The 15th annual Hot Chocolate Festival returns to bring warmth to the winter from January 18 to February 14, 2025. From White Rock to Whistler, cups of cozy, comforting cocoa will be offered by 80+ vendors, at 100+ locations, creating 180 versions of hot chocolate. Founded by CityFood Events in 2011 as the first city-wide…
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The Wellness Show, Returns To Vancouver Convention Centre For Its 32nd Year
The Wellness Show, Western Canada’s largest holistic wellness event, returns for its 32nd year, bringing over 200 exhibitors and speakers who will share the latest wellness trends and top health products to Vancouver Convention Centre February 1-2, 2025. “The Wellness Show continues to evolve every year as we gather new exhibitors and speakers who share…
Griffin Art Project’s New Group Exhibition Looks at Comedy & Satire in Canadian Art
To begin the year, Griffin Art Projects presents a new group exhibition, Seriously? Comedy and Satire in Canadian Art 1970s–Now. On display from Jan. 25–May 18, 2025, the exhibition is guest curated by Melissa E. Feldman, the groundbreaking show challenges traditional perceptions of Canadian contemporary art and its standard associations with conceptualism and postmodernist critique, instead highlighting a rich…
12 Days of Christmas Price Index Rises Again for 2024
Now in its 41st year, PNC Bank’s Annual Christmas Price Index (PNC CPI) rose a whopping 5.4% — doubling last year’s 2.7% increase. The PNC CPI measures the change in prices consumers could expect to pay for True Love’s gifts from the classic holiday carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Data is compiled by PNC’s…
Dine Out Vancouver Festival Foodie Events To Stuff Your Stockings
Rather than filling stockings with more stuff, why not stuff them with experiences instead! Dine Out Vancouver Festival, Canada’s largest food and drink celebration, returns for its 23rd year with more restaurants than ever before! This season, diners can enjoy 19 days of feasting fun from January 22 to February 9, 2025 featuring the largest…
Six Bakeries To Save Sugar & Sweat With Sweet Seasonal Collections For 2024
Is a flurry of flour in your future? Rushing to get your Christmas baking prepared and ready for the big day can be stressful and time consuming. Save your valuable time and effort and leave the baking to someone else. Vancouver has a whole host of bakeries to help you get your Christmas Cookies, Fruitcakes,…
Vancouver Foodster Cake Challenge Results Are In!
Last month, we told you about the Vancouver Foodster Cake Challenge that we all had the privilege of participating in the tastings. I was honoured to be one of the media judges to try and assess each of the entries, while the public tried the cakes to find their favourites to vote on the People’s…