Get out your lawn chair and picnic basket and find your spot on the Inner Harbour in Victoria tomorrow for one of the largest symphony events in North America, the annual Symphony Splash. Each year Victoria Symphony moves out of the auditorium and onto the water of Victoria’s picturesque Inner Harbour to perform for an…
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Frankie Knuckles plays Five-Sixty
Saturday night, legendary DJ, Producer, Remixer, Frankie Knuckles takes to the turntables at Five-Sixty! As a Chicago DJ in the 80’s, Frankie was instrumental in developing and popularizing the house genre of dance music. In 2005 he was inducted to the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his achievements. As a producer and remixer he’s…
Celebration of Light / Shorefest 2011
Hard to believe that our little fireworks festival is all grown up and turning 21 years old! The flashes and booms over English Bay followed by ‘ooohs’ and ‘aahs”will fill the air of Vancouver as the Celebration of Light takes off for another year. This year’s “Battle Of Champions” edition kicks off Saturday July 30th…
What’s on this Weekend! July 28 – August 1, 2011
What’s on this weekend? What’s NOT on this weekend!? There’s so much happening, I can’t keep up! Happening all week long is the Vancouver 2011 North American Outgames ; sports, culture and human rights conference all rolled into one event. Visit the Outgames website for all the activities happening around Vancouver, Whistler, Burnaby and beyond….
And they’re off! The 2011 Outgames Flag Relay is on the move
From the Mountains, Sea and Land the 2011 Outgames Flag relay is making it’s way to the Opening Ceremony at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 6pm today. Starting off at Vancouver City Hall for the joint launch of Pride Week Van Pride and Vancouver 2011 Outgames (11:00am – 1:30pm) this free event feature the Running…
Live at Squamish Festival – coming soon
Now that summer has finally shown up, it’s time to start thinking about ways to get out and enjoy it. One great event coming up is LIVE At Squamish festival, August 20 and 21. Taking place in the beautiful setting of the Logger Sports Grounds and Hendrickson Fields in Squamish it’s two days of “Happy Times” with some…
Celebrating 80 years of YVR
In the 1930’s renowned aviator snubbed Vancouver for a stop over as there was “no fit field to land on”. This spurred on the city of Vancouver to begin construction of a small wood-framed administration building and control tower on the relatively undeveloped Sea Island in Richmond which opened on July 22nd 1931. Vancouver Airport…