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The Confluence (750 - 9th Ave SE)
We are pleased to announce we will be moving to the stunningly beautiful and historic location at The Confluence, with its large grassy area and mature trees at the meeting place of the Bow and Elbow rivers. We are fortunate to have found a spot in the heart of the city to call our new home and are busy planning for our best festival yet... our 21st Annual! There's tons of parking, the LRT is nearby, there are biking and walking paths and several nearby neighbourhoods that are walkable. It's going to be a great start to new and what we hope will be our permanent home.
This land at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers has been a place of significance for Indigenous peoples for thousands of years and remains so today. Since time immemorial, the confluence of these rivers, known as Mohkinstsis or “Elbow” in Blackfoot, has been a place of gathering and ceremony, with both practical and sacred connections to the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, Piikani, Amskapi Piikani, and Kainai Nations; the Dene of the Tsuut’ina Nation; the Îyârhe Nakoda of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations; and is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6. More recently, it became a site of colonization with the occupation of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) and increasing settler presence, eventually leading to the creation of the city of Calgary.
