On the heels of the Winter Olympics and the Montana's Brier, there is plenty more curling ahead.
The Grand Slam of Curling (GSOC) unveiled its 2026-27 season schedule on Tuesday, announcing the five Canadian host cities that will welcome the world's top teams throughout the campaign.
2026-27 Grand Slam of Curling schedule:
• GSOC Invitational — Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria (Oct. 13-18)
• GSOC Masters — Co-op Place, Medicine Hat, Alta. (Nov. 3-8)
• GSOC National — Centre 200, Sydney, N.S. (Nov. 17-22)
• GSOC Open — Fort William Gardens, Thunder Bay, Ont. (Dec. 1-6)
• GSOC Players’ Cup — Slush Puppie Place, Kingston, Ont. (Dec. 15-20)
New in 2026, the GSOC will provide avenues for teams to earn their way into events via established curling tour events worldwide to create satellite events, which will replace the three GSOC Tier-2 events.
Under the new structure, each satellite event champion will receive an automatic berth into one of the first four GSOC events of the season. If a winner has already secured entry through another qualification path, the automatic berth will be awarded to the runner-up or the highest-placed semi-finalist at the event.
Points earned through designated satellite events and GSOC events throughout the season will be used to determine the final ranking ahead of the GSOC Players’ Cup, featuring the top 12 men's and women's teams.
The GSOC Tahoe event in Lake Tahoe, Nev., will not return for a second season. The circuit's first-ever international stop was a flop at the box office in November.
The 2026-27 campaign will begin three weeks later than last season and end three weeks earlier. A month-long Rock League regular season is set to begin Jan. 7.
Last season's Grand Slam event list included the Masters, Tour Challenge, GSOC Tahoe, Canadian Open and Players' Championship. The National was last on the Grand Slam calendar in 2024.
A U21 Jr. GSOC event will be held as an invitational competition during the GSOC Masters and the GSOC Wheelchair Invitational will run during the GSOC Players' Cup, The Curling Group said.
--with files from The Canadian Press
