Italian Day on the Drive, Vancouver’s largest cultural street festival, returns June 14th transforming Little Italy into a lively, 14-block festa featuring delicious food, live entertainment, artisanal vendors, and cultural showcases.

The Vancouver Ice Cream Festival is a self-guided tour of more than 40 ice cream, gelato, and frozen dessert shops across Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, and North Vancouver who will be serving up limited-edition creations crafted June 19 to August 2, 2026.

5X Fest is Canada’s leading festival for Panjabi music and South Asian creative culture with events in Vancouver and Surrey this weekend.

Unison Festival celebrates music and community in Vancouver, bringing together over two dozen 2SLGBTQIA+ choirs and nearly 1,100 singers from across Canada for performances May 15–18, 2026.

There are so many events happening around Metro Vancouver this summer it’s hard to only feature a few, but we’ve done our best to showcase a variety of festivals with incredibly cool culture, food, and music elements this June to September.

More than 60 free performances have been announced for the FIFA Fan Festival Vancouver Park Stage, expanding the festival’s music lineup and complimenting the free and ticketed concerts already announced for the FIFA Fan Festival Amphitheatre Stage.

The Verses Festival of Words, presented by Vancouver Poetry House, is Canada’s largest spoken word festival happeing April 27 to May 2, 2026.

The lineup for the 49th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park on July 17 to 19, 2026 has been released and early bird weekend passes are now on sale. 35 incredible artists and groups from across Canada, North America, and around the world will take to the stage in this beautiful setting.

The 25th edition of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival (April 30 to May 10, 2026) showcases 40 features and 29 short or mid-length films, including 27 Canadian films alongside international films from 41 countries.

FIFA Fan Festival Vancouver at Hastings Park has made its initial concert announcement for shows during the FIFA World Cup 2026™ with a lineup that includes Metric, Kx5 (Kaskade and Deadmau5), Arkells, Mötley Crüe and more including local and Canadian talent.