Calgary Expo Parade of Wonders thrills thousands

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 25, 2025 11:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Join america for each the enactment arsenic the Parade of Wonders weaves its mode done downtown Calgary connected a caller way this year, marking the commencement of the yearly Calgary Expo weekend. 

Organizers accidental it's Canada's biggest cosplay parade, "celebrating each things popular civilization and creativity successful the bosom of Calgary."

The lawsuit starts astatine the Victoria Park Fan Zone astatine First Street S.W. and 13th Avenue.

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Beyond the instrumentality zone, the parade heads southbound connected Centre Street, past eastbound connected 17th Avenue S.E, landing astatine the BMO Centre's Grand Staircase astatine Stampede Park.

Scheduled to look astatine this year's expo are: Michael J. Fox, Nicholas Hoult, David Boreanaz, John Boyega, Dafne Keen, Christopher Lloyd, Tyler Hoechlin, Helen Hunt, Catherine Tate, Heather Locklear, James Marsters, Adam Savage, and galore others.

Mayor Jyoti Gondek cosplayed arsenic Lady Thor, walking alongside the archetypal canine politician of Calgary, Loki.

"I similar to delegate immoderate authorities to him [Loki the dog] similar making definite the parkland is bully for everybody," she said.

"I'm specified a immense instrumentality of everything," said Lucas Grabeel, known for his relation arsenic Ryan Evans successful the High School Musical films, arsenic helium made his mode down the parade route.

 "I'm loving the Marvel Universe, the Star Wars, the Ghostbusters, the [Teenage Mutant Ninja] Turtles, the Jurassic Park – I'm successful for each of it," helium said. 

"These costumes are amazing, the metropolis is amazing. I'm conscionable truthful blessed to beryllium here."

Adam Savage, peculiar effects decorator and fabricator champion known arsenic the erstwhile co-host of MythBusters, told Jenny Howe he's astir looking guardant to gathering the fans and "seeing their beauteous costumes, and talking, and geeking retired with them astir however they were made."

The four-day Calgary Expo wraps Sunday astatine 5 p.m.

Here's a curated enactment of images from the parade: