Festivals
The park hosts many festivals, as well as busking events.
- Calgary Folk Music Festival
- Shakespeare in the Park
- Carifest
- Canada Day celebration
- Heritage Day celebration
- Afrikadey
- Expo Latino
- Barbecue on the Bow
About 150,000 visitors attended these festivals in 1996.
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—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)
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