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.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MAY 16, 2026 – 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NANTON LANCASTER SOCIETY
10:00am Museum Opens
12:30pm Rear Gun Turret Demonstration
1:00pm Fortieth Anniversary Video Presentation
2:00pm – Anniversary Cake Cutting
2:30pm BCATP Aircraft Engine Runs
4:00pm Lancaster Engine Run
4:30pm Bristol Hercules Engine Run
5:00pm – 7:00pm Supper available in the North Hangar
9:30pm Lancaster Night Run
JUNE 6, 2026 – ROCKY MOUNTAIN MODEL CLUB DISPLAY & CONTEST
11:00am Lancaster Engine Run
11:15am Bristol Hercules Engine Run
12:30pm Rear Turret Demo
2:00pm Lancaster Engine Run
2:15pm Bristol Hercules Engine Run
Lancaster cockpit tours
High River Hospital Auxiliary concession on site.
JUNE 20, 2026 – OPEN COCKPIT DAY/NATIONAL INDIGENOUS DAY
11:00am Lancaster Engine Run
11:15am Bristol Hercules Engine Run
12:30pm Rear Turret Demo
2:00pm Lancaster Engine Run
2:15pm Bristol Hercules Engine Run
Visitors get the chance to have “a close look” inside our aircraft!
Lancaster cockpit tours
High River Hospital Auxiliary concession on site.
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.