September 11-12, 2024
Calgary Stampede Grounds
Rental Mart + Turf & Rec brings the equipment rental and grounds care industries together for the first time!
Rental Mart
Turf & Rec
Rental Mart + Turf & Rec Show 2024
RENTAL MART
The Canadian Rental Mart is Canada’s trade event for the equipment and event rental industry.
WHAT
Exhibits of rental-ready equipment and supplies from Canada’s top suppliers. Exclusive expert sessions with critical information to drive your business. A chance to get together with friends at social networking events.
Over 50 equipment categories on display covering everything needed for your general tool or light construction fleet.
- Compaction
- Construction heat
- Generators
- Compressors
- Skid steers and track loaders
- Excavators
- Pumps
- Lighting
- Scissors, booms and mast climbers
- Mowers and brush cutters
- Store management software
- More…much, much more
Check out the Rental Mart’s all-star Centre Stage presentations here.
- ARA Happy Hour Sept. 11 following show
- CRA Lunch and Learn Sept. 12
WHERE
The Rental Mart comes to Calgary for the first time in its 35-year history!
We can’t be more excited about bringing Canada’s biggest event for the rental industry to western Canada’s dynamic and growing rental community! Why should Toronto have all the fun? The BMO Centre, located on the grounds of the legendary Calgary Stampede, will be a great host for the show with state-of-the-art amenities in Alberta’s commercial capital. We hope stores from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and beyond will be extra excited to attend this major rental event right in their back yards.
WHEN
Sept. 11 – 12, 2024
The Rental Mart’s fall date gets our event out of the busy spring show season and into prime buying time for a variety of top fleet needs including construction heat, snow removal, lighting and store software. Plus there’s a chance for an advance look at models coming out the next year!
WHO
Owners and managers of equipment and event rental stores across Canada.
The Rental Mart welcomes owners, managers, counter staff, drivers, mechanics and dispatchers. Sales representatives and product experts from Canada’s top industry suppliers staff the booths. Leaders from the American Rental Association and Canadian Rental Association are on hand to answer your questions. Also, say hi to Canadian Rental Mart staff including brand manager, Navneet Matharu and editor Patrick Flannery.
WHY
The Rental Mart offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to make the connections your business needs.
Browse top equipment suppliers with a demonstrated commitment to the Canadian rental industry
Listen to experts share their insights and knowledge
Talk to leaders and friends that you’ll rely on for years to come
Take a day to work on the business, not in the business!
HOW
Online registration is free and easy. Book your stay at a reduced rate at the official Rental Mart show hotel. Major Canadian airports offer direct flights to Calgary.
TURF & REC
The Turf & Rec Show will showcase some of the latest equipment for the landscaping and turf and grounds maintenance industry
WHAT
Exhibits of landscaping and turf maintenance equipment and supplies from Canada’s top suppliers. Education sessions with key information to drive your business. A chance for networking at social events.
Equipment on display will cover what’s needed for your landscaping, municipal or golf maintenance teams.
- Mowers
- Autonomous/robotic equipment
- Handheld equipment
- Skid steers and track loaders
- Mini excavators
- Irrigation and lighting
- Much more
WHERE
The Turf & Rec Show will be held in Calgary, marking the first time in several years such a show has been staged in Western Canada.
The BMO Centre, on the grounds of the Calgary Stampede, features state-of-the-amenities and is ideally located for landscaping businesses, golf courses and municipalities throughout Western Canada to take part.
WHEN
Sept. 11 – 12, 2024
The Turf & Rec Show is being held during prime buying time, giving attendees an advance look at new products coming to market in 2025.
WHO
Landscape contractors, municipal parks and recreation directors and golf course superintendents.
The Turf & Rec Show welcomes key personnel from the landscaping, lawn care, golf course and municipal markets to meet with leading industry suppliers about new trends in equipment, such as battery-powered and autonomous products. Turf & Rec staff, including brand manager Rebecca Lewis and editor Mike Jiggens, will be on hand at the show.
WHY
The Turf & Rec Show offers a timely opportunity in Western Canada for industry to make key connections.
Meet with equipment suppliers committed to the Canadian turf and grounds maintenance industry.
Listen to their insights and knowledge.
Talk with leaders and network with others in the industry.
Take the opportunity to work on your business and not in the business.
HOW
Online registration is easy and free. Book your accommodations at the official Turf & Rec Show hotel. Major Canadian airports offer direct flights to Calgary.
Thank you to our Gold sponsors
Rental Mart + Turf & Rec Show 2024
Speakers
Dawn Bloomer
Productive Pressure
Morgan Creighton
Session moderator
Morgan Creighton, assistant superintendent at Woodside Golf Course in Airdrie, Alta., will moderate a round table session based on the theme, “Women in Turf.” Morgan has founded a mentorship program that helps women in the industry to build confidence in themselves as they work in a male-dominated industry.
Gregory J. Fischer
Senior fisheries & aquaculture biologist at McMillen Inc.
"RASTECH 2023 was a great conference and gave me a chance to interact with many of the movers and shakers in Recirculating Aquaculture. It was great to see and connect with all the pertinent RAS researchers and equipment providers as well that we are working with to help design and build some of the most state-of-the-art facilities doing RAS around North America."
Megan Sorby
Operations manager at Kingfish Maine and editorial advisor to RAStech Magazine
“From site selection and investment appetite from equity firms to brand development and marketing your product, RASTECH focuses on the whole process but specifically on what operators need. It is a fantastic opportunity to network and openly share lessons learned so that we can collectively advance the industry."
Sam HJ Kim
Managing member at Livorna Capital
“We’re going to see an accelerated pace of RAS investments and deployments in the near future. RASTECH is a great event to network, gain perspective, and obtain a better understanding of how we, as investors, can make meaningful investments in this industry.”
Adrian Megay
Sales manager at RK2 Systems
“RASTECH is a great event for our business as it provides us with a means of promoting our brand and technology to RAS operators and project consultants from all parts of the world.”
Rental Mart + Turf & Rec Show 2024
2024 Conference Schedule
Day 1
Sept 11
10:00 AM
Show Opens
12:00 PM
Get Control of Today and Tomorrow
Presenter: Dawn Bloomer, Productive Pressure
We spend most days with our heads down dealing with the hourly emergencies. Before you know it, the hours become days, then hours, then years. Dawn Bloomer, an expert business analyst and consultant, would like to suggest that you can lift your head up and plot a course to a way of managing your business that works better for you and ensures a more stable and profitable long-term future. Succession planning, employee buyouts, management delegation, building business value – it’s all here in Dawn’s interactive presentation.
2:00 PM
Leading Women in Turf
4:00 PM
Show ends
Day 2
Sept 12
10:00 AM
Show Opens
12:00 PM
Session 1
2:00 PM
Canadian 2025 Rental Market Economic Forecast
Presenter: American Rental Association
4:00 PM
Show ends
Rental Mart + Turf & Rec Show 2024
Sponsors
Silver Sponsor
Lanyard Sponsor
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ATTENDEES
Last year show was a huge success!
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
RasTech features latest technologies.
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COUNTRIES
Meet people from all over the world.
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CONNECTIONS
Network and connect with the industry.
TESTIMONIALS
#RASTECH24
Founding sponsors
Supporting Partners
Rental Mart + Turf & Rec Show 2024
Venue & Accomodations
Calgary
Calgary’s tourism website calls Calgary “a dynamic blend of warm western hospitality and big-city energy.” The city has invested $1 billion into meetings and events infrastructure in recent years.
Find out what the city offers.
Rental Mart 2024 + Turf & Rec Show will mark the first time the Rental Mart has taken place outside Ontario in its 40-year history!
BMO Centre
At 285,000 square feet, the BMO Centre is the largest and most versatile venue in Calgary. Ideal for hosting conventions, trade and consumer shows, special events and meetings, the building is made up of numerous spaces to accommodate a variety of events. With five exhibition halls, a 12,000 square-foot ballroom and several meetings rooms, the BMO Centre ensures a variety of meeting space to host your event.
Travel and accommodations
Stay tuned to Canadian Rental Service channels for updates on the official show hotel.
Direct flights to Calgary are available from all major Canadian airports.