last Vancouver summertime activities!
by Helena
Many Vancouver summertime activities are coming to a close. Here are some last things to check out:
Dinosaurs Unearthed @ Metropolis at metrotown -- ends Sept 20th
Velo City @ Museum of Vancouver -- ends Sept 7th $11 adults/$7 youth/ $9 seniors & students/ $32 family
BC Culture Crawl -- a self-guided tour of community-initiated events: music, theatre and dance performances, visual arts, festivals, museum and heritage exhibitions, culinary arts, community art walks and more. Your self-guided exploration of supercultural British Columbia begins here. Browse August-long events, local cultural crawls, and community art walks. Download itineraries, maps and find all of the resources you need to plan your own exploration on www.art-bc.com.
Artful sundays @ Britannia Community Centre -- ends Sept 6
Chinatown Night Market FSaFu @ Keefer St between Main & Columbia St. 6:30-11pm -- ends September 5th
Richmond Night Market @ 12631 Vulcan Way (behind home depot) -- ends October 4th 7-midnight FSa
concourse d'elegance Gastown: Water Street - Granville Square -- August 30th 10am-4pm This display of 75 to 100 Classic and heritage cars will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday August 30, 2008 in the Gastown district of Vancouver. Water Street will be closed off for the day and cars will be displayed from the Gassy Jack statue all the way to Granville Square.
- Trout Lake Market on Saturday, August 22nd from 9-2pm
- Main Street Market on Wednesday, August 26th
- West End Market on Saturday, August 29th from 9-2pm
- Kitsilano Market on Sunday, August 30th from10-2pm
Fringe Festival @ Granville Island and around town-- Sept 9-20 North America’s most international Fringe Fest and BC’s largest theatre festival. Every year the Fringe delivers an eclectic mix of theatrical offerings consisting of over 400 performances by more than 65 different groups over 11 days. Some of our venues include Vancouver’s best theatres, such as the Granville Island Stage, Performance Works, and the Waterfront Theatre, all situated in the unique setting of Granville Island. The Vancouver International Fringe Festival was voted Vancouver’s Best Arts Festival for five years in a row by Georgia Straight readers.
I've made a calendar of vancouver happenings. You can subscribe to it here (feel free to email me stuff and I'll add it). It is pretty empty beyond mid september except for taste of yaletown in October, but I'll try to keep it updated a month or so ahead.
