Puppet Power: Festival of Ideas is a biennial puppetry festival presented by WP Puppet Theatre, exploring how puppetry can drive positive social change.
About
WhenBiennial. The 13th edition ran October 18 and 19, 2025.
WhereThe Centre for Newcomers, 565 36th St NE, Calgary
First held1999
Each edition has a theme, such as immigration in 2025, and mixes livestreamed watch parties, puppet-making workshops, professional performances, and rapid ideation sessions aimed at helping professionals like teachers and social workers use puppetry in their work. Recent editions have been hybrid, with in-person events in Calgary and online participation.
It has been produced by WP Puppet Theatre, a Calgary non-profit founded in 1991, since 1999, and was formerly known as the Puppet Power conference.