The Fair at the PNE is a 105 year old tradition in Vancouver but they are currently seeking public input to see if they should have new dates starting in 2018. “Each year, the Fair at the PNE runs the last 2 weeks of August, ending on Labour Day Monday. Weather plays a significant role […]

Nanaimo’s annual festival of food, Feastival returns for the second year, June 17-18, 2016. It features a tradeshow event, family cooking classes, celebrity chefs, and Sips at Feastival, featuring local craft breweries, small-batch island wineries, local artisanal spirit producers. I recently wrote a story for FestivalSeekers about another major component of the festival: the third […]

There’s something very special about going to the theatre in Vancouver and something even more spectacular happens when that theatre experience takes place seaside, at sunset, on a gloriously warm summer night. Bard on the Beach returns this summer for its 27th season, with the white tents at Vanier Park hosting the award-winning Shakespeare Festival […]

Heritage Vancouver has released this year’s Top 10 Watch List, their 16th annual list that accompanied a bus tour this past weekend. This year they are seeing particular threats to neighbourhoods’ character, culture and history. They range from a loss of individual architecturally significant homes to single-family neighbourhoods, to the potential loss of entire communities […]

Sometimes I think about everything I need to juggle in life and I feel overwhelmed. However, I have to pause and consider that on top of all of that, I can’t even fathom also being responsible for four other little lives, like my sister. That’s when the image of a hero mom wearing a cape […]

The Belmont Bar is celebrating National Caesar Day on May 14th by hosting a craft “Beezer” competition. A beezer is a Caesar made with, you guessed it, beer instead of hard liquor. Participating in the Battle of the Beezer are Driftwood Brewing; Persephone Brewing; Phillips Brewing Co.; and Russell Brewing. Where: The Belmont Bar, 1006 […]

Direct from Broadway comes Newsies, the smash-hit, crowd-pleasing new musical from Disney and winner of the 2012 Tony Awards® for Best Score and Best Choreography. Newsies will be in Vancouver from July 5th to 10th at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Filled with one heart-pounding number after another, Newsies is a high-energy explosion of song and […]

Britannia Mine Museum is taking part in BC Mining Week by hosting a Family Fun Day on Saturday, May 14th. This special event is focused on recognizing the contributions of modern mining to British Columbians. Family Fun Day at Britannia Mine Museum At Family Fun Day, visitors of all ages can enjoy various entertaining activities […]

Arts Umbrella has announced its 2016 Theatre and Music Expressions Festival, an annual showcase celebrating the boundless creativity of young talent in the organization’s pre-professional theatre program, running from May 11 to 22, 2016, at Waterfront Theatre. The Drowsy Chaperone. Image by Tim Matheson Expressions Festival With an expanded festival run of two weeks this […]

Join Vancouver Craft Beer Week (“VCBW”) for 10 days of the finest ales, tastiest lagers, great food, and the biggest beer festival Western Canada has ever seen! This year VCBW, running May 27th to June 5th, is featuring 12 amazing music acts ready to kick the summer off with a bang. Tickets to all events […]