Every workshop is two full days.
No quick tasters here. Each workshop runs two full days, so you get real time at the table with your teacher. Your Full Festival Pass includes two workshops: one in each session.
October 14–15, 2027 · your first two-day workshop
October 16–17, 2027 · your second two-day workshop
Wednesday, Oct 13. Welcome to Flourish.
Setup & check-in
Help us turn Hotel Blackfoot into Flourish, meet the faculty first, and become part of the Flourish Inner Circle. Become a volunteer.
A special masterclass to kick off the week.
Pick up your badge and gift bag, find your classrooms and get settled. (Staying at the hotel? It’s a short elevator ride.)
Our international faculty and the volunteers who make Flourish happen, together for the evening. Want in? Volunteer.
Thursday, Oct 14. Session one, day one.
Two-day workshops begin · Welcome dinner
For anyone who didn’t make it on Wednesday.
Included with your pass.
Watch the faculty at work and browse the vendor market.
The official start of Flourish 2027: good food, great conversation and a room full of people who already feel like your kind of people. Add it at checkout.
Keep practising, keep chatting.
Friday, Oct 15. Session one, day two.
Session one finishes · Dinner & discussion · OrigamiIncluded with your pass.
Show off what you made in session one.
Pizza, good company and a big conversation: how do we spread calligraphy and build thriving guilds? A short panel, then small groups to swap ideas you can take home to your own community.
Trade your pen for paper and wind down the evening, fold by fold. Included with your pass.
Saturday, Oct 16. Session two, day one.
New two-day workshops begin · The Big Fat Greek Gala
With lunch from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, included with your pass.
Demos, mini-sessions, projects and happy surprises.
The Big Fat Greek Gala.
Forget black tie. This year we’re going full Olympus. Throw on a toga, crown yourself in grape leaves (or come exactly as you are) and join us for the warmest, most joyful night of the festival: a Greek feast that just keeps coming, great music, a few divine surprises and so many shouts of “Opa!” that Mount Olympus may hear us.
- Togas and grape-leaf crowns welcome (entirely optional, wildly encouraged)
- A Greek feast, family style, at long shared tables
- Great music and a few divine surprises
- The festival raffle draw, with prizes from our sponsors
Back at the hotel for anyone not ready to call it a night (togas welcome).
Sunday, Oct 17. Session two, day two.
Session two finishes · FinaleWith lunch from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, included with your pass.
The grand finale. Bring your best piece of the week, and your tissues.
Monday, Oct 18. Banff.
Optional day trip
The bus leaves from Hotel Blackfoot for a day in the Rockies. Choose your adventure: the Banff Gondola with lunch at the top of the mountain, or the spa at the Banff Springs Hotel. See the Banff Day Trip.
Times may shift slightly before the festival. Everything happens at Hotel Blackfoot, 5940 Blackfoot Trail SE, Calgary, except the Big Fat Greek Gala, whose venue will be announced soon.