Vancouver Ice Cream Festival Summer 2026
The Vancouver Ice Cream Festival is a self-guided tour of more than 40 ice cream, gelato, and frozen dessert shops across Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, and North Vancouver who will be serving up limited-edition creations crafted June 19 to August 2, 2026.
Vancouver Ice Cream Festival
The 2026 Vancouver Ice Cream Festival is produced by Noms Magazine with BC Dairy as Presenting Partner, celebrating Metro Vancouver’s local ice cream and frozen dessert community.
This year’s lineup features a mix of returning fan favourites and 14 brand-new vendors joining for the first time, making it the biggest summer edition yet. Festival-goers can explore the lineup at their own pace, hopping from spot to spot to taste exclusive festival creations.
Participating Locations
- Beaucoup Bakery
- Boba Run
- Boketto Dessert Cafe
- Broye Cafe
- Butter Baked Goods
- Che (new)
- Chocolats Favoris
- Dolce Amore (new)
- Drunken Chocolatier
- Eggbomb+
- Elephant Garden Creamery
- Fluffle Cafe (new)
- Fufu Pancake
- Glenburn Soda Fountain
- Ho Yuen Cafe (new)
- Hundo P (new)
- Killer Ice Cream
- Kobo Ice Cream (new)
- Koko Monk Chocolates
- Krave Kulture (new)
- L’OTUS Cake Boutique Burnaby (new)
- La Saison Pâtissière
- Le Parfait
- Little Pisces
- Matcha Tea Lab (new)
- Matcha Cafe Maiko
- M Cha Bar (new)
- Melt Confectionary
- Mister
- Nana’s Green Tea
- Paradiso Caffe e Gelato (new)
- Plain Jane (new)
- Soft Peaks
- Something Sweet Cafe
- Sweet Surrender Gelato
- Sweet7
- The Alley
- The Bunny Cafe
- The Praguery
- Tutto Belle Il Gelato
- Uno Gelato
- Whisk Matcha Cafe
- Virtuous Pie (new)
The Vancouver Ice Cream Festival is family-friendly and open to all ages. Participation is free, with festival item pricing set by each vendor. Last year over 23,000 people participated!
Every purchase goes directly to the vendor since participating businesses keep 100% of festival item sales. It’s a fun, easy way to discover new neighbourhood favourites while supporting Metro Vancouver’s local food scene.
The fan-favourite Festival Passport returns, rewarding visits with every stamp. Customers earn stamps at each festival item purchase, with a filled passport unlocking tiered entries into the festival’s prize sweepstakes. Buy multiple festival items and you’ll earn a coin to play for a chance to win limited-edition prizes.
