BIG Winter Classic was born out of an idea to celebrate Calgary year-round, not just in the fleeting summer months.

We take the best and funnest people in our city and put them in a room together to create, imagine, dream, drink and play, all in the dead of winter. Because we’re Calgarians and dancing underneath the heaters on the patios at Broken City and Last Best when it’s -15C outside actually sounds perfect.

Arts, music and local craft beer all collide at BIG Winter Classic for a three-day winter wonderland weekend that doesn’t involve getting up at 6 am and hitting the slopes. Let’s not hide away this winter, let’s emerge from our homes and into our community; let’s re-group after the holidays and kick off the new year with glee; let’s bundle up, share some homegrown beers and support our thriving music scene.

It’s already a classic.