Indoors: Indoor Park at Vivo for Healthier Generations
Love going to the park, but don’t love the cold? The Vivo for Healthier Generations recreation facility offers a 19,500-square-foot indoor park with seating areas, green space and lots of natural light. Drop-in passes and memberships are available.
Outdoors: Go sliding at Servus Tube Park
WinSport’s Servus Tube Park usually opens for the season in mid-December (weather permitting). Bring the whole family to slide down its eight tubing lanes in the crisp, winter air.
Plan Ahead: Dry January
Planning to participate in Dry January and give up drinking alcohol for a while? Head to Santé Dry Bottle Shop at Crossroads Market to stock up on a variety of creative and tasty non-alcoholic drinks and spirits before the new year starts, so on Jan. 1, you’ll be ready.
Now or Never: Calgary Hitmen’s Teddy Bear Toss
Bring a stuffed animal to the Calgary Hitmen’s 2024 Teddy Bear Toss game on Dec. 1. Attendees throw new stuffies on the ice after the team’s first goal, then the bears are collected and delivered to local organizations to give to children.
Free: Play Crokicurl
If curling and the Crokinole board game had a baby, you’d get crokicurl. Weather permitting, you can try this fun outdoor sport for free at North Glenmore Park and Bowness Park, which offer curling stones to play with during crokicurl ice rink hours.
Holiday Fun: Lions Festival of Lights
If you love festive light displays, don’t miss the chance to walk, cross-country ski or drive by the free Lions Festival of Lights, which returns to the Confederation Park golf course along 14th Street N.W. for a 38th year.