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Vancouver Festivals
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February
February 18, 2012
Sato Cup
Karate Tournament
In eight short years, the Sato Cup has quickly established itself as the
premier martial arts competition in the Pacific Northwest. Named in honour of
one of Canada’s most respected practitioners, Master Akira Sato, The Sato Cup is
sanctioned by both Karate BC, the governing body for karate in British Columbia,
and the National Karate Association.
However, the Sato Cup is much more than just a karate tournament. Attracting
competitors from as far away as Quebec, USA, Japan and Argentina, it's goal is
to foster the spirit of friendship and goodwill amongst competitors and
countries.
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for more information.
February 27 - March 04, 2012
More than 1,600 wines from 183 wineries
around the world would be served!
March
Celtic Festival
March 14-18,
2012
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for information about this growing Celtic celebration.
St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 18, 2012
St. Patrick's Day Parade is the centerpiece of Celtic
Fest 2011 in
Vancouver.
The parade starts at Davie and Granville and follows Granville to Dunsmuir.
Dates TBA.
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
(2012 TBA)
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for more information on some unique screenings at the Jewish Film Festival.
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
April 05 - April 28, 2012
There are over 36,000 Ornamental cherry
trees, make sure you take your camera out and be ready to take photos of these
beautiful flowers!
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Kerrisdale Carnival Days
April 29 & 30, 2011
This festival is free and features marching bands, kids entertainment, performers, stalls and more.
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more info )
Explore ASIAN
Festival
May 1 - 20, 2011
This is Canada's second oldest Asian
Heritage Month's Festival! This festival is open for the whole month of May. So,
come and celebrate your heritage with Explore ASIAN!
BMO Vancouver Marathon
May 6, 2012
Held at the Concord Pacific Place;
the BMO Vancouver Marathon is one of Canada's largest marathons and has an
extensive history since its inaugural year in 1972.
The event has had participation from athletes from around the world - 38
countries in 2008!
This year,
participants in the 42.2 km Marathon, 21.1 km
Half Marathon, 8 km, and McDonald's Kids MaraFun will all toe the same line on
race day! Start line is on Pacific Boulevard, east of GM Place. Finish line is
on Pacific Boulevard, south of GM Place.
DOXA
Documentry Film Festival
May 4 - 13, 2012
Join the festival and watch films from
all over the world for an expanded time of 10 days.
EAT! Vancouver, Food +
Cooking Festival
May 25 - May 27, 2012
Celebrity chefs, popular local restaurants,
wineries, food and beverage manufacturers, cookbook authors, retailers,
artisans, and many others from the culinary world will come together for a three
day public extravaganza at the new Vancouver Convention Centre.
Vancouver International Children's Festival
May 28 -
June 03, 2012
The
Vancouver
International Children's Festival
at Vanier Park features the finest theatre, music, dance,
puppetry, storytelling, and comedy from around the world. This
annual week long event is a favourite for children, their
families, school groups, teachers and everyone who loves the arts
for young audiences. In addition to the mainstage performances in
tent theatres, the Festival presents open-air shows at the
bandshell, roving performers as well as a range of hands-on
creative and educational workshops.
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for more info)
Hyack Festival
May 19 - 27, 2012
Click here for more information on this
fun family oriented festival in New West.
Shakespeare Festival -
Bard on the Beach
May 31 -
September 22, 2012
Bard on the Beach is one of Canada's
largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare Festivals. Presented in a
magnificent setting on the waterfront in Vancouver's Vanier Park, the Festival
offers Shakespeare plays, related dramas, and several special events in two
performance tents from June through September. Bard on the Beach is a registered not-for-profit society with a mandate to present the works of
William Shakespeare professionally and with integrity in an annual Festival that
is both affordable and accessible to a wide audience, and to
nurture and promote a passion and enthusiasm for Shakespeare's work.
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Up in the air theatre: Walking Fish
Festival
Late May, Early June 2012
The Walking Fish is an emerging artists
festival bringing together playwrights,
performers, and directors to create original
theatre. Up in the air created Walking Fish to provide opportunities for these artists to
work together in an accessible, affordable
production process and introduce their art to
the wider community. The festival is presented
in late May/Early June. Up in the air produces nine
to twelve short one-act plays written, directed,
and performed by artists covering the full
spectrum of emerging talent.
June
Portuguese Heritage
Month
A festival celebrating anything and
everything related to the Portuguese-speaking world. Such as food, literature,
music, pictures, etc.
In The House Festival
June 3 - 5, 2011
The main
objective of the
In the House Festival,
is to create intimate, interesting, and unique venues where artists can freely
explore their genre, perform to an attentive audience, and promote their
talents. Within the intimacy of these venues, the general public is given the
opportunity to widen their scope of cultural experience. The eclectic
programming of the In the House Festival offers the audience the opportunity to
see shows that may be of a totally different genre than what they’re used to. As
a result, it potentially creates larger audiences for the performers outside of
the In the House Festival setting.
Vancouver dragon boat Festival
June 15 - 17, 2012
Vancouver hosts the largest dragon boat celebration in North
America. More than 180 teams plus entertainers, marketplace and food vendors and
thousands of visitors take part in this unique 3-day event. Join us at Concord
Pacific Place, the Plaza of Nations and the waters of
False Creek. Find out why there's more to the rhythm than a race!
Click here
for dragon boat information and
transportation.
Greek Day
June 24, 2012
Greek Day is part of a Hellenic Cultural Week running from June
16 - 25.
This festival drew about 60,000 visitors each year until our "friendly" Vancouver Council with
full backing of Vancouver's finest, I think we all know who, decided to shut it down.
But this year the Greek Festival will be back on West Broadway, near all those wonder
full Greek restaurants.
Lets all go there to beat 60,000.
Click here to get to the official Greek Days website.
BC Highland Games
(TBA) , 2011
Click here for more
information on Highland Games
Vancouver Jazz Fest
June 22-
July 01, 2012
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for the jazz festival calendar.
"One of the finest international music
showcases in the world. For ten days, the
Vancouver
International Jazz Festival offers the sights and sounds of the music edge
pushers, mainstayers and international ambassadors in a panoramic
city sweep that keeps the focus on the music and the vitality of
Canada's West Coast urban cultural Mecca"
Bill Smith, jazzreview.com
Vancouver becomes "Jazz Heaven"
during the city's largest annual festival. The Vancouver
International Jazz Festival is recognized internationally as one
of the finest and most adventurous music festivals in the world,
presenting a huge range of jazz, world, improvised music and
blues. Last year over 430,000 attended the festival,
accommodations,
transportation companies and
tour operators could
not keep up with the demands.
Washington State licence
plates were everywhere in the lower mainland with a great jazz
population from
Seattle
enjoying the festivities. The
Festival features over 400 performances by famous, infamous and
emerging artists from across Canada and around the world at 40
venues. Enjoy both ticketed shows and many free events including
free extravaganzas such as
Gastown Jazz, and Jazz
at the Roundhouse.
Make sure you get your
accommodations and
transportation
plans in order early!
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