31 things to do at Beakerhead today: Saturday, September 16

Sep 16 2017, 10:16 pm

Take in Beakerhead in all its glory throughout this beautiful Saturday, and end it all off with the big finale: Beakernight.

There’s a lot to do and a lot to see, so here’s our list of all the awesome events to check out—with some happening today, and today only!

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Girls Learning Code: Light It Up

  • What: A full day of youth and beginner friendly instruction on programming, lights, and wearable technology.
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Where: Innovate Calgary – 3553 31st Street NW
  • Admission: Free!

Monstrous Adventure Playground

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Monstrous Adventure Playground (Beakerhead/Facebook)

  • What: Adventure Playground allows kids to create, destroy, and imagine to their mind’s delight.
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: Noon to 4 pm
  • Where: Shaw Millenium Park – 1220 9th Avenue SW
  • Admission: Free!

Projecting Mapping Workshop

  • What: Create illusions on real-world objects with projection mapping, and learn the methods of disguising what is really there.
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 1 to 4 pm
  • Where: Memorial Park Library – 1221 2nd Street SW
  • Admission: Free!

Pop-Up Puppet Studio

  • What: Create your own puppet—including a chemical reaction—at this kid friendly workshop.
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 1 to 3 pm
  • Where: For Calgary Learning Centre – 760 9th Avenue SE
  • Admission: $10 per person or $35 for groups of 4-6, available at Eventbrite

Virtual Reality (Intro) Academy

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Virtual reality headset(Shutterstock)

  • What: Discover how to create virtual worlds that can be experienced through virtual reality.
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 1 to 4 pm
  • Where: Mount Royal University Riddell Library and Learning Centre – 75 Mount Royal Circle SW
  • Admission: Free!

Inventors’ Open Mic

  • What: Whatever your idea, the mic is there for you! Listen in to what might be bouncing around other peoples’ minds, or share your own crazy creations.
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 3 to 4 pm
  • Where: Beakerbar, Fort Calgary – 750 9th Avenue SE
  • Admission: Free!

Bike to Beakernight

  • What: Get on your bike and pedal over to Beakernight alongside other cyclists. Costumes are encouraged!
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 6:30 to 8 pm
  • Where: Loop – 4th Street and 21st Avenue SW
  • Admission: Free, donations welcomed

Hack the Flyer

  • What: Turn a red wagon into a speed racer with whatever you have at your disposal in this Beakerhead competition.
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 7 to 8:30 pm
  • Where: East Village Riverwalk Plaza – 618 Confluence Way SE

Beakernight

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Beakernight (Beakerhead 2015/Neil Zeller Photography)

  • What: Beakerhead’s big send off party, featuring a night of installations, fire, lasers, and more!
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 7 to 11 pm
  • Where: Fort Calgary and East Village River Walter
  • Admission: By donation

SkiiTour – Beakernight Afterparty

  • What: Keep the party going after Beakernight at the Palace Theatre for dancing and drinks
  • When: Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 11 pm to 2 am
  • Where: Palace Theatre – 219 8th Avenue SW
  • Admission: Free if RSP before 11 pm, $20 after 11 pm

And here’s all the events and installations that will be sticking around throughout the week:

Cooking in the Arctic

  • What: Discover the culinary traditions of Nunavut from the Arctic Institute of North America.
  • When: Friday, September 15 and Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 5 to 7:30 pm
  • Where: ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen – 909 11th Avenue SW
  • Admission: $110, available at Eventbrite

Night Light Walking Tour

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Night Light Walking Tour (Beakerhead/Facebook)

  • What: A two kilometre tour of the Beakerheads brightest lights.
  • When: Thursday, September 14 to Saturday, September 16
  • Time: 7 to 10 pm for Thursday, 7:30 to 10 pm on Friday, and 6:30 to 8 pm on Saturday.
  • Where: Eau Claire Market – 200 Barclay Parade SW
  • Admission: $15.50, available at Eventbrite

Market Collective

  • What: A gathering to celebrate art, science, and music, with food truck, DJs, and shopping.
  • When: Friday, September 15 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: 4 to 9 pm on Friday, 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday
  • Where: Inglewood Warehouse – 1309 17th Avenue SE
  • Admission: $5 for the weekend

Engineered Eats

  • What: 24 different bars and restaurants participating in Beakerhead experiments.
  • When: Tuesday, September 12 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: Participating Restaurants throughout Calgary

Metamorphosis

  • What: Interactive artwork that can communicate through sensory metaphors.
  • When: September 7 to October 7
  • Time: 11 am to 6 pm Tuesday to Friday, 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays
  • Where: Herringer Kiss Gallery – 709 11th Avenue SW
  • Admission: Free!

Bee Kingdom’s Inflatable Space Invasion

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Bee Kingdom’s Inflatable Space Invasion (Beakerhead/Facebook)

  • What: Huge space invaders blown up and ready to be gawked at.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, 6 to 10 pm Thursday as well, and 1- am to 5 pm on Saturday
  • Where: Telus Spark – 220 St. George’s Drive NE
  • Admission: $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $16 for youth, and $13 for kids

Snakes and ladders

  • What: A journey of 14 different Beakerhead sites to visit the ups and downs of invention.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: Throughout downtown Calgary
  • Admission: Free!

Kensington Alley

  • What: Check out the Beakerhead version of one of Calgary’s tightest squeezes.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: Alley beside 1145 Kensington Crescent NW
  • Admission: Free!

Loop

  • What: Your own motion will activate images in this two metre wide illuminated cylinder.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: 4th Street SW, between 20th Avenue and Elbow Drive SW
  • Admission: Free!

Love in the Age of Machines

  • What: An installation created by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and the Alberta College of Art + Design.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: Visible from the shared traffic corridor and C-Train platform by SAIT and ACAD
  • Admission: Free!

Serpent Mother

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Serpent Mother (Beakerhead/Facebook)

  • What: An awesome, gigantic, fire breathing serpent.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Saturday, September 16
  • Time: Nightly shows at 8 and 9 pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and at 8, 9, and 10 pm on Saturday
  • Where: Fort Calgary – 750 9th Avenue SE
  • Admission: Free!

Impulse

  • What: 15. Giant. Interactive. Teeter-totters.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: 6th Avenue and 6th Street SE
  • Admission: Free!

Nest

  • What: A nest of dragons hiding behind construction barriers—keep your eye out!
  • When:Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: Victoria Park – 201 10th Avenue SE
  • Admission: Free!

Nucleation

  • What: 5,00 white balloons attached to Legion No. 1—don’t worry, it won’t be floating away.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Where: Legion No. 1 – 116 7th Avenue SE
  • Admission: Free!

Enoch Park

  • What: Check out the bunnies during the day, then see the amazing light shows at night.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: Noon to 10 pm Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday
  • Where: Enoch Park – 314 12th Avenue SE
  • Admission: Free!

Skybeings

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Skybeings (Beakerhead/Facebook)

  • What: Learn about the stars and the story of the Big Dipper
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: Noon to 10 pm Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday
  • Where: Eighth Avenue Place – 525 8th Avenue SW
  • Admission: Free!

Mars 112

  • What: A show home on Mars in the first Martian colony.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: Noon to 8 pm Wednesday to Friday, 10 am to 8 pm on Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday
  • Where: Loft 112 – 535 8th Avenue SE
  • Admission:

Up Against All Odds

  • What: A game that pits you against fate at the roll of the dice.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: Noon to 8 pm Wednesday to Friday, 10 am to 8 pm on Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday
  • Where: McDougall Centre – 455 6th Street SW

Claw

  • What: An industrial-sized claw game that puts you in the driver seat.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: Noon to 8 pm Wednesday to Friday, 10 am to 8 pm on Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday
  • Where: Eau Claire Market – 200 Barclay Parade SW
  • Admission: Free!

BowWave

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BowWave (Beakerhead/Facebook)

  • What: Play the Bow River with illuminated, interactive shapes cast across the gravel beach.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: 5 to 11 pm Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday
  • Where: On the banks of the Bow River east of Centre Street
  • Admission: Free!

Beaker Bar

  • What: The perfect place to taste some experimental brews during Beakerhead.
  • When: Wednesday, September 13 to Sunday, September 17
  • Time: 4 to 9:30 pm Wednesday to Friday, noon to 11 pm Saturday, noon to 5 pm Sunday
  • Where: Fort Calgary – 750 Avenue SE
  • Admission: Free admission, beverages by token
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