The Parade of Lost Souls is returning this season thanks to The Public Dreams Society and The Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret. Join them on Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm for ceremony and celebration. Keeping with tradition, the parade’s location will be announced at 12:00am midnight on October 26th on the Public Dreams website […]

The Vancouver Pride Parade will start at 12:00pm on Sunday, August 4, 2013, drawing over half a million people in the downtown core to celebrate diversity, inclusion, and to have a great time in the sunshine. Photos by John Bollwitt on Flickr This is the 35th anniversary of Pride in Vancouver and the parade has […]

Looking through the Vancouver Public Library and City of Vancouver Archives for Canada Day content I had to remember to modify my search terms to “Dominion Day”, as it was called until 1982. Vancouver has had some great-looking Dominion Day celebrations in the past with downtown parades being the main attraction: Dominion Day decorations: 1917: […]

Canada Day at Canada Place will host the 5th annual Canada Day Parade in downtown Vancouver this summer with patriotic celebrations spilling into the evening for this free family event on July 1st. Photo credit: Zorro1968 on Flickr Starting from the corner of West Georgia and Broughton at 7:00pm, the Canada Day Parade will head […]

Ring in the Year of the Snake on Sunday, February 17, 2013 with Vancouver’s 40th annual Chinese New Year parade and spring festival. Photo credit: Eric Flexyourhead on Flickr Parade Features To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the parade, it will be bigger than ever this year with marching bands, cultural dance troupes, lion dancers, […]