GIVEAWAY Eastside Arts Festival Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt Wednesday, July 9th, 2025 — 1:33pm PDT

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Vancouver’s summertime Eastside Arts Festival takes place at various Eastside Arts District studios, breweries, and performance venues. There’s a free, all-day outdoor musical event at MacLean Park on Saturday, July 26, 2025 as well, and you can enter to win a prize package from Miss604!

Eastside Arts Festival Vancouver

Dates: July 18-27, 2025
Location: Various venues in East Vancouver
Tickets: Art workshops are $35, walking tours are $20, and ticketed performances range from $20-$60. View the full festival schedule.

This year they will host the largest number of art-making workshops in festival history, as well as both ticketed and free live performances, guided walking tours, and free, interactive art activities for art lovers of all ages and abilities.

The festival features an expanded list of unique and affordable art-making workshops, including a series of never-before-offered workshops, such as eco-printing, a natural textile dyeing technique using plant materials, from indigo artist Naomi Yamamoto; goldwork embroidery from textile artist Candice Weber, incorporating metallic threads in intricate designs; and felted mason jar cozy covers from felt expert Chantal Cardinal. These workshops, and many more, will run at artist studios and breweries daily throughout the festival.

In partnership with Vancouver music institution, The Rickshaw Theatre, the festival will include a show by up-and-coming artists Young Friend, Babe Corner, and Kylie V on July 25 at 8:00pm.

This year’s Eastside Arts Festival will also introduce more opportunities to explore the district, including guided neighbourhood walking tours from Hogan’s Alley Society, Heritage Vancouver Society, and the 360 Riot Walk – offered through Powell Street Festival Society and created by artist Henry Tsang – on July 19, 20 and 24; The Dance Deck with Belle Spirale Dance Projects on July 19, 20, 26 and 27; and Creative Cultural Collaborations (C3) Big Print Powell Street/Paueru Gai Carving demonstration on July 24.

Free Community Festival MacLean Park

On Saturday, July 26, the festival brings back its popular, free all-day outdoor event, this year at MacLean Park (710 Keefer St, Vancouver) sponsored by Strathcona BIA. The event features live music presented in partnership with the Rickshaw, a Festival Shop with handmade artworks and goods from local Eastside artists, free art activities for all ages and abilities, food trucks (Midnight Joe’s and Planted Love), and a beer garden hosted by Strange Fellows Brewing.

The music lineup includes Janky Bungag, the rough-edged indie sounds of Twin River, instrumental surf-rock from the ReViberators, and folky Canadiana from singer/songwriter Madelyn Read.