Pumphouse Theatre Presents: The Common Ground Festival

The Common Ground Festival is a place for emerging and small professional artists to present and develop the work that they are passionate about. Since our inception in 2014, we have been honoured to show Calgary the work of over 400 early career artists. In 2018 we partnered with the Pumphouse Theatres, a longtime supporter of emerging and small professional artists in Calgary, in order to provide the best stage for our artists

The festival returns November 11 to 14, 2026 with ten brand new tales of the stage Comedy, Drama, Improv, Dance & Music are amongst the offerings at this year's festival! Featuring the talents of

• Erebus Theatre Co. 
• Micaele Johnson
• Little Bean Comedy
• Maggot Brain
• Citizen Theatre
• Grandora Productions
• Three Star Improv Club
• Good Friends and Nothing More
• Ruby Swan
• & The Memorias Collective

Every night begins at 7:30pm and tickets are only $25.00 per evening! 

Schedules and Tickets are available at pumphousetheatre.ca/common-ground-festival-2026/