September is one of the best months of the year since it combines outdoor adventures, like corn mazes and pumpkin patches, with indoor arts and culture programming. Catch a show at the Fringe Festival, then head out to the Applebarn for cider! This month Miss604 is proud to support the Richmond World Festival (Sept 1-2), Surrey Youth Fest (Sept 23), and the Vancouver International Film Festival (Sept 28-Oct 13). All of these events and hundreds more are listed below:
Jump to: Friday, September 1 to Sunday, September 3, 2017
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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.
September Events in Metro Vancouver 2017
Friday, September 1, 2017
Miss604 is proud to sponsor: Richmond World Festival
Your Kontinent: Digital Carnival 2017
Coquitlam Free Concert Series Finale
Creative Mornings Vancouver September 2017
PNE Concert: Rick Springfield
Chinatown Night Market
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Miss604 is proud to sponsor: Richmond World Festival
Burnaby Farmers Market
PNE Concert: The Gypsy Kings
Downtown Eastside Women’s Summer Fair and Flea Market
Trout Lake Farmers Market
West End Farmers Market
River District Farmers Market
Illumination Summer Night Market, Richmond
Richmond Night Market
Chinatown Night Market
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Victory Square Block Party
Safe & Sound Music Festival, New West
Uncle Al’s Cabin Tour at Mt. Seymour
Summer Sundays at Rocky Point Park, Port Moody
14th Annual Festival del Maize
Opera Zone at Kerrisdale Community Centre
Lonsdale Quay presents Beauty And The Beast
I Heart Radio Beach Ball at the PNE
Poirier Street Farmers Market
Ambleside Farmers Market
Kitsilano Farmers Market
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Illumination Summer Night Market, Richmond
Richmond Night Market
Chinatown Night Market
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
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Hosted annually by Music Waste Festival, CiTR 101.9FM and Discorder Magazine, the 13th Victory Square Block Party highlights local, independent music in a free end-of-summer celebration that also supports local non-profit and independent media organizations.
Victory Square Block Party 2017
Where: Victory Square @ Cambie & West Hastings in Vancouver
When: Sunday, September 3, 2017 2:00pm to 9:00pm
Admission: FREE
Highlighting all corners of Vancouver’s diverse music community, this year’s lineup features power-punk trio Needles//Pins, bright garage punks Dumb, experimental folk-pop from Gratifician, hardcore femme-punk from new band Palm Oil, captivating 8-bit electronic tunes from masked malefactor Shitlord Fuckerman, heavy punk rock from Passive, and the hip-hop harmonies of Laydy Jams.
Be sure to get a raffle ticket at the event. Not only will you have the chance to win unique prizes from Mint Records, Bard on the Beach, Coup Salon, Float House, Hartwell Therapy and Wellness, Light Organ Records and more, but proceeds will support Megaphone Magazine and CiTR 101.9 FM/Discorder Magazine.
Music Waste Festival and CiTR/Discorder are also excited to welcome The Binners Project to this year’s party. “The Binners Project is a group of waste-pickers aided by support staff dedicated to improving their economic opportunities, and reducing the stigma they face as informal recyclable collectors,” says Anna Godefory, the Binners’ project director. Binners will be onsite during the event to help reduce incorrect waste disposal and educate attendees about recycling options.
The VSBP acknowledges that the festival is organized and takes place on unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
For more information, follow the Victory Square Block Party on Facebook.
It’s corn maze season! These great Vancouver area farms offer up creative and fun corn maze adventures along with everything from pony rides and pumpkin patches (coming a bit later in the season), to wineries (for the adults), mini trains, jumping pillows, and baby goats. From Surrey and Richmond to Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack, check out all of these activities and more below:
Vancouver Area Farms for Family Fun
Bose Corn Maze
Website / Facebook
Location: 64th Avenue & 156th St, Surrey
For over 100 years, Bose and Sons Family Farm has been growing food for your table on farmland in Surrey. In 1999, the Bose family added a corn maze and pumpkin patch to their commercial farm to provide a hands-on, agricultural experience for the public. Open now through October 9th, rain or shine, explore the Canada 150 corn maze during the day or try the Night Corn Maze — bring your flashlight!
Aldor Acres
Website / Facebook
Location: 24990 84 Ave, Langley
Opening for the season on Saturday, September 23rd (through to October 31st) this popular Langley attraction has animals, hayrides, pumpkins, a petting zoo, pig races, hands-on farm experiences and more.
Richmond Country Farms
Website / Facebook
Location: 12900 Steveston Hwy, Richmond
During the growing season, shop for corn, strawberries, brussel sprouts, potatoes, broccoli, kale, watermelon, and blueberries. Hop on a Farm Tour Train Ride select weekends, and every weekend in October. The pumpkin patch opens in October with music, wagon rides, and pumpkin picking.
Taves Applebarn
Website / Facebook / Twitter
Location: 333 Gladwin Road, Abbotsford
The Applebarn’s pumpkin patch is now open for the season along with the Corn Quest Maze, new Pedal Carts, Bunny Town, hayrides, jumping pillow, tractor trail, zipline, playground, petting barn, and more! Watch cider press demonstrations and pick up some farm-fresh cider or u-pick apples. Coming soon: Pony rides, concession stand, and the pumpkin cannon and corn gun. Open Friday-Sunday until August 31st, then 7 days a week September 1 to October 30th.
Chilliwack Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch
Website / Facebook
Location: 41905 Yale Road West, Chilliwack
Navigate your way through the 12 acre corn maze, u-pick fruit, visit the pumpkin patch, jump on the giant pillow rainbow, push some pedal carts, take a ride on the corn train, and check out and indoor and outdoor hay bale maze. Open now through October.
Maan Farms
Website / Facebook / Instagram
Location: 790 McKenzie Road, Abbotsford
Offering seasonal berries, a country kitchen and market, estate winery, and family fun year round that includes a rope climb, pedal carts, slides, petting zoo, wagon rides. The corn maze (daytime and nighttime) is open until October.
Itineraries
Hop in the car and follow one of these 3 maps/itineraries I have created for exploring the Fraser Valley this season.
Over the years I have profiled bloggers from the Northwest Territories to the Fraser Valley, anyone that interests me and that I hope will interest you as well. A few years ago I started asking a standard set of questions and after hearing about some unique bloggers around Vancouver recently, I decided to revive the series. Enjoy!
Codi Darnell of Help Codi Heal
Website: Help Codi Heal | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
How long has your blog been around?
After my accident in March 2016, my friends started the hashtag #helpcodiheal. I began to give short updates on my recovery process through Facebook and Instagram using this hashtag. As the months went on, my updates were getting longer and I started to feel like I didn’t have the correct platform. I’ve been sharing my journey on helpcodiheal.com since January 2017.
What is your role?
Help Codi Heal is my personal project. I do all of the writing and design. I have a friend who edits some of my posts for me and helps me with some of the technical set-up.
What does your site do/what is it about?
My blog focuses on my life as a woman, wife and mom with a twist: a spinal cord injury. I write about all aspects of my life and how it has and has not changed with the addition of this disability. I try to find humor within a lot of the struggles and use sarcasm to my advantage. I want to ease the tension of the reader and truly show them what it is like to be me.
What can people see, read, and do when visiting your site?
When someone visits my blog they will get an honest look at what life is like for me and my family. You will get to know some of the lesser known truths about living with a spinal cord injury and how we overcome the obstacles of life in a wheelchair. I like to showcase some of the adaptations we have made to our life in order for me to be independent.
A lot of people don’t have much, or any, experience in their lives with people who have a disability and the unknown can be hard to imagine. I always hope that someone who visits my site will leave with fewer misconceptions of people with spinal cord injuries and a better understanding of our capabilities
Why do you blog?
As cliché as it sounds, I first started blogging (even before my injury) because I love to write. After my injury, it helped me to process all of the emotions and learning experiences that came with my sudden paralysis.
“My family was, and is, my motivation to take my life back; I survive on them, sarcasm, white wine, popcorn and good conversation.”
Through the feedback I would get I discovered that, in the process of blogging, I was teaching people about living life with a disability and opening their eyes to a world they didn’t know anything about.
It is also really rewarding to have someone write to me and tell me that I helped them in their recovery in some way. In short, I write to heal and I write to spread awareness.
What is the ultimate goal for your site, how would you like to see it grow?
When I first started Help Codi Heal it was all about coping. Now I find that reaching people and helping to change the misconceptions that are out there about disabilities and the people who live with them is a large part of my healing.
I would love to talk more about the accessibility of events and attractions in the Lower Mainland in order to help other families who travel around with a wheelchair in tow. And as I learn things, I want to continue to share them in the hopes that they might help someone else.
Follow
Follow Codi on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Read all entries in my Blogger Profile series and feel free to suggest a blogger for possible feature in the comments of this post.
Miss604 and The Wine Syndicate are pleased to present a new bi-weekly series to help you gear up for the weekend in style. Weekend Wine will showcase new-to-you wineries, familiar favourites, and perfect pairings that you can pick up at your local purveyor.
Weekend Wine Selection
Jackson Estate Stich Sauvignon Blanc
- $19.99 retail at BC Liquor Stores
- From vineyards in Marlborough, New Zealand
The Jackson family came to New Zealand in 1842 on the Martha Ridgeway from Runnymede in England. In 1855 Adam Jackson bought the first blocks of land in the heart of the Marlborough region, along with what would become known as Jacksons Road. Fast forward to 1990 and Jo and John Stichbury released the first ever Jackson Estate wine. The launch of the 2010 vintage wines marks 20 years of quality winemaking. The family is pioneers of not only the Marlborough region but the NZ wine industry.
Tasting & Pairing Notes
The Jackson Estate Stich Sauvignon Blanc is a terrific value for a New Zealand sauvignon blanc for under $20. It has light and lively citrus notes, and I would pair it with anything you’d sprinkle with a bright squeeze of lemon, like simply cooked seafood (baked or grilled) or fresh shucked oysters.
I would also pick up some local tomatoes (at the Vancouver Farmers Market Tomato Festival this weekend) and make a crisp and juicy salad to pair with the wine’s charming level of acidity and fruitiness.
Where to Buy
The Jackson Estate Stich Sauvignon Blanc is retailing at the special price of $16.99 until September 2 at BC Liquor Stores, it’s regularly $19.99.
Please enjoy responsibly. Must be 19+.
