Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

It’s the last weekend of August and we’re oh so close to back to school, however there are plenty of events and activities on the calendar that can keep you in summer vacation mode for just a while longer. Enjoy the final Movies Under the Stars event in Holland Park on Saturday, a free festival in Port Coquitlam, PNE concerts, market events, even something for the pets. All of these events and more are listed below:

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green.

Friday, August 25, 2017
Fridays on Front, New Westminster
Music at the Cannery
Lynn Valley Concert Series
Free Outdoor Dance Event @ Robson Square
Picnics on the Point at Canada Place
Vancouver Tap Dance Festival
Illumination Summer Night Market, Richmond
Richmond Night Market
Shipyards Night Market North Vancouver
PNE Concert: Chicago
Summer Fort Festival at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Vagabond Players Present: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Crave Burnaby Heights Neighbourhood Dining Showcase
CBC Musical Nooner Concert Series

Saturday, August 26, 2017
Sponsored by Miss604: Movies Under the Stars in Surrey
Bow Fest on Bowen Island
The Great Trail Connection Event at Hudson’s Bay Vancouver
Siobhan Walsh Group: A Tribute To Aretha Franklin
Vancouver Canadians Fireworks Night
Wild Salmon Celebration
Steps for SIDS
Qi Day 2017
Newton Days
Vancouver Farmers Market Tomato Festival
Heritage Vancouver Top10 Tour + Talk – Chinatown
Summer Dance Party in Squamish
No Bad Daze – A Pin And Poster Show
Double Header Wig Out: The Judys + The New Black Live
Fuzzy Bees and the Food Forest with Renée Sala
Cates Park Concert Series
Port Coquitlam Celebrates Canada 150
Vancouver Zombiewalk
5050 Pop-up Craft Market
Dan’s Legacy Community Fundraising Dinner
Free Outdoor Dance Event @ QE Plaza
Burnaby Farmers Market
Downtown Eastside Women’s Summer Fair and Flea Market
Trout Lake Farmers Market
West End Farmers Market
River District Farmers Market
Illumination Summer Night Market, Richmond
Richmond Night Market
PNE Concert: Colin James
Summer Fort Festival at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Vancouver Tap Dance Festival
Vagabond Players Present: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Crave Burnaby Heights Neighbourhood Dining Showcase

Sunday, August 27, 2017
The View Winery Rosé Party at Thunderbird
Jazz Vespers
Charanga Habanera
Goat Grazing in Renfrew Ravine
Pet-A-Palooza
Beer on the Beer: A Picnic Protest
Social Sundays at VanDusen – Day Trippers
English Bay Paddle at the Pink Salmon Festival
Summer Sundays at Civic Square Burnaby
Vancouver Pink Salmon Festival
Free Outdoor Dance Event @ Robson Square
Vancouver Farmers Market Tomato Festival
Fuzzy Bees and the Food Forest with Renée Sala
Poirier Street Farmers Market
Kitsilano Farmers Market
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Illumination Summer Night Market, Richmond
Richmond Night Market
PNE Concert: Huey Lewis and the News
5050 Pop-up Craft Market
Summer Fort Festival at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Vancouver Tap Dance Festival
Vagabond Players Present: Love’s Labour’s Lost
Crave Burnaby Heights Neighbourhood Dining Showcase

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