Things to do in Vancouver August Long Weekend Events 2025

This August long weekend around Metro Vancouver includes concerts, festivals, music, family fun, and so much more. On Friday, Miss604 sponsors the weekly Sounds Like Summer free concerts in the park in Burnaby and on Sunday everyone can look forward to the legendary Vancouver Pride Parade with the Davie Village Festival and concerts at Nelson Park. Find these events and many more fun things to do around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley listed below:

Friday, August 1 | Saturday, August 2 | Sunday, August 3 | Monday, August 4

Things to do in Vancouver
August Long Weekend Events 2025

• Friday, August 1, 2025
  • Sponsored by Miss604: Sounds Like Summer Free Concerts in Burnaby
  • BC Day BBQ with Dan’s Legacy Foundation
  • Emancipation Day at SUM Gallery
  • Vancouver Trans March
  • Coquitlam Summer Concert Series: Karen Lee Batten
  • West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival
  • Calgary Youth Orchestra: Cinema Classics
  • First Free Friday Night:
    • Bill Reid Gallery
    • Vancouver Art Gallery
  • Music at the Cannery (Richmond)
  • Man Up Pride!
  • The Future of Drag at Celebrities
  • Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon at the Space Centre
  • Early Music Vancouver – Bach and the Heavens
  • Vancouver Ice Cream Festival – Self Guided
  • The Arts Club Presents: Waitress
  • BC Square Dance Festival (Langley)
  • Vancouver InternationalPride Tournament
  • EMV’s Summer Festival, Bach & Mozart: In Endless Ascent
  • Place des Arts Summer Theatre (Coquitlam)
  • A Peter Rabbit Tale Musical & Summer Garden Fair

• Saturday, August 2, 2025
  • White Rock Sea Festival
  • 49th Annual Powell Street Festival
  • Vancouver Rise Pride Match vs Ottawa
  • Bob The Drag Queen (DJ Set)
  • Drag Me to Davie
  • Public Disco Pride Block Party
  • Vancouver Pride: Terry Wallace Memorial Breakfast
  • Brigade Days at Fort Langley
  • BC Square Dance Festival (Langley)
  • Rhythm of the Night – 90s Pride Dance Party
  • Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon at the Space Centre
  • Ex-Forest Service Vessel Squadron Rendezvous at the Docks in Steveston
  • Uptown Live New Westminster
  • Kitsilano Showboat
  • West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival
  • Harmony Arts: Creatures from the Sea (West Vancouver)
  • Vancouver Ice Cream Festival – Self Guided
  • The Arts Club Presents: Waitress
  • Chilliwack Corn Festival
  • Place des Arts Summer Theatre (Coquitlam)
  • Vancouver InternationalPride Tournament
  • Fraser River Discovery Centre – Summer Discovery Days (New Westminster)
  • EMV’s Summer Festival, Bach & Mozart: In Endless Ascent
  • The Perfect Bite, A Dinner Experience inspired by Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  • A Peter Rabbit Tale Musical & Summer Garden Fair
  • Richmond Night Market
  • Surrey Urban Farmers Market
  • Trout Lake Farmers Market
  • Riley Park Farmers Market
  • West End Farmers Market
  • Junction Public Market

Free Events Around Downtown Vancouver

• Sunday, August 3, 2025
  • Vancouver Pride Parade Route, Schedule, Road Closures
  • Davie Village Pride Festival
  • Vancouver Pride: Chicas in the Afternoon
  • Untoxicated: Vancouver Pride Sober Lounge
  • Pride Pit Stop at BC Place
  • Ex-Forest Service Vessel Squadron Rendezvous at the Docks in Steveston
  • Hershe Bar – Vancouver Pride Closing Party
  • Babes on Babes Pride Edition
  • Gastown Sunday Set
  • 49th Annual Powell Street Festival
  • Brigade Days at Fort Langley
  • White Rock Sea Festival
  • Richmond Night Market
  • Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
  • Junction Public Market
  • Summer Farm Tours in Richmond
  • Kitsilano Showboat
  • Place des Arts Summer Theatre (Coquitlam)
  • West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival
  • Vancouver Ice Cream Festival – Self Guided
  • The Making Place | Ceramics Painting and Collage
  • Vancouver Art Gallery Family Tour | Written in Clay
  • The Arts Club Presents: Waitress
  • Chilliwack Corn Festival
  • Fraser River Discovery Centre – Summer Discovery Days (New Westminster)
  • A Peter Rabbit Tale Musical & Summer Garden Fair
  • EMV’s Summer Festival, Bach & Mozart: In Endless Ascent
  • Vancouver InternationalPride Tournament

• Monday, August 4, 2025
  • Celebrate BC Festival (Coquitlam)
  • West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival
  • Party in the Park (Coquitlam)
  • Brigade Days at Fort Langley
  • BC Day at Britannia Mine
  • A Peter Rabbit Tale Musical & Summer Garden Fair
  • Fraser River Discovery Centre – Summer Discovery Days (New Westminster)
  • Screening COUNTERCULTURE: 20 Years of CIVL Radio in the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford)
  • Vancouver Ice Cream Festival – Self Guided
  • Vancouver InternationalPride Tournament

Month-Long Events & Activities

These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.

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