The Annual Celebrity Dim Sum is heading into its seventh year. The Celebrity Dim Sum is a signature fundraising event for AIDS Vancouver, attracting high-level donors as well as a variety of Vancouver celebrities. Every year this event proves to be a delectable Dim Sum brunch to remember, with all proceeds going towards AIDS Vancouver’s…
Category: Lower Mainland Events
Vancouver Craft Beer Cruise
Join the first annual Vancouver Craft Brew Cruise aboard The Magic Spirit on Vancouver’s Waterfront. This session style event is a premier beer event for the true craft connoisseur. Fifteen of British Columbia’s finest craft brewers will be on board for our maiden voyage. Three unique sailings are scheduled on Saturday, August 23rdh, 2014; 11:00am,…
Gastown BBQ & Chili Festival
The Blarney Stone, along with partners, The Peak 102.7, GFS, Shocktop, Southern Comfort, French’s Mustard, Pepsi, The Georgia Straight & the Gastown BIA, hosts the 3rd annual Gastown BBQ & Chili Festival (Outdoor Street Festival) Saturday August 30th & Sunday August 31st, 2014. The 3rd annual Gastown BBQ & Chili Festival is just around the…
Baconfest 2014 Urban Diggs Farm
Come and celebrate International Bacon Day with us at Urban Diggs 5th annual Baconfest…. a celebration of all things porky & delicious…. especially bacon! Your $10 admission gets you into the event, one complimentary beverage & entertainment. Reup BBQ will be on site frying up deep fried pork belly sandwiches and with “hog dogs” on the grill…
#DAY2NIGHT Summer Market Explosion
Local Vancouver foodie event, Hawkers Market, is coming together with The Eastside Flea on Saturday August 16th to host a summer market explosion!! TICKETS! Featuring Vancouver’s favorite flea market, local food vendors, large bar with craft beer & fun summer cocktails, outdoor food trucks, live music & DJ’s… this is an event like Vancouver has…
Chefs for oceans journey TO conclude in vancouver September 12
Cross-Canada Cycle to Culminate with Sustainable Seafood Celebration On September 12, Chefs for Oceans founder Chef Ned Bell is scheduled to arrive back in Vancouver after an 8,700-kilometre, 72-day journey across the country. His trip began in Newfoundland on Canada Day and will conclude in Vancouver with a celebration event at the Four Seasons Hotel…
Celebrate lululemon athletica’s new Robson Flagship Store with the ‘Coastal Om’ Yoga Street Party
lululemon athletica is hosting the largest street yoga party Vancouver has ever seen with Coastal Om on Thursday, August 21, 2014. The complimentary event is to celebrate the opening of lululemon’s new flagship store, located at 970 Robson Street. Renowned teachers Eoin and Insiya Finn will lead 500 yogi’s and fellow Vancouverites gathered on the…
Rise For A Cause
On August 16th, 43 cities around the world will participate in the 3rd annual Yogathon. Save the date! Since it’s inception in 2012, Yogathon has grown from 6 cities in Canada to become a global event with over 40 cities around the world.#RISEFORACAUSE and help spread more love and more positivity in the world! All…
Trial By Fire CinCin God Of The Grill Dinners
Chefs Andrew Richardson and Francis Mallmann host ‘Gods of the Grill’ Dinners at CinCin CinCin Ristorante Executive Chef Andrew Richardson first met Francis Mallmann – South America’s most famous chef – at the 20th Anniversary Autumn Harvest Dinner at Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern. They had an instant, fiery connection and knew they must collaborate on an event…
Campbell Valley Wine Route Summer Festival
This weekend! August 17 Vista D’oro Farms and Winery, Chaberton Estate Winery, Township 7 Vineyards and Winery and Backyard Vineyards offer free admission and free tastings and music between 12pm-5pm. Choose your own route and visit them in any order you want! All four of wineries are offering entertainment, tastings and delicious nibbles! Vista D’Oro…
Il Centro’s Community Farmers Market
The Italian Cultural Centre lauches Il Centro’s community farmers market on Friday August 15th, 2014. It’s located in the heart of East Vancouver at Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre on East 12th Ave & Slocan and runs every THIRD Friday of the month from 3-7pm for the 2014 Season. Free parking available and conveniently located near Renfrew Sky Train station. Other MERCATO…
Choices BBQ Grill For Gardens
Fundraiser for World in a Garden! August 23, 2014 11-3 pm – BBQ Time!! BBQ Fundraiser at Choices Market Kerrisdale. Tasty food, prizes, honey for sale and a planting station. The best part? All of the proceeds go towards the garden’s projects! Come out and bring your friends and family!
Les Dames d’Escoffier – Honouring John Bishop
HONOURING A CULINARY HERO Les Dames d’Escoffier, BC Chapter, alongside some of this country’s finest chefs, will honour John Bishop, founder of farm-to-table dining October 3rd the BC Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier will honour John Bishop – Vancouver’s iconic chef, restaurateur, slow food proponent the creator of the farm-to-table movement in Canada’s restaurant scene. This is…
Cancelled – Secret Location welcomes Thiago Castanho
Unfortunately this is cancelled, as Thiago Castanho’s had to return home. BUT! Instead for $200…… august 12, 2014 Chef Jefferson Alvarez will be cooking a 16 course adventurous Tasting Menu, with drinks included, along side his talented friend Chef Hamid Salimian for $200! UNREAL This however is now off Cancelled…. Currently residing in Belém, Brazil, Thiago Castanho is…
RIPE Sustenance Festival 2014
On October 19th the Sustenance Festival wraps up and Edible Canada will be presenting the main feast this year. Forage and Vij’s Rangoli will return to RIPE this year with amazing appetizers for munching during cocktail hour, and Aphrodite’s Organic Cafe & Pie Shop will be dreaming up some kind of heavenly dessert to finish the dinner off. Along with our usual roster…
Mad T Party at Hawsworth
It’s an Alice in Wonderland tea party at Hawksworth Restaurant with all proceeds donated to Canadian Feed the Children, an organization committed to creating a world where children thrive free from poverty. Date: Saturday, August 30, 2014 Time: 2 to 4pm Location: Hawksworth Restaurant, 801 W Georgia St Early bird price until Aug 23: $40…
Pirate Pak Day August 13, 2014
Get there early as there is certain to be line ups and waits if you don’t! Ahoy Mateys! Get ready to set sail because Wednesday August 13th is Pirate Pak Day at White Spot. It’s the one day a year when adults can be kids again and enjoy their very own Pirate Pak! And for each one…
Lululemon Yoga at Kits Fest
Savasana under the setting sun with us on Friday, August 8th from 8:00pm-9:15pm on Kits Beach! We’re bringing the community together for an incredible night of yoga, laughter and fun! Emily Millen will be leading us through an hour and fifteen minute long Flow class on the sand. There will be live music, dance parties…
Metro Vancouver Feast of Fields
Feast of Fields is a 4 hour wandering harvest festival held around British Columbia; Vancouver’s event is on September 7, 2014. With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the very best of BC from chefs, farmers, fishers, ranchers, food artisans, vintners, brewers, distillers and other beverage producers from across the province. Feast…
Taste What’s New at Hastings Crossing
Taste What’s New – Restaurant Tour Monday, 11 August 2014 from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT) Enjoy samples of food and drinks from three different new and exciting restaurants in the Victory Square Park area as you network with other business owners and foodies and hear from some of the chefs and owners about…
