Don’t let is scare you…you really are seeing Halloween…in July!Let your spooky side loose at Playland’s Halloween in July event this Sunday, July 30. Get into the spirit of spooky season! Visitors are encouraged to wear costumes and embrace the spirit of Halloween with this taster of the annual Fall Fright Nights at Playland! Guests…
C’mon get happy…HAPPYLAND at PNE
Back for a second year, HAPPYLAND Festival, a fully-inclusive Pride celebration featuring drag, musical acts and carnival rides, takes over the PNE Amphitheatre and Playland on August 6th. The now expanded all-ages event provides a safe and inclusive space for attendees to let loose and be themselves while enjoying music, performances, and community spirit. Hosted…
Picks of the Week – July 26, 2023
July is already coming to a close, but the summer fun still thrives with Vancouver Pride events starting to enter the picks. Pyro: The skies over English Bay light up for this year’s Celebration of Light starting off with Mexico taking to the sky tonight, then The Philippines closing the festival on Saturday Musketeer: Until July 30, Presentation House Theatre’s…
APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert returns with Cole Porter’s OUT OF THIS WORLD
After a years long break, APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert returns this August 25-27 featuring a concert presentation of OUT OF THIS WORLD, a rare Cole Porter work that ran for just 157 performances on Broadway in 1950, on the heals of the incredibly successful Kiss Me Kate. OUT OF THIS WORLD is comical adaptation…
Taste The Sunshine During Provence Marinaside Tomato Festival
What can be larger than a hand, smaller than a thumb, comes in an array of colours and tastes like sunshine? Throughout the month of August, Provence Marinaside celebrates all things tomato with its annual Tomato Festival. A special prix fixe menu designed to satisfy even the most addicted tomato-holic. “I love creating the Tomato…
The Queen of Carthage leads off the EMV Summer Festival
Early Music Vancouver (EMV) gets its Summer Festival underway with the World Premier of The Queen Of Carthage, Thursday July 27th at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Lover, leader, woman, queen – Dido’s legacy has long been reduced to a tragic role surrounding her heartbreak after the departure of Trojan hero Aeneas, as depicted…
World Rugby Sevens returns with the new HSBC SVNS
One of Vancouver’s biggest sporting events returns in 2024! The revamped and rebranded HSBC SVNS is World Rugby’s global celebration of rugby sevens, coming back to BC Place in 2024. Slimmed down from the previous years, the global tournament now takes place in eight cities around the world – relaunching the truly must-see experience in…