THE LINEUP HAS DROPPED. PRESALE UNLOCKED. 👀🎟️ Brothers Osborne • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit • KALEO • The War on Drugs • Death Cab for Cutie • Shakey Graves • Arkells • Matthew Good & His Band The 2027 Live & Intimate Concert Series is here, and newsletter subscribers get exclusive presale access NOW, including first access to Tier 1, the lowest price these tickets will ever be. ‼️Exclusive Presale: October 14 at 10 a.m. MT to October 15 at 11:59 p.m. MT at sprucemeadows.com/concerts 📩 Sign up. Get the code. Buy your tickets. sprucemeadows.com/stay_infor… Public On Sale: October 16 at 10 a.m. MT

IT’S OFFICIAL: EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. 🎄✨ The Spruce Meadows International Christmas Market is back for 2026, and this year, there’s even more Christmas to experience. For the first time, the Market expands to 4️⃣ festive weekends and 12 full days, with 330+ businesses and vendors, more time to shop and explore, and a brand-new way to experience the Christmas Market after dark. 🍸 NEW Friday Adults Nights bring cocktails, festive food, live entertainment and evening shopping to Spruce Meadows from 6–9 p.m. for guests 18+ only. 🎄 November 13–15 🎄 November 20–22 🎄 November 27–29 🎄 December 4–6 A beloved Calgary Christmas tradition returns, with even more to look forward to this year. Early Bird pricing is available now through November 12. 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/SMXmasMarket

Happy Thanksgiving. 🍂 For over 50 years, Spruce Meadows has been a place where families, friends and communities come together, creating traditions and memories that return year after year. This Thanksgiving, a special thank you to everyone who has made Spruce Meadows part of those moments and continues to be part of its story. Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with good company, cherished traditions and time spent together. And with a new season just around the corner, there is plenty to look forward to. Stay tuned this week for some very exciting announcements. ✨

THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY IS GETTING A LITTLE OUT OF HAND. 🎄🔪 Compliments of Deceasin’ brings the annual office party to British House at Spruce Meadows, complete with cocktails, Christmas dinner, workplace drama, suspicious behaviour and a murder nobody had on the agenda. As the night unfolds, secrets come out, accusations start flying and it becomes your job to figure out whodunnit before the party wraps up. Your night includes: 🍸 Cocktail hour + cash bar from 6 p.m. 🍽️ Holiday-inspired buffet + dessert 🔎 Interactive murder mystery entertainment November 14: VERY LIMITED November 13, 20 + 21: Limited Tickets 🎟️ $110 + service charge + GST per person | 18+ 📍 Spruce Meadows, Calgary The Christmas party is filling up. And not everyone is making it to dessert.

TWO NIGHTS ARE ALREADY SOLD OUT. 🔪 Only October 23 and 31 remain for Hallowe’en Horror: A Night at the Grimmies at Spruce Meadows. For four nights only, British House turns a little darker. Expect a Hallowe’en-inspired dinner, a room full of suspicious characters, unsettling clues and one murder waiting to be solved before the night is over. Your night includes: 🍽️ Hallowe’en-inspired buffet + dessert 🔎 Interactive murder mystery entertainment 🍸 Cash bar from 6 p.m. October 24 + 30: SOLD OUT October 23 + 31: VERY LIMITED 🎟️ $110 + GST per person | 18+ 📍 Spruce Meadows, Calgary Limited tickets remain for October 23 and 31. For now.

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$10,000 in cash prizes. 10 winners. $1,000 each. 👀 Tomorrow at the ‘Masters’, come dressed in your brightest, boldest national colours for the Wear Your Colours Costume Contest. Our secret judges will be roaming the grounds throughout the day, keeping an eye out for the costumes that stand out most. If you’re selected, you’ll receive a winning voucher. Hold onto it and report to the Scotiabank Stage at 4:00 p.m. to claim your $1,000 cash prize. No registration. No sign-up. Just show up ready to represent. And with the BMO Nations’ Cup headlining the International Ring, there’s no better day to wear your colours. Saturday, September 12 at the ‘Masters’.

NEW EVENT: PRAIRIE PROST, OKTOBERFEST AT SPRUCE MEADOWS 🍺 No ifs, ands or steins about it. This is your Oktoberfest night out. On Saturday, September 26, the Spruce Meadows Equi-Plex transforms into a lively Oktoberfest-inspired beer hall with cold beer, Oktoberfest-inspired food, dancing and live music from Du Hast Musik. Your first beer is included with admission, and as the night goes on, DJ Prost Malone takes over to keep the party going until midnight. Lederhosen, dirndls and Oktoberfest attire are highly encouraged. 🎟️ Early Bird Tickets: $25 including fees At the door: $35 🔞 18+ only Raise a stein. Grab your friends. Prost! Tickets available now at bit.ly/4y8Oy9n

Know your recycling? It could take you all the way to Phoenix. ♻️🌵 Put your skills to the test in the Spruce Meadows Recycling Is Real Challenge, presented by WM, and enter for your chance to win a VIP trip for two to the 2027 WM Phoenix Open. The grand prize includes: ⛳️ Two VIP Hospitality Tickets for Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14 🎶 Two Bird’s Nest Concert Tickets for Saturday, February 13 ✈️ Round-trip airfare for two 🏨 Hotel accommodation Three questions. One incredible prize. Put your recycling knowledge to the test, complete your entry and you could be headed to Phoenix. Ages 21+ | Limit one entry per person | No purchase necessary

Flown in from Germany, specifically for the ‘Masters’. 🇩🇪 The Celle Stallions return to Spruce Meadows for the first time since 2015, bringing centuries of horsemanship, tradition and precision to the International Ring. Through dressage, long-lining and synchronised quadrilles, these remarkable stallions and their handlers showcase a tradition that has been refined across generations. See the Celle Stallions at the ‘Masters’, September 9–13. 🎟️ Get your 'Masters' tickets here: bit.ly/466YDak