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Vancouver Farmers Markets Harvest Festival 2012

October 19th, 2012 @ 10:24am (PT) by Rebecca Bollwitt

This weekend the Vancouver Farmers Markets Harvest Festival will mark the end of the summer market season in the West End with fall food activities for kids, a fall fruit pie competition, a squash beauty contest, and more.

harvest
Photo credit: aloalo* on Flickr

The festival will take place Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the West End Market (1100 block of Comox) from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Pick up pumpkins, squash, root vegetables, and enjoy samples. Check it out as this market won’t return again until June of next year.

Pumpkin Shopping
Photo credit: [kam] on Flickr

A variety of fall and winter markets are just getting started this season which means you can still pick up a bounty of local ingredients in select locations.

Follow Vancouver Farmers Markets on Twitter for more information about this event and the new seasonal markets that will be opening up.

Current contests on Miss604.com

  • Enter here to win a 1-night stay at the Harbour Towers in Victoria (until June 20)
  • Enter here to win your way into the Nicli Pizzeria Winemaker's Dinner with LaStella (until June 20)
  • Enter here to win dinner for two at Yew Seafood + Bar (until June 21)
  • Enter here to win 4 tickets to the Vancouver Canadians game on June 29th (until June 24th)
  • View a complete list of contests »

2 comments

  1. Paublo says:

    That’s it? Checking out some pumpkins on the weekend is the only thing there is to do this weekend? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Hi Paublo,

    Please feel free to refer to my monthly event listings that I publicize at the top of my site. There’s plenty of events listed in there and it’s updated every day.

    Cheers!

    Rebecca

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