The Bow Valley Music Festival offers music students the opportunity to perform before their peers, family, and friends in a supportive and safe masterclass atmosphere. Our aim is to foster a love for music and inspire the youth of the Valley to develop this life skill to its fullest potential. The festival also provides music teachers in the Valley with a venue to exchange ideas and offer support.

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The preliminary dates for the 2026 Festival are.

• Registration opens                                                                  January 3

• Registration closes              February 15

• Festival

  - Bands, Brass & Woodwinds Wednesday, March 18

  - Voice & Choirs Thursday, March 20

  - Piano Thursday, March 19 & Friday, March 20

  - Strings Friday, March 20 & Saturday, March 21

• Showcase Concert Sunday, March 22, 2-4 PM

• Provincial registrations                                                          TBD

• Provincial Festival in Edmonton TBD

• Canada West National Festival          TBD

The Festival is open to permanent residents of Lake Louise, Banff, Canmore, Exshaw, Lac des Arc, Deadman's Flats, Kananaskis, Morley, Ghost Lake, Bragg Creek, Redwood Meadows and Cochrane, or to students studying with a teacher who resides permanently in one of these communities.

We are now a registered charity. Click here to donate.

Our Land Acknowledgement

The Bow Valley Music Festival acknowledges that we gather together to create and enjoy music in the beautiful foothills and mountains that are the home and traditional territory of the Treaty 7 people. In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth; we honour and acknowledge the Bow Valley area and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney First Nations – as well as, the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, and the Métis Nation (Region 3).