Create Vancouver Society with support from Canadian Heritage, the Province of British Columbia, BC Arts Council and Mount Pleasant BIA, proudly announce the 4th Annual Vancouver Mural Festival (“VMF”) from August 1-10th. Drawing crowds of 120,000+ to the streets of Mount Pleasant over 10 days, the Vancouver Mural Festival has fast become one of the city’s most popular public celebrations.
Vancouver Mural Festival
When: Thursday, August 1 to Saturday, August 10, 2019 from 12:00pm to 7:00pm
Where: Various locations, Mount Pleasant (Main Street, Jonathan Rogers Park, and more)
This year’s festival, taking place on August 1-10, features several returning favourites such as the VMF Gallery, showcasing artwork created by some of the city’s most talented artists, all available for sale; Super Snag live painting/battle; SFU Public Square; THRIVE Talks; and an expanded 2-day Flash Tattoo with 35 artists.
Exciting new additions for 2019 include the inaugural MEC x VMF Run the Murals series running tour and after-party; OBEY Pop Up Party and Shepard Fairey DJ Set; Nach`i`m: A Night of Indigenous Femme Excellence; 12-hour Pride Special party; Plein Air Painting in the Park with Opus; and an Open Air Movie Theatre featuring, Exit Through The Gift Shop.
All this on top of 25 local and international artists painting new murals throughout the week, and daily guided mural tours to learn about the 120+ existing murals in the neighbourhood. Another notable highlight is this year’s VMF Gallery serving as the hub for many of the festival’s events. Open for the duration of the festival, the VMF Gallery is located at 14 W. 7th Avenue in the alley dubbed ‘7-½ Lane’, thanks to its location between W. 7th and W. 8th Avenue.
As always, the festival culminates in the Vancouver Mural Festival’s main event, the highly-anticipated Mount Pleasant Street Party on Saturday, August 10th from 12:00pm to 7:00pm. Spanning over 14 blocks in and around Main and Broadway, the Street Party transforms Mount Pleasant’s streets and laneways into a dynamic living art space, with free, accessible attractions to bring the community together, including live music, 4 beer gardens, skate jam, Family Zone, 2 markets, street dance battles, DJs, and much more.
Plus, the finale of the festival marked by The Park Show at Jonathan Rogers Park in the evening (tickets $40) with acclaimed New York singer-songwriter LP, with guests electronic instrumentalists badbadnotgood, award-winning Canadian Indigenous pop-electronic artist iskwē, plus local Vancouver legend MY!GAY!HUSBAND DJ’ing throughout the show.
2019 MURAL ARTISTS
Alex Joukov
Carmen Chan
COOL COMBO ONE
Debra Sparrow
William Liao
UNCLE O
Eva Eskelinen
EXPEL
Fintan Magee
Jeska Slater
Kathy Ager
KC Hall
LUNAR
Medianeras
Olivia Di Liberto
ONEQ
Pablo Zamudio
Paintillio
Pamella Pinard
SatOne
Sebastian Curi
Sonny Green
Syd Danger
At its core, VMF creates a platform to showcase the creativity and diversity of our city’s talented artists, while bringing communities together through the creation of accessible public art and meaningful events and conversations around socio-cultural issues facing our city and artistic communities. For more information follow Vancouver Mural Festival on Twitter and Instagram #VanMuralFest.
Miss604 is proud to sponsor the Surrey Fusion Festival this weekend in Holland Park. It has free admission, concerts, activities, and over 50 cultural pavilions with amazing food options. Find this event and more things to do in Vancouver this weekend listed below:
The Monstercat Compound Block Party returns to Vancouver for the third year for a celebration of music, community, and the city the Vancouver-based record label calls home. Fans, families alike, offering something for every Vancouverite – all for free admission.
Monstercat Compound Block Party
When: August 24th, 2019 from 2:00pm to 9:00pm Where: Monstercat HQ 380 Railway Street Admission: Free, RSVP here »
Two stages of music, merch, food and drinks, beer gardens, music education, live art, gaming and more! An all ages event, with something for everyone to enjoy. Compound features performances from some of electronic music’s most promising talent, including BC artists Drezo, Conro, Tails, and LA-based Grant, and Disero.
In addition to performances from Monstercat fan favourites on the Main Stage, and the best underground sounds on the Groundwerk Stage powered by MusicBC. Festivities will also include live art with local artists putting their own spin on the Monstercat mascot, exciting video games with a musical twist on them, and music education. There will also be carnival activities, merch, along with food & drinks. All of this taking place in the dynamic Railtown neighbourhood, wrapping down Railway and Dunlevy streets.
Compound also offers festival-goers the unique opportunity to put together some beats of their own. Attendees can stop by the Nimbus School of Recording’sMobile Sound Studio or play around with some of the best software on the market from Abelton, and test out the some hardware from our friends at Pioneer DJ and Roland.
If guest are more interested in playing “old-school” instruments, they can play some tunes at the Tom LeeInstrument Petting Zoo.
Guest post contributed and written by Jen Murtagh.
Yoga and Wine on the Farm in Richmond
You may not know that Richmond, BC is home to a winery! Country Vines is a family owned and operated Winery Farm with over 60 years of farming experience. If you have ever taken your kids to the pumpkin patch on Steveston Highway at Richmond Country Farms, you were a stone’s throw away from their winery which opened its doors in 2016.
This hidden gem in Richmond boasts an idyllic outdoor patio with cozy fire tables and delicious wood-fired pizzas.
On July 22 and 29 you can participate in an evening of Yoga and Wine from 6:00pm onward at the Farm. Unwind surrounded by farm and vines after a long day and enjoy 60 minutes of yoga and a glass of wine with some sumptuous snacks after class.
Also, be sure to check out Country Vines’ Rose and Roses event – an evening of wine and floral design on Wednesday, July 24th. The evening will consist of a tutored tasting of 3 Rosé Wines and a hands-on Floral Centerpiece Design Workshop led by Jacquie from Il Fioraio Florist.
Coquitlam’s 4th annual Kaleidoscope Arts Festival welcomes indie artists Current Swell, Royal Canoe and Terra Lightfoot to Town Centre Park on August 10th. Shop local artisans, stroll the site with a craft beer in hand, enjoy live performances and more in this beautiful lakeside setting.
Kaleidoscope Arts Festival in Coquitlam
Where: Town Centre Park next to Lafarge Lake-Douglas SkyTrain station When: Saturday, August 10, 2019 from 2:00pm to 9:00pm Tickets: FREE! All ages. RSVP on Facebook.
5 Highlights You Can’t Miss
1) A Paintilliopaint-by-numbers public art piece that everyone can work on.
2) What’s better than a free festival? A fully licensed festival venue where you can wander freely with a craft beer or spirit, served up by Mariner Brewing and Provincial Spirits!
3) Make sure you come hungry and enjoy a meal or snack from food trucks like Cannoli King, Taste of Malaysia, Reel Mac and Cheese, Sweet Mind Candy, Taters – The Baked Potato, Rocky Point Ice Cream, The Crazy Italian, Fusion Icy, and El Cartel.
4) Shop the Artisan Market with Pottery Works, Virukka Gifts (Virukka Jewelry), Mysgreen, Tea Lani, Solasta Chocolate Inc., Elephantastic Arts & Design, Nasty Free Naturals, Adele Maskwa Iskwew, Green Coast Coffee, The Dolly Shop, Mom’s Care Natural Handmade Soap, McCormick Makes, Artisans Workbench, Linda Designs, Shannon Marie ceramics, Reclaimed Print Co., Explore and Share.
Kaleidoscope Headliners, Current Swell
5) Last but not least, the performances! Live on stage you can listen to the musical stylings of Current Swell, Terra Lightfoot, Royal Canoe, Disco Funeral, Sandeep Johal (visual artist), Richard Tetrault (visual artist), Blink Acro (dance), Hip Hop Hoop (dance), Gamelin Bike Bike (musicians), and DJ Emilita.
Check out visitcoquitlam.ca for more event info this summer and follow the Tag #ExploreCoquitlam. Miss604 is proud to be the exclusive Social Media Partner of the Kaleidoscope Arts Festival.
