Indigenous Plants Uses and Reconciliation Through Restoration of Spapeyeq (Stanley Park) Ecosystems – This month’s guest post from the Stanley Park Ecology Society written by Kushi Opi Mani Wi, Starla Bob

Kick start the summer with Cultus Lake Day on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Enjoy a pancake breakfast, parade, fireworks, and a whole day of family fun.

Free Downtown Jazz Festival Weekends in Vancouver: For the next two weekends (June 22-23 & June 29-30, 2019) Downtown Vancouver will be transformed into one mega outdoor Jazz Festival and the best part is… it’s FREE to enjoy!

Vancouver Biennale presents the Real Canadian Potluck on June 27th at Vanier Park. Celebrate the beginning of Summer with a thousand other picnickers, revelers, great music, and food.

Miss604 is giving away $50 in food truck tickets for Surrey Canada Day happening July 1st in Cloverdale with headliners Our Lady Peace.

Home for Dinner is a community fundraising initiative supporting Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon. Host a dinner (at home or in a restaurant) and fundraise for RMH BC this summer.

The 11th Annual Queer Arts Festival, Vancouver’s artist-run, professional, multi-disciplinary roister of queer arts, culture and history, takes place this year from June 17 to June 28, 2019.

The largest North American food truck festival, Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest, is back July 27th with 100 food vendors, live entertainment, and awesome local shopping in Downtown New Westminster.

Kitsilano Showboat presents its 84th season of free entertainment by the beach, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from June 17 to August 17, 2019.

A new free tourist shuttle in Richmond runs summer 2019. The Discovery Shuttle will run on weekends and statutory holiday from June 15 through until September 2, 2019.