About Calgary House Concerts

Live Music, Local Spaces, Real Connection

Calgary House Concerts (CHC) began more than 14 years ago in the basement of a northwest Calgary home — with a handful of neighbors, a home-cooked meal, and a singer-songwriter sharing stories and songs just a few feet away. These gatherings were small and humble, but powerful moments of connection, creativity, and community born right where people live.

The idea was simple: To create safe, welcoming spaces for professional and emerging artists to perform. Iintroduce live music to new audiences by bringing it into neighborhood settings.

Bridges
      Between Artists and Audiences

Between Generations   Between Neighbors

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🏡 Rooted in Community

Today, that same spirit continues. CHC now hosts concerts approximately every 3–4 weeks in local community halls, gardens, green spaces, and sometimes even in my front yard.

CHC offers families or anyone $$ challenged   Bring Food Bank Donation – Pay what you Can

  $25 Full Cover incl an intimate afternoon of Live Music and stories shared by the singer/songwriter, then throw in some food and conversation creates forever WOW memories. 

Events are family-friendly and  we gratefully accept any Food Bank donations one can afford.

We prioritize accessibility and inclusion — removing the barriers of price, distance, and formality — and making live music feel familuliar close, comfortable, and human.
Whether you’re new to live performance or a long-time music fan, CHC creates a space where everyone feels they belong.
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🌱 Introducing Youthful Bridges

Launched as part of our growth into public spaces and community programming, Youthful Bridges invites local youth artists to audition and open for professional touring acts. These young performers gain real experience on stage, develop confidence, and are supported by mentorship and encouragement from both CHC and the artists they share the stage with.
The audience plays a vital role — cheering them on, celebrating their courage, and witnessing the spark of future creative careers.
This initiative fosters intergenerational exchange and ensures young voices have a place in the cultural life of the city.
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🎶 Celebrating Local and Touring Talent

CHC offers meaningful, well-supported performance opportunities for singer-songwriters from across Alberta and beyond — with a special focus on those who might be overlooked by larger venues. Artists are respected, heard, and hosted in warm, listening environments that encourage storytelling and human connection.
Each show becomes a shared experience — not just entertainment, but engagement.
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🤝 Built on Collaboration

We actively partner with local community associations, volunteer teams, youth networks, and grassroots organizations to co-host events, promote shows, share resources, and build capacity. We offer support with grant writing, planning, and promotion, and we’re always eager to collaborate with others who believe in the role of the arts in creating stronger communities.
We also welcome food bank partnerships, turning concerts into collection points for community support and care.
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🫶 What Makes CHC Different

• We use local spaces in neighborhoods, not commercial venues — bringing music in close

• We focus on connection over scale — small audiences with big benefits

• We celebrate diversity in voice and genre — offering an open door to both emerging and established talent

• We are not a business, not a ticketed venue, and not-for-profit in nature — we are a spirit of gathering, built by and for the community.
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✨ Why It Matters – How It Grows

The real success of CHC is the unique experience is its simplicity.

Whether it be a performer beaming after their Live set.

or

After the show hearing ‘Wow Thanks I didn’t know something like this was possible’

These concerts uplift spirits, foster friendships, and organically restore a sense of shared humanity, all based around independent artists sharing their craft with us.

And it grows — not through ads or algorithms, but because people like you share the afternoon of magic. talk about it, share it and bring someone to a share the fun

 Live in the CommonUNITY — a model for using music to build community, create access, support artists, support community prograns and bring Calgarians together

We offer support with grant writing, planning, and promotion — helping others use music as a tool for building stronger, more connected communities. As well, we’re always looking to collaborate and co-create with like-minded people, organizations and initiatives that make people a priority not an option

Calgary House Concerts acknowledges Treaty 7 territory—the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai, Piikani and Siksika as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation.