Festivals

The Vancouver festival season runs year-round. Families can enjoy festivals celebrating everything from art, culture, music, friends, family, and food!

Steveston Salmon Festival

Celebrate the 78th Steveston Salmon Festival on July 1! Spanning from Britannia Shipyards to the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, come and enjoy the day-long program which will feature live music, exhibitions, demonstrations, hands-on activities and the return of the popular Canada Day parade – fun for all ages! Steveston Salmon
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Khatsahlano Street Party

The Khatsahlano Street Party kicks off summer in Vancouver! Local merchants turn Kitsilano’s legendary West 4th Avenue into a gigantic, 10-block street fair with a wide variety of food options, bustling patios, giveaways and special activities. Stroll down West 4th Avenue from Burrard to MacDonald and listen to more than
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18th Annual Teddy Bear Picnic

St. Andrew’s invites you to our 17th Annual Teddy Bear Picnic! Come enjoy the festivities that have delighted North Shore families for years. Activities include the popular adopt-a-bear tent, Doctor Bear for those teddies that need a little fixing up, Looking Glass Face Painters, cookie decorating, entertainment from clowns Dilly
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Hawaiian & Polynesian Cultural Event

In collaboration with “The Spirit of the Pacific Cultural Society,” join Fort Langley National Historic Site to present the Hawaiian & Polynesian cultural event. Delve into the history of the Hawaiian people and their pivotal role in shaping the fort’s identity. Participate in engaging activities, workshops, storytelling and performances. Hawaiian
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Douglas Park Community Day

Come prepared for any weather and lots of FREE family fun at the Douglas Park Community Day. Enjoy live stage performances, class demonstrations, inflatables, games, family-fun activities, community booths, and more! Douglas Park Community Day: Date: June 21, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Venue: Douglas Park Address: 801
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Hillcrest Summer Festival

The Hillcrest Summer Festival is a community event that will include community booths that highlight various vendors, businesses, and organizations within the community, a stage area that will feature performances, demonstrations and interactive activities, inflatables, and food. The farmers market will be taking place the same day across the street
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Italian Day on the Drive

The Drive comes alive in green, white and red once again as Italian Day returns! A vibrant cultural street festival spanning 14 blocks of embracing warmth and amore, the event celebrates Italian culture and heritage with a community of over 130 street participants, including partners, merchants and guest vendors, and
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Festival of India

Come celebrate the Festival of India & Vancouver’s annual Ratha-Yatra with festivities rich in history and bliss. The celebrations begin with the procession along the walkway around False Creek from the festival site (Creekside) to Stamps Landing. Festival of India: Dates: August 23 & 24, 2025 Times: 12:00 PM –
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Indian Summer Festival

The annual Indian Summer Festival brings some of the world’s most powerful thinkers on climate change and social justice, a boundary-pushing dance performance, a science-meets-art experience that brings you music from mushrooms, doctors and healers forging new pathways in the complex art of healing, award-winning filmmakers, sitar maestros, tabla wizards,
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Country Fest in Maple Ridge

Country Fest has been celebrated in Maple Ridge for more than 100 years!  The tradition at the Albion Fairgrounds continues with FREE admission (parking is $2); loads of family-friendly entertainment; crazy lawnmower races; and animal exhibitions of all sorts…the list of activities and entertainment goes on! Country Fest: Date: July
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