Music in the Plaza


Free Live Music in Calgary

The Aug. 30 Music in the Plaza concert has been moved inside GASOLINE ALLEY MUSEUM due to inclement weather. the show will go ahead as scheduled!

Discover free live music in Calgary all summer long from the city’s best emerging artists! Watch from the Selkirk’s patio as you enjoy dinner, or explore the shops of the Haskayne Mercantile Block before you setup your festival chair and enjoy the show with popcorn in hand!

Dates: Wednesdays July 5 – Aug. 30, 2023

Time: 6 pm

Location: Heritage Plaza

Price: Free admission

Families enjoy Live Music Calgary at Music in the Plaza 2023

Upcoming Concerts

Cat Tyler

July 5, 2023

Cat Tyler is an Alberta-based singer and musician who has been creating, studying and performing music since childhood. A lover of music from a wide range of genres, Cat has an extensive repertoire of music and performs piano covers from artists such as Sara Bareilles, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga and Elton John.

Cat Tyler, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event
Kay Williams, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event

Kayla Williams & The Yacht Daddies

July 12, 2023

Calgary’s Kayla Williams has found her musical niche in yacht-pop, a feel-good genre that pays homage to ‘70s soft rock icons like TOTO, Hall & Oates, and The Doobie Brothers. With soulful vocals and contemporary production, she adds vibrant energy and a bold feminine flair while injecting her music with sparkle and spice.

Emily Triggs

July 19, 2023

Emily Triggs shares stories through her songs with an endearing simplicity and emotional depth. With a pure and true vocal, complementing a solid base of undeniably roots music composition, Emily engages the listener. Her music grips the heart and elevates the soul. Her songs are double edged, unapologetic and a unique sound in the genre of folk/roots.

Kay Williams, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event
The Steve Pineo Band, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event

The Steve Pineo Band

July 26, 2023

Calgary Bluesfest, in conjunction with CJSW, presents The Steve Pineo Band. The band is an exciting and versatile four-piece band from Calgary, Alberta. Fronting the band, playing guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, writing tunes and arrangements is Steve Pineo. Steve is a 30 year musical veteran, a nationally recognized song writer who’s written songs recorded by Paul Brandt (Canadian Man) and Prairie Oyster (Too Bad For Me), and a tireless musical creator.

 

Cold Water

Aug. 2, 2023

The self-described “full-stack folk” of Cold Water has continued to hone their idea of playing folk music really loudly, beginning as something of an alt-country band, with a hardcore pedigree filtered through a healthy dose of Canadiana.

Cold Water, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event
Lovebullies, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event

Lovebullies

Aug. 9, 2023

The Lovebullies vintage-pop-rock vibe, combined with a high-octane visually dynamic stage show, makes them favourites of the Calgary music scene. They have entertained crowds at Juno Fest, Tour of Alberta, South Country Fair, East Coulee Music Festival, Women’s March, AMPIA Awards, Calgary’s White Hat Awards, CFMF at Pride drive-in, Calgary Folk Festival’s Block Heater and many other great events.

Kate Melvina

Aug. 16, 2023

Kate Melvina is a singer, pianist, composer, vocalist, writer, producer and keyboardist. Their debut single EP, which Toronto’s iLiveRadio praised as “Criminally slept on” and a “Future classic” was featured on many online platforms and radio stations all over the world, and included a song that charted on the iTunes RnB chart in France. Many of her influences can be heard throughout, including acts like Stevie Wonder, Prince, D’Angelo and newer artists like Mononeon and Moonchild.

Kate Melvina, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event
L'omelette, performer at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event

L’omelette

Aug. 23, 2023

L’omelette has been blending and bending genres of music in their eclectic songwriting since the band’s inception. Their unforgettably vibrant, heady, progressive art-rock sound is channeled through frontwoman Megs Benedict’s precise ferocity. Performing thoughtful, original songs as well as favourites from the 80s and 90s, L’omelette gives listeners something to dance to and something to think about all at once.

Crystal Eyes with Special Guest Ryan Bourne & the Plant City Band

Aug. 30, 2023

Crystal Eyes are an Indie dream rock band with touchstones of psych, shoegaze, 60’s pop and 90’s grunge. Drawing on a vast array of musical influences, landscapes and collaborations, Crystal Eyes have thrived in a diverse and supportive cross-Canadian music scene, honing their live show through multiple tours and as consistent hometown favourites.

For the better part of the last decade, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Bourne has been one of Western Canada’s most in-demand players and collaborators, logging major hours onstage and in the studio with some of the most compelling acts in the Canadian independent music scene. Bourne is back with Plant City, his latest collection of lush, psych-laden songcraft.

Crystal Eyes & Ryan Bourne and the Plant City Band, performers at Music in the Plaza, Heritage Park's Live Music in Calgary event