St. Andrew's Community Lunch
2024-12-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-31 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | St. Andrew’s United Church, 128 1st Street E, Cochrane, AB
Our free Community Lunch resumes next week: 12-1pm, every Tuesday, starting Sept 17th!Come join us for freshly-homemade soup, a bun, and good conversation, here at St. Andrew’s United Church.

Jingle Mingle
2024-12-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Cochrane Alliance Church, 902 Glenbow Drive, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
Once again our Cochrane Immigrant Services Committee is putting together the Jingle Mingle event on Christmas Day (Dec 25)!

Come for a delicious cup of soup and treats at the Cochrane Alliance Church from 11 am to 1 pm, bring the family and join us in celebrating the holidays in Cochrane.

There will be gifts for the little ones along with some activities, music and friends…

See you on Christmas Day!!!!

Remote Control Boxing Day!
2024-12-26 13:00 - 16:00 | The Lions Event Centre, 109 5th Avenue, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
🚗 Remote Control Day at the Cochrane Lines Event Centre! 🚗
Did you get a remote control vehicle / Drone for Christmas and can’t wait to use it? Here’s your chance! Join us on December 26th, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (or later) for Remote Control Day! 🕹️
Bring your own RC cars, trucks, and planes – it’s the perfect opportunity to test your skills and meet other RC enthusiasts!
ADMISSION FREE!
📍 Location: Cochrane Lions Event Centre
📅 Date: December 26th
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Pop and popcorn will be served! FREE
🎉 Fun for all ages!
🚗 Bring your own RC models and race, challenge, and explore!
🏁 Meet fellow RC enthusiasts and enjoy an afternoon of fun!
Don’t miss out – bring your remote-controlled vehicles and let the fun begin! 👋
#RCEvent #RemoteControlFun #CochraneEvents #FamilyFun #RCCars #CochraneLines

Little Sprouts at Growing Roots
2024-12-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-10 10:30 - 12:00
Get outside with your 18–36 month olds in this parented outdoor program at the Cochrane Ranch. This Forest School program provides a fantastic opportunity for kids to explore, play outside with other kids and make new friends. It’s for kids who are ready to dip their toes into the larger world but are not ready to be on their own just yet. Let’s help our littles embrace their curiosity and take on the world with confidence!
When: Friday mornings, 10:30-12
Where: Historic Cochrane Ranche
Who: 18-36 months olds and their families – siblings welcome!
Cost: First class free! Then $15/class. Register for only the class(es) you wish to attend
More details at GrowingRootsKids.ca

Let's Go Lego at the Cochrane Public Library
2024-12-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Cochrane Public Library, 405 Railway Street W, Cochrane, Alberta
Join us for our all-ages Let’s Go Lego drop-in, where you can learn while having fun! We have lots of Lego Education and Steam sets and will be spending hands-on time letting our imaginations go wild!
We play on Saturdays between 11:00am and 12:00pm.

NEW YEAR'S EVE FAMILY CELEBRATION
2024-12-31 16:00 - 19:00
Let’s ring in the New Year Join us for NYE at Spray Lake Sawmills Centre for a FREE family event from 4-7pm – finishing the evening off with a bang! Fireworks at 7pm so the whole family can enjoy them.SCHEDULEIndoors 4:00-5:00pm – Figure Skating Show5:00-7:00pm – Public Skate6:00pm – Balloon Drop (two locations)4:10-6:50 – Human Curling (starting every twenty minutes). Register here to claim a spot: http://tiny.cc/id82001Outdoors 5:15pm – Fire Spinner Show5:45pm – LED Show6:15pm – LEDShow6:45pm – FireSpinnerShow7:00pm – Fireworks! NE of Jack Tennant Bridge. Tune into 91.5 CochraneNow for the show music.Other Entertainment & Activities include Hot Chocolate & Firepots, Snowy Owl Sled Dogs, Live music performance by Martin Russell, Facepainting, Craft Tables, DJ Dance Party, and lots more Patsy’s Place will be serving a limited menu, and there will be two cash only food carts outside serving hot dogs and freezies!Sign up to volunteer here: volunteersignup.org/9TAKFWe hope to see you there!!Huge thanks to SLS Centre for hosting us in their amazing facility, and to all of our sponsors for helping us make this a fabulous and free event for our community.

Kids NYE Ball Drop Party
2024-12-31 18:00 - 19:00 | Cabeza Grande, Heartland, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
Kids’ Ball Drop Party at Cabeza Grande Cochrane!

Ring in the New Year early with the whole family! Join us on New Year’s Eve for our Kids’ Ball Drop Celebration from 6 PM to 7 PM—perfect for little party animals with early bedtimes.

What to expect:
Fun party favors for the kids
Amazing drink & food deals for the grown-ups
Complimentary champagne toast for parents at 7 PM

Celebrate together with tacos, laughter, and a countdown the whole family can enjoy!

Reserve your spot now—space is limited, and you won’t want to miss this festive family-friendly bash!

Wings Nights at the Legion
2025-01-01 16:30 - 19:30, 2025-01-08 16:30 - 19:30, 2025-01-15 16:30 - 19:30 | The Legion, 114 Fifth Ave, Cochrane, Canada
Every Wednesday from 4:30pm to 7:30pm, wings are $8 per order at the Legion.

COCHRANE GENERALS AT HOME - JANUARY
2025-01-03 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-01-04 20:15 - 23:00, 2025-01-10 19:45 - 22:00 | Spray Lake Sawmill Family Sports Centre, 800 Griffin Road, Cochrane, AB
FOR ALL THE COCHRANE GENERALS GAME INFO, PLEASE VISIT: CANNEX COCHRANE GENERALS GAMES
ALL HOME GAMES ARE TO BE PLAYED AT THE SPRAY LAKES SAWMILL FAMILY REC CENTRE.

Cochrane Wild Rose Square Dance Club
2025-01-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Seniors on the Bow, 800 Griffin Road E., Cochrane, AB, Canada
Square dance lessons for beginners Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Experienced dancers start at 7 p.m.
Singles, couples, and families are welcome (12 yrs+).
Casual dress. We are closed for July and August.

Coffee with a Cop
2025-01-07 10:00 - 11:00 | 5th Avenue McDonald’s
Have a free coffee & treats and a visit with Victim Services, Cochrane RCMP and Cochrane Municipal Enforcement

FREE PUBLIC SWIM AT SLS *REGISTER
2025-01-11 19:00 - 21:00
🌊🏊‍♀️ Join in the fun at our Free Community Swim Saturday, January 11, generously sponsored by Cochrane Home Treasures
Secure your spot by registering today and get ready to make a splash! 💦👙
Register now: https://tab.so/FreePublicSwim
#FreeSwim #CommunityFun #CochraneEvents #SLSCentre #FamilyActivities #CochraneAlberta

DROP IN STORYTIME (PARENTED)
2025-01-13 11:15 - 12:15 | Cochrane Public Library, 405 Railway Street W, Cochrane, Alberta
Join us for rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and stories that will incorporate early literacy skills into your daily routine. These sessions will keep your preschooler interacting from start to finish!
Session #1 – January 13 – February 10

*All Early Literacy sessions are drop in, to a maximum of 25 people. Program passes will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Event dates

Every week on Monday ends on February 10, 2025, 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

WALK, CHAT & SNAP
2025-01-13 15:00 - 16:00 | The Cochrane Ranchehouse, 1 Ranchehouse Road, Cochrane, Alberta
This is a fun event that we would love to have the new residents of Cochrane join us. Snacks will be provided, too. Shout out to Calgary Foundation, Cochrane FCSS , RVIS, for collaborating with Cisc Cochrane to make this initiative possible

Family Ultimate Twister Tournament!
2025-01-14 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Andrew’s United Church, 128 1st Street E, Cochrane, AB
JANUARY SPECIAL!
Get twisted with your family at our Parent & Child Twister Tournament Night!
This action-packed event is the perfect way to spend quality time together while having a blast.
Teams of parents and children will bend, stretch, and giggle their way to victory in a series of hilarious Twister challenges.
Prizes will be awarded to the most flexible, determined, and creatively twisted teams.
Don’t miss out on this unforgettable night of laughter, bonding, and family fun!

Time – 6:30pm-8pm
Cost is $5 per person
Who: This event for families with kids 6-11

Only and no outdoor shoes, indoor shoes or grippy socks only please.*

Cochrane House Concerts: Big Little Lions
2025-01-15 00:00
For our first show of 2025, are thrilled to welcome Big Little Lions! As always, the cost will be $25 per ticket and your ticket can be secured with an e-transfer to tickets@willowspringsss.com.

Big Little Lions are an award winning duo who were born out of a collaboration that won them a JUNO Award in 2014. Since then they have been cranking out infectious folk pop songs that are jam-packed with emotion and tight harmonies that sound like the product of two people working side-by-side instead of living in different countries.

They have released 6 albums to date, which have garnered them awards and nominations including the CFMA Ensemble of the Year, Independent Music Awards Americana Sing of the Year and John Lennon Songwriting Competition Song of the Year. Their critically acclaimed music has appeared on the CBC’s Top 20 and featured on shows like q and Vinyl Cafe. The duo consists of Paul Otten and Helen Austin, both hugely prolific songwriters – their music has been placed in hundreds of movie trailers, ads, network TV shows.

Their live show is quite the spectacle with Paul playing drums, bass and keyboard all while singing lead vocals. Helen, who is no slacker either, sings, plays guitar and foot percussion. They use every limb, and then some, to make two people sound like a full band.

Their music has been dubbed by Mariposa Folk Festival as ‘a blissful marriage of new folk and sophisticated pop’, and is packed with emotion and tight harmonies.
“What is truly amazing about Big Little Lions is that its two members, Helen Austin and Paul Otten, were born to make music together, their voices made to combine, but they are in different countries. It just goes to show you, destiny is a powerful force.” [east of 8th]

“We’ve covered BLL in the past, but this track is on another level. The chord progression feels really, really good. The vocal harmonies are some of the best I’ve heard in a while. The reflective lyricism and acoustic folk that transitions into folk rock is absolutely gorgeous. This is the kind of song that continues to impress me with each new listen. I would love to play this for David Crosby and Stephen Stills, just to see what they’d think. I bet they’d love it to. This is a really impressive track.” Ear To The Ground

DROP IN STORYTIME *PARENTED
2025-01-16 11:15 - 12:15 | Cochrane Public Library, 405 Railway Street W, Cochrane, Alberta
Join us for rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and stories that will incorporate early literacy skills into your daily routine. These sessions will keep your preschooler interacting from start to finish!
Session #1 – January 16 – February 13
*All Early Literacy sessions are drop in, to a maximum of 25 people. Program passes will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Event dates

Every week on Thursday ends on February 13, 2025, 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Homeschool Game Club at CPL
2025-01-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Cochrane Public Library, 405 Railway Street W, Cochrane, Alberta
Cochrane homeschoolers are invited to join us for a new drop-in board game club on Thursday afternoons! Stop by for the whole two hours, or just for a couple of games, to socialize and play with your peers!
**Please note this program will NOT be running from February 18 – March 2, 2025!**

ENDS APRIL 10, 2025
