Festivals
The Vancouver festival season runs year-round. Families can enjoy festivals celebrating everything from art, culture, music, friends, family, and food!
Vive les Voyageurs Winter Festival
Experience the rich French-Canadian culture that made Fort Langley so vibrant. Taste French-Canadian food, try finger-weaving, sing a voyageur song, taste maple taffy and participate in other cultural activities. Youth 17 & under are FREE! Vive les Voyageurs Winter Festival Date: April 18, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
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Popcorn, Rides, Cotton Candy & Fun! CARNIVALS in Metro Vancouver
Check out our complete guide to Carnivals in Metro Vancouver! Amusement rides, popcorn, sticky cotton candy, and oh so many memories! We’ve all been there and we want our kids to have the same fun. Check out the various carnivals happening around the Lower Mainland. If we’ve missed one, send
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Weekend Strolls in Darts Hill Garden Park
Have you experienced the beautiful gardens of Darts Hill? The place is a combination of forest pathways, intricate gardens, and wide open grass. It is a great place for kids to explore and learn about plants and gardening. Admission is by donation (and there is no nearby ATM, so come
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Cherry Blossom Festival
The Cherry Blossom Festival begins March 27, 2026 and runs until mid April, 2026. The pink and white cherry blossoms are a quintessential image of Vancouver in the Spring. It is only fitting that an entire month-long festival is dedicated to the beautiful blossoms and their Japanese heritage. Haiku Invitational
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Kits House Summer Party
Summer isn’t over just yet! Celebrate in style with Kits House for their end-of-summer party featuring live music, arts and crafts, a BBQ, and tons of free goodies. Kits House Summer Party: Date: August 29, 2026 Time: 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM Venue: Kitsilano Neighbourhood House Address: 2305 W. 7th
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Discover a FREE Outdoor Celebration With Winter Arts and the Vancouver Mural Festival
The Vancouver Mural Festival brings you Winter Arts, a FREE, all-ages festival from February 13-16, 2025. The VMF Winter Arts Festival is transforming the city’s downtown core into an interactive, open-air gallery and celebration of art and live entertainment — you just need to know where to look! Winter Arts:
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Vancouver Mural Festival
Explore 8 neighbourhoods and see over 30 new beautiful murals come to life at the annual Vancouver Mural Festival. Enjoy cultural, personal and historical stories shared by a wide range of talented local artists. Vancouver Mural Festival: When: August 8-11, 2024 Time: 12pm – 7pm Where: Main and Broadway Website:
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Teddy Bear Grande Parade
Bring your teddy bears to watch as the Teddy Bear Grand Parade marches up Pinetree Way from the Coquitlam Centre to the Teddy Bear Picnic at Town Centre Park! Teddy Bear Grande Parade: When: June 11, 2023 Time: 10am-12pm Where: Burlington Drive Address: TBA closer to the date. Website: www.festivalcoquitlam.ca
Old Time Family Fun at Surrey’s Historic Stewart Farm (updated March 2023)
Travel back in time with a visit to Surrey’s Historic Stewart Farm. This picturesque site interprets the time period of 1890-1920. Features of the farm include a furnished farmhouse, pole barn with agricultural tools and machinery, boathouse, threshing shed, root cellar, and heritage gardens and orchard. Admission is by donation.
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Multicultural Peace Festival
This year, the United Nations theme is “End Racism, Build Peace,” and that’s exactly what the organizers of the Multicultural Peace Festival aim to do. Hear well-respected speakers, including keynote speaker Kachina Melinda Bige from the Kwantlen First Nation and Indigenous Chair at Kwantlen University speak about ways to end
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