The Grand Slam of Curling announced Tuesday its schedule for next season, featuring five events spanning from coast to coast across Canada.
The ’26-27 season is also the 26th season of the series.
It all begins right after Canadian Thanksgiving weekend with the GSOC Invitational, Oct. 13-18, at Victoria’s Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre and wraps up just before the Christmas break with the GSOC Players’ Cup, Dec. 15-20, at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston, Ontario.
The biggest change for the 2026 season involves the qualification process, with the series partnering with Satellite Events to provide more avenues for teams to receive invitations to Grand Slam of Curling tournaments.
Here’s what you need to know in Eight Ends.
FIRST END: Presenting the 2026-27 Grand Slam of Curling schedule.
| Event | Dates | Location |
| GSOC Invitational | Oct. 13-18, 2026 | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Victoria, BC |
| GSOC Masters | Nov. 3-8, 2026 | Co-op Place Medicine Hat, AB |
| GSOC National | Nov. 17-22, 2026 | Centre 200 Sydney, NS |
| GSOC Open | Dec. 1-6, 2026 | Fort William Gardens Thunder Bay, ON |
| GSOC Players' Cup | Dec. 15-20, 2026 | Slush Puppie Place Kingston, ON |
Early-bird full event and weekend passes for all five events are now on sale. Check GSOCtickets.com for more information.
Now let’s take a look at each event individually.
SECOND END: The season kicks off with the GSOC Invitational, Oct. 13-18, at Victoria’s Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
This will be the first time Victoria hosts a Grand Slam of Curling event in a decade, following the 2016 Elite 10.
The GSOC Invitational carries the lineage of the Tour Challenge, the youngest of the five events in the series. Team Rachel Homan and Team Bruce Mouat captured the titles last year in Nisku, Alberta.
The event has been renamed to align with its new qualification format. Both men’s and women’s divisions will feature 16 teams, 12 teams invited by the Grand Slam of Curling and four winners from select Satellite Events.
An open invite qualification process is being used for the first Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, since it's anticipated that many top curlers will be forming new teams for the new Olympic cycle and the initial world rankings may not necessarily reflect this.
Feeder Satellite Events for the GSOC Invitational are as follows:
• AMJ Shorty Jenkins Classic (Cornwall, ON)
• Karuizawa International (Karuizawa, JPN)
• Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic (Vernon, BC)
• Fourth event TBD
THIRD END: The second stop will be the GSOC Masters, Nov. 3-8, at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Another previous stomping ground, this will be the first time Medicine Hat hosts a Grand Slam event since the 2013 Canadian Open.
Homan and Team Matt Dunstone were the winners of the Masters last year in London, Ontario.
Both men’s and women’s divisions will feature 16 teams, 12 teams based on world ranking points, two winners from select Satellite Events and two GSOC invites.
A unique twist for the GSOC Masters is that one of the Satellite Events is the Saville U25 Challenge, providing the next generation with an opportunity to compete in a major tournament.
The Jr. GSOC U21 event will also return and be held in conjunction with the GSOC Masters. More information on that tournament will be announced soon.
Feeder Satellite Events for the GSOC Masters are as follows:
• Men’s Division: ATB Okotoks Classic (Okotoks, AB)
• Women’s Division: Autumn Gold Curling Classic (Okotoks, AB)
• Both Divisions: Saville U25 Challenge (Edmonton, AB)
FOURTH END: The season continues east with the GSOC National, Nov. 17-22, at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
This will be the first Grand Slam of Curling event in Sydney, which has hosted other high-profile curling tournaments such as the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship.
Both men’s and women’s divisions will feature 16 teams, 12 teams based on world ranking points, two winners from select Satellite Events and two GSOC invites.
Homan and Mouat were victorious at the event last year when it was called the GSOC Tahoe in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Feeder Satellite Events for the GSOC National are as follows:
• Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic (Halifax, NS)
• St. Paul Cashspiel (St. Paul, MN)
FIFTH END: Welcome to Thunder Bay! The series returns for the GSOC Open, Dec. 1-6, at Fort William Gardens.
This will be the third time Thunder Bay hosts a Grand Slam of Curling tournament. Outside of the series, Fort William Gardens played host to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2022 and 2025.
Both men’s and women’s divisions will feature 16 teams, 12 teams based on world ranking points, two winners from select Satellite Events and two GSOC invites.
It was a Swiss sweep at the tournament last year with Team Silvana Tirinzoni and Team Yannick Schwaller taking the titles.
Feeder Satellite Events for the GSOC Open are as follows:
• Men’s Division: Henderson Metal Fall Classic (Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
• Women’s Division: Swiss Chalet Women’s Curling Stadium Spiel (North Bay, ON)
• Both Divisions: Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (Oakville, ON)
SIXTH END: The series wraps up with the GSOC Players’ Cup, Dec. 15-20, at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston, Ontario.
It will mark the first time Kingston hosts a Grand Slam of Curling event since the Canadian Open in December 2011. Outside of the series, the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and 2020 Brier were held at the venue.
The flagship event of the series features 12 teams in each division based on points accumulated from Grand Slam of Curling tournaments and Satellite Events.
Tirinzoni and Team Ross Whyte claimed the crowns this season in Steinbach, Manitoba.
The GSOC Wheelchair Invitational will also be held during the GSOC Players' Cup.
SEVENTH END: You might be asking why the Grand Slam of Curling made these changes. Instead of hosting Tier 2 events as an avenue for additional teams to earn points and berths, the series has refocused its approach to apply those points and berths to where those teams are already competing on tour.
Satellite Events were selected based on their reputations as top tour events with established histories of hosting strong competitions. Geographic diversity was also taken into consideration, providing different paths for teams depending on their locations.
Proximity to the Grand Slam events was a factor as well.
In a way, it's a similar qualification method, but on a smaller scale, to what the series used in the past for its Champions Cup event, where teams had to win a high-profile event to receive an invitation.
There are no restrictions on the team that wins the Satellite Events. Theoretically, a group of legends or all-stars could form a one-off team, win a Satellite Event and receive an invitation to the Grand Slam of Curling tournament. Just saying, theoretically.
Read the Grand Slam of Curling's 2026 Season F.A.Q. for more information on the qualification process.
EIGHTH END: Teams will also receive points as they’re competing in Grand Slam of Curling tournaments and Satellite Events to determine the top 12 for the GSOC Players' Cup.
This adds intrigue as fans will be able to follow along through the season to see who will compete in the season finale or who needs to win out in the penultimate event to get in.
