The newest event to Vancouver’s summer festival lineup, EPIC: The Sustainable Living Festival, promises to kick off the summer season with some of BC’s best sustainable food, beverages, local live entertainment, products and services. Now in its 7th year as Western Canada’s largest sustainable lifestyle showcase, EPIC is combining environmentally friendly living with outdoor festivities from sunrise to sunset at an all-new venue, the VanDusen Botanical Garden.
New to the EPIC lineup this year is the outdoor concert stage with non-stop live entertainment. With performances by well-established BC entertainers Kuba Oms and the Paperboys, and local up-and-comers including last year’s Peak Performance finalists Jordan Klassen,
Dominique Fricot, Steph MacPherson and many more, the outdoor concert stage will bring rhythmic dance vibes, bohemian rock, jazz funk and relaxing melodies to this year’s hottest new festival.
Also new to EPIC this year is Food Truck Alley, which will give guests the opportunity to support local food trucks and taste some of Vancouver’s very best street cuisine. Plus, don’t miss the Celebration of Food honouring BC’s amazing food culture and community. EPIC will host several restaurants and caterers preparing gourmet-tasting plates, with dozens of exhibitors offering sips and samples of delicious local and sustainable food and beverages. EPIC will continue its six-year tradition of quenching the thirst of visitors with some of the best beverages from amazing local breweries to celebrated international wineries. This year, EPIC is introducing the Sip & Savour Garden which will play host to exhibitors offering local craft-made beers, amazing wines from around the province and distilled spirits made right here at home.
At the centre of it all is the Sustainable Living Marketplace, where the EPIC concept truly comes to life. Highlighting the link between the economy, the environment and the community, hundreds of savvy businesses will offer high-quality products and services that are better for your health and friendlier to the earth.
With its new location at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden, summer’s newest festival will feature dozens of thought-leading speakers, gardening workshops and Western Canada’s largest eco marketplace featuring over 200 companies showcasing the latest sustainable clothing and cosmetic products, energy efficient home technologies, local jewelry and innovative eco-friendly vehicles. Topped off by a Sip and Savour Garden chock full of local BC wineries,craft breweries and boutique distilleries, EPIC is shaping up to be one of the hottest tickets of the summer.
Location VanDusen Botanical Garden
Event Hours Saturday July 6 10:00am – 9:00pm
Sunday July 7 10:00am – 9:00pm
Ticket Prices Adult Admission $21.00
Seniors, Students $18.00
Youth (12-18) $13.00
Children under 12 FREE (must be accompanied by an adult)
*Admission includes entrance to the VanDusen Botanical Garden
*Multi-Day passes available
*Buy advance tickets online and save
For more information on EPIC: The Sustainable Living Festival visit: www.epicfest.ca
