It’s time to get the Sharpie and the calendar out and start planning your festival season. My friends at FestivalSeekers have done all the leg work and found the best early-season festivals for British Columbia and Alberta. And I mean the best food, best trails, the best music and the best foam. Foam? Yep, read […]

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 […]

The BC Renaissance Festival presents “Pirate Haven” on May 7th & 8th, where the fairgrounds in Maple Ridge will turn into the year 1676 at Port Royal, Jamaica. BC Renaissance Festival Charity and her crew, now set in the 17th Century, have arrived in Port Royal with some… complications. While in port, they find themselves […]

Vancouver is home to the largest documentary film festival in Western Canada as DOXA presents 85 films on local screens from May 5 –15, 2016. DOXA Documentary Film Festival When: May 5-15, 2016 Venues: Vancouver Playhouse, VIFF’s Vancity Theatre, The Cinematheque, SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, and Museum of Vancouver Admission: Evenings and Weekends: […]

The Abbotsford Tulip Festival is in full bloom, an hour east of Vancouver along Highway 1. I had the opportunity to visit yesterday, and the spectacularly colourful array of 2.5 million petals is definitely worth witnessing. Abbotsford Tulip Festival Photos Just off the main parking lot you’ll find a picnic area and family games, along […]