VANCOUVER EVENTS CALENDAR JULY-DECEMBER
VANCOUVER CALENDAR OF EVENTS JULY - DECEMBER
Here are just some of the best events that take place in Vancouver throughout the the months of July to December.
July – Canada Day – The first of July is a national holiday in Canada to celebrate its confederation. The main focus for the festivities is Canada Place in Vancouver. It usually starts at about 10am with food and music with a fantastic fireworks display around 10pm.
July – Dancing on the Edge – Early in July Vancouver plays host to North America's leading dance companies for ten days of performances, mainly staged at the Firehall Arts Centre.
July – Vancouver Folk Festival – On the third weekend of July Jericho Beach attracts around thirty thousand people to watch about one hundred performances throughout the day on seven stages along the beach.
July – Celebration of Light – Held in late July or early August for four nights. English Bay in Vancouver hosts the world's largest fireworks display competition. Each year three different countries put on a spectacular fireworks display over three nights. On the fourth night it attracts around five hundred thousand people as all three countries come together to put on an astounding fireworks display.
August – Festival Vancouver – Early in August for two weeks Vancouver is host to national and international artists who perform Jazz, Opera, Choral, Orchestral and Chamber music in venues throughout the city.
August – Abbotsford Air Show – On the second weekend of August Abbotsford, which is southeast of Vancouver holds what has been voted the worlds best air show.
September – Vancouver Fringe Festival – Beginning to mid month of September a ten day event takes place throughout different venues around the city of Vancouver. There are about five hundred shows with over one hundred theatre, comedy and dance groups from around the world.
September – Vancouver International Film Festival – At the middle of September for seventeen days Vancouver plays host to North America's third largest film festival. With five hundred screenings of three hundred new films from fifty countries.
October – International Writers & Readers Festival – In the third week of October readings and workshops are held around Vancouver, mainly on Granville Island with national and international literary stars and new writers.
October – Parade of the Lost Souls – On the last Saturday of October the streets around Grandview Park, near Commercial Drive sees a spectral Day of the Dead procession of torch lit spooky dressed performers. Have your Halloween pumpkins ready.
November – Remembrance Day – On 11th November Canada, as many other countries, remember soldiers who died in World War One. Vancouver honours this day with a twenty one gun salute from Deadman's island in Stanley Park at noon. Vintage aircraft also take to the skies above Stanley Park and Canada Place.
November – New Music West Festival – Around the second weekend of November for five days clubs throughout Vancouver play host to a mass of new pop and rock bands. You can buy a pass that allows you to go from club to club watching the new stars.
December – VanDusen Market and Festival of Light – Starting late in November going through to early December the VanDusen Botanical Gardens holds a very popular craft and gift market. Through December the Festival of Light illuminates the gardens with over twenty thousand lights and is an amazing sight for the young and old alike.
December – Christmas Carol Ship Parade – In the three weeks leading up to Christmas the waters around Vancouver are a spectacular sight for the festivities. An array of boats take part in a flotilla that sees the boats decorated and lit up like floating Christmas trees with carollers signing on board or taped Christmas music being played. It certainly gets you in the festive spirit.
Here are just some of the best events that take place in Vancouver throughout the the months of July to December.
July – Canada Day – The first of July is a national holiday in Canada to celebrate its confederation. The main focus for the festivities is Canada Place in Vancouver. It usually starts at about 10am with food and music with a fantastic fireworks display around 10pm.
July – Dancing on the Edge – Early in July Vancouver plays host to North America's leading dance companies for ten days of performances, mainly staged at the Firehall Arts Centre.
July – Vancouver Folk Festival – On the third weekend of July Jericho Beach attracts around thirty thousand people to watch about one hundred performances throughout the day on seven stages along the beach.
July – Celebration of Light – Held in late July or early August for four nights. English Bay in Vancouver hosts the world's largest fireworks display competition. Each year three different countries put on a spectacular fireworks display over three nights. On the fourth night it attracts around five hundred thousand people as all three countries come together to put on an astounding fireworks display.
August – Festival Vancouver – Early in August for two weeks Vancouver is host to national and international artists who perform Jazz, Opera, Choral, Orchestral and Chamber music in venues throughout the city.
August – Abbotsford Air Show – On the second weekend of August Abbotsford, which is southeast of Vancouver holds what has been voted the worlds best air show.
September – Vancouver Fringe Festival – Beginning to mid month of September a ten day event takes place throughout different venues around the city of Vancouver. There are about five hundred shows with over one hundred theatre, comedy and dance groups from around the world.
September – Vancouver International Film Festival – At the middle of September for seventeen days Vancouver plays host to North America's third largest film festival. With five hundred screenings of three hundred new films from fifty countries.
October – International Writers & Readers Festival – In the third week of October readings and workshops are held around Vancouver, mainly on Granville Island with national and international literary stars and new writers.
October – Parade of the Lost Souls – On the last Saturday of October the streets around Grandview Park, near Commercial Drive sees a spectral Day of the Dead procession of torch lit spooky dressed performers. Have your Halloween pumpkins ready.
November – Remembrance Day – On 11th November Canada, as many other countries, remember soldiers who died in World War One. Vancouver honours this day with a twenty one gun salute from Deadman's island in Stanley Park at noon. Vintage aircraft also take to the skies above Stanley Park and Canada Place.
November – New Music West Festival – Around the second weekend of November for five days clubs throughout Vancouver play host to a mass of new pop and rock bands. You can buy a pass that allows you to go from club to club watching the new stars.
December – VanDusen Market and Festival of Light – Starting late in November going through to early December the VanDusen Botanical Gardens holds a very popular craft and gift market. Through December the Festival of Light illuminates the gardens with over twenty thousand lights and is an amazing sight for the young and old alike.
December – Christmas Carol Ship Parade – In the three weeks leading up to Christmas the waters around Vancouver are a spectacular sight for the festivities. An array of boats take part in a flotilla that sees the boats decorated and lit up like floating Christmas trees with carollers signing on board or taped Christmas music being played. It certainly gets you in the festive spirit.
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