Events

Vancouver Foodster presents event line-ups for the Fall season

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  Tasting Plates Port Moody Wednesday, September 21, 6pm Tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants and breweries in Port Moody. This evening tasting extravaganza goes from 6pm until 9:30 pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Participating Restaurants line-up click here  Advance tickets now on Sale here  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tasting-plates-port-moody-tickets-26853747281 Vancouver Foodster Taco Crawl Wednesday, September 28, 5:30pm  Tantalize your … Read more

Ein, Zwei, Drei… Celebrate Oktoberfest at Harvest Haus 

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  Third year’s the charm for Vancouver’s premier Northern European harvest festival Wet Ape Productions and The Social Concierge proudly announce the third annual Harvest Haus, running September 29 – October 1 and October 7 – 9, 2016. Over the course of two weekends, Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza will be transformed into the West Coast’s largest … Read more

#FridayFavourites a day earlier Long weekend to September 9

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  Subsidized Naturopathic Healthcare for Vancouver   Vancouver Latin American Film Festival Announces 2016 Lineup   Opera & Arias: The Magic Flute Mondays – August 29 and September 5 at Bard on the Beach • Under the Tents in Vanier Park   Give It Up at the Vancouver Fringe Festival   Catch the Last Sunset … Read more

VANCOUVER URBAN WINERY PRESENTS SUNDAY SCHOOL: THE #800 SERIES

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    Back to wine school! Sunday School at the Vancouver Urban Winery – Vancouver’s wine school for the people – is back with their eighth session of wine-filled seminars on September 18.   Summer is the best: it’s a fact. Going back to school doesn’t have to be a drag. Sunday School’s hosts and resident … Read more

EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER – BACK TO BACH

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  The smell of autumn is in the air, heralding that “back to school” is just around the corner.  September always signals a time of learning and new experiences.  This year, I decided to up my “cultural quotient” by learning more about the music, instruments and the composers from the Baroque period.  Two recent lunch … Read more

Summer Loving’ – More Tradition at The Fair

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  Sitting outside on a warm summer night, listening and singing along to Olivia Newton John sing Summer Lovin’ is as much a tradition for the generations as was the setting, The Fair at the PNE. That perfect night occurred for thousands of fans last Friday when the star of the 1978 hit, Grease appeared … Read more

Pacific Theatre presents  A GOOD WAY OUT by Cara Norrish

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you can’t turn your back on family Sept 23-Oct 15 Pacific Theatre presents A Good Way Out by Cara Norrish. Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have turned this dangerous world against him.  Playing Sept 23-Oct 15 8pm Wednesdays-Saturdays with 2pm matinees all … Read more

17th Annual “Wine’d Up” Gourmet Dinner & Auction in Support of Whistler Search & Rescue

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  Whistler Search and Rescue Society (WSAR) will hold their seventeenth annual gourmet dinner and auction, “Wine’d Up”, on Saturday, October 15th, 2016.  Tickets go on sale on September 1st.   Attendees at this popular event will enjoy an evening of outstanding cuisine prepared by five of Whistler’s renowned chefs. The five-course dinner will be paired … Read more

The Steve Miller Band Rocks the PNE

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The many fans lucky enough to attend the sold out concert by the Steve Miller Band at the PNE on Wednesday evening were treated to an amazing display of guitar virtuosity and musicianship as Miller and his band entertained their audience for ninety full minutes of non-stop rock.  Not only were extended versions of Miller’s … Read more

The Fair at the PNE- The Tradition with a New Life

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  There are few things in British Columbia that match the PNE as tradition. I know it is The Fair at the PNE but those of us who are older and were brought up here, always use PNE, referring to both the huge piece of property and the Exhibition (TheFair) taking place at the end … Read more