Enjoy music, storytellers, dancers, drummers and more at the 14th annual Richmond Maritime Festival happening August 12 & 13 at Britannia Shipyards. Celebrate Richmond’s historical connection with the sea at this free family event at a National Heritage Site.
Richmond Maritime Festival
Where: Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston (5180 Westwater Dr)
When: Saturday, August 12, 2017 11:00am to 7:00pm & Sunday, August 13, 2017 11:00am to 5:00pm
Who: Performers include Good for Grapes, Daphne Roubini and Black Gardenia, Bhangra Royal Academy, Lonesome Town Painters, Vancouver Chinese Choir, Showstoppers, Eagle Song Dancers, The Burying Ground, Johnny Bootleg, Tiller’s Folly, Halifax Wharf Rats.
Over two days, land lubbers and sea-goers of all ages will enjoy activities that delight one and all. Discover local lore, visit beautiful wooden boats, create works of art, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the tasty treats. Take in music, painters, potters, stilt performers, puppets, story tellers and much more!
The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history, the festival invites visitors to explore a spectacular heritage site and enjoy music, games, interactive exhibits, roving performers, food and much more.
On Saturday night enjoy this national historic site with live music, drumming and light refreshments. Come back Sunday for full-scale festival fun for all ages.
Follow the Richmond Maritime Festival and Fun Richmond on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information and to share your photos from the event.
This post has been contributed by the Kathleen Stormont, SPES Communications Specialist with the Stanley Park Ecology Society (“SPES”).
It may be sunny and dry in Vancouver right now, but we all know that will change come the fall. With over a meter of rainfall in Vancouver each year, storm water management is a key priority for city planners and environmental scientists alike. Storm runoff often contains high levels of heavy metals and other environmental pollutants that can put vulnerable ecosystems at risk. One way to help manage storm water pollution is through the creation of manmade or engineered wetlands like the one found in the northwest corner of Lost Lagoon.
Shrubs lining Lost Lagoon’s northeast shore hide the hard working wetland behind them. Photo: Andre Chan.
Many species of aquatic plants have the ability to capture heavy metals from the water table, storing them where they may be broken down further by a host of different microorganisms. Not only do these wetlands help filter out heavy metals, they also have the added benefit of providing important habitat for birds and other wildlife. In fact, Lost Lagoon’s resident beavers liked the engineered wetland so much, they decided to build their second lodge there.
Beavers leave their mark by the Lost Lagoon wetland. Photo: Dannie Piezas.
Stanley Park Ecology Society, along with KWL consultants and the UBC Department of Civil Engineering, partnered up to further study the effectiveness of engineered wetlands in Stanley Park. With over 50,000 vehicles passing by Lost Lagoon each day, this is a prime location to test for heavy metal runoff.
Changes in heavy metal concentrations between a wetland entrance and its exit. Courtesy: UBC Civil Engineering, Jessica Noble.
UBC Civil Engineering student Jessica Le Noble has been studying the effectiveness of the wetland in Lost Lagoon as part of her master thesis. To better verify that the engineered wetlands are meeting water treatment objectives, Jessica hopes to develop a DNA based monitoring tool that can measure the genetic differences of microbes in the soils of wetlands that have trapped heavy metal pollutants. It is hypothesized that wetland microbial communities change in composition and function as stormwater moves through the wetland, is filtered, and its pollutant levels drop towards the wetland exit.
Next time you’re taking a leisurely walk around Lost Lagoon, be sure stop and to stop and check out this hard working wetland, and watch for a beaver or two adding their own engineering to the landscape.
The Matinée, roots rockers from Vancouver who are up for Rock Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards, are hosting a homecoming show and album release party at the Fox Cabaret on August 10th. Currently touring throughout Ontario, group is celebrating the release of their latest album, Dancing On Your Grave, featuring the hit Blood Alley and title track Dancing on Your Grave.
The Matinée’s Album Release Party
With The Wild Romantics, Emily Rowed Where: The Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St, Vancouver) When: Thursday Aug 10, 2017 doors 7:00pm, show 8:00pm Tickets: $14.99 – $19.99 available online now
Matt Layzell, Matt Rose, Peter Lemon, and Geoff Petrie were high school cohorts before their musical paths intertwined, having spent their first few years as a band cutting their teeth on the road. They become familiar faces at every small bar and venue around their hometown of Vancouver, and they honed their chops playing small clubs nationwide.
Things changed in 2013, when the group signed to Light Organ Records and released its debut album, We Swore We’d See the Sunrise. In 2015, they linked up with Mounties members Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat) and Ryan Dahle (Limblifter) who produced the 2015 EP Broken Arrows and helped to nurture the ensemble’s gritty rock influences. The result; the first single off the record, Temper Temper, hit #1 on the CBC Radio 3 national charts.
The Matinée’s latest full-length represents the triumphant culmination of its achievements to date. A heart-swelling collision of hook-infused rock and earthy roots influences, the album was produced by Jamie Candiloro (R.E.M., Ryan Adams) and recorded at Light Organ’s own 604 Studios.
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I first crossed paths with the band in 2008 and have been a fan ever since. This incredibly talented group can rock any stage, and they have the biggest hearts! I’m thrilled to be able to offer up 2 tickets to their album release party. 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 Friday, August 4, 2017. Follow The Matinee on Facebook and Twitter for far more information about the band and where they’ll be touring this season.
Host city of the 1954 British Commonwealth Games, Vancouver will welcome the Queen’s Baton Relay with a full day of events on August 1, 2017 as it makes its way to Australia for the next Games in 2018.
Queen’s Baton Relay and Block Party
The Queen’s Baton Relay is a Commonwealth Games tradition that connects all nations and territories of the Commonwealth prior to the Games being held. The 2018 Queen’s Baton, which is on an epic 388-day journey, carries a message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II which calls the Commonwealth’s athletes to come together in peaceful and friendly competition to the Games in Gold Coast Australia April 4-15, 2018.
The BC Sports Hall of Fame has produced a ‘virtual relay’ where the Queen’s Baton will travel to iconic Vancouver landmarks and be greeted by Commonwealth Games athletes and alumni and BC Sports Hall of Fame Honoured Members.
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
8:00am at Capilano Suspension Bridge
With Elaine Tanner, 1966 Commonwealth Games Alumni, Commonwealth & Olympic medalist (winner of a remarkable 7 medals at the 1966 Commonwealth Games: 4 gold and 3 silver)
8:30am at Grouse Mountain
With Philip Wright, Team Canada Field Hockey 2006, 2010 Commonwealth Games Alumni.
10:00am at Empire Fields
Welcome of Baton to Vancouver with Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport, Government of Canada and Charmaine Crooks, 1982/1986/1994 Commonwealth Games Alumni, Commonwealth & Olympic medalist.
11:15 am at the Harry Jerome sculpture at Stanley Park
With Doug and Diane Clement, 1954/1958 Commonwealth Games Alumni, Commonwealth medalists
12:00pm – 4:00pm at the BC Sports Hall of Fame
The FREE Queen’s Baton Block Party at Terry Fox Plaza (BC Place) will have multiple vendors and sport activations including BC Ten Pin Federation, BC Athletics, BC Rugby plus more. Get your picture taken with the baton and more!
4:00pm at the BC Sports Hall of Fame (Gate A – BC Place)
Hero in You Athlete Presentation with Brent Hayden, 2006/2010 Commonwealth Games Alumni, Commonwealth and Olympic medalist.
The Queen’s Baton Relay was launched at Buckingham Palace on March 13th 2017, when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, placed her message to the Commonwealth into the baton. Over its 388-day journey through 70 Commonwealth nations and territories, the baton will have covered close to 230,000 kilometres, averaging one to four days in each nation or territory. The baton is travelling to Africa, the Caribbean, North America and then Europe and Oceania. It will finish its journey at the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on April 4, 2018.
For more information about the BC Sports Hall of Fame, including their All Access tours of BC Place this summer, follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
This weekend is all about markets, street food, and Canada 150+ which includes The Drum is Calling Festival, Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week and other free events. Check out these listings and more below:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green.
