The following is a guest post by DaveO - you can catch a multitude of links to hise various projects on his website and more video on his Blip channel.
All my hipster/greenie/crunchy/urbane pals were all bound for the luminary, venerable Vancouver Folk Fest this past weekend. I turned down extra tickets, rumoured media passes, friendly [...]

We’ll be heading out to Surrey again for some of this evening’s performances at Fusion Festival which will run from 11:00am until 8:00pm in Holland Park.

All photos by John Bollwitt, check out his entire Fusion Festival collection on Flickr
Leave the car at home as this is easily accessible from Surrey Central or King George Skytrain [...]

Last night the Fusion Festival kicked off in Surrey’s Holland Park with dusk performances and all anticipating this morning’s events, concerts, food, crafts and activities. Day two of the Fusion Festival will be going strong until 10:00pm tonight.

All photos by John Bollwitt, check out his entire Fusion Festival collection on Flickr
Tomorrow things will pick [...]

This weekend I’ll be out in Surrey for Fusion Festival but for those who cannot make the Skytrain out to Surrey Central for this (free) three day event filled with dancing, food and concert performances in the park, there’s another event happening down at Jericho Beach Park.
Celebrating three days of world music. Vancouver Folk Music [...]

I have to start off my last post about Surrey’s Canada Day celebration by saying it was one of the smoothest-run events we’ve ever attended. Folks could setup their tents, umbrellas, and chairs on the lawn in anticipation of the concerts meanwhile the midway was busy spinning away and the booths drew in thousands. Everyone [...]

We spent the early afternoon walking around the site of Surrey’s Canada Day celebrations.

There’s so much to see between the temporary maple leaf tattoos, stilt walking and gold panning, and that’s not even covering the midway or any of the two concert stages. Here’s the day in photos so far, captured by John.

You can [...]

Being a media sponsor of the Canada Day celebrations in Surrey this year means that I have over 12 hours of activities, attractions, concerts, food and all out fanfare to cover. This is a pretty daunting (yet fun) task for Western Canada’s largest Canada Day celebration.

We will have to navigate our way around the Capers [...]

Traditionally attending an outdoor concert in Vancouver means packing a garbage bag just in case you need to turn in into an emergency rain poncho. Hopefully this summer will be a bright one as there are so many outdoor events lined up, I’m not even sure I’ll get them all in this post but I’ll [...]

There is so much going on in Metro Vancouver this summer I thought it would be key to note those that were in support of causes around the region.
Photo credit: Sokazo on Flickr
Spirit of Stanley Park
Last weekend of June, 2008
Entrance to Stanley Park @ English Bay
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No Pants Party for the Underwear Affair
Thursday, June 26, [...]

The highlight of our day at the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival was hopping into the media boat with Slye and Dave for some fun times on the water.

We got up close to the action, took a couple spins around False Creek and even learned about some of the boats that were docked near [...]

With 4600 racers and thousands of exhibitors, spectators and cheerleaders in their own right, the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival was a happening place to be this afternoon.

Peruvian BBQ, fish and chips, and beverage vendors were alongside corporate and sponsor booths, games, swag tents and a concert stage. This free event around [...]

Photo credit: SqueakyMarmot on Flickr
Sapperton Days are back again this year, celebrating a great little heritage neighbourhood in New Westminster.
When: Saturday June 21st - Sidewalk Sale, 10am to 4pm and Sunday June 22nd - Street Festival, 11am to 4pm.
Where: Between Braid & Sherbrooke Streets on East Columbia, New Westminster
How to get there: You could drive [...]