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Team Merlot is the classiest PaintNite team in town! Don’t let that scare you...we enjoy party games, dirty jokes, a drink (or two), and fun with your brushes, but we also care about YOU having a great painting experience. If you want a FABULOUS girls’ night, date night, team building activity, stag/ette party, fundraiser or corporate event, you want Team Merlot.
Our venues are known for their great atmosphere, service, and food. Sometimes, you may wonder if you’ve arrived at a little out-of-the-way basement pub where guys named Norm will be the next to join the party, but that’s because neighbourhood pubs and lounges have a warm, welcoming vibe, and that’s what you’ll find with Team Merlot. Need a little extra help? A little extra time? A little encouragement? Well...you’ve found it! We’re all about personality and passion for art, adventure and...a little sassy attitude.
So...raise your glass to a NEW kind of night out! Paint Nite® invites you to create art over cocktails at a local restaurant or bar, guided by a professional artist and party host. Grab your friends and spend two hours drinking, laughing, and flexing your creative muscles. There’s no experience necessary and we’ll provide all the supplies, so you don’t have to worry about a thing (except having a great time!). Must be 18+. Food and drink may be purchased at the event.
The event begins promptly at the start time listed above. Please allow extra time to find parking and get settled. If you're coming with a group (yay, how fun!) make sure you arrive early to get seats together. If you're planning to eat dinner before the event, please inform the host/hostess that you're with Paint Nite® and check in with us to reserve your seats.
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Unpretentious hangout serving typical pub grub along with with beer, wine, cocktails and proud to serve Alberta’s finest craft beers
Unpretentious hangout serving typical pub grub along with with beer, wine & cocktails.
Unpretentious hangout serving typical pub grub along with with beer, wine & cocktails.
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Vanessa was born in Calgary and raised in Chestermere that’s not to far out from Calgary and has lived there all her life. She’s a very bright member of society and loves to put herself out there through her loving and caring characteristics, as well as volunteering and helping those she can. As well as making her art a part of the community, Vanessa also models with Numa Models as she believe in all forms of art. She even practiced her own photography before she moved on to modelling. Vanessa has loved art since age 4, constantly copying her mother’s drawings of little made up characters trying to perfect them, or copying pictures from movie cases trying to challenge her little characters. Soon she found herself drawing on napkins, scrap paper, table cloths at restaurants, and anything she could possibly create on. At age 7, she drew a self portrait and had it assessed at a college level at the Alberta collage of art and design. Vanessa from then realized her gift and put her self up to great tasks like designing school play sets, always having the highest art mark in school, helping and teaching others, as well as incorporating art into any school project she possibly could. Art was Vanessa’s language. She excelled at every opportunity she had to present her art. She wanted everyone to see it, everyone to know who she was because of her art. It was her identity. She didn’t want to be remembered as “Vanessa”, she wanted to be remembered as “Vanessa the artist”. And so she was. Every art teacher from her schools were mesmerized by her art and put her to great tasks that exceeded the curriculum. After she moved on to different schools, she was never forgotten. Her art was displayed in public libraries in the city, community clubs, and around the schools. Moving on into high school, she won many art competitions throughout the school board, she even took an advanced art class in high school. All of Vanessa’s time was spent in the art room. Any class she had, she did her work in the art room as she made art a part of every subject. You would see Vanessa toting around the halls with her giant portfolio that was larger than her body, making her way through the school everyday. Wherever she went she had her art in hand. From staying after school, to taking her art home and making it part of her every waking day. She won many art awards in high school, medals, plaques, and even got art honours. She had the highest art 30 mark in the entire school for the entire school year at her last High school in her hometown Chestermere. Vanessa went on to study at Alberta collage of art and design and even received a scholarship. Vanessa has made it her priority to expand her art as much as she can by working with all mediums such as graphite, charcoal, pastels, inks, paper, markers, prisma pencil crayons, oil paint, acrylic paint, gesso, sculpting, pottery, dust, glass, and many more abstract materials. Vanessa’s ongoing dream is to be know for her art and be remembered for the language she can speak. She wants to pass her gift on to others so everyone can understand her language. As Vanessa loves to say, “behind my painting, simply lays a blank canvas that is nothing without paint” so join her and brighten up your canvasesâ¤ï¸ÂÂÂÂÂÂ
Questions about what to expect, what’s included, and how it all works.
Yes. Camping with Aurora is designed to be achievable at any experience level. More satisfying than it looks difficult — Rachelle breaks every step down clearly. Most of our guests have never picked up a brush before, and they leave with something they're genuinely proud of. Worth knowing: Paint Nite events happen at real bars and restaurants, not studios — it's a night out that happens to involve painting.
A painting class teaches you technique. Paint Nite gives you a finished painting and a good night. Rachelle is a real local artist — not a teacher running a curriculum — and this event happens at Mugs Pub, a real local spot, not a studio. Paint Nite invented this format in 2012 and has sold more than 10 million tickets. The trade-off is honest: lighting varies, it can get loud, and the person at the next easel is a stranger. That's the point. It's more of a night out than a class.
Rachelle is a real local artist based in Calgary — not a franchise employee or a corporate hire. In Calgary, 43 out of 55 Paint Nite guests rated their instructor as amazing.
Mugs Pub is a local venue in Calgary — a real local spot, not a dedicated painting studio. Paint Nite events happen at places like this by design — venues with character, regulars, and a bar. It can get lively. That's what makes it a night out rather than a class.
Yes — we have 135 upcoming events in Calgary this month. You can view them here.
Camping with Aurora is a winter painting — cozy seasonal vibes for a great night out.
Yaymaker is Paint Nite. We brought both brands together under the Paint Nite name — same artists, same events, same format we invented in 2012. More than 10 million tickets have been sold across both brands combined. If you used to attend Yaymaker events in Calgary, you're in the right place. Welcome back.
Your ticket to Camping with Aurora includes the canvas, all the paint you'll need, the use of brushes and an apron during the event, and step-by-step instruction from Rachelle. Drinks and food are ordered separately from Mugs Pub — you pay the venue directly for anything you eat or drink.
Mugs Pub's doors open at 1:00 PM, the event starts at 7:00 PM. We suggest showing up by 6:30 PM to give yourself time to pick your seats, get a drink and maybe a bite before Rachelle starts the painting.
You can reschedule your ticket to any other Paint Nite event up to 24 hours before this one starts. After that, tickets are locked — no refunds or changes. If Paint Nite cancels this event for any reason, you'll receive a full automatic refund.
This event has reached our minimum attendance threshold and is guaranteed to run. If we ever have to cancel a guaranteed event, every ticket holder receives a full automatic refund plus a free ticket to a future Paint Nite — no questions asked. The only exception is weather or force majeure, where full refunds are issued but free tickets are not.
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