CALGARY HIP HOP
& Streetdance festival
NOV 19-22, 2026
Calgary, AB
4 days of culture, battles
& training
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FILM SCREENING & KICKOFF PARTY
Contemporary Calgary
701 11 St SW, Calgary, ABDoors open at 6:30 PM.
Purchase your tickets HERE.
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BATTLE PRELIMS
PULSE STUDIOS
110 10 Ave NW, Calgary, ABDoors open at 9:15 AM.
First Prelims Category begins at 10:00 AM.Enter the battles & buy your spectator tickets HERE.
For the full Prelims schedule, click HERE.
PLEASE NOTE: YOUR PRELIMS PARTICIPANT/SPECTATOR TICKET GRANTS YOU FREE ENTRY TO THE FINALS!
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FINALS & SHOWCASE
CHINESE CULTURAL CENTRE
197 1 St SW, Calgary, ABDoors open at 12:30 PM.
Event starts at 1:00 PM.Tickets available HERE.
PLEASE NOTE: Do not purchase a ticket to the Finals if you’ve already purchased a Prelims ticket! YOUR PRELIMS TICKET GRANTS YOU FREE ENTRY TO THE FINALS.
TransFoRM
UNIVERSITY THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Doors open at 7:00 PM.
Tickets available HERE.
2026
FESTIVAL GUESTS
JUDGES
Buddha Stretch (Hip Hop)
Djungle (House & Youth)
Jojo Zolina (Kids)
Jr Boogaloo (Popping)
YNOT (Breaking)
Rexx (Krump)
DJs
Buddha Stretch (Popping)
DJ B Bad (Hip Hop, Breaking & Youth)
DJ Fly Lady Di (House & Kids)
Knives (Krump)
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY CHOREOGRAPHERS
Djungle
Jojo Zolina
WORKSHOPS
We are offering 90-minute Masterclass Workshops in Hip Hop, Breaking, House, Popping, Waacking and Krump on November 20, plus a free Panel Discussion on November 21, all at PULSE Studios (110 10 Ave NW, Calgary, AB).
REGISTRATION FOR ALL WORKSHOPS & THE FREE GUEST PANEL DISCUSSION IS NOW AVAILABLE.
Early registration is recommended. Space is limited.
Early Bird pricing for the workshops end on November 13, 11:59 PM.
House Workshop with Raoul Wilke
CHHSDF 2025
Other FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
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We invite new artists each year to create incredible new pieces for our Artist in Residency program. These pieces are performed by a selected cast, and you can be part of it!
2026 Auditions have passed, and we’re looking forward to seeing the new pieces with Jojo Zolina and Djungle with their new cast!
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Have a Hip Hop or Streetdance-related film you’d like to present on November 19 with us?
Email us at calgaryhhsdf@gmail.com to chat about how to make it happen.
2025 film submissions included:
Take Me Higher (Chanel Huston)
Listen - Can You Hear Me Now? (Alyssa Maturino)
Movements Shadowed (Katharina Schier)
Odeon (Meghann Michalsky)
7y98D (Jeff Hamada, David Ehrenreich)
STITCHING CHANGE (Kaili Che)
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Keep an eye out for this year’s community activation, sponsored by Crescent Heights BIA.