When summer warms up, drinks cool down! From August 6 to 30, Vancouver Foodster Ice Summer Drink Challenge arrives to help you chill out over the peak of the season. Throughout August participating cafes are mixing up their best iced summer drinks to complete for the title of Vancouver Foodster’s Best Summer Drink. No matter which…
History Of Motown Zooms Back to Firehall Arts Centre
The Firehall Arts Centre is excited to welcome back to its stage, A History of Motown from August 19 to 29. If you’ve had the privilege of taking in a previous run of award-winning powerhouse Krystle Dos Santos and her dynamic band, you’ll know why this show is returning by popular demand. A History of…
Picks of the Week – July 29, 2026
Somehow, in the blink of an eye, the August BC-Day Long Weekend is upon us, bringing with it a host of entertaining picks to full your weekend Pyrotechnics: A long-time Vancouver summer tradition is back, albeit in a new abbreviated format, with Summer Lights in English Bay, a free, one-night fireworks event taking place on…
Provence Marinaside’s Annual Tomato Festival Celebrates the Flavour of Summer
Spain has the famed La Tomatina festival, New Orleans has the Creole Tomato Festival and Vancouver has its annual Tomato Festival at Provence Marinaside to celebrate the plump, juicy fruit. August is peak tomato season in BC, a time when the vibrant, flavour-packed produce is primed for every plate. Fresh-picked from the vine, sliced…
Bard on the Beach Launches Late Night Levity with Bard After Dark in August
While the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival season continues with Merry Wives of Windsor and Macbeth on the BMO Mainstage and Antigone and Goblin: Oedipus on the Douglas Campbell Theatre, in Senákw/Vanier Park. Now, something new joins the Season, as Bard After Dark enters the Douglas Campbell Theatre, with four performances on August 7, 14, 21, and…
The Vancouver Cultural Precinct Proposes a Bold Investment In The City’s Arts Infrastructure
This week, the Vancouver Cultural Precinct (VCP), an alliance of performing arts and community leaders led by the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society, announced its vision for a state-of-the-art performing arts district in downtown Vancouver, featuring four new or renovated, acoustically-designed performing arts venues. To develop its vision VCP undertook a two-year feasibility study,…
Get Your Tickets Now as Disney On Ice presents Jump In! November 25-29, 2026
In the heat of the summer, think cool, as tickets go on general sale July 28 for a new Disney On Ice show coming to Vancouver this holiday season. It’s a new magical adventure as Disney On Ice presents Jump In! featuring over 50 family-favourite characters, showcasing world-class figure skating, high-flying aerial acrobatics, dazzling special…