Culture Days

BC Culture Days is celebrating its 15th anniversary with hundreds of free and Pay-What-You-May arts and culture events across B.C. from Sept. 20 to Oct. 13, 2024. Open to all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, this year’s events offer something for everyone. Participants can choose their own adventure by exploring a wide array of activities on the Culture Days website using new, easy-to-use tools to browse and RSVP for local events, set reminders, and bookmark favourites. Community organizers interested in hosting their own events can register for activities until Sept. 19. Discover free, hands-on arts and culture activities at culturedays.ca/bc and stay updated by following @BCCultureDays on social media. Over the 15 years of Culture Days in B.C., 3 million people have attended the 8,749 events brought to life by nearly 2,000 passionate organizers in more than 330 vibrant communities across the province. Culture Days encourages millions across the country to share how arts, culture, and creative expression enrich and define their life and community. Over three weeks, the public can immerse themselves in local creativity and cultural diversity through inclusive, low-barrier events. Event-goers can expect everything from Taiwanese Yuanji dancing, urban sketching art walks, literary festivals, backstage theatre tours, Indigenous visual art exhibitions, and book launches to workshops in African electronic music with Afrorack, creative immersion dance with Ballet BC, and printmaking with visual storyteller Marlene Yuen. Culture Days raises awareness, accessibility, and participation in arts and culture across Canada. Organizations and artists in B.C. are encouraged to register their free, interactive events for Sept. 20 to Oct. 13, 2024 on the Culture Days website. Anyone—from grassroots community volunteers, public libraries, and independent artists, to major arts, culture, and heritage institutions, specialty festivals, and municipalities—can register Culture Days events as long as the events are participatory and free or Pay-What-You-May to attend. Event registration is open until Sept. 19, 2024 at 8:59 p.m. PT. BC Culture Days is administered through the Greater Vancouver Society to Bridge Arts and Community (Bridge Society). The Bridge Society became a registered charity in 2002 with a mandate to promote awareness of arts and culture by establishing bridges between the general public, the private sector, arts organizations, and individual artists. Since 2010, Bridge Society staff have worked annually with a volunteer provincial task force, municipalities, and numerous community arts and cultural organizations to coordinate and promote events for the annual Culture Days celebrations in B.C. With a variety of programs including performances, workshops, tours, and panel discussions from a variety of artistic disciplines, Culture Days acts as a promotional platform for creators to showcase thousands of in-person and virtual events across the country.