No Fun City

• ‘Pretty bummed’: Vancouver promoter says city flip-flopped on music festival

  A Vancouver concert promoter says the city flip-flopped on its approval of a two-day music festival just months before the event was to take place.

  Crime

  Mar 21
  
• Artist behind guerilla Vancouver art piece launches campaign to ‘save spidey’

  The anonymous artist who installed an unsanctioned sculpture of a spider under a Vancouver underpass is calling on supporters to ask the city to save it.

  Politics

  Mar 24, 2023
  
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• No Vancouver folk festival for 2023, event facing permanent cancellation

  The festival said rising costs and the requirement to pay vendors upfront have left it unable to produce the annual summer event that's run for more than four decades.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2023
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• Green Party park board candidate calling for booze on the beach in Vancouver

  A Green Party of Vancouver candidate is proposing a pilot project to allow limited alcohol consumption on certain beaches and in certain parks.

  Politics

  Sep 19, 2018
• ‘No fun city’ parody video tries to change perceptions about Vancouver

  Two Vancouver men are trying to inspire a discussion with a parody video centering on the international reputation of Vancouver as a "no fun city."

  Oct 30, 2015
• Park Board expands liquor licensing for Vancouver summer festivals

  Try as it might, Vancouver has not been able to shake its reputation as "No Fun City." But a vote by the Vancouver Park Board Monday night could be a sign that things are changing.

  Feb 4, 2015