🗝️SUNDAY SNEAK PEEK - April 13, 2025

Your key to Calgary's headliners, hot spots, & hidden gems.

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Sarah Hovind
April 13, 2025

Hi friends,

I came down with a cold this last week which has been not fun. (There goes my New Year’s resolution to not get sick!) But it also meant I didn’t leave the house all week. Well, until Friday anyway, when I did the Locked Library Crime Scene escape room. It was fun! Very well put together and just the right amount of challenging. It wasn’t super hard, but it was also not easy. Apparently only about half of people make it out in time (under 2 hours). We did it in an hour and a half! My teammates definitely did the bulk of the work I was dead weight if anything haha The next one coming up is in September! I’ll give ya’ll a heads up for it.

This weekend it’s Easter! I hope you have been using my Easter guide on my website?! There’s a list of where to find mini-egg treats in Calgary on there. YUM.

HEADLINERS THIS WEEK

A curated list of the best fun events! Get out of your house and do one (or more!) of these fun events happening this week!

Monday

  • 🥚 MAKE EASTER EGGS: Well, paint them anyway! Join in some Easter festivities at Cold Garden on Monday.

    Tuesday

  • 💃 SHEN YUN: See this production at the Jubilee Tuesday to Thursday.

Wednesday

  • 🛍️ EASY DAYS POP-UP MARKET: It’s a the little market that could. Check out the Easy Days Market on at ‘88 Brewing 5pm-9pm

Thursday

  • 📽️ CALGARY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL: Kicks off on Thursday and goes until April 27th

  • 🎤 25TH ANNUAL COMEDY COMPETITION: The winners of this comedy competition will secure coveted spots in Calgary’s Comedy Festival in May

  • 🍷 ARGENTINE WINE PAIRINGS: A seated wine tasting which includes empanadas too!

    Friday

  • 👜 HERITAGE PARK ROADSHOW: On all weekend (Fri-Sun) see this new event from Heritage Park

  • 👜 NIKKI GLASER: See comedian Nikki Glaser at the Jubilee for one night only!

  • ⚽ CAVALRY HOME OPENER: Celebrate the home opener with Calgary’s soccer team. I went to my first Cavalry game last year and had a fantastic time. Make sure you add seeing one of their games to your summer bucketlist!

Saturday

  • 🐾 PAWS OF WONDER: It’s a fashion show and a pet costume contest all in support of Parachutes for Pets! Check it out at Pixel Park downtown.

  • 🖼️ PALETTE FINE ART SHOW: See it at Triwood Community Hall both Friday & Saturday. If you miss it you’ll have to wait until the fall for the next one

  • 🐇 EASTER HUNT: On Saturday and Sunday at Deerfoot Meadows for free!

  • 🎀 MARDA LOOP EGGFEST: Hunt chocolate eggs at more than 40+ participating businesses

Sunday

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  • 💸 20% OFF VR EXPERIENCE: The Horizon of Khufu: A Journey to Ancient Egypt at Chinook Centre! Get 20% off with code KhufuSARAH20 (extended to May 30)

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  • 💸 20% OFF BOWLING AT SPLITSVILLE CREEKSIDE: Use code 20SARAH when booking. This was supposed to be announced on IG this week but got delayed, anyway, here’s the code ahead of all those IG people, you’re a newsletter person, you’re better than them.

  • 💸 80% OFF FRESH PREP: Get up to 80% off Fresh Prep meal making kits (new customers only) Use code INFSOCIABLE80 (this code may be ending soon!)

  • Want to add a discount code from your business? Send me an email!

HEADS UP! UPCOMING EVENTS

p.s. did you know that everyday at Banquet Bar they giveaway at cash prize at 6:49pm?

p.p.s did you know that Pizza 73 has a secret menu item?!

*note, items in this section are sponsored. If you’d like your event added, send me an email.

Thanks for reading friends! Hope ya’ll have a good week

Cheers!

Sarah

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⚠Accuracy: I do this newsletter alone and inevitably it will feature a typo or two (or I might have got my details mixed up, I am just a frequently hungover person after all). Furthermore, event details can change at the organizer’s whim, please double check before you head out anywhere. That said, I think this is 99.9% accurate! I try my best!

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