Festivals

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

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Ladner May Days

May Days are a beloved tradition for many cities across Metro Vancouver. In Ladner, the May Day Festival spans a weekend with plenty of great family-friendly activities. Friday, May 22 ​​ Shooting Star Amusements (4pm – 10pm) Ladner May Days Invitational (6:30pm start) ​ Saturday, May 23 ​ Shooting Star
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Maan Farms BAE Days

Maan Farms Baby Animal Easter Days (BAE Days) are back! Spend these Spring weekends snuggling baby animals, trying their Egg-cellent Ice Cream, and gallivanting with the Easter Bunny. Maan Farms BAE Days: Date: March 27 – 29, April 3 – 6, April 11 – 12, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM –
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2026 Abbotsford Tulip Festival

Lakeland Flowers is sharing a time-honoured Dutch Tradition spanning 27 acres in the heart of the Fraser Valley. With 5km of tulip-lined pathways, you will have the opportunity to walk among the 70+ varieties of tulips, blooming in all different colours, shapes, and sizes. Ages 3 and under are free!
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Queensborough Children’s Festival

Enjoy a family-friendly festival where the activities are specifically geared toward kids! Enjoy entertainment from Music with Marnie, Merlin the Musician, and more. Don’t miss the circus tent, the bubbles station, and meet beautiful birds from Greyhaven Sanctuary Birds. Queensborough Children’s Festival: Date: June 13, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM –
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Food Truck Festival- UBC

The UBC Food Truck festival is back! Go hungry and sample incredible food from local food trucks to try new and exciting new flavours. Food Truck Festival UBC Date: April 1-2, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Venue: UBC University Commons Address: 6133 University Blvd, Vancouver Website: greatervanfoodtruckfest.com

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Block Party & Food Truck Festival – Cloverdale

Over 35 + Food Trucks will be on site for the Food Truck Wars this year, battling to be named the best in the business. Go for some delicious food and be sure to cast your vote! Food Truck Festival – Cloverdale: Dates: April 10 – 12, 2026 Times: 3:00
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Food Truck Festival – Chilliwack

The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival is touring the Lower Mainland. Some of Metro Vancouver’s most popular – and most tasty – food trucks will be at this event. Admission to the festival is FREE! This year, get in the community spirit with live entertainment, games and activities for the
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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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DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Do you have a budding documentarian in your midst? Or maybe you want to start watching more thought-provoking documentaries with your teens? DOXA Documentary Film Festival will showcase 39 feature and mid-length films and 25 short films. Check out the event schedule here. DOXA Documentary Film Festival: Date: April 30
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Bard on the Beach

Bard on the Beach is one of Canada’s largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare Festivals. Presented in a magnificent setting on the waterfront in Vancouver’s Vanier Park, the Festival offers Shakespeare plays, related dramas, and several special events in two performance tents from June through September.   The plays for 2026 are: The
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