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January

Okanagan Icewine Festival
Jan 14-19, 2008
2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, BC January 2009
Bald Eagle Festival
Brackendale (Squamish) January -February , 2009
TELUS Winter Classic
Whistler and Blackcomb Mtns. January 2009
PuSH Festival
Vancouver Jan 16 - Feb, 2009

February

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
Vancouver International Auto Show 20096, 2008
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.

April

Royal le Page Snow to Surf Relay
Mt. Washington, Comox Valley April 2009
Annual Okanagan Fest-of-Ale
Penticton April 2009
Red Carpet Youth Film Festival
Vernon April 2009
Vancouver Sun Run
Vancouver April 2009
Canada's largest 10K road race
Wings Over the Rockies Bird Festival
Invermere May 2009
TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival
Whistler April 2009

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

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 )
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

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

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 )
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
Festival Vancouver
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

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
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

October

Fall Wine Festival
Okanagan
October 2 - 12 2008
Victoria International Arts Symposium
Victoria October 27, 2008

November

Whistler Film Festival
December November 2008

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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