Nanaimo’s annual festival of food, Feastival returns for the second year, June 17-18, 2016. It features a tradeshow event, family cooking classes, celebrity chefs, and Sips at Feastival, featuring local craft breweries, small-batch island wineries, local artisanal spirit producers. I recently wrote a story for FestivalSeekers about another major component of the festival: the third […]

Arts Umbrella has announced its 2016 Theatre and Music Expressions Festival, an annual showcase celebrating the boundless creativity of young talent in the organization’s pre-professional theatre program, running from May 11 to 22, 2016, at Waterfront Theatre. The Drowsy Chaperone. Image by Tim Matheson Expressions Festival With an expanded festival run of two weeks this […]

Tickets are on sale now for the 12th annual Surrey International Children’s Festival, happening May 26-28 at Bear Creek Park. This event inspires young hearts and minds to greater possibilities, and celebrates our rich and diverse cultural heritage through performing and visual arts experiences. Surrey International Children’s Festival Where: Surrey Arts Centre and Bear Creek […]

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (“VCBF”) is hosting a very unique event in April. We love the ocean and the trees in Vancouver, and the VCBF is now going to put them together, parading a Blossom Barge around the water to show off the fun, friendliness and creativity that defines Vancouver. […]

The lineup for FVDED in the Park in Surrey was announced this morning, including Jack Ü (Skrillex and Diplo) & Zedd as headliners. FVDED in the Park Lineup Announced Where: Holland Park in Surrey When: July 2nd & July 3rd, 2016 Proudly presented by Blueprint, in partnership with Live Nation Canada, the festival features over […]