2026 Event Schedule

Visitors are advised hearing protection should be worn when engines are running.

Hearing protection is available at no cost at the front desk. By attending our events, all visitors agree they may be photographed or recorded and that the Bomber Command Museum of Canada may use visitors’ likeness however they like, in any format, publication (including online), or for any purpose they may deem fit in perpetuity.

We thank you for helping make our event that much more complete.

UPCOMING EVENTS

JULY 18, 2026 – MOSQUITO CELEBRATION EVENT

11:00am Lancaster Engine Run

11:15am Bristol Hercules Engine Run

12:00pm VP Jack McWilliam talk at the Mosquito on the restoration progress.

1:00pm Photos, Crooks and Heroes: The Story of Calgary’s Mosquito with Richard de Boer.

2:00pm Lancaster Engine Run

2:15pm Bristol Hercules Engine Run

Volunteers on site to chat about the restoration progress, history of the airplane, etc.

Special displays throughout the day. 

Book and merchandise sale all day adjacent to the airplane.

Lancaster cockpit tours

High River Hospital Auxiliary concession on site.

 

AUGUST 3, 2026 – NANTON PARADE DAY

10:00am Nanton Parade

2:00pm Lancaster Engine Run

2:15pm Bristol Hercules Engine Run

 

AUGUST 22, 2026 – BIKES & BOMBERS

11:00am Lancaster Engine Run

11:15am Bristol Hercules Engine Run

2:00pm Lancaster Engine Run

2:15pm Bristol Hercules Engine Run

$10 bike registration (includes patch and a chance to win a ride in the Lancaster during run)

Lancaster cockpit tours

Fountain Tire fundraising bbq on site.

 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 – HALIFAX EVENT/NIGHT RUN

12:30pm Presentation by Karl Kjarsgaard

4:00pm Lancaster Engine Run

4:15pm Bristol Hercules Engine Run

9:00pm Lancaster Night Run

High River Hospital Auxiliary concession on site.