CPKC Holiday Train 2026: Every Alberta Stop, Time and Performer
The CPKC Holiday Train returns to Alberta from December 8 to 15, with 26 stops between Medicine Hat and Banff. Each stop is a free, roughly 30-minute outdoor concert. The train is about 1,000 feet long and covered in lights, and one boxcar opens into a stage. Local food banks collect food and cash donations at every stop.
American Authors and Tyler Shaw play the December 8 stops. From December 11 on, Sam Roberts Band and Owen Riegling take over.
CPKC Holiday Train Alberta Schedule, December 2026
Tuesday, December 8: Southeast Alberta
American Authors and Tyler Shaw
Medicine Hat: 3:15–3:45 p.m., Queen Street and North Railway Street, east of the CPKC station
Tilley: 5:30–6:00 p.m., southeast side of the Highway 876 railway crossing
Brooks: 6:40–7:10 p.m., 1 Avenue, behind the Civic Building
Gleichen: 8:45–9:15 p.m., 3 Avenue and Crowfoot Street
Friday, December 11: Calgary
Sam Roberts Band and Owen Riegling
Calgary: 7:00–7:30 p.m., Anderson C-Train Station
Saturday, December 12: Central Alberta to Leduc
Sam Roberts Band and Owen Riegling
The train heads north through Blackfalds, Lacombe, Ponoka, Wetaskiwin and Millet. Times and locations for those five stops haven’t been posted yet.
Leduc: 8:30–9:00 p.m., 50 Avenue (Main Street) and 47 Street
Sunday, December 13: Edmonton Area
Sam Roberts Band and Owen Riegling
Josephburg: 5:15–5:45 p.m., Moyer Recreation Centre, 54596 Range Road 215
Edmonton: 8:15–8:45 p.m., 7935 Gateway Boulevard
Monday, December 14: Innisfail to Airdrie
Sam Roberts Band and Owen Riegling
Innisfail, Olds and Didsbury are also on the route; their times are still to come.
Airdrie: 5:30–6:00 p.m., Nose Creek Park, Main Street
Tuesday, December 15: Cochrane to Banff
Sam Roberts Band and Owen Riegling
Cochrane: 3:00–3:30 p.m., behind the Provincial Building, between 4 Avenue and 2 Avenue
Stoney Nakoda: 4:30–5:00 p.m., Morley Trading Post station
Canmore: 6:00–6:30 p.m., railway pedestrian crossing behind Save-On-Foods
Banff: 7:15–7:45 p.m., CPKC train station, Railway Avenue
From Banff, the train continues into B.C. and finishes in Port Coquitlam on December 20.
What to Know Before You Go
Bring a donation. Non-perishable food or cash goes directly to the local food bank. Since 1999, the Holiday Train has raised more than $28.3 million and collected over 5.6 million pounds of food.
Dress for a long wait outside. Most stops are after dark, and trains can arrive early or late. Warm boots matter most, since you’ll be standing on snow or ice.
Stay back from the tracks. CPKC asks everyone to stay at least 15 metres (50 feet) from the rails and off the gravel beside them.
There are no rides. The train is only for watching and the concert.
