Under colourful flags and strings of lanterns swaying in the warm summer air at twilight, fried fare, exotic delicacies, and cheap merchandise can be found at a number of local night markets. They’re as famous for their unique foods-on-sticks and entertainment as they are for their lively ambiance and people watching. Here is a list of Vancouver area night markets that you can look forward to this season:
Website | Facebook | Twitter Location: 12631 Vulcan Way, Richmond (behind Home Depot) Dates/Hours: April 29 to September 11, 2016
Fridays and Saturdays 7:00pm to 12:00am; Sundays 7:00pm to 11:00pm Admission & Details: Free admission. Market-goers can expect to taste dishes from around the globe with the multitude of food and beverage booths on display, as well as shop for unique knick knacks, exclusive local merchandise, and enjoy diverse entertainment every night.
Richmond Night Market
Website | Facebook Location: 8351 River Road, Richmond Dates/Hours: May 12 to October 10, 2016
Fridays and Saturdays 7:00pm to 12:00am; Sundays & Holidays 7:00pm to 11:00pm Admission & Details: $3.25, free for children 10 and under, free for seniors 60+. $20 Zoom Passes are available for up to 7 visits. The biggest night market in North America will be delivering big family fun with a dinosaur theme this year. The international food fair has over a hundred vendors with over five hundred food items from all over the world. Enjoy the new Magical Dino Park, live entertainment and more.
Website | Facebook | Twitter Location: Shipbuilders’ Square, Wallace Mews Rd, North Vancouver Dates/Hours: May 6 to September 30, 2016
Fridays from 5:00pm to 10:00pm Admission & Details: Free admission. Fresh food, locally made products, musicians, art and entertainment. On the Shipbuilders’ Stage there is live music until 10:00pm, showcasing talent from all over BC. You will find 100+ vendors selling fresh food, locally made products, a beer garden serving local craft beer and cider as well as Betty’s Vodka Iced Tea. You must me 19+ to enter the beer garden.
Surrey Night Market
Website | Facebook | Twitter Location: Cloverdale Exhibition Grounds, 17726 62 Ave, Surrey Dates/Hours: June 3 to August 14, 2016
Fridays and Saturdays 6:00pm to 11:00pm, Sundays 5:00pm to 10:00pm Admission & Details: $2.00 for adults, $1 for children ages 3-10. Sample a wide variety of foods, services and goods, and enjoy performances by local entertainers, rides for kids, door prizes, free parking in designated areas.
All admission prices are as listed at time of publishing. All are subject to change.
Tickets for the 75th season of Theatre Under the Stars (“TUTS”) are now on sale, presenting Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and West Side Story in Stanley Park’s picturesque Malkin Bowl.
On alternating evenings, audiences will be swept away by these classic love stories – one, a beloved fairytale brimming with magic and mystery, and the other an electrifying story of forbidden love in the unforgiving streets of 1950’s New York.
Image by Tim Matheson Photography. From left to right: Beast – Peter Monaghan, Belle – Jaime Piercy, Maria – Jennifer Gills, Tony – Matt Montgomery
“The summer of 2015 was our most successful on record: We welcomed more audiences out to the Malkin Bowl than at any point in our more than 75-year history,” says Naveen Kapahi, TUTS Board President. “We are therefore thrilled to announce the return of both of last season’s much-celebrated directors! Shel Piercy will follow-up his beloved Oliver! with the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast; and Sarah Rodgers, who created 2015’s infectiously fun Hairspray, will direct West Side Story.”
Theatre Under the Stars 2016
Dates: July 6 to August 20, 2016. Performances alternate evenings. Times: All shows at 8:00pm, except on Fireworks Nights, when shows begin at 7:00pm
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is an enchanting musical for the entire family, and the first Disney film ever to make the leap to stage. The ‘tale as old as time’ follows Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, a young prince transformed by a wicked spell. If the Beast can learn to be loved, the curse will end and he will be restored. But time is running out…
West Side Story is a dynamic reimagining of Romeo and Juliet in the turbulent streets of 1950’s New York. As turf war rages between two rival gangs, a pair of star-crossed lovers find themselves caught in the middle – and tragically wrenched between two worlds.
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, June 27, 2016. Prize is for the 2016 TUTS season. The stay at the Pan Pacific includes a harbour view guest room and is valid for a booking until July 4, 2017. Some restrictions may apply.
Update The winner is Joanne Maddess Hopwood (Facebook entry)!
The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (“The Jessies”) for excellence in Vancouver theatre this past season, will be presented on Monday, June 27, 2016 at the Commodore Ballroom. The nominees for the 34th Annual Jessies were announced a few weeks ago and the city is ready to celebrate the best of many diverse productions from the past year, in venues large and small.
The Jessies
The Arts Club Theatre Company had 11 productions selected and received a whopping total of 34 nominations. Their inventive production of Onegin was the runaway winner picking up 13 nominations; securing a nomination in each of the individual categories that include Meg Roe and Alessandro Juliani for their Outstanding Performances in Lead Roles.
In addition, Good People, The Valley and Peter and the Starcatcher each received 4 with Colleen Wheeler nominated for her Outstanding Performance in a Lead Role in Good People and for her Supporting Role performance in Peter and the Starcatcher.
Bard on the Beach garnered 7 nominations – one for Love’s Labour’s Lost and 6 for The Comedy of Errors with Scott Bellis nominated for Outstanding Direction. Rumble Theatre’s powerful production of Cock received 3 nominations with Stephen Drover recognized for Outstanding Direction. Firehall Arts Centre & Haberdashery Theatre earned 3 nominations for The Motherfucker with the Hat, along with the Firehall Arts Centre securing one nomination each for Social Studies, Dead Metaphor and God and the Indian.
The Small Theatre Category was extremely prolific with a total of 21 theatre companies and 23 productions nominated! Munish Sharma was recognized for his performance in Pi Theatre’s production of The Invisible Hand that received a stellar 8 nominations followed by Babelle Theatre’s presentation of RIVULETS: 3 short plays about a flood earning 6 nominations that include Outstanding Production, Direction, Set, Lighting & Sound Design, and Significant Artistic Achievement. Upintheair Theatre’s production of The North Plan and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre’s production of Empire of the Son secured a total of 5 nominations each and both for Outstanding Direction & Production.
Under the Theatre for Young Audiences category, Green Thumb Theatre had 2 productions nominated and a total of 6 nods – Caitlin McFarlane was nominated for her performance in The Invisible Girl and Olivia Hutt for her moving work in Still/Falling. Théâtre la Seizième secured a total of 4 nominations for Mathieu Mathématiques, with director, Giles Poulin-Denis nominated for Artistic Creation along with the talent of Drew Facey for Outstanding Design.
The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Board of Directors created a new award this year, it is the Vancouver Now Representation and Inclusion Award that will recognize excellence in the field of accessibility and inclusion. The nominees include: Gateway Theatre – Jovanni Sy, Playwrights Theatre Centre, Theatre Terrific, Donna Yamamoto and Heathers: The Musical.
Additional awards that will be presented at the Jessie ceremony include: the Patron of the Arts Award, the Mary Phillips Prize, the Ray Michal Prize for Emerging Director, the Sam Payne Award for the Most Promising Newcomer, the John Moffat & Larry Lillo Award, the Georgia Straight Critics Choice Innovation Award, and the GVPTA Career Achievement Award.
The 34th Annual Ceremony will again be held at the beautiful Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville Street, on Monday, June 27th, doors open at 5:30pm, ceremony at 6:30pm. This year ceremony is being produced by Holding Space Productions who will bring their own special vision to the event.
The public can attend this awards show, which is always the most lively and spirited in the city. Tickets are $29.50 plus service charges, through Ticketmaster 1-855-985-5000 or online. Follow the Jessies on Facebook and Twitter for more award information.
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It’s a Nanaimo thing. World Championship Bathtub Racing is a high-thrills, adrenaline pumping sport that’s been a tradition on Vancouver Island since 1967. I had the chance to go out on the water with a bathtub racer earlier this spring to learn more about the sport, its history, and the community festival that has been built up around it. Read my full story for FestivalSeekers online and check out some photos from my day out at Departure Bay:
World Championship Bathtub Race
After getting tossed out of a bathtub on the waters off Nanaimo’s Departure Bay, all Jamie Garcia could say, with a giant smile splashed across his face, was, “Does that thing ever rip!”
“It’s all part of the race,” Marion Steward added as she turned our support boat around to go and pick him up. Stewart has been racing in the Nanaimo Marine Festival’s World Championship Bathtub Race for the past 12 years, which is where she met fellow competitor Garcia.
I got to tag along one morning as Garcia was testing out a new motor on his custom-built tub. It was an impressive 40 pounds of fibreglass, decorated chromed parts and sponsor logos – and it was now upside-down in the water. » Read more…
Find out more about the Nanaimo Marine Festival & World Championship Bathtub Race happening Thursday, July 21 to Sunday, July 24, 2016 where you’ll find plenty of live entertainment, food, family fun, and more all surrounding the bathtub race.
What makes the world’s longest-running offshore international fireworks competition such a success each year, aside from its gorgeous setting in Vancouver’s English Bay, is the festivities that surround it. Food trucks, picnics, family fun, and the free SHOREFEST concerts all along the waterfront.
SHOREFEST Free Concerts on Fireworks Nights
English Bay and Sunset Beach will host stages featuring a diverse lineup of cross-genre Canadian talent showcased on July 23, July 27, and July 30 at LG 104.3’s SHOREFEST this year.
SHOREFEST showcases great local and national talent within the LG 104.3 Stage at the Keg Lounge in English Bay and the Sunset Beach Stage at beautiful Sunset Beach. This year’s headliner is multi-platinum and 80’s iconic Canadian rock band, Loverboy. In addition, LG 104.3’s SHOREFEST features Jim Byrnes & Friends, The Matinee, and JUNO Award® winner Trooper to get the crowd amped for the Honda Celebration of Light Fireworks competition. Festivities start at 2:00pm each fireworks day.
Saturday, July 23, 2016
LG 104.3 Stage
The Matinee @ 8:30pm
Willa @ 7:30pm
Sunset Beach Stage
Jim Byrnes & Friends @ 7:30pm
Dustin Bentall @ 6:00pm
Savvie @ 5:00pm
Khari McClelland @ 4:00pm
The Lion, The Bear, The Fox @ 3:00pm
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
LG 104.3 Stage
Loverboy @ 8:30pm
Gay Nineties @ 7:30pm
Sunset Beach Stage
The Boom Booms @ 7:30pm
Twin Bandit @ 6:00pm
Oliver Swain @ 5:00pm
Locarno @ 4:00pm
Lydia Hol @ 3:00pm
Saturday, July 30, 2016
LG 104.3 Stage
Trooper @ 8:30pm
Lovecoast @ 7:30pm
Sunset Beach Stage
Dutch Robinson @ 7:30pm
Reid Jamieson @ 6:00pm
Krystle Dos Santos @ 5:00pm
Good For Grapes @ 4:00pm
The River and the Road @ 3:00pm
Fireworks Schedule
July 23, 2016 Royal Fireworks, representing Netherlands
July 27, 2016 Howard’s Fireworks, representing Australia
July 30, 2016 Walt Disney Entertainment, representing United States
