TORONTO — The Grand Slam of Curling will not return to the United States next season and will instead go back to a five-event Canadian schedule in a compressed 2026-27 campaign.
The Oct. 13-18 GSOC Invitational will kick off the Grand Slam season in Victoria, The Curling Group announced Tuesday.
It’ll be followed by the Nov. 3-8 GSOC Masters in Medicine Hat, Alta., the Nov. 12-17 GSOC National in Sydney, N.S., the Dec. 1-6 GSOC Open in Thunder Bay, Ont., and the Dec. 15-20 GSOC Players’ Cup in Kingston, Ont.
The GSOC Tahoe event in Lake Tahoe, Nev., will not return for a second season. The circuit’s first-ever international stop generated solid ratings last November but was a flop at the box office.
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.
The three Tier-2 events will not return next season. The series has instead created satellite event partnerships with existing tour stops for qualification pathways into Grand Slam competitions.
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.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 10, 2026.
The Canadian Press
