I Have Space

People need space to do cool things. Your venue could be a great opportunity for someone, and generate more revenue for you.

If you own or manage a space in Calgary and are looking for unique and interesting opportunities to activate, share or lease it, you’ve come to the right place. Consider listing your venue on one of the active space-matching platforms below.* If your space is temporarily empty, you might consider offering a Meanwhile Lease as part of our SPACEPILOT YYC Initiative. You can also advertise your space in Calgary Arts Development’s Classifieds — a free service for our arts community.

*In some cases, the platforms listed offer Calgary spaces an incentive if you use the link below to join.

Venues:

EventUp

Best for: Venues with private event space and a willingness to design beautiful events with planners. Larger spaces like restaurants, gardens, banquet venues. The local venues listed here are largely restaurants.

Click this to sign up your space and receive preferred status and rates.

Peerspace

Best for: Short term uses. Do you have a sweet rooftop patio or secret art gallery? Would your space make a great background for video or photography shoots, intimate music events or parties? Peerspace manages your bookings with simple hourly rates.

Click here to sign up your space.

StageHand

Best for: Music / performance venues. Have a space that would benefit from live music performances? Stagehand lists a wide variety of spaces, from classic Music Mile venues (like the Ironwood Stage and Grill, Blues Can) to coffee shops, restaurants, and unique spaces wanting to feature live music.

Click here to sign up your space.

Unique Venues

Best for: Spaces that can accommodate meetings, as well as conferences or special events. Unique Venues features large venues like Arts Commons or the Calgary Zoo, but also smaller venues (many with historical significance) like Lougheed House. Have a historic home with a large garden or ballroom that would be great for small weddings? Unique Venues could be the perfect place for you to advertise your space.

Click here to sign up your space.

Are you a building owner interested in hosting pop-up or interim events in your space? It’s easier than you might think..

Before you start

Navigate over to our Pop-Up page and decide what kind of uses you want to have from the list of approved Pop-Up uses. Then it’s time to do a little marketing of your space. Pop-Ups are pretty popular so it won’t be too hard to find individuals and organizations in your community that are interested in popping up.

Hot Marketing Tip: It sounds too simple to be true, but placing a large engaging sign in the window of your space can be one of the most cost effective forms of advertising that you can do. Let people know you’re open to Pop-Ups. Include the kind of use and duration you are interested in.

Social Media is Your Friend: Use your social media channels to expand your reach and find more people interested in the short-term use of your space. Share posts and tweets about this weekend’s Pop-Up to find next month’s short term user. Use strategic hashtags (#) to catch the attention of types of events you’d love to have in your space.

Next steps

Book a free ‘pre-application’ meeting with The City of Calgary’s Planning and Development team.

City staff have a nimble approach to these meetings and will schedule one within 3 days of hearing from you. The intent of the meeting is to re-confirm that a straightforward Pop-Up or Interim use is possible in your space (see notes on our Pop-Up page re: food preparation, alcohol and large spaces).