Participate in the most colourful parade ever! This year we have The Carnival Band, spectacular stilt dancers, lion dancers, Inkary dancers and we are inviting you to join with your decorated bike! Cyclists join at the end of the parade so stilt dancers can safely lead the way. Prizes for most creative bike and best costume. Get ready to cheer!
Special events
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11th Annual Canada Day Parade
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22nd Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Come out and play at the 22nd Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival running from August 12 – August 22! Celebrate daring and distinctive queer cinema at the city’s second largest film festival. Screening at Emily Carr on Saturday, August 21, an archival classic and a film by Emily Carr alumni.
6pm
Gayblevision
From out of the local vaults comes Gayblevision! Join us for a retrospective look at Vancouver’s first 100% gay and lesbian television series, initiated in early 1980s. Programmed by Mary Anne McEwen, discussion to follow.
8:30pm
Homelands
An autobiographical documentary pays homage to Canadian director Thirza Cuthand’s roots—a journey that takes her from the Writing-On-Stone of the Canadian Plains to Scotland’s Orkney Islands. World premiere, director in attendance.
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BC Day at Kids Market
If you’re looking for a fun way to celebrate British Columbia’s birthday then look no further than the Kids Market! They’ll be honouring the province by providing by entertaining the people who live here: sand art, face painting, henna art, and balloons are just some of the fun stuff they’ve got planned, and folks from the Child Find ID Program will be on site so you can register your children. Tents will be set up outside selling cold treats and candy so even your taste buds can sing praises to BC!
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Canada Day 2010
Granville Island is bursting at the seams with culturally diverse national pride. Around every corner you’ll find entertainment, artwork and food that allows you to wrap yourself in the flag and embrace the rich tapestry of our multicultural nation.
COMPLETE PROGRAM:
Just some of our features include:
Activities Food Transportation Sales and Specials
11th Annual Canada Day Parade | FREE
1:30pm – 2pm Starting at Ocean Construction and ending at Ron Basford Park.
Official Canada Day Ceremony | FREE
2pm – 2:30pm Ron Basford Park, Johnston StreetB:C:Clettes Revolution! | FREE
The B:C:Clettes are an all-women bicycle-inspired performance/ dance group: inspirational - and ridiculously fun - for all ages.
1pm Under the Bridge (see map)
Bicycle Decorating Workshop on Granville Island | FREE
Join community bike artist and performer RedSara and add some colour and sparkle to your wheels! Bikes, trikes, trail-a-bikes, trailers, and helmets are all great for decorating. All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Supplies provided or bring your favorite materials.
10 am - 1 pm at the parking lot Under the Bridge
Community Painting Workshop: Bike Art | FREE
Add spokes of colour to our giant bike paintings using paint made right here on Granville Island! A free hands–on activity for all ages. Bike art will be displayed throughout the summer at our new tenant bike lock in the new parking garage across from the Creekhouse.
Sponsored by Kroma Artist Acrylics and Arts Club Theatre
10 am – 6 pm Picnic PavilionBEST Bike Valet | FREE
Come to Granville Island by bike and lock it up for free in one of our secure locations:GIBCA bike lock up at Ocean Construction
9am – 7pm Ocean Construction , Johnston Street
Sponsored by the GIBCA and Ocean ConstructionSports Court bike lock up at False Creek Community Centre
9am – 9pm Sports Court at False Creek Community Centre
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Canada Day 2010 - ACTIVITIES
False Creek Ferries Ballet | FREE
They may be little boats, but they put on a big show! Watch an aquatic
ballet consisting of False Creek Ferry boats sailing gracefully across
False Creek.
8am – 8:30am False CreekArtists in Action – Federation Gallery | FREE
Artists are in action at the Federation Gallery! Come visit our guest artists
on site while you browse the vibrant summer show representing some of
our most recognized Federation of Canadian Artists.
10am – 6pmGlass Making Workshops | $35 per person
Join the artists on Canada Day and make your very own glass flower! Just
purchase a ticket at the front counter, you’ll be given a time slot (approx.
20 min.), and then you can make magic happen! Ages 14 and up, those
under 16 must be accompanied by an adult, details available in store.
10am – 6pm New Small and Sterling Studio Glass, Old Bridge StreetFalse Creek Community Centre | FREE
Looking for fun for the whole family? Check out the False Creek
Community Centre, and you’ll find what you’re looking for! From carnival
games to children’s entertainers to a BBQ fundraiser hosted by the youth
program; this bunch of events is a family must-see!
10am – 6pm False Creek Community Centre, Cartwright StreetCraft Association of BC Workshops | FREE
You don’t have to be a professional artist to enjoy this event, but you might
have to be a bit crafty to find a good spot in the crowd! A wide array of
crafts will be showcased including stained glass windows, paper marbling,
polymer clay sculpture and even some hands-on basket weaving.
10am - 6pm Crafthouse, Cartwright StreetKids Market & Patriotic Pooches | FREE
If you visit the Kids Market on Canada Day, there will be plenty of ways to
celebrate the People and Pets of Canada. Learn to foster or adopt orphaned
kittens with the help of VOKRA, Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue.
10am – 6pm Kids Market, Cartwright StreetKVOS TV On Scene | FREE
Stop by to see KVOS TV’s On Scene crews for face painting and
exciting contests.
10am – 4pm False Creek Community Centre, Cartwright StreetTattoos | FREE
Don’t worry, they aren’t permanent! Get a Maple Leaf tattoo at our
Canada Day Tattoo Centre.
10am – 6pm Canada Day Tattoo Centre
(by False Creek Community Centre)Face painting | FREE
Come out and have your face painted with funky colours and designs!
Find us in Railspur Alley opposite the Agro Café.
10am – 6pm Railspur AlleyGranville Island Buskers | By donation
Witness one-of-a-kind local and international talent in unique outdoor
locations on Granville Island. Fire-jugglers, singer-songwriters,
magicians, and instrumentalists of all kinds are but a taste of the myriad
performances you can expect. If you enjoy what you see and hear,
please be generous – these artists rely on your contributions.
10am – 8pm See map for locations.Make ‘n Take Postcards| FREE
Impress yourself and everyone around you with your very own postcard!
I’m Impressed will be providing blank postcards, stamps, and ink, all you
have to provide is the creativity! Whether you mail it to a special someone
or keep it as a Canada Day souvenir is up to you!
10am – 2pm I’m Impressed, Kids MarketMalaspina Studio Tours| FREE
Visit the Malaspina Printmakers Gallery and get ready to be stunned by the great Canadian talent that hangs on their walls! Studio tours will be taking place all day so you can learn about the artists while you admire their art.
10am – 5pmMELA! Festivals & Granville Island present International Pavilion
Join Mela! to celebrate cultures from around the world! Visitors, get ready to be transported into a lively bazaar filled with music, dance, arts, crafts and of course, mouth-watering food!
For performance times and information go to www.melafestivals.ca
11am - 8 pm Under the Crane (east of Emily Carr University of Art and Design)Textile Demonstrations| FREE
Visit Textile Context and witness the magic of textile surface design
techniques, including block printing and itajime (fold and dye).
11am, 1pm, & 3pm Textile Context, Old Bridge Street
(weather permitting)Roving Performers | FREE
Granville Island’s wildly popular nine-foot tall Captain Canada and
Duh Hockey Guys are back to bring out the cool and quintessential Canadian in us all. Mortal Coil’s stilt horses win the prize for most original and beautiful alternative transportation! Anything can happen on Granville Island so watch out for larger-than-life characters that entertain the child within.
10:30 am – 6pm All over Granville Island.Pins and Flags | FREE
Pick up a free flag or pin from many of our Granville Island merchants.
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Canada Day 2010 - Food
FOOD
This great big Canadian party will be going on all over the Island, and you
can make sure that party is going on in your mouth, too!Truly Canadian Pancake Breakfast and
Great Canadian Barbeque
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and seeing as Canada
Day is one of the most important days of the year, why not eat a Truly
Canadian Breakfast at the Dockside Restaurant in the Granville Island
Hotel? For $8.00, you can enjoy Canadian bacon, fresh pancakes, and
real maple syrup! $1 from each meal goes to Canuck Place. After those
pancakes have settled, come back for lunch and enjoy a Canada Day
patio BBQ!
Breakfast: 7:30am – 11am
Patio BBQ: 11am – 5pm
Dockside Restaurant, Granville Island Hotel, Johnston StreetPie Fiesta
While some believe that Canada’s greatest food invention is poutine, A la
Mode will be serving up a spectacular culinary creation that just might
match it! One pie with six different flavoured slices combines to make a
delicious pie fiesta! Pie oh my! At 30% off, this treat is a real steal!
9am – 7pm
A la Mode, Public MarketBridges Barbeque Bash
What better way to enjoy ocean food than by sitting outside with an ocean view? And what better way to celebrate Canada Day than by taking a big bite out of a tasty Crustacean!
11am – midnight
Bridges Restaurant, Johnston StreetFinest at Sea and the Lobsterman BBQ
Three of the most important letters of the summer: BBQ! One of the tastiest seafoods to cook up on them: lobsters! The Lobsterman and Finest at Sea will be holding a lobster barbecue and selling some of their delicious seafood tidbits in a tent outside their stores on Mast Tower Road. 10am – 5:30 pm
Lobsterman and Finest at Sea, Mast Tower RoadThe following businesses also have some great
Canada Day food specials:
Candy Kitchen: specials on candy
La Baguette: bread discounts
Lee’s Donuts: featuring Canada Donut and crepe special
Olde World Fudge: maple fudge sale and maple leaf chocolates
Backstage Lounge: Patio bash from 2pm – 2am -
Canada Day 2010 - SALES AND SPECIALS
False Creek Ferries and the Aquabus offer 2 for 1 Ferry Rides
Head and shoulders, knees and toes – and everywhere in between –
must be covered in red and white in order to take advantage of this deal.
If you and a friend are both completely decked out in the colours of the
Canadian flag, (and we mean completely: not just a little bit of paint
on your fingernails!) you can enjoy a 2 for 1 ride across False Creek,
courtesy of the Aquabus and False Creek Ferries!
7am – 10:30pm Aquabus, docks behind the Public Market,
Johnston Street
False Creek Ferries behind Bridges Restaurant,
Johnston StreetLooking for more Canada Day specials?
Stop by these locations:
Ecomarine: annual sale
Footprints Healing Spa: special promo
Strüb: discounts
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Canada Day 2010 - TRANSPORTATION – keep it green!
BEST Bike Valet | FREE
Come to Granville Island by bike and lock it up for free in one of our secure locations:
GIBCA bike lock up at Ocean Construction
9am – 7pm Ocean Construction , Johnston Street
Sponsored by the GIBCA and Ocean ConstructionSports Court bike lock up at False Creek Community Centre
9am – 9pm Sports Court at False Creek Community Centre
Sponsored by Granville Island and False Creek Community CentrePublic Transit – the #50 will bring you to the entrance of the Island.
The Aquabus and False Creek Ferries will bring you here by water.
Translink Information 604-953-3333 or www.translink.bc.ca
False Creek Ferries 604-684-7781 or www.granvilleislandferries.bc.ca
Aquabus 604-689-5858 or www.theaquabus.com -
Granville Island Farmers Market
The Granville Island Farmers Market is back and better than ever! Come get a taste of some of the best produce BC has to offer, every Thursday throughout the summer starting on June 3 in Triangle Square. All local, all fresh, and so much to choose from! Tomatoes, potatoes, apples, cherries – well, the list could go all the way down the page, but it’s best to stop by and find out for yourself what this annual outdoor market has to offer. For more information, click here
Vendors at the Farmers’ Market This Week (July 29)
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Granville Island Water Park
It’s that time of year again: time to shake the dust off those old bathing suits and get ready to plunge into the biggest free water park in North America! That’s right; the Granville Island Waterpark will be opening again on the Victoria Day long weekend! A great way to spend a day with the family, and after you’ve all dried off, warm up at the Public Market with a snack or a hot drink; it is open until 7pm after all! Waterpark hours are 10am to 6pm; slides are open on the weekends, and then all week long throughout the summer months. Everyone is welcome, just no nudies please!
Outside False Creek Community Centre
