They were a hit last year when events and festivals were cancelled and Metro Vancouverites had a hankering for mini donuts and more fair food offerings. This season, food truck festivals have returned with the lineup of drive-thru events growing every day:
Food Truck Festivals Serving Drive-Thru Eats This Season
These events are physically distanced, please remain in your vehicles and follow all posted COVID safety protocols.
Drive Thru Food Truck Festival Easter Where: Tradex Abbotsford, 1190 Cornell, Abbotsford When: Saturday, April 3 & Sunday, April 4, 2021 11:00am to 6:00pm Lineup of Vendors: TBA
Chilliwack Coliseum Drive-Thru Food Truck Festival Where: 45323 Hodgins Ave, Chilliwack When: Saturday, March 27 & Sunday, March 28, 2021 11:00am to 6:00pm Lineup of Vendors: (Saturday) Hugs Donuts, Tacofino, Reel Mac & Cheese, Juicy Green & Fusion Icy – Juicy Green Express Inc., WINGS Restaurants & Pubs, Melt Town Grilled Cheese, Steve-O’s Fried Chicken, Guerilla Q. (Sunday) Big Reds Poutine, Mama’s Fish & Chips – Food Truck, Tin Lizzy Concessions – Donuts, G’s Donairs, Lostacoshermanos, Lenny’s Lemons, Salt Spring Noodle Bar, Next Gen. Concessions Inc. – Street Dogs & Burgers.
Maple Ridge Albion Fairgrounds Where: 23588 105 Ave, Maple Ridge When: Saturday, April 10 & Sunday, April 11, 2021 11:00am to 6:00pm Lineup of Vendors: TBA
Cloverdale Rodeo Grounds Where: Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition Grounds – 6050 176 Street, Surrey When: Saturday, April 24 & Sunday, April 25, 2021 11:00am to 6:00pm Lineup: TBA
There are more to come this season and beyond, and the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival site will have all the details. I’ll be updating this post throughout the season when more events are announced, including sites around Metro Vancouver.
Springtime will officially be here on Saturday and along with the ever-developing blossom canopy and Spring Break programming available right now, I have a hearty roundup of Things to do in Vancouver this Weekend listed below.
Miss604 is proud to sponsor Spring Break at Burnaby Village Museum, and while reservations are sold out online, you can check the ticket site to see if any spots have opened up due to cancellations.
The Outsiders and Others art auction is on now until March 31, 2021 showcasing the work of folk, self-taught, visionary, intuitive, and artists with disabilities. The auction also includes items from Ironworks Distillery, JJ Bean Coffee Roasters, Broken Pencil Magazine, Earnest Ice Cream, Moja Coffee, Rain City Games, Bandidas Taqueria, Elysian Coffee Roasters, Steamworks Brewing, Parallel 49 Brewing, Meinhardt’s and more!
Outsiders and Others is a non-profit art society with a focus on bringing non-traditional artists to the forefront. Proceeds from the auction will go toward paying artist honourariums, gallery rent, insurance, and all expenses related to running the art society.
The gallery opened in March 2020 at 716 East Hastings St in Strathcona, at the beginning of the pandemic, in order to bring new art and culture to our community on a regular basis. In their first year, Outsiders and Others has produced a new exhibition every month, generally featuring artists that have never shown their work before, and have sold over 75 pieces of original art, paying artists in the exhibition an honourarium.
To celebrate their first anniversary, they have a special exhibition featuring artists from all previous exhibitions, along with this online art auction.
“All the auction items have been donated by supportive artists and organizations who understand the value of giving underserved artists the opportunity to have their artwork seen. We can’t thank them enough for caring and choosing to support our fundraiser.”
Follow Outsiders and Others on Facebook and Instagram for more info.
Arts Umbrella has announced that the opening of its new arts education facility will be on April 10, 2021. Situated on Granville Island, Vancouver’s arts and culture hub, the 50,000 net-square-foot building more than triples the organization’s current space, providing children and youth with expanded programming and studio spaces and, for the first time ever, welcoming the public to on-site performances and exhibitions presented by young people in art and design; dance; and theatre, music and film.
Arts Umbrella’s New Granville Island Arts Education Centre
Arts Umbrella is where young artists ages 2–22 cultivate their creativity in Art & Design, Dance, and Theatre, Music & Film.
In recent years, demand for Arts Umbrella programs has increased significantly. In November 2017, the Province of British Columbia confirmed the organization would move into the former South Building of Emily Carr University of Art + Design. In March 2018, the Department of Canadian Heritage announced $7 million in funding from the Canadian Cultural Spaces Fund to support the new facility, with the Province contributing an additional $1.4 million. To date, Arts Umbrella has secured close to $35 million towards its capital campaign and endowment fund goal of $37 million, which includes further support from the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canada Cultural Investment Fund. Construction and renovations commenced in January 2019, and the grand opening is slated for April 2021.
“As Canada’s leading non-profit arts education organization for young people, we are inspired to build on the legacy that Arts Umbrella has earned over the last four decades,” says Paul Larocque, President & CEO of Arts Umbrella.
“Over the past few years, our staff’s hard work, innovations, and programming leadership have steadily pushed against the boundaries of our current space. Now, we have room to support and inspire more young people to seek wonder through the arts.”
This building project and associated campaign will serve as a model for non-profit arts educators across North America, significantly increasing Arts Umbrella’s capacity to work with school boards, community centres, and neighbourhood houses to provide transformative experiences for vulnerable young people in our community.
The organization currently serves more than 24,000 young people across Metro Vancouver annually and, within the next 3-5 years, the new core facility will welcome approximately 15,000 children and youth annually, through a wide range of programs, including community initiatives, distance learning, bursaries, and scholarships.
Dance studio, theatre, sculpture studio
This state-of-the-art building will house six spacious dance studios; four theatres, music and film studios with specialized technical and audio equipment; ten art and design studios, including a media hub, ceramics studio, and photography darkroom; a 132-seat theatre; a public exhibition space; and a dedicated workshop area for woodworking, stagecraft building, and general fabrication that will enhance capacity to train future industry professionals. Registration for Spring Session programs in the new building is now open.
Arts Umbrella was founded in 1979 as a community-based organization that opened to 45 students on Granville Island in Vancouver. Over the years, the non-profit has expanded to locations across Metro Vancouver, serving more than 600,000 young people. Close to 250 arts educators and staff help young artists unlock their passion for the arts, empowering them with essential skills such as creative thinking, confidence, and compassion – traits that support resilience and strength, particularly in tumultuous times such as COVID-19.
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Meet the Basin’s creative class, musicians, producers and creators during the #BuyBasin Festival online! Business owners in the Columbia Basin (from Revelstoke to Salmo, Castlegar to Sparwood, and all points in between) have been invited to host a Facebook Live session during #BuyBasin Festival, and everyone is invited to tune in! They’ll be showcasing everything from live music to hand-made goods, delicious artisanal treats, local art, cool places to stay, helpful services, and so much more.
#BuyBasin Festival Online
Where:Facebook When: March 23 to April 24, 2021 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Admission:RSVP and tune in for free! Entertainment: Shred Kelly, Heather Gemmell, Shayna Jones, Maggie May Davis, Ricky Diamonds, Tenise Marie, and Red Gir.
100 local entrepreneurs, entertainers, and businesses will be going live on Facebook with expert tips, giveaways, demos, live music, and all kinds of behind-the-scenes fun.
