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Chutzpah! Festival More Info
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TBA Dance, theatre, music and comedy are some of the events taking place at this year's Chutzpah! Festival. Address: 950 West 41st Avenue Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 257-5145
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Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration More Info
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TBA Welcome to the City of Bhangra! In January, Vancouver will host North America’s premiere Bhangra event, the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration. For two days, the city will transform into a mecca for Bhangra enthusiasts everywhere – dance and dhol drum workshops, live music and dancing, main-stage performances, a photo art exhibit, and the much-anticipated, VIBC Competition.
CelticFest Vancouver More Info
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TBA Perfectly timed to occur around St.Patty's Day, this festival offers dancing, music and lots of Celtic entertainment. Address: Downtown Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 683-8331
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Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival More Info
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TBA Sample wines from around the world at this festival. With over 10 events and two wine tastings vino lovers and restaurateurs will no doubt enjoy themselves. The events take place at various locations across Vancouver. Address: Various venues Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 872-6622
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The EAT! Vancouver Everything Food + Cooking Festival More Info
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TBA Eat Vancouver is Canada's largest consumer food, beverage and cooking show. This Vancouver food festival will take place at BC Place Stadium, downtown Vancouver, BC. The food expo features hundreds of food, beverage and kitchen goods exhibitors, wineries, breweries, restaurants, cooking demonstrations, wine and cheese seminars, chef competitions and barbecue and chili cook-offs.
May 23 : 4 - 9pm
May 24 : 11 - 9pm
May 25 : 11 - 5pm Address: 777 Pacific Blvd Vancouver BC
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival More Info
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TBA The city celebrates in pink with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, honouring some 36,000 Japanese flowering cherry trees. Highlights include an international Haiku competition, Haiku Cherry Tree Installations exhibit, artisan crafts, and cultural arts of Japan. It all kicks off with an opening at Van Dusen Botanical Garden.
VOS 2008 Orchid Show And Sale More Info
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TBA Vancouver Orchid Society (VOS) proudly presents VOS Annual 2008 Orchid Show and Sale at the Richmond Curling Club.
Come and see lovely displays of orchids in bloom.
Shop for favorite plants from a huge selection of plants for sale from leading local and international orchid growers.
Ask questions about orchids on display or learn more orchids already owned.
Saturday 9am to 5 pm, and
Sunday 10am to 4pm
Admission $7. Children under age of 12 - free. Free parking.
Address: 5540 Hollybridge Way Richmond BC
Vancouver International Children's Festival More Info
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TBA Presenting acclaimed Canadian and international professional performances, plus numerous hands-on arts activities, the Festival provides children ages 3-11 and school groups grades K-6 with a valuable cultural and educational experience. Each year the Festival welcomes more than 50,000 children, parents and educators to Vancouver's waterfront Vanier Park.
Vanier Park Address: 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver BC
EAT! Vancouver, Food + Cooking Festival More Info
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TBA Taking place in at BC Place Stadium, EAT! Vancouver features celebrity chefs, popular local restaurants, wineries, food and beverage manufacturers, cookbook authors, retailers, artisans and many others from the culinary world, EAT! Vancouver encompasses unique food experiences, opportunities to learn behind-the-scenes culinary magic from professional chefs, dynamic entertainment through celebrity chef cooking demonstrations and intense culinary competitions, diverse food, beverage and cooking related exhibits; and of course fantastic shopping opportunities. Check out the World of Chocolate & Sweets, The Wellness Pavilion, The Wine & Beer Tasting Pavilion, The Bite of Vancouver, The Food Network Celebrity Cooking Stage, and The Master Chef Competition.
B.C. Place Stadium Address: 777 Pacific Blv. Vancouver BC Canada V6B 4Y8
Annual Walking Fish Festival More Info
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TBA Upintheair Theatre Society presents nine one-act plays ranging from absurd comedy to drama to physical mask performance, at the annual Walking Fish Festival at Performance Works, Granville Island. The productions include creative work from graduates from all the Lower Mainland’s major training programs, and Vancouver’s most exciting young professionals. The festival is an opportunity for audiences to witness ‘theatre evolution’ in action.
Tickets - $15 to $12 -available at the door - or by calling Tickets Tonight
(service charges apply to advance tickets).
Vancouver International Song Institute (VISI) presents Song: The Audible Soul More Info
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TBA This festival celebrates Art Song, the powerful fusion of poetry and music, and is hosted by VISI. A team of Canadian and International musicians, poets, and scholars present 20+ concerts and intense interdisciplinary study programs for lovers of song, both professional performers and lifelong listeners.
Guests may create their own menu of daily lectures and master classes, or simply enjoy a fantastic variety of noon-hour and evening concerts.
Tickets at the door (cash only) or through Tickets Tonight. Address: UBC School of Music, 6361 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC Tel: 1 604 231-7535
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TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival More Info
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TBA For 10 days and nights extraordinary music electrifies the entire city. From Gastown to David Lam Park, from hip bistros to great concert halls, visitors can hear a wide variety of jazz, blues, groove, world music, improv and popular artists. Featuring 1,800 musicians from Canada and around the world. The
Jazz Festival touches all parts of the city, with many free performances including large-sale public events, eight major indoor concert series, and
a host of nightclub shows. Address: Various Locations Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 872-5200
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Le Centre Culturel Francophone de Vancouver More Info
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TBA Every June in Vancouver, this festival celebrates Francophone culture featuring music and characters from over 40 countries which have French as an official language. Address: . Vancouver BC
Vancouver Folk Music Festival More Info
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TBA Bringing live music to the people of Vancouver are what this music festival is all about. Artists from Canada, the USA, Australia, Cuba and many other places are invited to perform. Address: Jericho Beach Park Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 602-9798
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HSBC Celebration of Light More Info
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TBA HSBC's Celebration of Light allows visitors to see some of the best fireworks displays in the world. Several countries each prepare a 25 minute display which is set to music. Each evening of the festival features a different country and on the final evening a tribute to all four countries is held.
English Bay Beach Address: Beach Avenue between Denman and Bidwell Streets Vancouver BC Canada
Powell Street Festival More Info
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TBA This annual community celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage is Vancouver's largest and longest running community celebration. It takes place at the beginning of August yearly. Address: Various Locations Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 739-9388
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Vancouver Chinatown Festival More Info
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TBA Enjoy the largest annual summer block party in Vancouver's historic Chinatown. Past festivals have featured heritage and food tastings, walking tours, multicultural stage performances, Chinese folk art demos, open air markets, community info displays, BMX bike stunts, a Kids Bike Rodeo, inflatable games, children's activities, lucky draws and much more. This free festival takes place on Columbia Street & Keefer Street, Vancouver.
MusicFest Vancouver More Info
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TBA MusicFest Vancouver (formerly Festival Vancouver) celebrates jazz, classical and world music with hundreds of gifted performers from around the world in fifty concerts and events every August. The 2009 festival features a special focus on Germany, with performances by cabaret star Ute Lemper, jazz organist Barbara Dennerlein and the brilliant Leipzig String Quartet. Tel: 1 604 688-1152
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Vancouver Queer Film Festival More Info
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TBA The Vancouver Out On Screen Film and Video Society promotes queer films and media arts to provide a platform for understanding, exploration and education between communities. Address: . Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 844-1615
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Vancouver Fringe Festival More Info
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TBA Vancouver's Fringe Festival gives city residents and visitors the change to see a range of interesting performances by artists and theatre groups from across Canada and the rest of the world. Shows take place at a variety of venues across the city and include everything from theatres to cafes. Address: Various Locations, Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 257-0350
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival - Richard II More Info
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TBA Richard II, once innocent boy king, has claimed control from his former counsellors but a series of poor decisions threaten his hold on the throne. As the courtiers face their individual challenges, our sympathies are pulled in multiple directions.
Vanier Park Address: 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver BC
CanWest Comedy Fest More Info
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TBA The annual CanWest Comedy Fest represents the best of stand-up, sketch, improv and musical comedy as well as the finest comedic street performance in the world. Enjoy fiercely funny, dynamic, local fresh faces and some of Canada's biggest stars. The expanded program has something for everyone with acts ranging from free family entertainment to late night stand-up. Presenting more than 41 acts, 16 evening ticketed events and 12 days of free outdoor family entertainment at two outdoor pitches on Granville Island. Address: Granville Island Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 683-0883
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Vancouver International Comedy Festival More Info
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TBA Vancouver residents and visitors are invited to come out and laugh it up at the city's International Comedy Festival. Over 100 performers will take the stage at a variety of venues throughout the week. The event is preceded by a stand up comedy showcase. Address: Entertainment District: Granville Street Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 683-0883
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Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival - All'sWell That Ends Well More Info
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TBA When the King grants lowborn Helena her choice of
husband, she chooses her secret love Bertram, son of
her mistress the Countess. Bertram flees and sends
Helena this challenge - get the ring off his finger and
conceive a child by him and he will be her husband.
Determination and ingenuity are needed before “all
ends well” for the jilted bride. [Setting: Victorian]
Vanier Park Address: 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver BC
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival - Othello More Info
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TBA Iago - angry that the noble moor Othello has passed him over for promotion in favour of Cassio seeks revenge.
In a dazzling display of villainy, Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful with Cassio, driving the noble Othello to rage, madness and murder.
Vanier Park Address: 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver BC
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival - The Comedy of Errors More Info
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TBA Seeing double leads to hilarity in this rollicking comedy. Two sets of twins, separated as infants, arrive unbeknownst to each other in the same town. As wives, lovers, merchants and friends encounter the twins, mistaken identities lead to merry misunderstandings and chaos.
Vanier Park Address: 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver BC
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival More Info
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TBA Bard on the Beach was established in 1990 to provide Vancouver residents and tourists with affordable, accessible Shakespearean productions of the finest quality. The plays are staged in Vanier Park on Vancouver's waterfront, in open-ended tents with a spectacular backdrop of mountains, sea and sky.
The 2008 season will feature titles such as "Twelfth Night", "King Lear", "The Tempest" and "Titus Andronicus".
Vanier Park Address: 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver BC
Earthsave Canada Taste of Health Food & Lifestyle Festival More Info
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TBA Taste of Health 2008 Food & Lifestyle Festival hosted by non-profit Earthsave Canada. Every Sept or October.
Features exhibits, vendors, workshops, presentations, a food court, and cooking demonstrations, all designed to showcase plant-based foods.
$7.00 daily. Children 12 and under free with adult. Look for discount coupons. Free Friday night. Address: 3250 Commercial Drive Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 731-5885
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Vancouver International Film Festival More Info
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TBA One of the largest film festivals in North America, the Vancouver International Film Festival shows approximately 350 films from all over the world, and aims to foster understanding of other countries through the medium of film. Venues include Empire Granville 7 Cinemas, Pacific Cinematheque, Ridge Theatre and Vancity Theatre. Address: various theatres, Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 685-0260
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Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival More Info
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TBA Dozens of authors, poets and playwrights from around the world converge on Granville Island annually in October for ticketed events including readings and lectures. Maeve Binchy, Claudio Magris and Jim Harrison are among some of the previous stellar guests. Inquire locally for further details. Address: Granville Island, Vancouver BC Tel: 1 604 681-6330
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