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Don’t Miss Greek Day on Broadway June 23 – Another Free Fun Vancouver Street Festival

by Taraneh in Events on June 19, 2013

Photo credit: Greek Day on Broadway

During summer in Vancouver, it may feel like there’s a new festival every weekend. Go with your gut on this one. It’s true. This weekend, you can party at Greek Day 2013– a free Greek-themed cultural festival–Sunday, June 23. Greek Day is your chance to dance in circles, bellow “opa!” and consume too many spanakopita.

Head over to Kitsilano neighbourhood, historic home to Vancouver’s Greek immigrant population, from 11am to 9pm. The massive street party, which drew a crowd of 100,000 people last year, will close four blocks of West Broadway from MacDonald to Blenheim.

Greek Day, much like Commercial Drive’s Italian Day, is a free event that’s perfect for families (there’s even a baby change station) looking for fun things to do on the weekend. The entertainment line up includes live Greek folk music, invigorating dancing lessons, a Greek talent show, a Greek food tasting tent, cooking demos, Greek food carts, an artisan market and a pretty rocking kids zone with Greek crafts, face painting and a bouncy castle.

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Don’t Miss Greek Day on Broadway June 23 – Another Free Fun Vancouver Street Festival

Top 5 Canada Day Parties in Vancouver for 2013

by Remy Scalza in Events on June 18, 2013

Ready to celebrate Canada’s 146th birthday in style?

Vancouver comes alive with celebration on July 1, 2013, in honour of Canada Day. Here are five free parties, celebrations and street fests you shouldn’t miss.

Canada Day at Canada Place: The biggest birthday bash outside of Ottawa features 13 hours of family fun on the Vancouver waterfront. Some 250,000 people will gather along the Burrard Inlet for 25 music and dance performances on three stages, extreme sports displays, street food and – of course – the Canada Day Parade. Waterfront Party, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Canada Place and surrounding streets. Canada Day Parade, 7 p.m.-8 p.m., starting at Georgia and Broughton Streets.

Canada Day Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show: The above party is capped off with one of the summer’s best fireworks shows. Two barges – one in Coal Harbour and one in Dundarave – light up the night sky with a pyrotechnic extravaganza visible from throughout Coal Harbour, Stanley Park, West Vancouver and North Vancouver. Best viewing is from Canada Place and the Coal Harbour seawall, which will be jam-packed with revelers. 10:30 p.m.-11 p.m., visible from locations throughout the city. Continue reading:
Top 5 Canada Day Parties in Vancouver for 2013

Araxi To Host Famous Summer Longtable Dinner Series In Vancouver’s Stanley Park

by Taraneh in Events on June 17, 2013

Photo credit: Toshi Kawano.

Araxi Restaurant‘s Longtable Series is one of the most famous culinary events in British Columbia. It’s worth the hype. Award-winning Araxi executive chef James Walt, known for pioneering farm-to-table fare, crafts exclusive four-course menus using ingredients from nearby fields and waters. While the menu will impress, it’s the setting that takes the dinner series from tasty to grand. Araxi sets up a 300-seat longtable in a striking outdoor location. Diners indulge in decadent communal dining as the sun sets against a stunning natural backdrop.

New in summer 2013, the Araxi Longtable Series is adding Stanley Park in Vancouver to its location list. The Stanley Park Longtable Dinner takes place Saturday, July 27 at the park’s Prospect Point–one of the best viewpoints Stanley Park has to offer. As part of the Vancouver event, an exclusive farmers’ market will be on site, allowing guests to meet the producers and taste Chef James’ favourite ingredients in their raw form. The event starts with a cocktail reception at 3pm with wine by Mission Hill vineyard and spirits by Pemberton Distillery. Tickets are on sale now for $175.00 per person. Act fast; they always sell out.

If you can’t make the Vancouver Stanley Park Longtable dinner, there are also events at Lost Lake in Whistler Saturday, August 3 and North Arm Farm in Pemberton Saturday, August 17. Or you can visit Araxi Restaurant at 4222 Village Square in Whistler.

Find details on how to get tickets, plus event glamour shots, after the jump.

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Araxi To Host Famous Summer Longtable Dinner Series In Vancouver’s Stanley Park

Forbidden Vancouver’s new walking tour

by Shawn Conner in Events on June 17, 2013

Granville Street Reveal Forbidden Vancouver

Photo courtesy Forbidden Vancouver.

By day, it’s a thriving shopping hub full of big chain stores, restaurants and buskers. By night it’s a drunken parade of college students, bar stars and stagettes.

But before the city decided to turn Granville into a Vancouver version of Chicago’s Rush Street, the street was the city’s entertainment hub. A new walking tour looks at the history of the thoroughfare, when it hosted international entertainers and eventually first-run movies before succumbing to the forces of commerce and Jagermeister.

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Forbidden Vancouver’s new walking tour

150 Bands for Free: Make Music Vancouver Returns

by Remy Scalza in Events on June 16, 2013

Photo sourced from Make Music Vancouver

Want to see 150 bands in one night, for free?

Make Music Vancouver, the crowdsourced music fest, is back for its third edition on June 21. For one night, the streets of Gastown – every last curb, doorway and plaza – will be filled with 150 local acts performing everything from rock and reggae to classical, jazz and punk.

For music lovers, and anyone into raw, unbridled creativity, it’s an auditory and visual feast: sometimes messy, sometimes inspiring, always entertaining.

From a distance, all you hear is a cacophony of cymbals, booming bass and a chorus of dozens of different voices. Up close, however, each act comes into its own. Continue reading:
150 Bands for Free: Make Music Vancouver Returns