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Vancouver Art Book Fair (VABF) returns to the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre from July 4–6, 2025. This year’s program engages directly with recent political shifts and issues like borders, safety, and free speech. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to explore a wide range of publications — from
Borderless Solidarities: 2025 Curatorial Theme With the closures of thought all around us in an era of hardened borders, resurgent strains of authoritarianism and violent expulsions, the urgency to think and live otherwise intensifies. In an unravelling world, we invoke an audacious and unfashionable idea – an insurgent solidarity that
One of North America’s most historic and prestigious road cycling events returns! Come and see the best road cyclists in North America and from around the world compete in the heart of historic Gastown. Event schedule: 5:30 PM - Youth Race 5:55 PM - Opening Ceremonies 6:15 PM - Women's
Flip the Script with EAAA is a 12 hour small group evidence-based curriculum designed specifically for self identified girls (14 - 18years old). This intervention has been developed with over a decade of research at the Sexual Assault Resistance Education Centre (SARE) at the University of Windsor. Register for this
How do we hold grief in these fractured times? When nation states starve the innocent and empires redraw borders with ruthless intent, when tools meant to connect us end up driving us apart, we turn to artists to offer meaning and remind us of our humanity. Horizons gathers a luminous
Join us for a special edition of New West Craft! The Night Market will feature over 60 artist and artisan vendors, live music, and food trucks. Fun for the whole family, in the heart of New West! Come on down to the River Market, July 12 from 3-9 pm. Entry
Carnaval del Sol, the Pacific Northwest's largest Latin American festival, returns for its 17th year with 280+ live performances, incredible street food from 20+ vendors, and new this year - a Sport Plaza with street soccer tournaments! There's something for everyone, from salsa beats on the Main Stage to family
Until July 13, FIFA Club World Cup 2025 matches will be broadcast live on a large outdoor screen in Norman MacKenzie Square in Wesbrook Village at UBC Point Grey. UBC Properties Trust invites soccer fans, families, residents and community members to this free public viewing event of the FIFA Club
The Vancouver Folk Festival is bigger, bolder, and more joyful than ever! This year’s lineup is a vibrant mosaic of global artistry and Canadian heart. From the rhythms of Tanzania, Congo, Morocco, South Africa, and Ireland to the voices of PEI, Newfoundland, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, the 2025 roster
Let nature set the stage. Join Metro Vancouver Regional Parks and the Pacific Spirit Park Society at the free Forest Harmonies event at Pacific Spirit Regional Park. Stroll through the rainforest while listening to local musicians. Explore interpretation stations to learn more about forest music makers such as woodpeckers, wrens
Tired of regular swim lessons? Do you want more than swimming boring laps? Artistic swimming combines the best of dance, gymnastics and swimming, combining athleticism and artistry into one incredible sport. Pacific Wave Artistic Swim Club is offering free 45 minute Try-it classes on Thursday, July 24, 2025 from 7:00-7:45pm
The Akofena Afro-Theatre Society presents "Through a Film Darkly" by Joe de Graft, directed by Stephen Yaw Oppong, at the Anvil Theatre, July 24–26 at 7:30 PM and July 27 at 3:00 PM (with a Talk-Back Session following). Admission is free. To reserve a free ticket via Akofena Afro-Theatre Society,