Carnaval del Sol, the biggest Latin American festival in the Pacific Northwest, returns to Vancouver, July 7–9, in a brand-new location: Yaletown’s picturesque David Lam Park. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the three day festival is organized by Latincouver, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Latin American culture in British Columbia. The line up…
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Shadbolt Centre offers world-renowned & home-grown stars a stage in Fall 2022
The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Fall 2022 season is packed with extraordinary live performances; dance, theatre, music, magic and more come to the Burnaby centre’s intimate Studio Theatre as well as the larger James Cowan Theatre. The Fall Season includes: The Five Vengeances – September 27 to October 1 @ 8pm From Vancouver-based Affair…
Instruments of Change brings Infectious Gratitude to local Parks
What do you appreciate in your neighbourhood? Vancouver non-profit, Instruments of Change, is bringing Infectious Gratitude to neighbourhoods around Vancouver. Instruments of Change, which designs expressive arts experiences that empower people to become instruments of transformative change in their own lives as they find their creative voices, is welcoming people of Vancouver to offer “pop…
Small Business BC Awards Celebrate Stories Across BC
The pandemic has taken its toll on businesses across the globe, perhaps none have felt the results of restrictions more than small, independent businesses. For all of those that have been affected, and even closed their doors, there are amazing stories of adaptation, perseverance, success, and community spirit all across BC. Small Business BC (SBBC)…
In The Beginning: A Cultural Sharing, is part of Heart of the City Festival
As part of the 2020 Downtown Eastside, Heart of the City Festival, now on until November 8th, The Firehall Arts Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre are presenting – In the Beginning: A Cultural Sharing – from Wednesday, November 4th to Saturday, November 7th. Five cultural sharing events will take place over four days including; Over…
Tourism Week 2020 Shows #BCTourismMatters As BC Reopens.
Tourism Week, May 24 – 30, 2020, is normally a celebration of tourism and a way for the $20+ billion BC industry to kick off the upcoming season whilst showing that #BCTourismMatters, but Tourism Week in the Covid-19 era is anything but normal. With local and international travel restrictions to be upon us for the…
2019 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Blooms
The 2019 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival blossoms from April 4th to April 28th, highlighting the city’s vibrant colourful cherry trees. This year’s record cold February gave way to some record warmth for the start of spring and now the city’s Cherry trees are coming into bloom to welcome the new season. Once again the Festival kicks off…