Everything Wine invites you to join their first annual Everything Wine Festival in Langley on Thursday, September 13, 2018. The festival will showcase 100 wines featuring both local BC wineries and imported wines. Browse the selection, savour tastings, and check out the special tables featuring a selection of Rosé, Sparkling Wines, 90 point wines, and Iconic Greats to try.

Everything Wine Festival

When: September 13, 2018 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Where: Coast Hotel & Convention Centre (20393 Fraser Hwy, Langley)
Tickets: Available online now for $75

Spend the evening experiencing a wine fest in your own community, featuring very affordable wines to more prestigious wines, and tasty nibbles. Speaking of pairing, try a round of Stump the Expert – ask your toughest food and wine pairing questions to the expert staff.

A Look at Some of the Participants…

Make a night of it and take advantage of a special rate for guests at the Langley Coast Hotel of $125 for the night when you mention you are attending the Everything Wine Fest. Call The Langley Coast Hotel at (604) 530-1500 to book your hotel stay.

And… if you bring your festival ticket to the Langley Everything Wine location after the event, you can receive 10% off your purchase (valid between September 14-30, 2018. Some restrictions may apply).

Win Tickets

I have a pair of tickets to give away to this event, here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, August 27, 2018. Follow Everything Wine on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for more info.

Update The winner is Rick Kayla!

This weekend Miss604 is proud to sponsor Movies Under the Stars in Surrey, with Saturday’s free screening of Paddington 2 in Holland Park. It’s also the first weekend of Crave the Heights in Burnaby Heights, a neighbourhood dining showcase with great eats, great deals, and entertainment. All of these events and more things to do in Vancouver this weekend are listed below:

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

Friday, August 17, 2018
Sponsored by Miss604: Crave the Heights, Burnaby Heights Dining Showcase
Applebarn Opening Day
Youth Night at Richmond Olympic Experience
Kitsilano Showboat
Heritage Day Camp
Music at the Cannery
Fridays on Front, New West
Hike Rave
Rock Ambleside
RibFest Langley
Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts
Vancouver Canadians Game
Summer Fun in Thompson Park
CBC Musical Nooners
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Montreal born and former Vancouver resident, Sean Casey Leclaire is pleased to bring his solo show, Small Town Boys, to the Vancouver Fringe Festival playing from September 6 to 16 at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. This timely play is about the power of vulnerability in men, deep friendship as a form of love, and how a person can become whole and live with deeper awareness. The story is punch-in-the-gut tough, and hilarious at the same time.

Small Town Boys at the Vancouver Fringe Festival

When: September 6 to 16, 2018
Where: Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island (1412 Cartwright St)
Tickets: Available online now

The play takes place in the 1970s, in a small-town tavern, and in various locations across Canada. The story is about a band of high school boys in a rough and tumble town near Montreal. After a life changing moment of violence in their lives, Small Town Boys illuminates the different paths their lives take.

The narrator, one of the boys, follows two older boys out west, and the journey unfolds in terrific and wacky ways. With ruthless self-scrutiny and compassion the story dives into the nature of deep friendship, forgiveness, and the fleeting and fragile moments that define our lives.

This solo show is written and performed by Sean Casey Leclaire, a Canadian now living in New York and Boston. Sean is a poet, actor, and an executive coach. He lived in Kitsilano in the 1980’s and was the former Managing Partner of Leclaire Hamilton Inc.

Directed by Lisa Dalton, a Fort Worth, Texas resident, Lisa is President of the National Michael Chekhov Association. She is a master teacher of Michael Chekhov¹s acting technique and a noted documentarian, and author.

Win Tickets

I have a pair of tickets to give away to opening night on September 6th. Here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm Wednesday, August 22, 2018. The Vancouver Fringe Festival runs September 6 to 16, 2018. Follow on Facebook and Twitter for more show information.

Update The winner is James!

Experience the charm of an old-fashioned country fair that combines nature, heritage, agriculture and community at the Campbell Valley Country Celebration.

Campbell Valley Country Celebration

Where: Campbell Valley Regional Park (20290 16 Ave, Langley)
When: September 8 & 9, 2018 10:00am to 4:00pm rain or shine
Admission: $3 per adult, $1 per child/adult 65+

This fall tradition returns with a variety of musicians and entertainers, nature interpretation, a giant straw maze, Kids Zone activities, Raku pottery workshops, live raptors and farm animals, and more.

From perogies to mini donuts, choose from a variety of classic country fair food to fuel your day’s activities. Help reduce waste – bring your own cutlery, mug and bags for the local crafts and produce market. An ATM machine is available onsite. Dogs allowed on a leash.

Follow Metro Vancouver Regional Parks on Facebook and Twitter for more information about events happening in our regional parks this season.

While Back to School messaging is creeping up on us, there’s still a whole lot of summer fun to be had and that includes National Play Day which is coming up on August 17th. To celebrate, visit a Peekaboo Beans Day of Play pop-up play date location in Vancouver or North Vancouver.

Peekaboo Beans Day of Play

Peekaboo Beans CEO Traci Costa wants to stick to the local brand’s founding mission which is to focus on play first, clothing second.

To support getting kids out to play, Peekaboo Beans is hosting their inaugural Day of Play, a national playdate on August 17, 2018 with events across North America, including three in Vancouver, the brand’s hometown. They won’t be selling their play wear at this playdate, instead the focus will be on sliding, swinging, chasing balls, and good old-fashioned play and the North Van event features popular children’s performers Bobs and Lolo!

Where to Play

Where: Norquay Park – 5050 Wales Street, East Vancouver
When: Friday, August 17th, 2018 11:00am to 2:00pm
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Where: Alexandra Park at Beach Ave, Downtown Vancouver
When: Friday, August 17th, 2018 at 10:00am to 12:00pm
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Where: Cates Park Rd, North Vancouver
When: Friday, August 17th, 2018 at 11:00am to 1:00pm
Featuring Bobs and Lolo! RSVP on Facebook »