containR
PLAY. EXPERIENCE. OCCUPY.
Located at the heart of Calgary, near the Sunnyside CTrain station, containR is designed, developed and curated by Springboard Performance. It’s a pop-up arts and culture hub for people of all identities and ages championing local artistic and creative ideas. containR features an Art Park, performance series, community instigations and mural installations made of retrofit shipping containers. It is a vibrant meeting place, providing access to art and encouraging grass roots community engagement.
containR was awarded the Placemaking Award at the Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions, and has been featured at the IETM Conference (Italy), CINARS (Montreal), Calgary Arts Congress, and York University’s Arts, Placemaking, and Policy Conference (Toronto). containR was recently awarded a CCVO Innovation Award from the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations, for “disruptive, adaptive, and innovative programming”.
ContainR adheres to all current AHS COVID regulations and guidelines including but not limited to ensuring social distancing is followed by all on site, limiting capacity as required, sanitizing common surfaces throughout the event and monitoring hand sanitizer stations.
1020 2 Ave NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1T6
ContainR is an outdoor art park and performance venue with 7,840 sq ft of usable space that has reinvigorated an empty city-owned lot since 2013. With an open-air theatre, murals painted by local Calgarians on the retrofitted shipping containers, gardens, and a courtyard suitable for safe artistic expression, ContainR is a hive for community gatherings, cultural events, and unique performances.
Curated by Springboard Performance, containR has all you need for a perfect outdoor event. Rent containR for your next event:
Festivals
Concerts
Markets
Workshops
Corporate event
PARTNERS
We are calling on neighbours, local businesses, non-profits and art organizations to share ideas and get involved on site. containR is a place for people to be experimental and share what they are doing. If you have a brainstorm that you would like to stage at containR we want to hear from you!
We welcome arts programming, gardening and community activation ideas that will make containR a convivial fun place for all people.
Our past and present partners include: Arts Commons Pop Up events, Wagonstage Children’s Theater (U of C), The Alex, Green Calgary, Antyx Community Arts, Calgary Permaculture Guild, YYCFoodTrucks, Change YYC, Plastic-free YYC, and many more.
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