The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is coming up on Saturday, November 23, 2013 bringing a full day of free family fun to Central City in Surrey. Surrey Tree Lighting Festival Festivities will kick off at 12:00pm and run until 8:00pm at the Central City Mall plaza where a spectacular 55-foot tree will be lit after […]

CandyTown in Yaletown is the neighbourhood’s latest holiday tradition, returning this year on Saturday, November 23, 2013. This free outdoor winter festival offers fun for the whole family in one of the city’s most unique shopping and dining destinations. CandyTown will be setup along Mainland Street in Yaletown from 12:00pm until 9:00pm on November 23rd, […]

The Robson Square ice rink is opening for free skating this season on Friday, November 15, 2013 through to February, 2014. Photo credit: BC Gov Photos – Submitted to the Miss604 Flickr Pool Robson Square Ice Rink Hours Sunday to Thursday: 9:00am to 9:00pm Friday and Saturday: 9:00am to 11:00pm Christmas Eve (December 24, 2013): […]

The 4th annual Vancouver Christmas Market opens on Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza. Filled with the old-world charm of traditional German Christmas markets, the Vancouver Christmas Market offers unique gifts, handcrafted ornaments, live music, sweet and savoury snacks, and over 45 exhibitors in wooden huts decorated in thousands of twinkling […]

The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is coming up on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Central City with headliners Victoria Duffield and Good for Grapes. Surrey Tree Lighting Festival Festivities will kick off at 12:00pm and run until 8:00pm at the Central City Mall plaza where a spectacular 55-foot tree will be lit after dark. Activities […]

The Circle Craft Christmas Market is coming up next week at the Vancouver Convention Centre, getting you ready for the winter season from Thursday, November 7th through Monday, November 11th. Photo credit: Circle Craft on Flickr Over 300 artisans from coast to coast will come together for the 40th Annual Circle Craft Christmas Market. With […]

It’s a new year and soon it will be time to take down decorations and slip into post-holiday routines. If you’re looking to recycle your Christmas tree, there are a handful of chipping events around town that will take it off your hands and support a great local cause in the process: Photo credit: TheVancouverGuy […]

The kind-hearted staff at two Lower Mainland White Spot restaurant locations are once again prepared to donate their time, tips, and net proceeds to a very worthy local causes on Christmas Day. The White Spot Christmas Lunch for Charity will take place on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 from 11:00am to 3:00pm at the following locations: […]

Christmas at Canada Place is in full swing with the Breakfast with Santa events this weekend and plenty of activity out on the promenade. I took a walk around Canada Place at dusk on Friday afternoon to check out all the the free fun for families. The promenade activities run from 8:00am to 10:00pm daily […]

Those little candies with hole in the middle are celebrating this year as LifeSavers turn 100. A stocking-stuffer favourite, over 11 million Canadians have purchased a nostalgic Life Savers Holiday Funbook for someone on their Christmas list. To spread the cheer, they’ve offered up a $100 Life Savers Holiday Stocking Stuffer Prize Pack for one […]