Join us for Porchfest Lethbridge, a family-friendly, walkable, free, one-day music festival featuring 6 artists presenting a one-hour show in the front yards of 6 homes in one central neighbourhood, London Road, at staggered times between 12 and 7 pm on August 29th, with a grand finale concert at Kinsmen Park in London Road at 7:30 PM.

A grassroots, neighbourhood-based music festival where local musicians perform on residents’ front porches, front lawns, or driveways, turning the entire community into a walkable, free concert venue. This inaugural free event will take place in the historic London Road Neighbourhood and the Fleetwood areas of Lethbridge. There will be 6 concerts at 6 different homes over a staggered 7 1/2 -hour period. This will allow music patrons to move from concert to concert in a very leisurely, walkable manner or pick and choose which performances they’d like to stay for. There have already been 6 hosts who have volunteered to host a concert on their front porches or in their yards. The event will culminate in a 1-hour wind-up concert at London Road’s Kinsmen Park.

Porchfest starts at 12:00 noon with our first Porch concert and continues until 8:30 pm, when our finale at Kinsmen Park winds up.

For more information on everything Porchfest go to our website at https://lethbridgeporchfest.ca/

Lethbridge Folk Club presents Porchfest: a free, walkable, family friends concert series hosted on porches throughout London Road Neighbourhood. Food truck and finale at Kinsmen Park. 

Teepee Building 101

Experience a hands-on introduction to one of the most iconic structures of the Plains Peoples. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn the history, cultural significance, and teachings of the tipi while working together to raise one from the ground up. Guided by Indigenous knowledge holders, you'll discover how the tipi's design reflects values of community, resilience, and connection to the land.

Come prepared to listen, learn, and lend a hand as we bring this remarkable structure to life.

Join us for an exciting afternoon of out-of-this-world family fun at Galaxy Bowling & Pizza on Saturday, August 29 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. The event features free fountain drinks and snacks, cosmic blacklight bowling, and a silent auction. Tickets are just $25 and are available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/galaxy-bowling-pizza-bowling-fundraiser-tickets-1992016343507?aff=oddtdtcreator All proceeds go to support Aurora (formerly Chinook Sexual Assault Centre) and our Child and Youth Advocacy Centre. Plus, money raised through the event will be matched up to 50% by Rogers Birdies for Kids presented by ALTALINK. You can participate as an individual, a family or a business. Add to the fun by challenging another business to a game with a donation to the fundraiser on the line.

Gather around the "campfire" for a meaningful conversation with Dan Fox and Elders as they share stories, knowledge, and perspectives on the enduring importance of the buffalo. Explore how the buffalo sustained Indigenous people across the Prairies by providing food, clothing, shelter, tools, and spiritual connection, while also supporting the cultural, social, and economic well-being of communities. Learn about the buffalo's vital role in maintaining healthy prairie ecosystems through grazing, biodiversity, soil enrichment, and habitat creation, and how their return is helping restore ecological balance and strengthen connections to the land. This gathering offers a welcoming space for open dialogue, reflection, and learning about Indigenous Peoples, cultures, histories, and ways of knowing, while connecting past, present, and future through shared understanding.

Join us for our FREE Lunch & Listen concert on Friday, September 4, from 12:15 - 1:00 p.m. in the Casa Community Room, featuring "Melody Mosaic" with performances by Conservatory of Music Faculty. 

Celebrate the heart and heritage of Latin cultures at Latin Festival 2026, taking place on Saturday, September 5^th, 2026, at Galt Gardens in Downtown Lethbridge from 12 – 6 PM. This vibrant annual celebration will bring the community together for an unforgettable day filled with music, dance, food, art, and family-friendly activities that highlight the rich traditions and diversity of Latin culture. Admission is FREE! Whether you are part of the Latin community or simply want to enjoy great music, food, and culture, Latin Festival 2026 is a celebration you won’t want to miss.

NEW. This 6 week program is your weekly dose of joy, creativity and confidence. Whether you are looking for a place to sing again or want to experience a cappella harmony you are welcome here. Do something for you and your voice. Learn new vocal skills and meet other amazing women. Music fee $20. No other commitment. Register: saccord.contact@gmail.com. For more information see our website.

NEW. This 6 week program is your weekly dose of joy, creativity and confidence. Whether you are looking for a place to sing again or want to experience a cappella harmony you are welcome here. Do something for you and your voice. Learn new vocal skills and meet other amazing women. Music fee $20. No other commitment. Register: saccord.contact@gmail.com. For more information see our website.

Christou Gallery
Resource/Resist
September 18, 2026 – January 9, 2027

Curator: Katie Marie Bruce

Works from the ULethbridge Art Collection

Hess Gallery
Reduction/Relief
September 25, 2026 – January 16, 2027

Curator: Josephine Mills

Mentor and Guest Curator: Katie Marie Bruce

Artists: Sidney Frenette-Ling, Luka de Haan, Emily Metherel, Bree Potuzak, Cassandra Williamson

Reduction/Relief is a mentored engagement experience that focuses on emerging artists who will benefit from research and engagement with the extensive holding of prints in the University of Lethbridge Art Collection. The title refers to terms found commonly in print media and speaks to the experience of emerging artists: “Reduction” draws on the loss of facilities, support, and research options that post-undergraduate artists encounter; “Relief,” therefore, denotes how providing access to specialized facilities and dialogue with mentors and peers, as well as access to the ULethbridge Art Collection, will encourage the production of new work.

Inspired by the layers of process evident in printmaking, the goal of this project is to generate productive ‘chatter’ — initially small yet increasingly generative connections and conversations between participants, faculty and staff.

Katie Marie Bruce will be a mentor for this project, selecting art for viewing from the collection, leading workshops in the Faculty of Fine Arts printmaking studio, and supporting artists as they develop new bodies of artwork for exhibition in the Hess Gallery under the title, Reduction/Relief (September 25, 2026 – January 16, 2027).  A concurrent exhibition of selected prints from the ULethbridge Art Collection, titled Resource/Resist, will be displayed in the satellite site, the Helen Christou Gallery (September 18, 2026 – January 9, 2027).

Exhibition launch Friday, September 25, 4 - 6 pm.

Snacks and refreshments provided.