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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Review: Toot Toot! Thomas is in Town

Posted on: June 7, 2014

The friendliest engine has arrived in Squamish.  Big thanks to the West Coast Heritage Railway Association for bringing everyone’s favourite little blue engine back to town. The Day Out with Thomas is so much more than the 25 minute ride on the big train.  While riding a real train is
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Variety Show Wrap Up

Posted on: June 1, 2014

The Variety Show is a memorable part of the Vancouver International Children’s Festival.  Last year we LOVED the performances by James Hill, Grand Derangement, and Cirque Zuma Zuma, the amazing tumbling group from Africa.This year’s evening was started by the wonderful Fred Penner.  The audience all joined in singing songs like
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Review: PJ Party with Fred Penner

Posted on: May 31, 2014

The Vancouver International Children’s Festival is running full force.  In addition to the fantastic concerts there are loads of activities to take part in: circus tent, face painting, magic shows, musical performers, arts & crafts and so much more. We started our 2014 Kids Fest experience with Fred Penner…and it
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Thank you Raffi

Posted on: May 24, 2014

An afternoon spent with the incomparable Raffi; getting the opportunity to share a childhood treasure with my own children; singing (at top volume) Baby Beluga…truly wonderful. The Queen Elizabeth Theatre was ROCKING and it was all for Raffi!  The audience was packed and all generations were giddy with excitement.  Before
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Review: Hilarious Pete the Cat performance

Posted on: May 24, 2014

We had the pleasure of attending the Surrey International Children’s Festival and taking in a performance by Mr. Eric Litwin.  Mr. Litwin is the author of the first four Pete the Cat books.  We also learned he has started a new series of books called “The Nuts”. Mr. Eric’s performance
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Springtime Picnic

Posted on: April 30, 2014

Summer made an unexpected visit to the Lower Mainland at the end of April.  The 25+ degree weather demanded a picnic.  While the eldest was at school the three-year old and I had fun making a fancy picnic. Many moons ago, I picked up an order-ahead picnic-meal from Meinhardts Fine
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Fancy Cars in Fort Langley

Posted on: April 27, 2014

Gorgeous British antique cars rolled into Fort Langley.  The weather was rather changeable so a few cars didn’t make it to the show, that being said there were at least 50 cars to enjoy.  Regardless we took our sons and had a lovely afternoon peering through windows, chatting up the
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Sunny Seaside Steveston

Posted on: April 24, 2014

Recently my family and I decided to spend the day in Steveston, the very quaint and charming village at the south end of Richmond.  We started the day by visiting the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.  In all my years of visiting Steveston I had never popped inside.  The Cannery is definitely
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Fun at BC Farm Museum

Posted on: April 3, 2014

The BC Farm Museum re-opened for the season on April 1st.  They remain open 7 days a week from April 1st until the end of the Thanksgiving weekend.  You can find the BC Farm Museum in historic, and charming, Fort Langley. My youngest and I had great fun exploring the
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Dreaming at the Vancouver International Autoshow

Posted on: March 28, 2014

Everything is so wonderfully shiny at the Vancouver International Autoshow.  Bring your shades; you’ll need them as you step through the doors at the Vancouver Convention Centre.  From now until Sunday afternoon, the Convention Centre is packed to the gills with gorgeous, drool-worthy cars.  Best of all…you can sit in
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