05/22/2026
🌾 Prairie Weekend Round-Up | May 22–24 🌾
Okay NOW it actually feels like spring ☀️
Looks like we’re heading into a pretty decent weekend around Central Alberta with highs around 22°… and only the normal Alberta chance of thunderstorms tossed in for excitement 😅
Here’s what’s happening around the area this weekend:
📍 Rimbey
🚗 Idiots in Cars rolls into Rimbey Saturday night.
⚾ Ball diamonds are busy and spring sports are fully underway.
📍 Lacombe
🌱 Ellis Nature Centre has events all weekend including guided birding, butterfly certification, biodiversity workshops, and nature programs.
🌿 Saturday morning is the Lacombe & District Garden Club Plant Sale at the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre parking lot.
🥁 Saturday at 3 PM — Kita No Taiko Drummers at the Lacombe Memorial Centre.
📍 Bentley
🛍 Bentley Farmers Market runs Saturday from 2–4 PM.
📍 Red Deer
🤠 The Red Deer Pro Rodeo is happening this weekend.
🎭 Friday night is the Festival of the Performing Arts Showcase Concert at Gaetz Memorial United Church.
🐶 Saturday features the CA Humane DOG Hero event at Canyon Ski Resort.
📍 Gull Lake & Area
🚤 Boats are back on the water.
🏕 Campgrounds are filling up quickly.
🎣 And thankfully… most fishing shacks are finally off the ice 😂
Please be safe on the highways this weekend and watch for all the extra traffic heading to campgrounds, rodeos, lakes, and tournaments!
If I missed anything happening around Bentley, Rimbey, Lacombe, Ponoka, Gull Lake or Pigeon Lake, drop it below 🌾