Summer Solstice at Mountain View Cemetery
What better place to mark the changing of the seasons than Vancouver’s only cemetery? Mark the Summer Solstice at a special family-friendly event at Mountain View Cemetery that will feature live dancing, art and music. Bring lawn chairs and blankets and come ready to see something that doesn’t happen every day... because it only happens once a year.
June 23, 6 to 9 p.m.
Mountain View Cemetery, 5455 Fraser St.
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Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival
More than 5,500 elite dragon boat racers from around the world will participate in the 2018 Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival at False Creek. A celebration of sport, arts and culture, this annual big-draw event is expected to attract 100,000 spectators who will line the waterfront to watch the world’s top paddlers compete for first place. But there’s tons to experience besides watching the races, including free live music and Vancouver’s biggest outdoor beer garden from the folks at Red Truck.
June 22 to 24
Olympic Village near Science World
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Greek Day on Broadway
Get ready to Greek out at Vancouver’s largest one-day Greek festival. Greek Day on Broadway is the wrap-up grand finale event for the month-long Greek Heritage Festival. Spanning five blocks of Broadway in Kits from MacDonald to Blenheim, the nearly one-kilometre event will find the streets closed to traffic and packed with an exciting array of things to see, do, and taste.
June 24, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Broadway between MacDonald and Blenheim
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Sweet Bubbling Nights
So what if the name sounds like a 1980s perfume line? Sweet Bubbling Nights is an event for one heck of a great cause, and it promises to be a lot of fun. It’s a gala evening in support of the LGBTI Pulse Memorial Scholarship, which provides financial support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (and queer) youth worldwide who are in pursuit of a university or college degree. This sizzling celebration of soul, Motown, funk, show tunes and drag features a couple dozen talented local performers.
June 23 at 8 p.m.
Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamilton St.
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Chinese Tea Appreciation Workshop: Beginners
Head to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden to relax the mind, relieve stress, and enjoy traditional Chinese tea in the beautiful garden courtyard. During the tea workshop, participants will sample high quality teas from Asia and learn about Chinese culture, tea accessories, tea production, tea types and the benefits of Chinese tea. The workshop is structured as an introduction to Chinese tea for adults.
June 24, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, 578 Carrall St.
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