BMO Vancouver Marathon is Sunday, May 3, 2026: Check out the marathon route, road closures, block parties, health expo, and more.

There are so many events happening around Metro Vancouver this summer it’s hard to only feature a few, but we’ve done our best to showcase a variety of festivals with incredibly cool culture, food, and music elements this June to September.

Freedom Mobile Arch hosts an inaugural Opening Night Celebration hosted by Canadian music legend Jann Arden on Friday, June 5, 2026. 

Visual artist and plant scientist Daphne Boyer presents Li bootee mishiwayitay — The Beauty of It All at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC. This powerful exhibition weaves together Métis peoples’ traditional handwork, digital technologies, plant materials, and porcupine quills.

Find wildlife, take a picture, and share to contribute to community science during the City Nature Challenge April 24-27, 2026. All across the Lower Mainland you can have fun in the outdoors while collecting observations which are used for monitoring biodiversity and ecological research.

The Verses Festival of Words, presented by Vancouver Poetry House, is Canada’s largest spoken word festival happeing April 27 to May 2, 2026.

Museum of Surrey invites the public to a vibrant celebration of Indigenous creativity, culture, and community at Cedar, Sage & Sweetgrass happening on Saturday, May 2nd.

Sun Run, blossoms, tulips! Vancouver’s events calendar this weekend is full of fun things to do around the region in April 17-19, 2026.

Route and road closure map for the Vancouver Sun Run which is happening around the city on Sunday, April 19, 2026 – Canada’s largest and most beautiful 10k road race!

Celebrate the power of music and community at Unison Festival welcoming 2SLGBTQIA+ over 25 choirs from across Canada to Vancouver for concerts this May. Tickets are now on sale!