Burnaby’s biggest festival, Hats Off Day, is free and fun for the whole family! Held on the first Saturday in June each year, it’s a giant one-day extravaganza featuring a colourful parade followed by a big street party.
Hats off Day at Burnaby Heights
Where: Hastings from Boundary to Gamma in Burnaby When: Saturday, June 2, 2018 9:30am to 4:00pm Admission: Free
Burnaby Heights merchants take their ‘hats off’ to salut the community and offer up sidewalk sales, street eats, and fun activities over 10 blocks at this even that can attract up to 100,000 people!
The day starts with the parade at 9:30am, a tradition since 1989. The Police Motorcycle Drill Team will lead it off at 9:30am from Beta Avenue and continue all the way to Boundary Road. You can also join the 5th annual Family Fun Dash to start things off.
The street festival will follow until 4:00pm, with Hastings Street shut down to traffic and filled with live music, street performers, kids activities, delicious food, and much more. With multiple activities and attractions for all ages, each block has something to experience.
Save the date and follow Burnaby Heights on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information.
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Tla-o-qui-aht (Clayoquot) First Nation, Tofino – Please stop and give this a think about for a just second. 5,000 years ago, what does that mean to Canadians? What does five millennia mean to you? Many might think nothing of Canada at all and go straight back to the days of the Egyptians and the Pyramids.
Here’s a how to on how to carve into one of our Nation’s most culturally rich festival and instead of heading down the Nile, set sail for the edge of our country.
Tofino’s Carving on the Edge Festival (September 6 to September 9, 2018) allows any explorer a front row seat to learning more about Canada’s pyramids – towering cedar trees that reach the sky. Pyramids that if produced and crafted with the right respect, turned into the lifeblood of a community. Uncover technology and teachings going back thousands of years, teachings to ancient practices.
Learn about how to build watercraft from Canada’s “Pyramids”, or how to carve a surfboard and/or invest in your own piece of west coast magic via a festival menu that includes workshops, speakers, an art gallery and opportunity to embrace culture that will leave you a stronger Canadian.
Carve early – Tofino sells out early now for accommodations, so booking in May and June for this early September festival is key.
Work it – Carving on the Edge workshops leave you with the most unique event souvenir you might ever have. Then daily, the festival offers a full itinerary of experiences (schedule out in August 2018) and will be available on @FestivalSeekers channels.
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Savour it – Go from the wild to the styled – a fish burrito @TofinoTacoFino, a sit on the beach and soak in the epic at the SandBar Bistro, and step in for a Trip Advisor top 10 dinner at Wolf and the Fog.
Live it – Jump in the canoe with Tashii Tours where folks like the Martin sisters (daughter to master carver and festival co-founder Joe Martin of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation) will take out on the Pacific for a paddle along the edge of Canada. Take in the sights and curate an understanding of how a the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation would manage their forest, just like they would as if it was a field of wheat.
Chill – Go for a SUP (stand up paddle board) and find your Zen with accommodations at the Best Western Tin Wis Resort (boards on site Tofino Paddle Surf and in front of MacKenzie beach) or stay just up the road from the festival site at the Cable Cove Inn (wait till you get a load of their on the ocean reading room), or step it right up and check into the five star Long Beach Lodge Resort.
Science World, in partnership with La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs and select wineries from BC’s Golden Mile Bench, presents its inaugural food and wine event, Pairings. This gourmet evening, with a dash of science, takes place on June 13th and explores the fascinating science behind food and wine pairings while supporting Science World’s Super Science Club.
Pairings at Science World
When: Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 6:30pm to 10:00pm Where: TELUS World of Science (1455 Quebec St, Vancouver) Tickets: Tickets are $125 and available online now. Price includes a $50 tax receipt. Must be 19+. Please enjoy responsibly.
Participating restaurants: Miradoro Restaurant at Tinhorn Creek, Showcase Restaurant & Bar, Notch8 Restaurant & Bar at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Chau Veggie Express
Featured wineries: Hester Creek, Road 13 Vineyards, Fairview Cellars, Tinhorn Creek, Rust Wine Co., Stoneboat Vineyards and more.
Event goers will sip on a selection of fine wines from Oliver’s Golden Mile Bench, the wine capital of Canada, while savouring delectable gourmet bites prepared by some of BC’s most renowned chefs and restaurants from the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver. What makes this event so unique is the science behind the food and wine pairings. Scientific food and wine pairings are created using chemistry principles such as mixing acids and fats, sugars and spices, and then using alcohols and tannins to compete with the intensity of the food.
View from Rust Wine Co. in Oliver, BC by Rebecca Bollwitt
Tickets to Pairings include an exclusive viewing of Science World’s newest exhibition The Science Behind Pixar, live demonstrations, a battle for the Best Dish, a silent auction, live music and hands-on Science World activities.
Proceeds raised will benefit Science World’s Super Science Club:
Super Science Club is an award-winning, after-school program that provides science and technology activities to underserved students in grades 1–7. Science World’s goal is to inspire underserved children to develop a long-term interest in science and technology. The program now reaches twelve schools across Vancouver and the Fraser Valley and reaches close to 900 elementary students.
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Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir presents Jazz Meets Gospel on June 2nd at Christ Church Cathedral in Downtown Vancouver. This final concert of the 2017/2018 season explores the intersection of two historic genres. Audiences will be brought to their feet, as the high-octane ensemble are joined by free-wheeling instrumentalist Daniel Lapp and the dulcet-yet-mighty voices of Holy Cross High School’s ViBE Senior Choir.
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Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir Jazz Meets Gospel
When: June 2, 2018 at 3:00pm & 8:00pm Where: Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard St, Vancouver) Tickets: Adults $25, students/seniors $25, children 12 & under $10. Available online now or by calling 1-800-838-3006
Jazz Meets Gospel’s full program includes the high-energy song Revelation by the Yellowjackets, before hitting more soulful notes with Walk With Me Lord and When the Saints Go Marching In (both in new arrangements by Suderman herself). Also of note is the 60’s civil rights anthem I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free, performed by Good Noise soloist Syllona Kanu in tribute to Nina Simone.
Guest artist Lapp is a trumpet player, singer, composer, producer, and teacher — as well as the Artistic Director of the Chwyl Family School of Contemporary Music at Victoria Conservatory of Music and Director of the BC Fiddle Orchestra. Lapp was one of six fiddlers featured in the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies in Vancouver, and has appeared as a soloist with the CBC Orchestra and Vancouver Symphony.
The ViBE Senior Choir received top recognition for two consecutive years at the Kiwanis Fraser Valley International Music Festival Awards in 2016 and 2017. Comprised of 55 students between the ages of 15 to 18, the choir is a dedicated group committed to twice-weekly practices. A portion of the proceeds from Jazz Meets Gospel will go towards ViBE and Good Noise’s VIP Young Artist Program, which supports high school students in music education programs.
Accompanying Good Noise, Lapp, and ViBE will be a superb band: Michael Kalanj (Hammond B3), Laurence Mollerup (bass), Elliot Polsky (drums), Ingrid Stitt (alto and soprano saxophones), and Artistic Director Gail Suderman (piano and vocals).
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In “Raincouver,” April showers don’t always bring May flowers. However, wet weather represents a golden opportunity to find solitude in the rainforests around Vancouver. Why not don waterproof-breathable gear and ever-so-fashionable gaiters, pack the 10 essentials, leave a trip plan with a reliable person, and get outside?
Please respect the backcountry by practicing Leave No Trace techniques
1. Gold Creek
Gold Creek bridge on the East-West Canyon Connector. Photo by Stephen Hui.
A bridge over Gold Creek makes possible an attractive loop at Golden Ears Provincial Park in Katzie First Nation territory. This outing includes visits to the scenic backcountry campsites at Viewpoint Beach and Alder Flats.
The East Canyon Trail starts at the Gold Creek parking lot. Stay with the old logging road as it descends to Gold Creek and intersects the East-West Canyon Connector. Before crossing the Gold Creek footbridge, continue upstream to Viewpoint Beach.
Back at the bridge, go west on the East-West Canyon Connector. Turn right on the watery, rooty (and snowy in spring) West Canyon Trail. Turn around at Alder Flats, and stick with the West Canyon Trail. Turn left on the Menzies Trail and cross the bridge on the Golden Ears Parkway to return to the parking lot.
Round trip: 14km, 4.5 hours. Elevation gain: 340m. Access: Dewdney Trunk Road and 232 Street, Maple Ridge. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
