Rent Festival Hall

Festival Hall operates as a bridge between a performance hall and a community centre. All our renters should bring a spirit of DIY to their events. While we offer professional sound technician services and experienced bar service staff, all other front and back-of-house duties are the renter's responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, setup and strike of all furniture, cleaning, ticketing, greeting, ushering, stage managing, catering, etc.

We ask renters to clean up any major spills after your event, remove all outside rental gear and make Big Rock beer available for sale if your event is public.

For further information on renter responsibilities, please review our renter policy or contact the Festival Hall Relationship Manager at ishani@calgaryfolkfest.com.

Renters are responsible for general cleanliness and management of our waste diversion centre during the duration of their event. We also ask that renters monitor and clean up any major spills. Our official cleaning policy is as follows.

"The User shall ensure the facility is left in an acceptable state of cleanliness as determined by the on-duty event supervisor. The User will be presented with a day of event checklist for review and sign off upon arrival and again at the end of their rental period. The user's areas of cleaning responsibility will be outlined in the day of event checklist and include, but are not limited to hall, lobby, women’s washroom, men’s washroom, green room, loading bay, bar/kitchenette, waste diversion Bins. The user will not be responsible for sweeping or mopping the above-stated areas unless stated areas are subjected to wear and tear above normal standards as determined by the on-duty event supervisor. Wear and tear above normal standards may include, but are not limited to: broken glass, spilled liquids, spilled food products, excessive waste or garbage."

Our event supervisors will be onsite during your rental to confirm cleanliness.

Yes, we require that you have a minimum of $2 million worth of liability coverage that names the Folk Festival Society of Calgary as an additional insured. We recommend Foster Parker Brokers and Duuo.com.

Yes, our hard close for the facility is 2am, please take this into account when planning your event.

Renting Festival Hall gives you access to an 8-hour rental period. It also includes access to various furniture, such as (200) padded chairs as well as (4) reclaimed wood 7-foot farm tables, (4) 8-foot folding banquet tables, (6) 6-foot folding banquet tables, (8) tall cocktail tables with (20) high top chairs. We also have black spandex linens for the 6-foot tables, 8-foot tables and 2-foot cocktails.

Festival Hall's lobby features a service area available for bar and catering. The kitchenette includes a double-door industrial cooler, convection oven, ice freezer, double commercial sink, and a commercial dishwasher. Please keep in mind that we ask our renters to provide all glassware, dishes, chafing dishes, etc.

Festival Hall renters also have access to the Muruve Green Room, which is accessible either by elevator or rear staircase. The Green Room features (3) sinks with mirrors, an accessible washroom, shower, fridge, coffee maker and kettle, washer and dryer.

Festival Hall features a dynamic staging system with (6) 4'x8' movable platforms. Festival Hall is acoustically tempered and is equipped with a mixing console graphical equalizer, stereo compressor, reverb, etc. As well as a complete microphone package, DI boxes, monitors and extensive cabling, available with the engagement of a Festival Hall sound technician.

Our basic A/V package is available at the cost of $100 ($150 as of January 1st, 2024) per event and includes access to:

(2) EV-powered mid-high speakers

(2) EV-powered subwoofers

(1) Behringer 6 CH analog mixing console

(1) Schure wireless microphone and mic stand

(1) 1/4" aux cable

Various XLR cables

We also offer a sound technician package that includes access to our 32-channel mixing console, microphone package, and technician (6 hours).

For complete specifications, view our lighting and gear List. Please note certain items on this list require the scheduling of a sound technician. Prices for our technicians are listed above.

Festival Hall has a mounted 8k Lumen full HD projector and a 16' x 9' motorized projection screen. Our screen and projector rent of $150 per day

The hall capacity is 225 including all performers and staff. Seated performance capacity is 200 seats.

Yes, we offer bar services for hire. Our bartenders charge $25 per hour for their services and accept tips. Our bartenders can be hired under our own license or can be contracted under a renter's license.

Please contact the Festival Hall Relationship Manager at ishani@calgaryfolkfest.com for more details.

We have class B license that applies to live performances.

Yes, we will just to have notice in advance and you may bring in your own event license and alcohol.

No, however we do have 7 oz and 12 oz compostable cups that you may purchase for $5 per sleeve of 50 cups.