Last year the Fair at the PNE moved beyond the beloved mini pizzas, scones, fried onions and burgers and served up Oreo churros, butter chicken fries, mini donut ice pops, and deep fried Tequila shot bites. This year, they’re once again cranking the food options up to 11!

Food at the PNE This Summer

All was revealed in this morning’s press release:

Sweets

In addition to all the Fair classics that are set to return this year, keep an eye out for insane items like Cricket Caramel Apples, a twist on a Fair classic, which mixes sustainable eating with an iconic snack! The Caramel Apple is rolled in salty, oven-roasted Entomo Farm crickets to create a sweet and salty delight that will add a bit of crunch for the courageous.

Looking to stay cool this Fair? A modern take on ice cream, Smoking Charcoal Soft Serve will cool you down in the hot summer sun. And don’t forget to taste Black Charcoal Pineapple Ice Cream, a twist on the hottest ice cream trend; black charcoal soft serve ice cream served right out of a fresh pineapple! Or check out S’luscious, with boozy slush drinks in a variety of flavours, including Frosé, Lime, Mango, and Dark & Stormy.

For the chocolate fanatics, Churros Locos introduces Chocolate Dipped Churros, dipped and rolled in your favourite toppings, or Churro Fries, smothered with chocolate and caramel sauce, with marshmallows tossed into the mix, available only at the PNE Marketplace.

Steve O’s Public House is set to return, making one of Canada’s favourite chocolate bars even better, turning the iconic Nestle bar into KitKat Fries. Dipped in a signature batter and deep-fried to a soft, fluffy, and chocolatey perfection while maintaining the famous KitKat crunch, you’ll want to try these again and again and again.

White Chocolate Cheese Cake Mini Donuts make their debut or try a Caramel Fried Pineapple Ring, deep fried and topped with a warm caramel sauce. Wat a Melon, straight off the streets of Tokyo will feature a watermelon flavoured ice cream snack, served between two slices of watermelon. And, by popular request, Deep-Fried Strawberries will debut, dipped in funnel cake batter and served with just a hint of powdered sugar.

Savoury

This year’s lineup of delicious burgers will thrill you to no end. Step back in time to a 1950s diner, courtesy of Gourmet Burgers, to try a Garlic Vanilla Milkshake Burger, or its cousin, the Sweet and Salty Milkshake Burger, covered in rock salts, caramel drizzle and vanilla ice cream.

In the need for more meat? Try the Deep-Fried Burger, or a gigantic 1 lb. Fair Sized Meatball, oozing with mozzarella and Nonna’s tomato sauce.

For the taco fanatic in the family, the PNE’s own brand-new taco stand, Buen Gusto Street Tacos, will be set up outside the Pacific Coliseum, offering Vancouver’s take on the Mexican classic to satisfy your cravings.

Corndog King will offer, for the first time this year, the Big Pizza Corndog, which is stuffed with Mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, herbs and spices, with a side of pizza sauce. And for dessert? The Red Velvet Corndog will be a sweet, delicious twist on the classic, available only this year.

Follow the Fair at the PNE on Facebook and Twitter for more information. Stop by this year from August 18, 2018 to September 3, 2018 excluding Mondays, August 20 and 27.

This August Miss604 is proud to sponsor so many great community events, from Movies Under the Stars every Saturday in Surrey, to the Richmond World Festival, the fabulous and free Kaleidoscope Arts Festival in Coquitlam! There’s also Crave The Heights, a neighbourhood dining showcase in Burnaby Heights. All of these events and more are listed below.

August Events in Metro Vancouver

Jump to: Wednesday, August 1 to Sunday, August 5, 2018
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Jump to: Monday, August 13 to Sunday, August 19, 2018
Jump to: Monday, August 20 to Sunday, August 26, 2018
Jump to: Monday, August 27 to Friday, August 31, 2018

Multi-Day Events

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green. This list is updated often so send in your event listing anytime – for free – and check back often to plan your week.

Summer Theatre

Click here for the Bard on the Beach schedule »
Click here for Theatre Under the Stars »
Click here for the free Kitsilano Showboat »

Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Honda Celebration of Light Fireworks
UBC Pride
Summer Fun in Thompson Park
Free Outdoor Movie Downtown Vancouver
Free Outdoor Movies at Lansdowne Centre in Richmond
Main Street Farmers Market
Noontime Notes at Central City
Kitsilano Showboat
CBC Musical Nooners
Vancouver Bach Festival
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Rainbow Dinner
Artist Salon with Art Columns Artists part II
Show your Pride BBQ, Richmond
Orpheum Theatre Guided Tours
Music by the River, New West
Free Outdoor Movie at Canada Place
Storytime on the Porch
Noontime Notes at Central City
Downtown Farmers Market
Pop-Up Food Trucks at Lougheed
CBC Musical Nooners
Vancouver Bach Festival
Friday, August 3, 2018
White Rock Sea Festival
Abbotsford Agrifair
Vancouver Pride with Queer As Funk
Vancouver Undie Run
Chicks Ahoy! Pride Boat Cruise Party
Youth Night at Richmond Olympic Experience
Fridays on Front, New West
Music at the Cannery
Richmond Night Market
Shipyards Night Market North Vancouver
Kitsilano Showboat
Pop-Up Food Trucks at Lougheed
Summer Fun in Thompson Park
CBC Musical Nooners
Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver
Vancouver Bach Festival
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Sponsored by Miss604: Movies Under the Stars, Surrey
Honda Celebration of Light Fireworks
Fire & Light Fireworks Night
Terry Wallace Memorial Breakfast
PechaKucha NewWest Volume 20 – Duos
Wailin’ Walker Band and David “Boxcar” Gates
Powell Street Festival
West End Summer Art Market
Riley Park Farmers Market
Trout Lake Farmers Market
West End Farmers Market
Richmond Night Market
Kitsilano Showboat
Orpheum Theatre Guided Tours
Brigade Days Fort Langley
Pop-Up Food Trucks at Lougheed
Abbotsford Agrifair
Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver
Vancouver Bach Festival
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Vancouver Pride Parade
Vancouver Pride Sunset Beach Festival
Pride Hershe Bar-Closing Party with Stephanie Rice
CHICAS in the AFTERNOON
Social Sundays at VanDusen ft VSO Chamber Players
Powell Street Festival
Clayton Community Farmers Market
Poirier Street Market
Kitsilano Farmers Market
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Brigade Days Fort Langley
Pop-Up Food Trucks at Lougheed
Abbotsford Agrifair
Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver
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Do you know someone who uses their vehicle to do good in their community? Project Purpose, presented by Cowell Auto Group, is rewarding 24 dedicated community volunteers in the Lower Mainland by fixing and cleaning up their car, truck or van. They want to say thank you by making these vehicles like new all over again since it’s important to have safe, reliable transportation in order to give back.

Latest Recipient

Described as humble, upbeat and selfless. Larry Coleman has been volunteering with Make-A-Wish Foundation for over 20 years, he has been a volunteer with The Ride2Survive for the last nine years, and a driver and Board Member with Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society for the last four and half years. He drives a 2003 Chevy Silverado Extended Cab so he can carry walkers and wheelchairs. Larry says, if the truck was to let him down he would be letting down a cancer patient and he never wants that to happen.

Cowell Auto Group staff provided a complete car makeover for Larry, as a way to say thank you for his dedication to community service. His ride received all needed repairs and service checks free of charge.

Who Can You Nominate

Visit the Project Purpose website to nominate a committed, long-term volunteer who positively impacts their community and the people around them. This person has a car, but it needs some work, maybe even a lot of work, to be make it a safe and reliable again.

Candidates can come from Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, Surrey, Langley, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, White Rock, Tsawwassen, Ladner or Pitt Meadows.

Nominations are accepted throughout 2018. Recipients will be selected from the nominees and notified by phone throughout the year.

The Harmony Arts Festival, presented by Odlum Brown Limited, is entering its 28th year with a cornucopia of festival favourites and some exciting new additions. Enjoy a variety of free events and activities including live concerts, art exhibitions, outdoor installations and culinary events along the Ambleside waterfront this August.

Harmony Arts Festival

When: August 3–12, 2018
Where: Ambleside, various venues, West Vancouver

New This Year

• A new Indigenous Exhibition, sponsored by BMO Bank of Montreal, will include an authentic marketplace and group exhibition, starting with a traditional welcome on Friday, August 3, 2018.
• The inaugural Indigenous Feast featuring Salmon n’ Bannock will take place on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 on Ambleside Landing.
• We are proud to offer a stunning feature artwork designed by a Coast Salish artist, Sinámkin Jody Broomfield, which pays homage to the spirit of the eagles who live near Ambleside and John Lawson Park.
• Salt & Earth Catering Co. brings savoury treats to the Salt & Earth Oyster Bar in the RE/MAX Waterfront Lounge for all 10 days of the festival.

Enjoy music, film, art, literature, food, and more at Harmony Arts!

Visual Arts

An eclectic mix of local and international artistic talent in a variety of media

• The Fresh St. Market Art Market features a wide range of juried products including ceramics, glass, jewelry, leather, painting, photography, textiles and wood. The market runs both weekends (August 3–6 and August 10–12) on Argyle Avenue.
• ArtSpeaks, sponsored by British Pacific Properties, features a range of workshops, demonstrations and artist talks at the Ferry Building Gallery.
• The Group Exhibition, sponsored by the Always Best Care Senior Services, is an outdoor exhibition, open daily.
• Located at Ambleside and Dundarave storefronts, Art Beat, sponsored by Cressey Development Group, showcases local artists in more than 40 local businesses.
• For the Love of Art, sponsored by Kin’s Farm Market showcases youth art in an outdoor exhibition, open daily.
• Artsy Kids, sponsored by the North Shore News, offers a fun and messy creative outlet for kids. Drop in for crafting, painting and other fun workshops.

Music and Performing Arts

Enjoy over 50 free concerts

• PARC Retirement Living Garden Concerts at the PARC Retirement Living Garden Stage in Millennium Park offers three different performances daily with daytime concerts, dinner concerts at 5:30pm and late-night concerts at 8:45pm.
• Onni Group Sunset Concerts also offers nightly performances at 7:30pm on the Main Stage.
• Enjoy the classics from 2:00pm-4:00pm on August 5, 6 and 12, during the Seniors’ Series sponsored by Hollyburn House.
• Jazz by the waterfront returns with Live Music at the Silk Purse.

Culinary Arts

A feast for the senses with pop-up restaurants and more

• Sample delicious family-style Italian fare from La Sorella Di Mangia in the RE/MAX Waterfront Lounge in Millennium Park.
• The Park Royal Beachside Patio in Millennium Park features down-to-earth cuisine from a pop-up restaurant created by Feast Dining.
• Artisan Eats, sponsored by Just Like Family Home Care, turns John Lawson Park into a mecca of mobile food trucks.
• The always-popular Best of the West, sponsored by Grosvenor Americas, is a ticketed food and wine pairing event. Twelve local restaurants and wineries compete for culinary mastery on Ambleside Pier.
• Catch innovative cocktail stylings from bartenders at the ticketed Night on the Pier.
• Cinema in the Park: enjoy a film in the park. For movie lovers and cinephiles, Cinema in the Park, sponsored by West Vancouver Optometry, offers free nightly movies every evening at 9:00pm on the Main Stage.

Literary Arts

Readings in the Park, sponsored by Bridgewater Tile Ltd., features Canadian poet, Joy Kogawa. This is a perfect event for literary lovers and written word aficionados.

WIN TICKETS: Night on the Pier

The Harmony Arts Festival, sponsored by Odlum Brown Limited, celebrates the rebirth of cocktail culture at the 3rd annual Night on the Pier. It’s a vibrant and exhilarating evening on Ambleside Pier that features some of the best bartenders from around the Lower Mainland. Each mixologist competes to create innovative, daring and bold drinks for you to enjoy. Paired with delicious catered food and a stunning waterfront view, Night on the Pier is the place to be.

Here’s how you can enter to win a pair of tickets to Night on the Pier:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 10:00am on Saturday, August 4, 2018. Must be 19+. Please enjoy responsibly. Follow the Harmony Arts Festival on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more info.

Update The winner is Jennifer R!

The 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival (“VIFF”) is fast approaching and to make this fine festival function, volunteers are needed. If you love movies, the arts and being a part of an amazing community, then VIFF has a spot for you!

Call for VIFF Volunteers

When: September 27 to October 12, 2018
Where: Various Vancouver venues, centralized at Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour St)

VIFF is looking for volunteers to help fill their diverse Teams and Lead volunteer positions this year.

For 16 days, hundreds of films from around the world will play throughout the city, showcasing unique genres and content. Dozens of directors, writers and actors will be on hand for insightful—and occasionally provocative—post-screening Q&A sessions. The VIFF team of over 1,200 volunteers, in collaboration with staff, and directors create an internationally renowned and appreciative space for filmmakers and audience members to share their love of film and the film industry.

You must be 16 years or older to apply to volunteer. Certain teams have higher age requirements. Before filling out your application, review VIFF 2018 Volunteer Teams.

Volunteer Teams:

The majority of Teams require each volunteer to commit to a minimum of 4 shifts. The majority of shifts are between 3-5 hours. Volunteers interested in Team Lead positions are required to commit to 50 hours.

Volunteer Perks:

• 1 Volunteer Ticket Voucher for every shift you volunteer. Vouchers can be used in advance for
  any available festival screening. Vouchers are transferrable – so bring a friend!
• A Volunteer Pass which can be used by you in the Volunteer Stand-by Line
• For volunteers who are 16 and 17, this pass allows you access to any classified films. Please note
  that under BC classification law, you must be 18 or older to view unclassified films.
• One invitation to the VIFF Volunteer Appreciation Events
• Special offers, screenings and promotions exclusive to volunteers.
• An exclusive Festival Volunteer T-shirt

Volunteers are an essential and valued part of the Vancouver International Film Festival. They help to create successful world class events year-after-year. Apply online for position available from mid-August through October 15, 2018.

Follow VIFF on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information about the festival, its events, special guests, and films.

Miss604 is a proud media partner of VIFF 2018.