Downtown Core Community Association

09/26/2026

Come check out the new mural we're painting today on 7th across from 1st Street SW Station. The Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association is so proud to partner on this cool project to brighten up the community!

09/17/2026

Join us on Sunday September 20th at 838 11 Ave SW for ALCOVE FEST, the Alcove Centre for the Arts' first outdoor festival! Art! Music! Dancing! Food Trucks! More! 2-7PM.

Located just north of the Beltline Safeway.

Details and free tickets here:

Join us for Alcove's first outdoor festival, Alcove Fest, in partnership with BLOX Arts Centre! Alcove Fest will take place in the East parking lot beside Alcove Beltline and BLOX Arts Centre (838 11 Ave SW).

06/09/2026

Hey Downtown Calgary!
Join us for a walk with your neighbours on Neighbour Day (June 20 @ 11 AM)

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neighbour-day-walk-tickets-1990056420324

10/16/2025

Join us for a free community meal with neighbours in downtown Calgary on Sunday, November 2 at 1PM.

Tickets required in advance for planning, but this is a free event to give you a chance to meet your neighbours and build community in the downtown core.

Join our neighbours for a free community meal catered by a favourite downtown restaurant.

09/26/2025

An Evening of Indigenous Storytelling: A Film Screening and Dialogue with Damian Abrahams October 4 Heather Edwards Theatre | 5:30 PM

09/25/2025

Join us on October 4 at the Heather Edwards Theatre in Contemporary Calgary for a powerful evening of film and conversation, as we present a double feature ("Nékem: To Change Something" and "Intersections of Identity") from acclaimed filmmaker Damian Abrahams.

Doors open at 5:30PM, screening starts at 6:00PM. Tickets are free, but please book in advance.

More information and free tickets available at the link below.

Presented by the Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association in partnership with Contemporary Calgary, The John Humphrey Center for Peace and Human Rights, and Indigital Media.

Join us for a powerful evening of film and conversation as we present a double feature from acclaimed filmmaker Damian Abrahams. This event offers a unique opportunity for settlers to engage with stories that illuminate the everyday realities of Indigenous people navigating a world built on colonial

04/16/2025

Join us on a Jane's Walk all about building community in the downtown core -- Sunday May 4th, 11 AM, Century Gardens.

The walk:

Building community is tough in ideal conditions – but how do you build community in the middle of dozens of highrise towers? With 9000+ people living in the community the city calls “Downtown Commercial Core”, how can we best foster a sense of neighbourliness? Is it even possible without a community hall in an area that much of the city thinks of as a vertical office park?

Join us on this tour of some important community spaces in downtown Calgary, facilitated with the support of the Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association (DCNA), one of Calgary’s newest community associations serving one of Calgary’s first neighbourhoods, to talk about some research into best practices for building community in environments like this, learn about the some of the successes and challenges of the DCNA so far, and share your thoughts about what we can all do to best to do build community in Calgary’s Downtown Core.

A tour of some important community spaces in downtown Calgary, facilitated with the support of the Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association.

04/15/2025

Check out our latest April newsletter -- we have a free coffee club Wed Apr 16 at 11:30 (link to sign up in the newsletter) and lots more info!

03/03/2025

Join us on March 19 for our monthly coffee club!

Head here to sign up: https://lu.ma/0tupu6ly

12/03/2024

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