Festival activation
2026July 17–26, 2026
K-Days 2026
Edmonton EXPO Centre · Edmonton
Ten days of drop-in tournaments and free-play gaming inside Edmonton's biggest summer festival, with more than 4,400 controller checkouts recorded.
Edmonton, Alberta · Esports production since 2020
Esports production that brings communities together.
Canakrn plans, staffs and runs competitive gaming events across Alberta: grassroots brackets, festival activations for thousands, and the tournament-ready equipment that powers them.
K-Days 2026 — 4,400+ controller checkoutsCalgary Game Show — 2,000+ attendeesCanakrn Circuit — 190+ eventsGDX at K-Days — 4 consecutive yearsGame Con Canada — 40,000+ attendeesCanakup 2023 — 180 competitorsAlberta Esports Expo — 500+ official competitorsEdmonton Expo — 3 show daysAnimethon — 150+ official competitorsCalgary Expo — 4 show days
What we do
Three ways to put great gaming on your floor.
Whether you need a full tournament produced, a gaming zone that draws a festival crowd, or the consoles and monitors to run your own, it starts here.
Esports Event Production
From concept to final bracket.
Planning and delivering competitive gaming events from concept to completion: format, brackets, stations, staffing and the run of show.
Plan an event
Gaming Activations
A crowd magnet for any floor.
Interactive gaming experiences for festivals, expos and public events: free-play stations, drop-in tournaments and hands-on community engagement.
Book an activation
Console & Equipment Rentals
Tournament-ready, games included.
Tournament-ready consoles, monitors and accessories for events of any size, with the games pre-loaded and the accessories included.
See the inventoryScoreboard
Numbers from the floor.
Every figure below comes from a real event Canakrn ran. Click through to see the event behind it.
4,400+Controller checkouts in ten days
K-Days 202640,000+Attendees at a single show
Game Con Canada190+League events across Alberta
Canakrn Circuit500+Official competitors in one weekend
Alberta Esports ExpoEvents portfolio
Recent work, from grassroots brackets to festival floors.
Convention
2026May 30, 2026
Calgary Game & Collector's Show
Acadia Recreation Complex · Calgary
Tournament operations and free-play gaming for a 2,000+ attendee collector's show in Calgary, from bracket management to equipment logistics on-site.
2,000+Attendees
League
2025March 1 – August 31, 2025
Canakrn Circuit
Venues across Alberta · Alberta
A six-month competitive league connecting Alberta's esports communities across municipalities, with 190+ events and 2,600+ participants across multiple platform and fighting game titles.
190+Events
Tournament
2023March 25–26, 2023
Canakup 2023
NorQuest College · Edmonton
Canakrn's own community tournament, hosted with NorQuest College Esports, bringing 180 competitors from across Western Canada together for a weekend of platform and fighting game brackets.
180Competitors
Built by players
Started as a 70-person bracket. Now producing for crowds of 40,000.
Canakrn was founded in 2020 to keep local gaming communities connected while in-person events were paused. Its first offline tournament followed in July 2021. Since then it has grown into an esports production company that still runs every event from the player's side of the table.
- Grassroots communities and public festivals alike
- Run by a long-time Smash Ultimate competitor
- Accessible, affordable gaming for every crowd
Worked with
Festivals, colleges, associations and venues across Alberta.
The Gaming Stadium
Production partner
Planning an event? Let’s talk.
Tell us the dates, the audience and the space. We’ll come back with a plan, an equipment list and a quote.