Calendar of Events

A shopping extravaganza featuring Asian traditional handicrafts and fashionable gifts.  Tempt your taste buds with ethnic snacks. A shopping experience like never before. The street market contains booths with different merchandises on sale including artistic handicrafts, creative gifts & decors, modern electronics, fashionable clothes, popular music CD, VCD, DVD, and deliciou...

Vive les voyageurs Winter Festival January 28-29 Historic Boot Camp & Historic Half Marathon February 18-19 Spring Break March 10-25 Easter Egg Hunt April 8; Easter Egg Hunt 1 pm Victoria Day May 21 Learn to Camp Weekend June 16 (pre-registration required) Aboriginal Day at Fort Langley June 23 Canada Day July 1 Parks Day July 21 The 2012 Prospera Valley Granfondo July 22 Ride into History Jul...

A recital of Brahms Liebeslider and Neue Liebeslieder Song-Waltzes JULY 28 @ 8 pm, St Mary's Kerrisdale, Vancouver (Larch & 37 Avenue) JULY 29 @ 3 pm, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby - Studio 103 An evening of Romantic music with 4 stunning soloists and 2 dazzling pianists. Beautiful melodies that will touch your heart. Experience the intimacy, expressive nuance, warmth and captivating ...

"The truth will set you free - but whose version?" Hardline Productions presents its original play COERCION as part of the Neanderthal Arts Festival, July 18th - 29th at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. For tickets and information on the festival visit www.thal.ca.

What? Run through super natural Burns Bog. For all ages and abilities. Why? Have fun and support the Burns Bog Conservation Society’s education programs, maintenance of the Delta Nature Reserve boardwalks and outreach campaign. Where? Starts at 10388 Nordel Court. Lots of free parking available. Run through trails of the Nature Reserve. For more information please visit http://www.b...

Following the groundbreaking exhibition Time Warp: Contemporary Textiles of the Northwest Coast presented by the Bill Reid Gallery in 2010-11, the Gallery is please to introduce Kwakwaka'wakw-Haida textile artist Meghann O'Brien and her first solo international exhibition: Journeying Into Form: The Mountain Goat Wool Project. Curated by the artist under the guidance of Martine Reid, Bill Re...

Enjoy the warmth of our Aboriginal Summer Village and join the excitement in 2012. Klahowya Village in Vancouver's Stanley Park is an authentic Aboriginal tourism experience like no other you've seen. We welcome you to visit, celebrate and experience our vibrant culture through song, dance, art and cuisine! More information will be available soon at http://www.aboriginalbc.com/klahowya-village/&...

An outdoor installation by Gordon Halloran Exhibition: June 1 - July 31 Opening: Saturday, June 16, 2:30 pm (Artist in attendance) The Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to host a new outdoor art installation Lotus In Motion, The Colour of Life by Gordon Halloran. The artist has created multiple paintings of various sizes in the shape of a lily pad, whose bold, colourful patte...

Mexico Fest 2012 encompasses 11days of art exhibit, music, culinary celebration, a gala dinner, a golf tournament and the 5th edition of the Fiesta Mexico Independencia. This year's focus will be on the beautiful Banderas Bay and the preferred tourist destinations of Western Canadians: Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit. The Fiesta Mexico Independence will be on Saturday September 8th from 12:...

NBA 3X in Vancouver The NBA 3X tour will make a stop at Sunset Beach in Vancouver on July 28-29 as part of events surrounding the Celebration of Light festival. NBA3X is a free, interactive fan experience, including a 3on3 tournament, slam-dunk competitions and three-point contests.  As an added treat for basketball fans, the Vancouver stop will feature an appearance by NBA player Eric Gordo...

Featuring new cutting edge work by emerging and established artists, the Festival will offer four distinctive lines of programming: National Mainstage, Local Mainstage, Site Specifc Performance, and readings of new works. For more information check out http://www.thal.ca

Visitors will get a glimpse of Vancouver's big city lights of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s in this exhibition of the MOV's neon sign collection. The remarkable signs, some lit for the first time since they were rescued from the junk yard, are accompanied by the tale of how the city went through a war of aesthetics that resulted in a transition of the very way Vancouver imagines itself. In this ...

Get ready for another season full of fun as Playland opens for the 2012 season! This year you'll get a full season of ATMOSFEAR as well as all your favourite rides like the classic wooden roller coaster, the Corkscrew, Revelation, Hellevator and Drop Zone. And don't miss all the midway games and your favourite foods like cotton candy and mini-donuts. If you don't have your season pass yet, visit ...

Following the riot on June 15, 2011 after the Vancouver Canucks lost game seven of the Stanley Cup finals, broken windows on downtown businesses were hastily boarded up with sheets of plywood. The day after the riot fans and others met to clean up the city and began to leave messages on the boards - condemning the violence and looting, professing their love for the city, and stating “this i...

Ride into History July 27, 28, 29! Families, individuals and motorcycling enthusiasts alike will enjoy the 3-day festival in support of the Salvation Army’s Gateway of Hope.  July 27 at 7 pm kicks the event off with an Elvis/Johnny Cash concert at Fort Langley National Historic Site, by donation.  On July 28, registered bikers can participate in the 3-hour ride followed by a salmo...

For 15 years, Rogers Arena has been thrilling and entertaining fans. For 15 years, our Vancouver Canucks have battled on the ice in the race to capture the title of Stanley Cup Champions. For 15 years, we have staged the best entertainment the music industry has to offer. We have opened our doors and welcomed over 21 million people. We have even reveled in Olympic gold when the Canadian women's a...

For the last four years, the Sculptors’ Society of British Columbia has held their summer show in the open air, surrounded by the natural beauty of the garden. The experience of walking through the various shapes and forms presented in stone, wood, clay, mixed media and bronze, makes one realize that though history mankind has created objects for pleasure and also to pass on ideas, beliefs a...

Cyclying, Family Fun and Great Food! Take a leisurely slow food cycle tour through the agricultural and culinary delights of the Fraser Valley.  Meet the farmers, listen to local musicians and sample products along the way.  Learn about how the food is produced and why sustainable farming is so important. Visit up to 12 designated farm stops on each 25 km self-guided route.  Come e...

Truffles Café at VanDusen Botanical Garden is now serving a ‘proper' Afternoon Tea complete with three-tier tray of goodies, ceramic tea pots and cups, organic and private label teas. Afternoon Tea in the Garden is offered for $35.00 for 2 OR $60.00 for 4 and includes: Choice of daily sandwich Freshly made scone Large croissant Coconut macaroons and shortbread cookies ...

This exhibition documents the last remaining fluent speakers of the Haida language and explores the three remaining dialects found in Alaska, Old Massett and Skidegate through portraits taken by Vancouver-based photographer Farah Nosh over the last eight years and interviews with the last fluent speakers in these communities. These men and women (the youngest is now 65 years old) who grew up w...

FREE for the whole family! This summer, young castaways brave the forces of nature and enchantment! Carousel Theatre’s Teen Shakespeare Program conjures up a classic tale of fate, magic and imagination in The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Duke Prospero and his daughter Miranda are exiled to a remote island. With the aid of his slave Caliban and the sprite Ariel, Prospero summons a tempest...

Theatre Under the Stars presents its 66th season:  two award-winning family musicals, performed at Malkin Bowl in beautiful Stanley Park! For full details visit http://www.tuts.ca/.   TITANIC: A NEW MUSICAL Book by Peter Stone and Music by Maury Yeston Directed and Choreographed by MAX REIMER Music Direction by KEVIN MICHAEL CRIPPS AND THE MUSIC MAN  ...