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The Aussie Appeal
What is it about Australian men that cause Canadian girls to swoon? Is it their rugged good looks and bad boy ancestry? Or is it the accent and the notion that any one of them could singlehandedly take...
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Festival season hits B.C.
Folkwest takes place August 11 and 12 at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park. Make Music is back for its second year, June 21. This is a street festival in Gastown from 5 p.m. that has a plethora of local...
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Hop on the party bus to Live at Squamish
It must be a constant struggle: “I really want to rock out in the bush this weekend at Squamish, but I’m so city and it’s so far – how will I get there?!” I’ll tell you how. Live at Squamish organizers...
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Diwali celebrations continue in Surrey
UPDATE: Diwali Dhamaka at Central City was cancelled after an incident during an eating contest. Diwali celebrations have been taking place all week in Surrey, but the fun isn’t over yet. On Saturday,...
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Quebec man threatens music festival after Journey rocks too hard
Police say a local resident called 911 this past weekend during the Quebec City Music Festival, complained the band Journey was playing too loud, and threatened to head over to the Plains of Abraham...
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Sincere Fan or Just Another Starf*cker
Sitting in Vancouver consumed by a serious case of FOMO (fear of missing out for the 40+ crowd) as the Pemberton Music Festival rages on just 2 hours north, I began flipping through the #PembyFest...
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Vancity Buzz’s City Happenings – September 25, 2014
B.C population to grow British Columbia’s population could grow to 6.662 million by 2038, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. The report examined five population growth scenarios for each...
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Vancouver Craft Beer Week Kicks Off May 27th
Vancouver Craft Beer Week starts May 27th. The 10 day event is in its seventh year, and is Canada’s largest craft beer festival, presented by Donnelly Group. “Our team has worked so hard all year to...
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Metro Vancouver’s 2016 Summer Festival Season
SUMMER FESTIVALS School’s almost out for summer and the Lower Mainland is gearing up for another season of festivals and summer fun. Music, theatre, dance, film, food, street festivals, multicultural...
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Magic, Monkees and mac ‘n’ cheese burgers… it must be the PNE
There are some tough questions to be answered at this year’s Pacific National Exhibition: Would a mini-donut popsicle be a good dessert after you scoff down one of the PNE’s new mac ‘n’ cheese burgers?...
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YouTube star to sing live at Vancouver Jewish Film Festival’s Presenting...
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival Nov. 3-13 | Fifth Avenue Cinemas (age restricted 19+) Tickets and info: Vjff.org Samantha Montgomery was more interested in getting things off her chest than grabbing...
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Roll out the barrel-aged beer and tuck into tacos: Victoria Beer Week is...
The sun feels warmer, bulbs are starting to sprout, and that damn chickadee outside my window has started waking me up every morning at 6 a.m. Another thing as certain as the onset of spring is the...
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Five B.C. beer festivals to look forward to this spring and summer
Just as beer has evolved over the past few years, so has the beer festival. The best brew-centric events these days have become full-day feasts for the senses that aren’t purely about getting plastered...
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Star-studded lineup announced for 40th Vancouver Folk Music Festival
40th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 13 — 16 | Jericho Beach Park Tickets and info: Early Bird passes $65 to $155 at thefestival.ticketzone.com Long one of the region’s best showcases for...
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B.C. festival guide: Choose the right summer party for your musical tastes
Canadians are crazy for summer festivals. Give us a weekend weather forecast which suggests the possibility of no rain or snow and we head out en masse to take in multistage events all across the...
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Nostalgia for dad’s day: Car shows abound this weekend
Reports of car culture’s death are greatly exaggerated. For proof, look no further than parks, closed-off downtown streets and recreation centres across Metro Vancouver on weekends throughout the...
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Wine Guy: Cab Franc, the great grape all-rounder
Cabernet Franc gets my vote for great grape all-rounder. Throughout winemaking and imbibing history, it has proven both a star cultivar on its own and a solid team player in many regional red blends —...
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Wine Guy: Official summer wines for seasonal sipping
It’s official; summer has formally arrived. So no more pontificating about what to serve with those summer eves, we’re post-solstice — it’s time to get sipping seasonally appropriate. For me this means...
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Fred Lee’s Social Network: Indigenous Feast a first for Harmony Arts Festival
FIRST COURSE: For the first time in 28 years, the Harmony Arts Festival shined a spotlight on Indigenous arts, music and food. Given the festival takes place on the unceded territories of the Coast...
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Fred Lee’s Social Network: Crazy8s helps support emerging B.C. filmmakers
CRAZY RICH FILMS: In the past two decades, the Crazy 8s Short Film Festival has established itself as Metro Vancouver’s prestigious filmmaking event. During this period, 109 films have been created and...
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