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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VSO Kids’ Koncert: Latin Beats Heroic Feats

Posted on: February 9, 2015

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Kids’ Koncerts are an experience that should be a part of every child’s growing up years. Whether you love classical music or not, this concert series is structured to make the great classical pieces accessible to everyone. The most recent performance of the series was aptly
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Review: Beauty and the Beast Roars into Vancouver

Posted on: February 4, 2015

On Feb 3rd the Broadway across Canada production of Beauty and the Beast opened with roaring success at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. The audience was hooting, hollering and jumping to their feet as the lights dimmed on the final scene. The Beast, played by Ryan Everett Wood, was exactly
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Gastown Steam Clock Returns

Posted on: January 24, 2015

For 37 years the Gastown Steam Clock stood at the corner of Abbott and Water Streets. The clock has been a beloved Vancouver feature and a much sought-after tourist site.  After 37 years of curb-side repairs it was time for a major refurbishment of the old ticker. In October 2014
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Boats! Boats! Boats! Vancouver International Boat Show

Posted on: January 23, 2015

What a wonderful way to spend a sopping wet Vancouver night…inside BC Place Stadium climbing aboard boats.  I wasn’t sure what to expect at the Vancouver International Boat Show, but it certainly wasn’t the experience we enjoyed.  I honestly didn’t think companies would be thrilled to have my little monkeys scrambling
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Is Squamish on Your Bucket List?

Posted on: January 14, 2015

The New York Times listed Squamish as one of the 52 places everyone should visit in 2015.  The cities on the New York Times’ list span the globe, from Cuba to Durban (South Africa), to the North Coast of Peru.  The locations are exotic and seem plucked from a literary fantasy
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Mary Poppins is Absolutely Perfect in Every Way

Posted on: December 19, 2014

The Arts Club has done it again…their musical production of Mary Poppins is a foot stomping, hand clapping, sing-a-long show of perfection.  The 2013 cast of Mary Poppins has returned to the Stanley Theatre.  While the kids have sprouted – Jane (played by Kassia Danielle Malmquist) is nearly the size
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Review: The Nutcracker Waltzes Us Into Christmas

Posted on: December 14, 2014

Ballet BC has partnered with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet to bring a Canadiana-version of the Nutcracker to the Queen Elizabeth stage.  The performance is wonderful, incredibly kid-friendly, and full of Christmas magic. The performance starts with kids playing street hockey in front of a lovely Victorian home.  Soon we enter
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A Creative Cube Birthday Party

Posted on: November 11, 2014

Birthday parties scare me!  Oodles of children with crazy amounts of energy who are my responsibility….there is a reason I didn’t become a teacher!  For whatever reason, I really like hosting our sons’ birthday party in our home.  As their birth dates are exactly 1 week apart, we host a
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Exploring Squamish: Britannia Mine Museum, Sea To Sky Gondola & Whistle Punk Hollow Mini Golf

Posted on: October 30, 2014

Our youngest decided that for his 4th birthday all he wanted to do was play mini golf at Whistle Punk Hollow in Squamish.  He had such a wonderful time a year ago at the golf course he was determined to go back on “his day”.  While I’m all for indulging
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Fall Fun at UBC’s Apple Festival

Posted on: October 18, 2014

How have I missed attending the Apple Festival at UBC for so many years?  What a truly fantastic family-friendly event.  Without a doubt the Apple Festival at UBC has joined our list of must do’s each and every year. Like many events, it pays to arrive early.  We walked through
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