As we enter the last, languid, long weekend of the summer, you’d be inclined to start filling your September calendar. Summertime in Calgary’s restaurant industry is usually all about beers and bottles of rosé on the patio, but as fall comes blowing in, events are booked, corporate lunches resume, and we collectively think about cheering ourselves up with hardier food and drink.

On the events side of things, there are a few big events coming up in early September to celebrate the changing of the seasons. The first is the return of Carnival Cocktails for Cancer, a whimsical circus-themed fundraiser that has been off the scene since a last-minute COVID-19 cancellation in 2020. This one dates back to the heady days of the 2010s, when collaborative dinners and big food station-laden events we

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