Archive of posts tagged "festival"

February 2012 Events in Metro Vancouver

February 6th, 2012 @ 2:58pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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With another year until we get a statutory holiday in BC, February could be looking pretty gloomy at this point. However, with events to celebrate the two year Vancouver 2010 Olympic anniversary, a city-wide festival, a film festival, a comedy fetival, and more, the February 2012 calendar is looking pretty bright. Photo credit: couloir on [...]

City and Slope Vancouver 2012

January 25th, 2012 @ 10:28am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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This winter the City and Slope festival will tie in adventures on our local mountains with interactive events downtown. From February 9 to 12, 2012, you can enjoy live concerts, attractions, and snow-filled action on the hills. City Illuminate Yaletown: Light displays, music, and more in this heritage district. Science World Light Show: Nightly on [...]

Parade of Lost Souls Festival 2011

October 17th, 2011 @ 10:25am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The Parade of Lost Souls Festival starts tomorrow and will feature workshops, a dance party, and the popular souls walk later this month. Workshops Get Behind the Scenes: Open-Door Lost Souls Studio. Lend a helping hand in creating decorations for the Secret Souls Walk route Tuesday, October 18, 5:00pm to 9:00pm at the Public Dreams [...]

Surrey Youth Fest 2011

September 5th, 2011 @ 11:00am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Surrey presents the free Youth Fest this month at the Guildford Recreation Centre. Events will begin around 4:00pm on Saturday, September 24th and include concerts from youth bands, skateboard demonstrations, a teen dance, and more. In the Gym: Sumo Suit Wrestling, Velcro Olympics, Big Bout Boxing, First Down Bungee Run, Airbrush Tattoo Artists, Caricature Artist, [...]

La Garufa International Tango Festival

August 29th, 2011 @ 1:35pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Next month dancers and musicians from around the world will spice up Vancouver during La Garufa International Tango Festival. Argentine tango is a social dance and musical genre that originated in Argentina and Uruguay in the late 1800s. Recently it was designated by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage and important to preserve. In the [...]

Live at Squamish 2011: Sunday

August 22nd, 2011 @ 8:23pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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After a successful first day of Live at Squamish 2011, Sunday followed with an even larger line-up of artists. With shows starting earlier in the day, it was packed with even more music and dancing. Although the sun hid periodically behind incoming cloud cover, the bikinis were out, the beer gardens were brimming and hands [...]

Live at Squamish 2011: Saturday

August 21st, 2011 @ 10:15am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The first day of Live at Squamish was indeed filled with happy times indeed in a very large field. It would appear that the music festival shook off any signs of a sophomore slump as the food carts were abundant, the beer garden was bigger, most importantly crowds were thicker at this second annual production. [...]

Live at Squamish 2011: Schedule

August 18th, 2011 @ 9:45am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The second annual Live at Squamish music festival kicks off in about 48 hours as thousands prepare for good times in a field and a fun-filled schedule of music and activities. Whether you’re camping out, staying in Squamish or Whistler, or just heading up for a day, the festival should have something for you. From [...]