As we many people are putting their Black Friday buys away, hopefully some of it was spent in your neighbourhood, it’s the kick-off of the second annual Buy Local Week. Proclaimed by the City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia, the week runs December 2nd to 8th. Amy Robinson, founder of LOCO, a non-profit local business…
Category: Events
2013 Rogers Santa Claus Parade
On Donner! On Blitzen! It’s time for the man in the big red suit to come riding into town as the annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade fills downtown Vancouver with festive fun on Sunday December 1st. Starting at 1pm, the parade route begins at West Georgia at Broughton Street, runs east on West Georgia to…
Picks Of The Week – November 27, 2013
Yikes! November is finishing and December starts, where has the year gone! Let’s see what’s happening! Tastes: Tonight, Tasting Plates takes us on a culinary tour of Vancouver’s East Village Snow: It’s Snowing On Saltspring and at the Arts Club Theatre’s Granville Island Stage, the Christmas play begins Thursday November 28th and runs until December…
Shop Local! Stay Local! Black Friday Vancouver
‘Tis the season for holiday shopping and no weekend gets as much as attention as the days after American Thanksgiving. Black Friday sales have become more and more competitive and have drawn many Canadians across the border to snag a bargain. This year, 12 of of Vancouver’s Business Improvement Associations have joined forces to keep…
Yaletown becomes Candytown – November 23
After an estimated 15,000 people turned out last year, CandyTown returns for a second edition. From noon until 9pm tomorrow, Saturday November 23, Yaletown is transformed with hundreds of lights, lamp poles turned candy canes, and thousands of people filling Mainland Street. Costumed characters, street performers and musicians will be stationed amongst the Christmas craft…
Shine, Shop & Dine in the West End
With the annual kick off of the St Paul’s Hospital Lights Of Hope the West End literally shines during the Holiday season. Shine, Shop & Dine, is a promotion of The West End & Robson Street Business Improvement Associations to take residents and visitors on a free trolley tour of the district. Each Saturday from…
Mavi launches the Holiday’s with a #KitsParty
Recently Mavi moved its Kitsalano shop a few doors down the street and this week launched it with a fun shopping event in time for the Holiday season. Mavi Kits Party brought a lot of people into the stylish, new shop on a chilly Vancouver night to take a look a the winter collection, have…