The Firehall Arts Centre is bringing music to your summer weekends by presenting Music in the Courtyard. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout to the end of September 2020 will find performances in the Downtown East Side outdoor space. The lineup for Music in the Courtyard is: Friday, August 21 at 7:00pm – Zhambai Saturday, August…
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Picks of the Week – August 19, 2020
The summer heat has really hit, so get out and enjoy these late summer picks of the week Flowers: The Chilliwack Sunflower Festival has been reimagined into the Chilliwack Sunflower Experience, opening today and running until September 7th, a safe family-friendly, physically distanced way to visit the fields of colourful fields of sunflowers and gladiolas Dine: Dine…
A Taste of the PNE : Drive-Thru Fair Experience
For over a century, the Pacific National Exhibition Fair has been part of our summer traditions. Generations of visitors have ridden the iconic Wooden Rollercoaster, watched SuperDogs, visited the agricultural exhibits, and been first in line for legendary fair food like those mini-donuts. While Covid-19 restrictions have put the brakes on the usual PNE…
Dine OutSide Starting August 21st
Vancouver’s favourite winter dining experience, Dine Out Vancouver has a new summertime spin-off, Dine OutSide. With patio season is in full swing, Dine OutSide is the perfect way to take in some of the city’s expanded sidewalk patios, new pop-up plazas and green spaces. The complete list of Dine OutSide’s participating restaurants and their menus are now available…
Tea In The Window Returns To Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Looking for the ultimate in socially distant dining? Notch8 Restaurant at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, has the perfect solution, as they plan to relaunch Afternoon Tea in the Window service starting Monday, August 17, 2020. Afternoon Tea in the Window will be available Monday through Friday with a single 2pm seating. Guests will have an exclusively unique…
Live From Inside, Brings Music Back To The Commodore Ballroom
After many months of closure, audience can prepare to hear music from Vancouver’s legendary Commodore Ballroom once again, albeit online with Live From Inside. Live Nation Canada and Embrace partner to bring audiences a multi-part livestream series broadcast from inside two iconic Canadian venues – the Commodore Ballroom and the Velvet Underground (Toronto). Live From…
Picks of the Week – August 12, 2020
Half-way through our Covid summer of 2020, and we’re still finding lively picks to keep you entertained… Meteor: Tonight, watch the Perseid meteor shower from home, with a HR MacMillan Space Centre YouTube live stream. Register by donation, to be sent the live stream link to learn about and celebrate the peak of the meteor…