Long Weekend Events in Vancouver August 4-7, 2023
byThe August long weekend is here and the Vancouver event lineup is FULL! There’s the internationally-renown Vancouver Pride Parade, the 47th annual Powell Street Festival, free gallery admissions on Friday, tours, fairs, theatre and more! Find these events and so many more things to do listed below:
Friday, August 4th | Saturday, August 5th | Sunday, August 6th | Monday, August 7th
August Long Weekend Events in Vancouver
Friday, August 4, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Summer Stages
- Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Summer Cinema
- Vancouver Art Gallery Free First Friday Nights
- Amsterdam Rainbow Dress in Vancouver
- Queer as Funk 10 Year Anniversary
- Really Gay History Tour of Vancouver
- Whitecaps FC vs Tigres in Leagues Cup Play
- Tanabata Star Festival Show
- Coquitlam Summer Outdoor Concert
- Beach Explorers – Stanley Park
- ENBY 6 & Virago Nation – Vancouver Pride
- Learn Cricket with the Windies Cricket Club
- Happiness in the Air at Cap Mall
- Summer Craft Mornings, Coquitlam
- Nature Storytime in the Park
- Public Disco – Pride Special
- Brazilian Zouk
- Art Downtown
- Fleurs de Ville – Vancouver Pride
- Ferry Building Gallery Opening Reception: Anomaly
- Summer at the Met – Metropolis at Metrotown
- Family-Friendly Improv Show on Granville Island
- Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival
- Harmony Arts Festival
- Abbotsford Agrifair
- Brentwood Summer Event Series
- Downtown Van – Neighbourhood Patio
- Fort Langley Night Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival
- Bard on the Beach
- Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
More August Long Weekend Events in Vancouver
Saturday, August 5, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- 47th Annual Powell Street Festival
- Movies Under the Stars, Surrey
- Fort Langley Brigade Days
- First Saturday Open Studios
- AfroQueer – Vancouver Pride
- Let’s Talk Transcendence
- Fleurs de Ville – Vancouver Pride
- Really Gay History Tour of Vancouver
- Tours of the Orpheum Theatre
- MINBID Underground Art Auction
- Summer at the Met – Metropolis at Metrotown
- Family-Friendly Improv Show on Granville Island
- Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival
- Summer Discover Series: Engineering Lab
- Brentwood Summer Event Series
- Harmony Arts Festival
- Abbotsford Agrifair
- Vintage Handmade Market Downtown
- Late Night Shopping & Entertainment at McArthurGlen
- Vancouver Mural Fest – Astro Alley
- Richmond Night Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- Fort Langley Farmers Market
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival
- Bard on the Beach
- Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
Sunday, August 6, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Vancouver Pride Parade
- 47th Annual Powell Street Festival
- Jamaica Day Festival
- Vancouver Street Dance Festival
- Really Gay History Tour of Vancouver
- Free To Be – Pride Celebration
- Fort Langley Brigade Days
- Fleurs de Ville – Vancouver Pride
- Abbotsford Agrifair
- Country Club Sundays at the Yale
- Summer Discover Series: Engineering Lab
- Happyland Summer Pride Festival at the PNE
- Hershe Bar-Vancouver Pride Closing Party
- Late Night Shopping & Entertainment at McArthurGlen
- Vancouver Mural Fest – Astro Alley
- Harmony Arts Festival
- Coquitlam Farmers Market
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- The Clayton Community Market
- Kitsilano Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival
- Bard on the Beach
- Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
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Monday, August 7, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Really Gay History Tour of Vancouver
- Vancouver Mural Fest – Astro Alley
- Summer Discover Series: Engineering Lab
- Goat Yoga at Maan Farms
- Colours of Community – Burnaby
- Fort Langley Brigade Days
- Harmony Arts Festival
- Golden Hour Flower Foraging
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival
- Bard on the Beach
- Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
Multi-Day Events & Activities
Attractions & Tours:
- Summer at the Sea to Sky Gondola
- Bloom Lavender Farm in Langley
- Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
- FlyOver Canada
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Forbidden Vancouver’s New Monumental Scandals Tour
- Really Gay History Tour of Vancouver
- Nature’s Ninjas at the Vancouver Aquarium
- Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Science World: James Cameron – CHALLENGING THE DEEP
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery Summer Experience Tours
- Kidsbooks Where’s Waldo Scavenger Hunts (til Sept)
Exhibits:
- Rebecca Belmore – Hacer Memoria at the Polygon
- Ferry building Gallery: Colours of Success (til Aug)
- Raeanne Schachter: Dames Women in the City (until Aug)
- Amy-Claire Huestis Exhibition at Richmond Art Gallery (til Aug 20)
- Per Diem Part II: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection (May 27-Aug 27)
- Interactive Art Installation at Guildford (til Sept)
- PoMo Arts: An Abundance of Caring (til Sept)
- Surrey Art Gallery – Diane Roy: The Deep and the Shallows (til Sept)
- Polygon Gallery: Jeremy Shaw’s Phase Shifting Index (Jun 23-Sept 24)
- The Art of Dimension at the Bill Reid Gallery (til Oct)
- Van Art Gallery: Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages (til Nov 19)
- Van Art Gallery: Marie Khouri – I Love (til Nov)
- Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing & Respect
- Why Costume Collections Matter Exhibit at MOV (til Nov)
- I am Semiahmoo, I am Survivor of the Flood – Fort Langley (til Nov)
- Bright Futures at Bill Reid Gallery (til Jan)
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