Photo: Dave Garrow, Mt. Logan © Cory Richards

The 2009 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals are not to be missed!

Visit our website for a detailed list of events.

Join us for the opening weekend of the festivals on October 31 and November 1. Fill your weekend with feature-length films from around the world and the Mountain Art and Craft Sale. Get your Christmas shopping done early this year – artwork, pottery, weavings, handbags, and more!

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 3 and Wednesday, November 4 for Radical Reels and The Snow Show…As us about the NEW Epic Sampler Ticket package for these two great events.

Take 2 days off work! Join us on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6 and immerse yourself in the world’s best mountain and adventure travel stories. Join us for literary lunches with Steve House, author and one of the world’s best high-altitude climbers  and Royal Robbins – climber, entrepreneur, and author. Guest speakers include the King of sport climbing, Chris Sharma, Conservationist Mike Fay, National Geographic Photographer Steve Winter, and more!

On Friday evening, November 6, choose from two evening programs featuring guest speakers: Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck OR accomplished BASE jumper and extreme Skier Karina Hollekim. Both speakers will be followed by films entered into the competition. On Saturday evening, November 7, Dean Karnazes, known as the Ultramarathon Man, joins us on stage. Of course, your days will be occupied with the Daytime Film Screenings.  Purchase a full day ticket for just $45…and this gives you open access to see all films screened in a particular theatre during the day.

Consider purchasing the Cascade Book Festival Pack, the Rundle Film Weekend Pack, or one of our other ticket packages if you’re planning on attending multiple events!

Contact The Banff Centre Box Office at 1.403.762.6301 or visit our website for more information on tickets, packages, and events.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

For those of you with a musical inclination, you can find the unofficial world tour soundtrack on iTunes, or create your own list of hits from the tour, using our online track listings. Of course, we are also contributing content to The Banff Centre’s podcast collection at iTunesU and we’re building a happening photo collection over at Flickr.

For up-to-the-minute Mountain Culture news, as well as all sorts of content we think you might like, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/BanffMtnFests. We’ve been keeping an eye on what folks are tweeting about the festivals, and we’ve been hearing some great comments including this gem from ericdodds: ‘Banff Film Festival rocked my face off of my body. (extreme athletes) + (extreme cinematographers) + (art) + (music) = (i’m in love)’

Finally, you can read all about our road warrior’s travels as they crisscross the continent on our world tour blog. Here’s a highlight from a recent blog post about a screening in Boone, North Carolina, written by our road warrior Charla Sharp-Tomlinson:

As we approached the Farthing Auditorium, I felt like I was walking up to a sold-out Rolling Stones show. There were traffic cones to direct the onslaught of traffic. There were guys randomly scattered asking each passing group ‘I need tickets. You got Banff tickets?’ Wow!

Of course, if you’d rather connect with us the not-so-old fashioned way, we’d love to hear your feedback via worldtourinfo@banffcentre.ca