Selected Weekend Activities for Families & children within the Tri-Cities & Vancouver area - Enjoy life >>>>>>> An Intertidal Wonderland - Discovery Walk at Stanley Park August 9, 10:30am to 12:30pm, 2014 An Intertidal Wonderland - Discovery Walk Pack your rubber boots and head down to the water with the Stanley Park Ecology Society! Be prepared to be blown away by the bizarre life in Stanley Parks intertidal zone. From orange armoured sea cucumbers to red feather duster worms, you might forget what planet you are on! Cost: $10 per person or $5 for SPES members Meeting place: TBA - stay tuned to stanleyparkecology.ca events board for more details Contact Celina at 604-718-6522 or [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stanley Park Young Naturalists : Beach Exploration August 9,10:00am to noon, 2014 Stanley Park Young Naturalists: Beach Exploration Where do beach crabs come from? How does seaweed hold on without roots? Join the Stanley Park Young Naturalists and head down to Lumbermans Arch beach to uncover the incredible world of intertidal plants and animals. For accompanied children ages 5-14. To preregister, email [email protected] Cost: $25 for a family membership (includes 12 programs/year) Meeting place: TBA - stay tuned to the stanleyparkecology.ca events board for more details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kensington Community Fair - Burnaby August 9, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, 2014 Kensington Community Fair Join us for a beautiful day outdoors at Kensington Park. Talented on-stage musicians, face painting, crafts, games, community activities, displays and a barbecue lunch. Event runs rain or shine. 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Sponsored by the North Burnaby Community Association, City of Burnaby and Volunteer Burnaby. Kensington Park Kensington & Hastings Burnaby, BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Annual Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival August 9, 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM, 2014 Annual Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival Join us for Burnabys annual musical Blues + Roots Festival! The fifteenth annual year, Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival returns to Deer Lake Park for another family-friendly day filled with amazing music. This year’s lineup includes some familiar faces and first timers: Big Sugar, Matt Andersen and the MelloTones, Bettye LaVette, Imelda May, The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, Wide Mouth Mason, Shakey Graves, Blind Boy Paxton, Steve Kozak, Chic Gamine, Rich Hope and His Evil Doers, and Miss Quincy. For up to date event information, please visit burnabybluesfestival Deer Lake Park 6450 Deer Lake Avenue Burnaby, BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Annual Vancouver Chinatown Festival Saturday, August 9, 2014 - Sunday, August 10, 12:00 pm- 6:00 pm, 2014 14th Annual TD Chinatown Festival 2014 The annual 2014 TD Vancouver Chinatown Festival is one of the biggest multicultural, family-friendly events in Vancouver. This year’s Chinatown Festival theme will revolve around the healthy and sporty choices to reflect the active and athletic lifestyle of Vancouverites. In addition to fun-filled activities related to this year’s theme, the festival also includes a myriad of fun. Keefer St and Columbia St, 12:00PM - 6:00PM; Chinatown Festival 100 Keefer St & 500 Columbia St Vancouver, BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richmond Maritime Festival Friday, August 8, 2014 - Sunday, August 10, 2014 Richmond Maritime Festival The Richmond Maritime Festival is taking over the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site from August 8-10, 2014. Celebrate Steveston’s waterfront heritage with great food, music, artists, storytellers, and meet all manner of unexpected characters. But whatever you do, don’t forget to visit the bounty of beautiful boats and ships moored at the 190-metre (600-ft) dock. Free and fun for all ages. richmondmaritimefestival.ca Britannia Heritage Shipyard Phone: 604-637-6659 5180 Westwater Drive Richmond, BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Abbotsford International Airshow Friday, August 8, 2014 - Sunday, August 10, 2014 Abbotsford International Airshow Abbotsford International Airshow began in 1962 when the recently formed Abbotsford Flying Club decided an airshow would be an effective way to promote flying from Abbotsford Airport. The Airshow is an aviation festival that has grown well beyond its borders over the past 5 decades. With a role from very early on as a significant stop on the Airshow Circuit, Abbotsford has distinguished itself as an event on aviation excellence, aerospace advancement & community participation. The line-up includes fighter jets, experimental aircraft, cargo planes, vintage, helicopters, small corporate jets & speciality surveillance planes. abbotsfordairshow 1595 Townline Rd Abbotsford, BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rockin River Music Festival - Mission August 7 - 9, 2014 Rockin River Music Festival The Rockin River Music Festival is back and we are getting ready to party with Rascal Flatts, Terri Clark, Gord Bamford, Hey Romeo and many more amazing artists! We invite you and all your friends to join the party with 20+ bands, 3 stages and 3 days of amazing country music and memories! rockinriverfest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Squamish Valley Music Festival August 8 - 10, 2014 Squamish Valley Music Festival Squamish Valley Music Festival (formerly LIVE at Squamish) is the hottest festival ticket in Western Canada. A 2-day music festival engulfed in the true spirit of British Columbia. Surrounded by forests & mountains in the clean fresh air, we have multiple stages of the best & latest electronic, indie & rock music. In a relaxed tree-lined & grass environment, there is plenty to explore with art installations including live art demonstrations & multiple food & beverage options. Logger Sports Grounds & Hendrickson Fields, squamishfestival ======================================== NOTE: Event details may change without notice. Please verify details by calling the venue or visiting the event website.
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