Lindsay Follett



Author Bio:

In 2012, after nearly 2 decades of fundraising for BC universities, Lindsay Follett was ready for a change of pace and came on board as the City Editor of Family Fun Vancouver. For 10 years she, together with her husband and their two sons, explored every possible family-friendly event and found constant enjoyment in sharing their adventures with the Family Fun Vancouver audience. In 2014, Lindsay took on the additional role as our National Sales and Marketing Director. After stepping down as Editor in 2022, she is excited to focus all of her time working with clients to promote their family-friendly events on our network. If you wish to promote your event, venue, program, or product to either our national audience or a city-specific audience, please email Lindsay at lindsay@familyfuncanada.com

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Family Fun Overflows at Whitecaps FC 2 Games

Posted on: July 6, 2015

We took our boys to their first-ever professional soccer game; what a hoot! In the midst of our scorchingly hot summer the shade and breeze found at the UBC Thunderbird Stadium made an entertaining afternoon even better. Fun and fan-enjoyment seems to be the number one goal of the Whitecaps
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Review: Lion King Roars Into Vancouver

Posted on: June 19, 2015

Get ready to sit on the edge of your seat! The Disney production of The Lion King is better than you can imagine. I had seen pictures of the staging, I had heard tell of the wow-factor, but nothing I read nor heard prepared me for the grandiose production that
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The Hive is Buzzing at the Honeybee Centre

Posted on: June 13, 2015

The Honeybee Centre at Frye’s Corner in Surrey is buzzing with excitement. They have just opened the delicious Frye’s Corner Beestro. We have visited the Honeybee Centre, with our children, in the past. We love the educational experience! On our most recent visit we had the pleasure of meeting Beekeeper John. That
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Review: Dot & Ziggy Amaze the Little Ones

Posted on: June 8, 2015

I recently had the pleasure of taking my 4 year old to the Carousel Theatre for Young People’s production of Dot & Ziggy. The caliber of the production was incredible. The appropriateness of the content, pacing and interaction was perfect. I can’t imagine a single child, aged 3 and under, not
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Blue Mountain Playground in Coquitlam

Posted on: April 25, 2015

You know you have found a good playground when your kids don’t want to leave despite a downpour of epic proportions. I can only imagine how popular the playground at Coquitlam’s Blue Mountain Park is during the sunny days. I love playgrounds that involve a bit of physical risk-taking and oodles
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Nature-Inspired Terra Nova Park Playground

Posted on: April 15, 2015

The new playground at Terra Nova Rural Park in the City of Richmond is a destination-worthy playground. The City invested $1 million in the new playground which was designed by the Vancouver company Hapa Collaborative. The playground is unique as it embraces the natural surroundings and encourages imaginative and energetic
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GoRVing.ca: Discover RVing and Wildhood as a Family

Posted on: March 27, 2015

I have never been RVing in my life; my kids are desperate to rectify this situation posthaste. I do have a paralyzing fear of driving anything bigger than our wanna-be-SUVs. I know nothing about RV hook-ups, campsite requirements or vehicle features appropriate for a family with young children. While I
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Review: Carousel Theatre’s Superb Shakespearean Rhapsody

Posted on: March 3, 2015

I owe a huge thank you to Carousel Theatre for Young People for providing my children such a wonderful introduction to the complex works of William Shakespeare.  I’m positively giddy that, thanks to Shakespearean Rhapsody, my kids know three of the Bard’s plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Romeo and Juliet;
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Kids’ DIY at Home Depot

Posted on: February 14, 2015

For more than a year our kids have been huge fans of the FREE Lego build at Lego stores on the first Tuesday of every month. Today we experienced our first FREE construction build at our local Home Depot store. On the 2nd Saturday of EVERY month, Home Depot welcomes
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Hoop-tastic Harlem Globetrotters

Posted on: February 13, 2015

What a way to spend a dark and rainy Friday the 13th! The Harlem Globetrotters lit up the Abbotsford Centre with their unbelievable energy and ridiculous talent. As my husband and I lean more towards the arts for entertainment, our little ones have had minimal exposure to sporting events.  Tonight’s Harlem
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