Friday, August 28th, 2015

Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival
August 27th to 30th, 10am - 5pm
Granville Island
The Vancouver Wooden Boat Society produces the annual Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival which is held at Granville Island in Vancouver BC in August each year. The dates for the 2015 festival are August 27-30. Most events and activities run throughout the day but impromptu and unexpected maritime madness could occur anywhere at any time!

Saturday, August 29th, 2015

Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival
August 27th to 30th, 10am - 5pm
Granville Island
The Vancouver Wooden Boat Society produces the annual Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival which is held at Granville Island in Vancouver BC in August each year. The dates for the 2015 festival are August 27-30. Most events and activities run throughout the day but impromptu and unexpected maritime madness could occur anywhere at any time!

The Fair at the PNE - FREE this weekend
Saturday, August 22 - Monday, September 7, 2015 11am until late
Hastings Street and Renfrew Street, Vancouver BC
Come celebrate at BC’s legendary Fair at the PNE! With hundreds of NEW performances and exhibits and more than 50 thrilling rides & attractions, and all that food, this year’s fresh new Fair at the PNE is definitely the best part of summer!

Cambie Village Summer Sizzler
Saturday, 12pm - 5pm
Cambie Village 3378 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Family Fun, Music Stage, Artisan Market

Sunday, August 30th, 2015

Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival
August 27th to 30th, 10am - 5pm
Granville Island
The Vancouver Wooden Boat Society produces the annual Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival which is held at Granville Island in Vancouver BC in August each year. The dates for the 2015 festival are August 27-30. Most events and activities run throughout the day but impromptu and unexpected maritime madness could occur anywhere at any time!
Pink Salmon Festival
Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Vanier/Hadden Park by the Maritime Museum 
Celebrate the return of Pink salmon and learn about their value as a sustainable seafood choice. Enjoy plenty of family friendly activities including live music with The Wilds, educational activities, face painting, a free photo booth and our pink salmon barbeque prepared by executive chefs Robert Clark (The Fish Counter), Rockin' Ronnie Shewchuk (barbeque expert) and Garrett Schack (Chateau Victoria).

Aeriosa Dance: Trees Are Portals
2 pm - Spakwus Slulem Canoe Landing Ceremony at the beach north of Kiwanis Kids Water Park near Lumberman’s Arch 
3 pm - Aeriosa & Spakwus Slulem Performance at Stanley Park Rose Garden Lane (Air Force Garden of Remembrance)
Stanley Park Lumberman’s Arch to the Air Force Garden of Remembrance
Collaborative dance performance in Stanley Park Old-growth trees in Stanley Park are living portals. Witnesses of ancient Coast Salish celebrations and ceremonies, they are the connectors, the ones who will remember today’s songs and dances when we too are gone.

The Fair at the PNE - FREE this weekend
Saturday, August 22 - Monday, September 7, 2015 11am until late
Hastings Street and Renfrew Street, Vancouver BC
Come celebrate at BC’s legendary Fair at the PNE! With hundreds of NEW performances and exhibits and more than 50 thrilling rides & attractions, and all that food, this year’s fresh new Fair at the PNE is definitely the best part of summer!

Luxury supercars have revved up into Oakridge Centre as a prelude to the Luxury & Supercar Weekend at Van Dusen Gardens in September. I managed to attend the VIP night on the first day of the display where we could mix and mingle and get up close with the supercars. Some of the attendees where driving luxury supercars themselves!

 The red carpet was rolled out.


Champagne and wine were poured out.
 I really loved this 2015 Aston Martin D89 Carbon Edition Coupe with the 007 themed wrap.






Live music in both atriums.

And nibbles for attendees to enjoy.












The display will be at Oakridge Centre until September 13 2015 while the Luxury & Supercar Weekend event will be held on September 12 & 13 at Van Dusen Gardens. If you are interested in cars, go check it out!

The 7th annual Garlic Festival was held on Sunday last week at Terra Nova Rural Park. It has been a few years since I've last attended. It is bigger than before, with a bigger marketplace, activities, demos, tours, and the addition of the Chefs to Field for a farm-to-plate experience. There were many dishes to taste from restaurants from all over the Lower Mainland and also a cooking competition at the tail end of the festival. The popular Casa Gelato garlic ice cream was also available! It's good to see the festival getting bigger every year!