Dinner & drinks before your easel
Most of our Calgary venues are full bars and kitchens, so come hungry. Grab a bite and a drink before your easel, then settle in — your supplies are already waiting at your seat.
Paint & Sip in Calgary, Alberta
Paint & Sip Events in Calgary
Grab a drink, follow a local artist step by step, and leave with a canvas you painted yourself. No experience needed — it's a night out first, an art class second. Here's what's coming up in Calgary.
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The original paint & sip
4.8 average ratingPaint & Sip Classes in Calgary
Paint Nite in Calgary is the city's favourite paint and sip night — a guided painting party hosted right inside local Calgary bars and restaurants, not a formal art studio. A local artist walks you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink of your choice. Everything you need is included: easel, canvas, paints, brushes and an apron. You just bring your people.
Whether you're planning a date night, a birthday, a team social or a low-key evening out, our Calgary events run across the most popular neighbourhoods in and around Alberta. Browse upcoming nights by date, venue or artist below, grab your seat, and check out online in under a minute — no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
New to it? Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they paint. The whole point of Paint Nite is that anyone can do it: your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and works the room the entire time. Prefer to stay in? We also run live virtual and on-demand classes you can paint from home, anywhere in Alberta.
What's on
Upcoming Paint & Sip Events in Calgary
Where we paint
Paint Nite Venues in Calgary
We host inside real neighbourhood bars and restaurants — explore the rooms, then pick your night.
Calgary, AB·0.8 mi away
$$·2 Upcoming Events
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Upcoming at Bored Brewing Taproom and Clubhouse
Calgary, AB·1.1 mi away
3 Upcoming Events
Madison's is a trendy restaurant hidden in Inglewood right on 9th ave. Our specialty is craft nachos but we are also known for our amazing poke bowls, craft cocktails including an entire menu of tailored G T's, while supporting local craft beer. Not only are we locally owned and operated, we are also community funded.
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Madison's is a trendy restaurant hidden in Inglewood right on 9th ave. Our specialty is craft nachos but we are also known for our amazing poke bowls, craft cocktails including an entire menu of tailored G T's, while supporting local craft beer. Not only are we locally owned and operated, we are also community funded.
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Calgary, AB·1.4 mi away
$$·1 Upcoming Event
Unpretentious hangout serving typical pub grub along with with beer, wine & cocktails.
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Unpretentious hangout serving typical pub grub along with with beer, wine & cocktails.
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Calgary, AB·1.7 mi away
5 Upcoming Events
Chill spot with late hours preparing bubble tea in creative flavours along with Asian fusion snacks.
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Chill spot with late hours preparing bubble tea in creative flavours along with Asian fusion snacks.
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Upcoming at Bubblemania Café
Calgary, AB·1.8 mi away
$$·9 Upcoming Events
Rustic neighborhood tavern with a Celtic theme offering craft brews, pub grub, TV sports & specials.
BeerWineCocktailsOutdoorReservable
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Rustic neighborhood tavern with a Celtic theme offering craft brews, pub grub, TV sports & specials.
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Upcoming at The Cat N' Fiddle
Calgary, AB·2.2 mi away
$$·3 Upcoming Events
Karaoke nights, live music & daily pub grub specials at this neighbourhood sports bar & grill.
BeerWineCocktailsOutdoorReservable
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Karaoke nights, live music & daily pub grub specials at this neighbourhood sports bar & grill.
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Calgary, AB·2.6 mi away
2 Upcoming Events
Serendipity. That’s how we describe how we came together to form a community brewery in Calgary over a decade ago. Seven founders with over 180 years of beer experience came together to make beer they’d want to drink and do some good in the community. The result? The ultimate community-focused craft brewery. And, umm, did we mention tasty beer?
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About this venue
Serendipity. That’s how we describe how we came together to form a community brewery in Calgary over a decade ago. Seven founders with over 180 years of beer experience came together to make beer they’d want to drink and do some good in the community. The result? The ultimate community-focused craft brewery. And, umm, did we mention tasty beer?
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Local guide
Things to Do Near a Paint Nite in Calgary
The most romantic rooms in Calgary
Candlelit wine bars and skylit lounges make Paint Nite one of the most-booked date nights in Calgary — a low-pressure, high-charm evening that beats another dinner-and-a-movie.
Sort out the office social
Our larger Calgary venues seat big groups, and we can run a private party just for your crew — no strangers at the table. It breaks the ice better than any escape room.
Easy to get to
Nearly every Calgary venue is a short walk from transit or has parking nearby, so the whole group can get there easily — and get home easily after.
The local model
How Paint Nite Works in Calgary
Every night is run by real local people — an event planner, a host artist, and a neighbourhood venue. Here's who makes it happen.
Local event planners
A local event planner books the venues, lines up the artists and builds the Calgary calendar — running it like their own small business.
Your host artist
A vetted local artist leads the room, teaching the painting step by step and keeping the night fun. Every host is a real person from your area — trained and quality-reviewed, never a script-reading franchise employee.
Local venues
We don't own a single building. Every Calgary night happens at a real neighbourhood bar or restaurant with a full bar and kitchen.
You
Show up, paint, sip and laugh. Leave with a canvas you made yourself — no experience needed.
Do you have a space to host events?
Bars and restaurants across Calgary fill seats and sell drinks on slow weeknights by hosting Paint Nite. We bring the artists, the supplies and the crowd — you bring the room.
The faces behind the easels
the local artists you'll paint with
Real reviews
What Calgary Guests Are Saying
Mike is an awesome teacher and explained each step throughly. It was a really fun event.
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Featured Guest
Was a great time and so much fun. So easy to follow and you can do whatever you want within reason
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Featured Guest
My Mom and I had a great time! Christy was really great and super friendly! The music in the pub was quite loud though.
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Featured Guest
My friend and I attended Paint “Nite” in the afternoon and it was so nice and relaxing. Our teacher Olympia was awesome! She was very attentive, friendly and helpful. It was a small group and it was very enjoyable. I will definitely do it again. Thank you!
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Featured Guest
Matt is an excellent teacher. Was very attentive to us all and made suggestions to help fix problems. Amazingly I actually produced something that I will hang on my wall! The venue had great service but the lighting was quite poor. Perhaps if they could move the tables so that they are directly under the lights? or bring some type of lighting?
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Sylvie H.
The venue has its own section so no interaction with regular bar customers. Parking is available throughout the plaza. Easy to get to. Artist is very nice and helps when you struggle.
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Featured Guest
Very relaxed environment with a lovely host! My family can’t believe I made something that looks so professional!
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Kathryn D.
Looking for a creative side hustle?
Love art and a good crowd? Become a Paint Nite host artist, set your own schedule, and get paid to lead the most fun night in town.
Plan a fun night in
Can't make it out? Paint from home with a live virtual class led by a real artist, or grab an on-demand class and paint whenever you like.
Good to know
FAQs — Paint Nite Calgary
Paint Nite is a social painting event hosted at bars and restaurants across Calgary — not an art studio. A local artist guides you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink. It's a night out first and an art class second: no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
Most in-person Calgary events include your easel, canvas, paints, brushes, an apron and your artist for the night. Food and drinks are purchased separately at the venue. Virtual and on-demand classes are priced lower since they're location-independent. Check any event below for its exact price.
We host inside local bars and restaurants right across Calgary and the surrounding Alberta area. See the venues and map below — nearly every spot is easy to reach by transit or has nearby parking.
Not even a little. The whole point is that anyone can do it. Your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and walks the room the entire time. Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they take home.
It's one of the most-booked date nights in the city. You get a drink, a relaxed room, something to actually do together, and a keepsake from the evening.
Yes. We run private Paint Nites for birthdays, bachelorettes, team socials and corporate events around Calgary — at a venue or at your office. You get the whole room, your own artist, and a custom painting option.
Find an event by date, venue or artist on this page, hit "Grab a Seat," and check out online in under a minute. You'll get an email confirmation with the venue address and everything you need to bring (which is basically nothing).
Yes. Live virtual Paint Nites are streamed by a real artist so you can paint from home with a kit, and on-demand classes let you paint anytime at your own pace. Both are location-independent — perfect for a quieter night in.
Paint Nite is the original. Same energy, same local artists, same take-home canvas — now under PaintNite.com. If you painted with us under another name in the past, you're in the right place.
Absolutely — we run events across Canada. Scroll to "Nearby cities" to jump to your area.
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