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ULethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts Events


Your Arts Destination


Did You Know? All ULethbridge students are eligible for a free ticket with their student ID at the Box Office for Faculty of Fine Arts concerts and Mainstage productions!

Where is the Box Office located? In the Atrium on Level 6, Centre for the Arts building (by the large staircase and north patio doors).


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ANNOUNCEMENT

VIBE FEST IS RETURNING IN 2026

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Photo montage of different activities at Vibe Fest 2025.

SAVE THE DATE! After an extraordinary community response to Vibe Fest 2025, the Faculty of Fine Arts is pleased to announce that Vibe Fest will be returning April 18, 2026. Community members will once again be invited to enjoy an all-access, premiere showcase of student, faculty, staff and alumni talent and creativity.

Read the full announcement

Explore the Vibe Fest website to see how you can participate 


UPCOMING EVENTS

Music Department

February 3
12:15 p.m.

Music at Noon | Concert

Featuring Sarah MacDonald, flute | Cheryl Emery-Karapita, piano | Holly De Caigny, alto saxophone
University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome


This program features works by Paul Creston, André Jolivet and Lowell Libermann.

Learn more about the concert

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Images from left to right: Sarah MacDonald, Chery Emery-Karapita, Holly De Caigny.

Drama Department

Feb. 4-6
7:30 p.m. nightly
Feb. 7
1 p.m. matinee

 

TheatreXtra: The Drinking Bird

Drama Studio (W420)
Tickets: $13 Adult, $12 Seniors and Alumni, $8 students Buy Tickets

The Drinking Bird is an absurdist comedy that follows Bird. Bird has no aspirations to do anything remotely productive, until they find themselves transported to their office, but everything is… off, the rooms, the people, the customers. Everyone is either rude, invasive, or way too open about their personal lives and Bird can’t grasp any of it and doesn’t want to, until a revelation that things need to change. Bird needs to change.

Learn more

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An illustration of a bird drinking from a green soda can with Reigh Dyer'sThe Drinking Bird written on the can.

ULethbridge Art Gallery

February 5
7 - 9 p.m.

After Hours: Victor Cicansky and Botanical Art

Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery
Admission is free

Come see gems of the collection in a special behind-the-scenes night. See the famous artworks of the University’s collection. Enjoy free refreshments, board games and drawing supplies. Door prizes will be drawn at the end of the night.  

Learn more about After Hours

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Ceramic sculpture by Victor Cicansky called, "Armchair Woman" from 1985.

Conservatory of Music

February 6
12:15 p.m.

Conservatory of Music Lunch & Listen

Featuring Holly Bhattacharya & Friends (Violin)
Casa Community Room, Casa (230 - 8 St. S)
Admission is free, everyone welcome


The Lunch & Listen Concert Series is funded by Community Event Support Grant through the City of Lethbridge. See you there!

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Music Conservatory at the University of Lethbridge

Art Department

February 9
6 p.m.

Architecture & Design NOW | Talk

Featuring Andrew Tankard & alumnus David Minke
The Process of Architecture
Room L1060
Admission is free, everyone welcome


In this talk, Andrew Tankard and David Minke will share what they learned while designing and building the Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge in Calgary. Through stories from the studio and the construction site, they’ll offer an inside look at the decisions, challenges, and creative collaborations that shaped this unique project.

Learn more about the talk and speakers

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architectural model

Music Department

February 10
12:15 p.m.

Music at Noon | Concert

Featuring Jinting Zhao, SHE-Q Audio
From Idea to Final Recording: Behind the Scenes Roles in Contemporary Music Creation
University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome


In this unconventional recital, songwriter, producer and audio engineer Jinting Zhao shares a series of real-world case studies of each of these three distinct and crucial roles in modern recorded music. Jinting Zhao is a producer, songwriter, and audio engineer based out of acclaimed hiphop recording studio Up In Arms in Edmonton, Alberta.

Learn more about the artist and concert

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photo of Jintin Zhao

ULethbridge Art Gallery

February 11
1 - 3 p.m.

Crafternoon

Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery
Admission is free

Stitch, fold, paste, and paint your afternoon away at Crafternoon in the Gallery! We’ll have everything you need to dive into origami, collage, watercolour, and fibre arts—or feel free to bring along your own project. No experience needed—just come ready to create, relax, connect, and enjoy a free tea.

See the Crafternoon schedule

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EVENT PROGRAMS


Find links to upcoming and archived programs below:
Programs for Upcoming Events

Music at Noon concert series

Jinting Zhao
SHE-Q Audio

February 10 | 12:15 p.m.
University Recital Hall

Program
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Archived Programs by Semester

Music at Noon concert program - Guillaume Tardif & Deanna Oye - Jan. 27, 2026

Music at Noon concert program - Holly De Caigny, Cheryl Emery-Karapita, Sarah MacDonald - Feb. 3, 2026

Music at Noon concert program - Steven Morton and Bente Hansen - Sept. 23, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - Sherry Steele and Carolyn Herrington - Oct. 7, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - The Music of Composer Lavinia Kell Parker - Oct. 14, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - FOURtitude Piano Ensemble - Oct. 21, 2025

Music at Noon concert program -Bente Hansen, Adam Mason, Mark Rodgers, Peter Visentin - Oct. 28, 2025

Morgan Brooks Graduation recital program - Nov. 2, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - Jani Parsons - Nov. 4, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - Brad Parker - Nov. 18, 2025

Singers concert program - Nov. 22, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - Emma Rush - Nov. 25, 2025

Wind Orchestra concert program - Nov. 26, 2025

Aesthetic Noise concert program - Nov. 29, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - Nick Sullivan & Bente Hansen - Dec. 2, 2025

Collaborative Ensemble concert program - Dec. 2, 2025

Jazz Ensemble concert program - Dec. 3, 2025

Music at Noon concert program - Studio Showcase - Dec. 9, 2025

STORIES BEHIND THE SCENES

Blackfoot artist Zoe Buckskin to be featured at Vibe Fest, Abbondànza 2026

Vibe Fest and Abbondànza explore the full spectrum of emerging art practices across disciplines. Learn more about the 2026 event's featured artist, Zoe Buckskin.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream comes to the ULethbridge Theatre

The University of Lethbridge Department of Drama is preparing for its first Mainstage production of the 2025/26 Signature Events season — A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.
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Vibe Fest and Abbondànza Co-Chairs excited to celebrate the arts and give back

Alumni and philanthropists Cam Slomp (BA ’93) and Pauline Brunnen (BFA - Dramatic Arts ’11), are making it a habit to not only enjoy the arts but celebrate and elevate art and artists every …
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Lethbridge Piano Intensive provides hands-on learning at ULethbridge

The Lethbridge Piano Intensive summer program provides students of all ages and skill levels an inspiring experience to learn, grow and make lasting friendships with other motivated pianists.
Read more

Building vocal talent in southern Alberta through collaboration

Young singers with big vocal ambitions are finding support — and a stage — at the University of Lethbridge Music Conservatory and the Faculty of Fine Arts.
Read more

2025 Play Right Prize winners create compelling written tales

Tales of friendship, youth and motherhood are the topics of the winning scripts of the 2025 Play Right Prize Competition.
Read more

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