BC Events

Tulips of the Valley is the original tulip festival in the Fraser Valley and will be opening it's 11th annual festival in it's new location in Chilliwack, BC.

Ecole Riverdale Elementary and Canadian Parents for French presents... Bouncy Castles, Mini Golf, Games, Silent Auction, Cake Walk and Food Trucks.

Now in its fifth year, the rEvolver Theatre Festival is Vancouver’s late spring celebration of Canadian contemporary performance work by emerging and early mid career artists. This year’s slate of adventurous, high energy and sophisticated new works includes productions by Luciterra Dance Company, Ode. Movements Society, rice & beans theatre, Skinny Walrus Project, and Wild Women Theatre—all locally based. Highlights also include The Princess Show, a co-production by Heist and Theatre Outré from Halifax, which won Best in Fest award at the 2016 Atlantic Fringe Festival. Toronto-based Haley McGee, brings her one-woman show, I’m Doing This for You. Ramshackle Theatre from Whitehorse presents Tombstone, a visually stunning all-ages cardboard puppet show and live movie.

In the words of the original documentary rebel Chris Marker: “Rarely has reality needed so much to be imagined.” In an increasingly chaotic world, documentary comes to the rescue, offering radical reinvention, brave new ideas for the future, and a flinty and unyielding form of hope. The 16th annual DOXA Documentary Film Festival runs May 4–14, 2017. Tickets are available online at www.doxafestival.ca. For further information, call DOXA at 604.646.3200. DOXA is presented by The Documentary Media society, a Vancouver-based non-profit, charitable society.

Three full days of Fibre Fun! Workshops, demo's, shopping and much more. This event is a fundraiser for Specialized Recreation programs at the City of Campbell River Recreation Department.

The City of Richmond will be marking Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017 with a year-long series of programs and events. The Ships to Shore King of the Sea festival in Garry Point Park features the Kaiwo Maru. Known as the ‘King of the Sea’, the Kaiwo Maru is a four-masted, 361 ft. long, 182 ft. high naval training vessel from Japan. This free, family event will feature programming and attractions to appeal to all ages and cultures. Event highlights include: - Ship viewing and boarding on the dock, - Main stage entertainment throughout the weekend, including a headline artist on Saturday night, - Fireworks over the Fraser on Saturday night, - Festival entertainment throughout the site - Food trucks, - Maritime themed Kids Cove and more! Note hours vary daily.

1000 Islands Writers Festival, Gananoque ON, May 5th to 7th. 15 celebrated Canadian writers, 27 sessions, 6 writers’ workshops. Our lineup includes authors Terry Fallis, Karolyn Smardz Frost, Ian Hamilton, Cathy Marie Buchanan, Marni Jackson, Kerry Clare, Lindy Mechefske, Lindsay Anderson and Dana VanVeller; spoken word artist PrufRock Shadowrunner; children’s authors/illustrators Claudia Dávila, Jess Keating and Paul Covello; and local authors Maggie Wheeler and Susan Smith. Ticket prices for events range from $5 - $20, there are some free events. Passes can be purchased for $55. Breakfast and Books event $65. Tickets available at Gananoque Public Library, and Beggars Banquet Books and online at: http://1000islandswritersfestival.ca/tickets-packages/ For more information phone 613-382-2436 or e-mail: 1000islandswritersfestival@gmail.com or visit our website at: http://1000islandswritersfestival.ca/

Planning a wedding or special event - why not go vintage? Come to the Town and Country Vintage Market and find the perfect pieces Naomi from Ooh La La Creative designs and Tonya from Hand Painted Furniture are your Market hosts and together, they have planned a day of shopping, DIY education and a unique Town and Country Experience. Come to Hopcott Farms for the 1st annual Town and Country Love, A Wedding Market. Saturday May 6th 2017, 10 AM to 4 PM $5 Admission, Free Parking.

Planning a wedding or special event - why not go vintage? Come to the Town and Country Vintage Market and find the perfect pieces Naomi from Ooh La La Creative designs and Tonya from Hand Painted Furniture are your Market hosts and together, they have planned a day of shopping, DIY education and a unique Town and Country Experience. Come to Hopcott Farms for the 1st annual Town and Country Love, A Wedding Market.

Celebrate Surrey's talented youth from the basketball and dance communities at the City's largest annual Youth Week event. Participate in the basketball tournament or dance battle, watch hip-hop dance teams and wheelchair basketball, visit the food trucks and exhibitors, get an airbrush tattoo, eat popcorn and chocolate, play carnival games and win prizes. Admission is FREE for everyone!! SCHEDULE 11:00am-4:30pm Basketball Tournament Round Robin 11:00am-4:30pm Dance Battle Preliminary 11:00am-4:30pm Carnival Games and Interactive Activities 4:30pm-5:00pm Wheelchair Basketball Showcase 5:00pm-5:30pm Hip Hop Dance Showcase 5:45pm-7:45pm Basketball Tournament Playoffs 5:45pm-7:45pm Dance Battle Finals 8:00pm-8:30pm Awards Presentation REGISTRATION Dance Battle: https://www.facebook.com/events/690027297847987 Basketball Tournament: https://surrey.simplesurvey.com/s/5on5reg More info at www.surrey.ca/sys

The West End Community Centre Association proudly presents the 12th annual Art in the City event- the West End’s largest art market. The public show runs Saturday and Sunday May 6th and 7th from noon until 5 PM. Please join us on Saturday and Sunday at the West End Community Center at 870 Denman Street where we are proud to be exhibiting the work of a diverse range of artists from Vancouver, the lower mainland, and other parts of BC. The show will feature a broad selection of disciplines including photographic works, watercolours, sculptures, ceramics, acrylics and other media. The weekend’s festivities will include some great live music featuring Chris Clarke Hyndman and his band, interactive art exhibits for both children and adults, refreshments, door prizes and much more. The Vancouver Film School will even be on site doing demonstrations of film makeup. It’s spring time. The weather is beautiful, the flowers are blooming, and it’s a wonderful time to come ​ to the West End ​ and ​experience the fine work of ​ some of your local artists!

The Canada-Sierra Leone Cultural Heritage Day event is designed as an opportunity to honour the remarkable people, places and events that have contributed to our community’s unique heritage. As part of the celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Canada-Sierra Leone Cultural Heritage Day is an investment in community-based cultural activities that promote awareness, access, participation and appreciation of Sierra Leonean art, culture, heritage and traditions. We believe this event will help to promote the important message of diversity, multiculturalism, and community building.

A celebration of the birds, the art, and the agriculture of the Creston Valley. Key note speaker: Brian Keating, adventure traveller and conservation adviser the the Calgary Zoo.

Some of West Coast amazing artisans, makers, and bakers under one roof for all of your mothers day shopping needs. This is a free event open to everyone of all ages.

Stroll back in time this Mother’s Day at Kilby Historic Site! Visit our 1906 general store museum and reflect on nostalgic memories. Children will make a special gift for Mom & Grandma. You can also decorate a pot and plant a seed for spring! Visitors will also enjoy live entertainment with Lawrence Coagie. Book your spot in our quaint 1920's cafe as we will be offering a lovely Mother's Day feature. The Kilby Historic Site and Kilby Park is operated by the Fraser Heritage Society, a charitable non-profit society with a volunteer board. Part of the Society’s mandate is to preserve, research and interpret the unique history of the Kilby family and the general store and farm they operated. Your admission to the site helps to make a difference as we enrich lives, inspire a sense of wonder and deepen understanding of our interaction with British Columbia’s heritage. BC’s Museum of Rural Life!

The PNE Prize Home Lottery is back! This year’s lottery has some exciting changes with a new $100 ticket option and ticket packages.

The Brain Injury Film Festival, is a free event, held at Douglas College New Westminster Campus, Lecture Theatre N2201, on 3 consecutive Wednesdays, May 17, 24 and 31, 2017 from 7-9 p.m. The films focus on recovery from brain injury, Sport Concussions, and rehabilitation following Brain Injury. The films are moderated by professionals with experience in the field of acquired brain injury.

Each May long weekend the Meadowlark Festival presents outdoor, interactive and entertaining events aimed to get people outside, to connect them with nature, to engage them and inspire them, so that they will embrace our environment and work to protect the unique habitats and species of the Okanagan Similkameen region and indeed our planet.

For this year’s National Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day, come celebrate the artistic accomplishments of those living with severe and persistent mental illness. Sponsored by the Otsuka Lundbeck Alliance, B.C. Schizophrenia Society presents Re-Mind: A day of art, music & readings an event aimed to bring people together to end the stigma surrounding mental illness with live music, food, and drinks! When a person is diagnosed with a mental illness, that person and their loved ones face a lot of stigma – from friends, family and even themselves. There is a process of grief and loss and they face the daunting task of having to re-understand their identity. Art, music and writing are some of the tools and strategies that people use in their journey of recovery to re-frame themselves. This event was developed to highlight and “re-mind” people that there is still hope for those affected by severe and persistent mental illnesses. Over a dozen artists will be exhibited throughout the day, with live performances from musicians and authors in the evening. All artists, musicians and authors are people who have lived experience of severe and persistent mental illness. Come be inspired and shift your thinking about serious and persistent mental illness. We are excited to feature authors Bryn Ditmars & Erin Hawkes, who will be reading passages from their respective books, written about their own experiences living with schizophrenia. Don’t miss Oliver O'dea, a musician living with mental illness. Oliver hopes to incite peace and smash stigma through his music and Trevor Mills, a rapper and mental health advocate reveals how untreated mental health problems clot into addiction.

World Poetry Celebrates Asian Heritage Month! 13 years of partnership! Hosts Kagan Goh and Ariadne Sawyer. Music, dance poetry.

VIMAF is located on beautiful Coast Salish territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh in Vancouver BC. VIMAF’s 2017 Festival 2017 has been named nə́c̓aʔmat ct (/Naat-sah-maat/) meaning, “We Are One” in the Musqueam language of hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ provided by Musqueam Knowledge Keeper Shane Point. nə́c̓aʔmat ct recognizes the tradition of gathering Indigenous artists and communities together in a modern context to share in the richness of Indigenous media arts. VIMAF’s 2017 Festival is redistributing the wealth in providing an experiential feast sharing, gifting, witnessing, and celebrating the media art works of our powerfully talented community as one people

Art! Vancouver is an international art fair showcasing the art work of artists and galleries from across Canada and around the world. We feature a diverse selection of art, from painting and sculpture to installation and mixed media.

Food and family fun at All Saints Parish

Stoney Creek Community School is hosting their Spring Fun Fair on May 26th from 5-8:30 p.m. Every 2nd year, Stoney Creek Community Council (PAC) organizes a community fun fair, which is like a carnival. This is our largest community event that welcomes over 500 people to our school for games, food, and fun! This year you can look forward to events such as: •The Big Kahuna Splash (Soak the Principal and your friends!) •Gym Games for all ages like “Shark Attack”, “Froggy Fling” and more! •Cake Walk •Silent Auction and Basket Raffle •Bouncy Castle and 9 hole Mini Golf •Photo Booth •Face painting, tattoos, fish pond, lollipop pull •Concession—Popcorn, cotton candy and more! •The WHITE SPOT and FLYING FISH N CHIPPER food trucks will be here as well! •Music entertainment provided by “The Shire” and much, much more! BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ENJOY A FUN, FAMILY EVENT! EVERYONE WELCOME!! ***Please remember to bring cash as there is no ATM available on site*** Stoney Creek Community School, 2740 Beaverbrook Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. V3J 7B6 Friday, May 26, 2017