From July 30 to Aug. 3, the Doors Open and Heritage Festival will be celebrating the ancient reptiles that ruled the Pass long ago.
The theme for this year’s festival is Stones and Bones: our Native, Dinosaur and Archaeology Heritage.
The festival is being kicked off with a concert by Juno nominated artist John Wort Hannam and will include a host of dinosaur and historically based events including a talk by paleontologist Phil Currie. There will also be guided bus tour of the Pass’ archaeological history, a modern day dinosaur hunt and events at the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre and the Crowsnest Museum.
There will also be a Crowsnest Country Market in Flumerfelt Park, the annual Show and Shine car show in Bellevue on Aug. 1 and a UROC mountain bike ride to Lille, miniature train rides at NIT, a booze and bars tour and a photography hike to a Burmis vision quest site.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Doors Open and Heritage Festival.
At a Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon at The RumRunner’s Crowbar Lounge, Crowsnest Historical Society president Fred Bradley, invited community members to participate.
Residents are also being asked to volunteer to help with existing events and to help market the festival by putting up posters and handing out flyers.
For more information contact Cathy Pisony at (403) 562-7388 or email cathy.pisony@gov.ab.ca