Celebration 2010
Whistler February 1, 2008 - February, 2009 |
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival
Victoria Feb 2009 |
WinterPride
February 2009 |
Vancouver Storytelling Festival
Vancouver Feb 2009 |
Over the Hill Downhill
Silver Star Mtn (Vernon) Feb 2009 |
Vernon Winter Carnival
Vernon February 2009 |
Kootenay Winter Quest -
Winter Quest is an achievable5-8 hour multi-sport adventure race with a twist - for ages 14+. Designed for the average mortal as opposed to the average super-athlete, Winter quest is a combination of Survivor, Eco-challenge and the Amazing Race, where strategy and problem solving skills are equally as important as physical endurance.
Rossland February , 2009 |
Talking Stick Festival
February , 2009
A celebration of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal performance and art, this year's Talking Stick Festival will unite a diverse and talented community of local, national and international Aboriginal artists and feature a fusion of music, dance, theatre, multimedia, performance art, visual art and storytelling. |
The Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show
February 16, 2008 to February 2009 |
Vancouver International Boat Show
Vancouver February 2008 |
5th Annual Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival
Vernon |
Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d'Erable
Nanaimo, February 2009 |
Canadian Avalanche Foundation Whistler Gala Dinner
Whistler February 2009 |
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Fantastic films and interactive workshops for families, schools, children and young adults. Cutting edge online media, classics, and Cultural Diversity
Vancouver February 2009 |
City of Bhangra Festival
Vancouver February 2009
Dance, sing, watch and learn as Bell presents the City of Bhangra Festival: February 29 to March 8. Events across Metro Vancouver: drum circle, art exhibit, an intercultural dance mash-up and the finale Coast Capital Bhangra Competition. |
March |
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
Vancouver, Feberuary - March , 2009 |
Pacific Rim Whale Festival
Ucluelet & Tofino March 2009 |
Kamloops Cowboy Festival
Kamloops, March 2009 |
Festival du Bois
Coquitlam |
CelticFest
Vancouver March 2009 |
Rogers Play Dome
March 15, 2008 to March 2009
Canada's Largest Indoor Carnival with over 45 rides and attractions! |
The 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
Vernon,
Mar. 2009 |
Vancouver International Dance Festival
Vancouver March 2009 |
Port Moody Festival of the Arts
Port Moody April 2009 |
Brant Wildlife Festival
Parksville, Qualicum Beach March 2009 |
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Showdown, Throwdown, Hoedown slopestyle ski and snowboard competition.
Silver Star Mtn. Vernon,
March 2009 |
Festival du Bois Maillardville
Coquitlam March 2009
A hot time at a 'cool' winter festival! A celebration of francophone music with the finest french Canadian world, folk music artists, dance, craft, food, heritage and culture. A wealth of great activities, exhibits for young and young at heart. |
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May |
Okanagan Spring Wine Festival
Okanagan May 2009 |
Vancouver International Children's Festival
Vancouver May 2009
Jam-packed with music, theatre, dance, storytelling, puppetry, circus arts and much more, the Vancouver International Children's Festival embodies the buoyant spirit and endless curiosity of children all over the world. |
Adidas Vancouver International Marathon
Vancouver, May 2009 |
Wings over the Rockies - Bird Festival
Windermere May 2009 |
Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival
Victoria May 2009
The Celtic Festival to be held on May 17 will include a wide range of Scottish and Celtic music and dance entertainment along with various sporting activities; the Highland Games to be held on May 18 will include all the traditional Games activities. |
Life & Arts Festival
Kelowna May 2009
Music, live theatre, street performances, dance, visual arts, a lantern festival, the spoken word and multiculturalism |
Cloverdale Rodeo
Cloverdale May 2009
The top 24 cowboys in the Bull Riding, Saddle Bronc and Bareback events, as well as the top 24 Ladies Barrel Racers, will be invited to compete at Cloverdale. |
Falkland Stampede
Falkland, May 2009 |
Meadowlark Festival
Penticton May Long Weekend |
Annual Historic Military Encampment at Fort Rodd Hill
Victoria |
Swiftsure International Yacht Race
Victoria, May 2009
The Swiftsure Race consists of three offshore courses and one inshore course, providing a challenging venue for every level of sailor and sailing yacht. |
EAT! Vancouver - The Everything Food + Cooking Festival
May 2009
If you love to eat, love to cook, love to entertain, or just love to shop for unique specialty items and foods, then this is the event you must attend! Celebrity chefs, popular local restaurants, wineries, food & beverage manufacturers, cookbook authors, retailers, artisans, and many others from the culinary world will come together for this three day extravaganza. |
Bard on the Beach - Shakespeare Festival -
Vancouver May - September 2008 |
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June |
For family festivities, the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is an ideal locale to round up the kin. Kids of all ages are lured by the cowpokes, and an opportunity to mosey over to the Williams Lake Stampede promises a rootin' tootin' good time, June 2009 . Wrangle the little ones for a weekend of cowboy cool, which includes learning to rope and ride. But be forewarned - every critter will want to be a cowboy once they take in the bull riding event. ( www.williamslakestampede.com )
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Vancouver Garden Show
VanDuesen Gardens, Vancouver, June 2009 |
Bard on the Beach - Shakespeare Festival -
Vancouver May September 2008 |
Creative Chaos Craft Fair
Vernon June 2009 |
Great Walk
Tahsis and Gold River, June 2009 |
Vancouver International Song Festival
a celebration of art song with public concerts, conversations and workshops on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia.
Vancouver, June 2009 |
Midsummer Music Festival
Bulkley Valley Fall Fair Grounds, Smithers, B.C. June 2009 |
Peach City Beach Cruise
Penticton
June 2009 |
Williams Lake Stampede
Williams Lake
June 2009 |
Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Vancouver June2009 |
International Kathaumixw Music Festival
Powell River July 1-July 5, 2009 International Choral |
New Balance Victoria Half Iron
Victoria June 2009 |
Cadillac Van Isle 360° International Yacht Race
Nanaimo June - July 2009 |
Funtastic Summer Festival
Vernon, Lumby, Armstrong June 2009 |
Jazz Fest International
Victoria June 2008 |
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July |
| Coastal Beats Distinct venues and cool sounds prove the calling card for the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival , June 22-July 1 2008. More than 1,800 musicians from Canada and around the world guarantee groovy gigs amid locales throughout the city. There's plenty to see (and hear) with 130 free concerts including a grand outdoor extravaganza at David Lam Park in False Creek. ( www.coastaljazz.ca ) For those angling to holiday in the spectacular setting of Tofino on the wild west coast - think tiny fishing village and tranquil, wave-lapped beaches - the Pacific Rim Summer Festival is sure to lure, July 1-15. Concert-goers can take in everything from gypsy jazz to Cuban Salsa, rousing Celtic beats and much more. ( www.pacificrimsummerfestival.ca )
For Something a Little Different For the unusual, a trek to Vancouver Island to take in the Nanaimo Marine Festival & Great International Bathtub Race , July 19-22, promises to be unique adventure. On June 19, competitors battle it out in bathtubs of their own design.and trust - these are like no creations seen before. ( www.bathtubbing.com ) The Merritt Mountain Music Festival , named Canadian Country Music Festival of the year in 2005, is set for the stage July 12 - 15, and bills top-name acts the likes of Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood. ( www.mountainfest.com )
For fun in the sand, take the kids to White Rock August 3-5 for the Spirit of the Sea Festival , and unearth phenomenal creations structured solely of sand - not to mention a pail-full of family festivities. ( www.festivalwhiterock.com ) A family-favourite in Parksville, on Vancouver Island, is the Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition , August 10-12. This event, which has evolved into a world class Master Class competition, promises a shoreline flooded with unbelievable hand-crafted works (sculptures will be on display until September 3).( www.parksvillebeachfest.ca ) Mind-blowing works of sand art at the Vancouver Sun World Championships of Sand Sculpture in Harrison Hot Springs, September 4 - 9, will also showcase phenomenal structures and crowd-pleasing draws (the sculpted works of art will be on display until October 8, 2007). ( www.harrisand.org ) |
| Canada Day Celebrations in most communities |
Butchart Gardens Fireworks
Victoria June 30 - Sept 1, 2008 |
Kimberley International Old Time Accordion Championships
Kimberley July 7-12, 2008 |
Vancouver Island Music Fest
Comox July 11-13, 2008 |
Harrison Festival of the Arts
Harrison Hot Springs July 2008 |
Merritt Mountain Music Festival
Merritt July 10-13, 2008 |
Music And Friends Summer Music Festival
Kitimat July 18-19, 2008 |
Creston Valley Garden Festival
Creston July 2008 |
Pemberton Festival
Pemberton July 25-27, 2008 |
Nanaimo Marine Festival - World Championship Bathtub Race
Nanaimo JULY 27, 2008 |
Whiskey Creek Music Festival
Coombs , B.C |
Caribbean Days Festival
Vancouver July 26-27 2008
his is a weekend of tropical rhythm, cuisine, carnival and culture as only the Caribbean can offer . |
Islands Folk Festival
Duncan, B.C July 25-27, 2008 |
Luminara Lantern Festival
Victoria July 26, 2008 |
Victoria's Annual SKA Festival
Victoria
July 2008 |
Midsummer's Eve of the Arts
Vernon July 16, 2008 |
Beach Blanket Film Festival,
Penticton July 2008
Okanagan Beach on the East side of The Lakeside Resort |
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Vancouver, July 18-20, 2008 |
Caravan Farm - Outdoor theatre featuring Mother Courage and Her Children.
Armstrong July 22 - August 24, 2008 |
Celebration of Lights
Vancouver, July-August 2008 English Bay |
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August |
On Vancouver Island, art aficionados will delight in the offerings at the Originals Only Fine Art Show held in Comox's Marina Park, August 11 - 12. This must-see outdoor draw features exclusively original paintings and sculptures fashioned by over 60 Vancouver Island artists. ( www.originalsonly.ca )
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Kaslo Jazz Festival
Kaslo August 1,2,3, 2008
Every August long weekend in Kaslo, BC stunning vistas, great acoustics and superb musicians combine to create the Kaslo Jazz Etc Summer Music Festival. The unique floating stage rests just offshore a little, sandy beach on Kootenay Lake. |
Spirit of the Sea Festival
White Rock August 1-3, 2008 |
Filberg Festival
Comox, August 1-4, 2008
Renowned 4-day festival with Canadian arts, crafts, live entertainment, delicious food held in the stunning Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park, Comox |
Komasket Music Festival
Vernon, BC August 2-4, 2008
Get ready to be Moved! - Shaked! - Quaked! into a Higher Realm of Music & Dance
under the Open Skies of Komasket Park in Vernon, BC!
32 hours of Live Music & Dance by over 150 performers!! |
Festival Vancouver
Vancouver August 4-17, 2008
We're planning appearances by top Brazilian, Argentinian and Cuban performers, plus some of the US and Canada's best soloists and ensembles. As always, you'll hear extraordinary classical, world and jazz music in over 50 superb live performances. |
Parksville Sandsculpting Competition
Parksville, August 8 - 10, 2008 |
Kokanee Crankworx
Whistler August 9-17, 2008
The most ground-breaking gravity fueled mountain bike festival in the history of all things badass. Nine action packed days featuring the sport's most fearless and talented athletes |
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Sechelt, August 14-17, 2008 |
Summertime Blues! 2008
Nanaimo August 15-24, 2008
2 weekends of free, outdoor Blues concerts in downtown Nanaimo on the Harbourfront Plaza. |
YU-CLUTH-AHT MUSIC FESTIVA L
Ucluelet First Nation, BC 2008 |
Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival
Gibsons Landing August 24-28, 2008
Whether you're an experienced fibre artist, keen novice or just appreciate high quality art and crafts, the Festival has lots to offer you, with workshops, exhibits, merchant and artisan markets, demonstrations and entertainment. |
Victoria Summer Music Festival
Victoria July 22 to August 1, 2008 |
Trans Rockies Challenge
Fernie (BC) - Canmore (AB) August 10-16, 2008 |
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Sechelt August 14-17, 2008
Canada's longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers, featuring established literary stars and exciting, new voices... with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood's heritage gardens. |
Bonfire Festival
Lions Park Fairgrounds
Pender Harbour, Sunshine Coast, BC Aug 2008 |
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Victoria Dragon Boat Festival
Victoria, August 15-17, 2008 |
Okanagan Summer Wine Festival
Okanagan, August 7-9, 2008 |
Ironman Canada Triathlon
Penticton August 24, 2008 |
Abbotsford International Airshow
Abbotsford August 8-10, 2008 |
Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival
Salmon Arm August 17-19, 2008 |
Penticton Peach Festival
Penticton Aug 6-10, 2008 |
Pacific National Exhibition & Playland
Vancouver
August 16 to September 1, 2008. |
Fringe Festival
Victoria
August 21- 31, 2008
The Fringe is an unjuried, uncensored, international festival of live comedy, drama, dance, spoken word, and more. |
Blue Grass Festival
Sorrento, August 24-29, 2008 |
Classic Boat Festival
Victoria, August 29-31, 2008 |
Lytton River Festival
A celebration of two great rivers-the Thompson and Fraser-and their Hello B.C. Tourism |
Vancouver Island Blues Bash
Victoria 2008 |
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Armstrong
August 29, 2008 - September 2, 2008 |
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September |
At Vancouver Island's Feast of Fields , enthusiasts can please the palate and celebrate the season with delectable offerings from the region's bounty of local farmers and producers. Over 50 participants including wineries, microbreweries, local restaurants and hotels are set to take part in this the gathering's 10 th anniversary - and all in a pastoral setting. Each year a different farm plays host to the event, held the third Sunday of September. ( www.feastoffields.com ) And let's not forget about the Thompson Okanagan - a region renowned for its wine festivals. September 30 th , the Oliver Festival of the Grape kicks off stomping season with this event that showcases everything from sampling of local fare and renowned wines to face painting and plenty of activity for the kids. And yes, competing teams can even take part in the crush. ( www.oliverchamber.bc.ca ) This lush region also boasts one of the largest gatherings for lovers of the grape with the annual Okanagan Fall Wine Festival, September 28 - October 7. Presenting a fabulous showcase of all things vino, this 10-day celebration promises highlights which include vineyard tours, educational tastings and festive dinners.all ideal for raising a glass. www.thewinefestivals.com
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Vancouver Island Blues Bash
Victoria August 29 - September 1, 2008 |
Annual Pentastic Hot Jazz
Penticton September 5-7, 2008 |
Fringe Festival
Vancouver Sept.4-14, 2008
An eclectic mix of theatrical offerings. Over 550 performances by more than 80 different groups for 11 days make the Fringe Vancouver's most diverse source of entertainment. |
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver
September 25 - October 10, 2008 |
Powell River Sunshine Music Festival
September 2008 |
Pender Harbour Jazz Festival
September
September 19-21, 2008 |
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December |
Whistler Film Festival
December 2008 |
Van Dusen Botanical Garden - Festival of Lights
December Vancouver
Be dazzled when millions of twinkling lights turn the centre of the Garden into a realm of sheer wonder. Delight in the effects created along Lake Walk with the Symphony of Dancing Lights set to seasonal music or come listen to the many community choirs that will appear each night on the Deck. |
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