On January 29, 2018, the fourth annual Best Sommelier of BC Competition returns to Rogers Arena, Hosted by The Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers British Columbia Chapter (CAPS BC). This annual competition brings some of the best and brightest sommeliers from across the province together to compete for the title of BC’s Best Sommelier 2018 . The challenging competition includes both…
PNE Chinese Lantern Festival shines
The Chinese Lantern Festival has been lighting up the night at the PNE since December 15. If you haven’t had a chance to visit yet, this weekend is your last chance to experience the largest festival of its kind in Canada. Spread over 14 acres of the PNE Hastings Park site, 35 intricate, illuminate Chinese…
Some Hope For The Bastards opens PuSh Festival 2018
This week, the 14th Push International Performing Arts Festival opened at Vancouver Playhouse with a performance of Some Hope For The Bastards. Montreal choreographer, dancer, musician Frédérick Gravel returns to PuSh Festival with another unique dance spectacle. A music-dance hybrid, Some Hope For The Bastards is the kind of unexpected show you expect from PuSh…
Picks of the Week – January 17, 2017
As we move into the second half of January, in the picks of the week we find last year’s Festive events ending and the new year’s Festivals beginning. Festival: Catch the dozens of Chinese lanterns covering the 14 acre Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival at the PNE before they go dark this weekend, January 21st Lights: Lights at Lafarge Coquitlam’s…
Get Tickets for Tasting Plates Mount Pleasant – Feb 7th.
Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates starts 2018 with a visit to Mount Pleasant. The ever changing East Vancouver neighbourhood is due for another tour from the roaming restaurant hunt. Join friends and foodies on Wednesday February 7, 2018, for a taste of the ‘hood, along Main Street, between 3rd and 16th. The eclectic neighbourhood is sure…
Midtwenties Theatre Society goes Above The Hospital
Midtwenties Theatre Society and Red Gates Art Society present the new play Above The Hospital, until January 21st at Red Gates Review Stage on Granville Island. The new production is the first written by director Beau Han Bridge, founder of Midtwenties Theatre Society. As with Midtwenties Theatre Society’s debut, This Is Our Youth, Beau Han…
Dine Out 2018 serves up more great food events & menus
Now that you’ve had a couple weeks to get over your Holiday indulgences, Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2018 is here to serve you mouth watering events and set menus. The 2018 line up of food events has been selling fast already and now the set menus have been released for participating restaurants to start taking…