The Pemberton Music Festival will host nearly 100 performances on 300 acres in one of the most idyllic settings on earth this summer and you can win your way in!
The festival will take place on Friday, July 18th through Sunday, July 20th, 2014 in the mountain-side community of Pemberton, at the top end of Sea to Sky country. This will be a three-day contemporary music festival, near the foot of Mt. Currie in scenic Pemberton, is produced and promoted by HUKA Entertainment in collaboration with the Sunstone Group and the Lil’wat Nation.
Pemberton Music Festival Lineup
The full list of performers includes Nine Inch Nails, Outkast, Deadmau5, Soundgarden, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Metric, Modest Mouse, Snoop Dogg, Above & Beyond, Empire of the Sun, TV On The Radio, Blondie, Cage The Elephant, Girl Talk, Grimes, The Flaming Lips, Young the Giant, Baauer, Matthew Good, Schoolboy Q, St. Vincent, Tyler, The Creator…
…Violent Femmes, Earl Sweatshirt, Gord Downie, The Sadies, The New Pornographers, Sloan, Stars, Best Coast, Big Gigantic, Clockwork, Flying Lotus, Hayden, Matt Mays, RL Grime, Shlohmo, Delta Rae, Dinosaur Jr., Fucked Up, Griz, Hey Rosetta!, Kaytranada, Purity Ring DJ Set, XXYYXX, Dan Deacon, Lettuce, Metz, Rich Aucoin, Wild Belle, ZZ Ward, Aer, Gold & Youth, Flash Lightnin’, The Tontons, Tory Lanez, Yukon Blonde, Hallelujah Train featuring Daniel Lanois, Will Sexton, Brian Blade, Brady Blade Sr., Anders Osborne, Chris Thomas, and Malcolm Burn with Gospel Choir…
…and comedy from Trailer Park Boys, Bob Saget, Lisa Lampanelli, Nick Swardson, Norm MacDonald, Doug Benson, Hannibal Buress, Tom Green, Brian Posehn, Jim Breuer, Natasha Leggero, Brian Scolaro, Kyle Dunnigan, and many more.
Pemberton Music Festival Tickets
General Admission tickets are on sale starting at $299, plus a choice of camping or shuttle privileges for $89. Further information on complete festival ticket pricing and the confirmed lineup can be found online. VIP, Super VIP, RV Camping, and Comfy Camping (aka Glamping) packages are also available.
If you would like to win your way into this incredible experience, I have one pair of General Admission tickets plus a camping OR shuttle pass (winner’s choice) to give away thanks to HUKA Entertainment. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, May 26, 2014.
Update The winner is rachel (comment May 21, 2014 at 3:39 PM)
This year’s Surrey Children’s Festival will take place May 22nd to May 24th at Bear Creek Park and the Surrey Arts Centre and it’s the only arts-based international children’s festival south of the Fraser River, providing an opportunity for children to become the creative thinkers of tomorrow.
Surrey Children’s Festival Highlights
Eric Litwin, author of the first four Pete the Cat books from Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Interactive Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo from Australia
World music and dance Language of Rhythm
Shiamak Bollywood Jazz Dance Team all ages workshop
Moving theatre performance Jake’s Gift
The Nylon Zoo dress up and storytelling
Beautiful puppet show Little Old Man
The Marimba Station Learn to play the marimba in this fun and easy workshop
There are 5 performance venues, with 3 inside the Arts Centre (Main Stage Theatre, Studio Theatre and Lily Pad Stage) and 2 in Bear Creek Park (Leap Frog Stage and Community Spirit Stage).
Arts Activities (some free, some ticketed) include clay, face paint, mehndi, chalk, family tree, art cards, animation, and more. There will also be workshops and a procession each day. A full schedule of events is available online.
Surrey Children’s Festival Tickets
School group prices:
Please remember every person (student, teacher, and adult helpers) will need a ticket to see a performance.
Show ticket: $8.00. Includes Arts Activity Wristband
Arts Activity Wristband: $4.00. Valid all 3 days. Free for adults supervising children
Site Entrance: Free
Regular ticket prices:
Regular Ticket: $10.00. Includes Arts Activity Wristband.
Under 3 years: $6
Arts Activity Wristband: $5 Valid all 3 days. Free for adults supervising children.
Family Pack (4 tickets): $36.00
Saturday All Access Pass: $12* limited number available
Site Entrance: Free
Tickets are on sale now at Surrey Art’s Centre box office. The Arts Centre Box Office can be contacted at 604-501-5566.
Community Outreach
Envision Financial invites teachers and students to help raise awareness about childhood hunger by bringing a non-perishable food item to the Surrey International Children’s Festival. Envision Financial has committed the next ten years to raising $1 million for food banks in each of the communities where we live and work. Their community-based program, The Full Cupboard, was launched in March 2013 and since then has raised over $90,000 and collected more than 10,000 pounds of food.
Each month more than 30% of BC’s children access their local food bank. In Surrey, 42% of the 14,000 individuals served by the Surrey Food Bank are children. Drop off your donations at the Envision Financial marquee tent and fill our Full Cupboard shopping carts. Your school will be entered into our draw–five teachers will win a healthy and nutritious lunch for their whole class.
Miss604 is a proud sponsor of the Surrey Children’s Festival
Festival times are 9:00am to 2:30pm on Thursday, May 22nd and Friday, May 23rd; 10:30am to 7:30pm on Saturday, May 24th. The Surrey Arts Centre and Bear Creek Park are located at 13750 – 88 Avenue (King George Boulevard at 88 Avenue).
This post has been contributed by Ben Hill, Communications Volunteer with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”). I have been following SPES since I moved into the West End almost eight years ago and I recently became a member. I wanted to offer the team an opportunity to share their news, events, and work so I have created “SPES Saturday” where they will be contributing stories with my audience once a month.
Celebrate our City’s Birds
Vancouver is for the birds! Not only is our city’s location a major stop along the international Pacific Flyway migratory route, but Vancouver also leads Canada when it comes to celebrating our feathered friends.
Today is the last day of Vancouver Bird Week, which saw exciting events, presentations, workshops, art exhibits at the Roundhouse and Hillcrest Community Centres, and walks all over the city to celebrate the fantastic variety of birds we have here.
Because of its unique mixture of coastal habitats and lush forests, our city is a haven for both weary migrants and birds that live in the region year-round.
Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) played a big part in this year’s celebrations, hosting four events during the week that were all FREE to the public — everything birdy, from eagles, to art and even taxidermy.
There is one free presentation left today at the Central Library — Saturday, May 10th at 7:00pm: Why Birds are Important with author, biologist, and birder, Dick Cannings. The announcement of Vancouver City Bird will also be made. Seating is limited so get there early.
Vancouver Craft Beer Week is heading into its 5th year and to celebrate the best in local brewing, they’re hosting 9 Signature Events, 12 Feature Events, and some weeklong specials.
VCBW allows you to get to some exciting venues, try new or familiar favourites, and enjoy all the facets of craft beer’s goodness right here in Vancouver. Here are just a few of the Signature Events on the VCBW schedule this year, from May 30th until June 7th.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
What: Cicerone vs Sommelier
Where: ARC Restaurant at the Fairmont Waterfront, 900 Canada Pl, Vancouver
Tickets: Available now for $115 (plus fees/taxes)
Thursday, June 5, 2014
What: Brothers in Hip-Hops
Where: The Butcher & Bullock, 911 West Pender Street, Vancouver
Tickets: Available now for $49 (plus fees/taxes)
In celebration of BC’s largest craft beer festival, the province’s finest breweries banded together to brew “PrevAle” the 2014 VCBW charity beer.
Last year the VCBW charity beer produced a cheque for $3,500 to Mark Brand’s A Better Life Foundation in support of the Save On Meats Meal Token Program. This year, the Music Heals Foundation, a charity close to the heart of VCBW 2014 host Prevail (Swollen Members), will benefit from the sale of this beer with a purpose, which will be released prior to the start of this year’s festival.
The beer, a double California Common-style ale, is a unique brew that Gary Lohin (Central City Brewers + Distillers) and Matt Phillips (Phillips Brewing Company) dreamt up while attending the inaugural Victoria Beer Week earlier this month. With these two brewmasters at the helm, expect a balanced full-bodied beer rich in flavour that is sure to be talked about for years to come.
For more information about these events and the lineup of feature events, follow Vancouver Craft Beer Week on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. All events are 19+. Please enjoy responsibly.
Woman2Warrior, an obstacle adventure race in support of BC Easter Seals Camps, is happening on May 25th at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby.
About Woman2Warrior
Woman2Warrior is a non-timed run covering about 5km of trails, track, and grass around Burnaby Central Park and Swangard Stadium. The course features obstacles to test your strength, agility, balance, and sense of adventure. You may enter as an individual or as a team, but each person must raise a minimum $300 to participate. There will be awards and prizes for the top overall fundraisers and finishers. Recruit the support of friends, family and coworkers to help you reach your fundraising goal.
By participating in Woman2Warrior you’ll be helping to send over 900 kids and young adults with disabilities throughout BC for a week long camping experience at one of three Easter Seals accessible camps. Easter Seals Camps give BC children and young adults with disabilities the chance to discover their individual abilities. Camp sessions are carefully planned and designed to encourage these kids to gain new skills, develop new friendships, gain confidence and independence – skills that will help them to live lasting and fulfilling lives. Campers are encouraged to try new things, take risks in a safe and supportive environment, but most importantly have fun!
It is because of fundraising events like the Woman2Warrior and the Easter Seals 24 Hour Relay that the BC Lions Society is able to operate the camping program at a minimal cost to the families, many of whom are already financially burdened by the costs associated with raising children with special needs.
You can register for Woman2Warrior online today by selecting your preferred start time for the event on Sunday, May 25, 2014. 10:15am through 11:00am are sold out but 10:00am, 11:15am, 11:30am, 12:00pm, 12:15pm, and 12:30pm still have a few spots open.
Woman2Warrior Prize Pack
To raise registration and awareness around this worthy cause, I have been offered the following prize pack to give away to one lucky Miss604 reader:
$50 gift card to Subway
$25 gift card to Nesters Market
One box of Clif Bars
One 6-pack of Formula Four Water
One Woman2Warrior shirt from Firstar Apparel
One Luna Bars T-Shirt
One free registration to Woman2Warrior ($35 value)
Here’s how you can enter to win:
Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
RT to enter to win a @W2Wvan prize pack from @Miss604 http://ow.ly/wDhHY
Follow Woman2Warrior on Facebook and Twitter for more information. I’ll draw one winner at random from all entries at 5:00pm on Sunday, May 11, 2014.
The full list of performers includes Nine Inch Nails, Outkast, Deadmau5, Soundgarden, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Metric, Modest Mouse, Snoop Dogg, Above & Beyond, Empire of the Sun, TV On The Radio, Blondie, Cage The Elephant, Girl Talk, Grimes, The Flaming Lips, Young the Giant, Baauer, Matthew Good, Schoolboy Q, St. Vincent, Tyler, The Creator…
This post has been contributed by Ben Hill, Communications Volunteer with the 
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In celebration of BC’s largest craft beer festival, the province’s finest breweries banded together to brew “PrevAle” the 
$50 gift card to Subway