The City of Surrey is set to kick off the Christmas season with the return of the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival on November 25th with free family fun, a new holiday market, holiday fun zone, and of course the lighting of a 55-foot Christmas tree – one of the tallest Christmas trees in Canada. Surrey […]

Producers of Squamish Valley Music Festival are launching new festival experience in British Columbia next September. Located on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, Stanley Park will be home to this brand new three-day SKOOKUM Festival that will celebrate diversity and creativity and showcase some of the very best in […]

Browse and visit with hundreds of talented, unique, creative, and fascinating artists during the 8th annual Sunshine Coast Art Crawl happening October 20-22, 2017! Artists and artisans will be hosting special workshops, sales, demos, and more during this weekend-long festival at more than 140 venues. Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2017 Where: Lower Sunshine Coast, from […]

A poetry dispenser, a typing corner, performance artists, readings, and many, many books! It’s the Word Vancouver Festival, a free celebration of reading and writing in Downtown Vancouver with 100 readings and presentations, 150 authors and panelists, 25 workshops, and 75 exhibitors. Word Vancouver Festival 2017 Admission: Free When: Tuesday, September 19 to Sunday, September […]

Westward Music Festival will take over multiple Downtown Vancouver music venues the weekend of September 14-17, 2017, showcasing the city’s world-class music scene. Shows will feature multi-genre line ups that will all take place within a 2.5km radius of one another at venues such as the Vogue Theatre (open to all ages), Biltmore Cabaret, The […]

Surrey Youth Fest is the City’s largest free youth event of the year with local youth performers, carnival games, dance battles, food trucks, cooking competitions, collaborative art making and much more. Surrey Youth Fest 2017 Where: Guildford Recreation Centre (15105 105 Ave) When: Saturday, September 23, 2017 1:00pm to 7:00pm Admission: FREE! RSVP on Facebook […]

The City of Port Coquitlam has put together Canada 150: Celebrate Our Journey, a free arts, music, and nature festival that features a full day of family fun plus a headlining performance from local international recording and touring sensations Delhi 2 Dublin. Port Coquitlam Celebrates Canada 150 When & Where: Saturday August 26, 2017 Lion’s […]

Richmond World Festival at Minoru Park & Richmond Cultural Centre September 1 & 2, 2017 with food trucks, cultural pavilions, Verbal Jint, Tokyo Police Club, Dragonette & more

Our Cityride Vancouver: Mass participation bike ride. Info on registration, the free festival, & road closures around Vancouver on Saturday, August 19, 2017

On Saturday, the City of Coquitlam hosted the 2nd annual Kaleidoscope Arts Festival at Town Centre Park. The event had craft corners, face painting, food trucks, beer vendors, artisans, and a performance lineup on two stages that sure drew a crowd. As an official media partner — and enthusiasts of fun events — John and […]