and times marked to be confirmed will be updated here as soon as they are finalised.

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A look into Carifest.

Steel pan, soca, and costumes built over months of evenings — Carifest is the loudest day in Calgary’s Caribbean calendar, and GCCA walks it as one band.

Every summer the parade takes over a stretch of the city centre — flags from across the region, trucks rolling through with the sound systems, food tents running until the music stops. Our members walk it together, at every age: grandparents on the route beside grandchildren in their first headdress.

The 2026 parade runs from Cowboys Park, 12:30pm to 2:30pm. Registering covers your costume — $50 for adults, $30 for youth — and the association handles the rest: the build, the transport, and getting everybody lined up on the day.

Save your seat.

Register once and we'll email your confirmation. Free events just need an RSVP so we know how much food to cook — for ticketed events the executive will confirm your spot and how to pay.

Typing your name here has the same effect as signing this form by hand. Dated today.