Phew! We are heading into the last few days of July and I don’t know where the rest of the month went?! With slightly cooler weather on the horizon, it’s a great time to get outside and enjoy a festival, a new playground, or head indoors for a fabulous show.

Here are our top picks for family-friendly events for the weekend of July 26-28, 2024.

1. Fort Langley Jazz Festival

What could be better than some sunshine, a cool breeze blowing through your hair, the kids busy enjoying activities and the sound of lively jazz playing in the background? If you answered “Nothing could be better than that-” then you must check out the Fort Langley Jazz Arts Festival. In addition to incredible performances by some of the best jazz musicians, there will be a Kids Zone full of fun activities and workshops.

2. CREATE! Arts Festival

CREATE! Arts Festival has expanded to a FULL WEEK of art-making workshops and events. Presented by the Eastside Arts Society, the community initiative offers art lovers the chance to explore, learn, and create art together with local artists. The festival ends on July 28th, so this is your last weekend to join an event!

3. Winnie the Pooh at Place des Arts

Place des Arts’ Summer Theatre Troupe of talented young performers bring the A.A. Milne story of Winnie the Pooh as adapted by Lindsay Price to life on stage. Join Pooh Bear, Piglet and all their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood through a collection of stories as they survive floods and search for the North Pole. Admission is free, but registration is required.

4. Slip Slap Trick Wack

Get ready for an out-of-this-world FUN show! Developed in collaboration with Leaky Heaven and children ages 8-12 from the Strathcona neighbourhood, the highly improvisational show encourages audience participation and features unique elements like youth-developed concession recipes and a barter system for children’s admission. “Slip Slap Trip Wack” takes audiences on a 20-minute ride through slapstick sketches, with viewers seated on a 360-degree rotating platform.

5. Caribbean Festival

Find that beat and get your groove on! The Caribbean Days Festival is a weekend packed full of tropical rhythm, cuisine, carnival and culture. Enjoy spicy Caribbean food as well as other international fare, then relax with an ice-cold drink in the hot sun.

6. Honeybee Festival

The Honeybee Festival is a FREE 2 day event that celebrates honeybees! Come for fun family activities all day, bee beards, beekeeping demos, live music, food, farmers market and a variety of fantastic local vendors.

7. Country Fest

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!

But wait…There’s more!

Love our list of awesome kid-friendly activities to do in Metro Vancouver this weekend? Then you’ll love our monthly guides too! Take a look at What’s Happening in August.  Don’t forget to bookmark our events calendar to stay in the know on awesome events happening in your neighbourhood!

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