Guide to Feasting at the Festival

We are excited to offer a wide selection of local Food Trucks at this year’s festival, with enough variety to satisfy each family member’s tastes and cravings! Check out our Guide to Feasting at this year's Festival!

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Vancouver International Children’s Festival 2025 Announces: A Week of Wonder, Creativity, and Live Performance

The 48th Annual Vancouver International Children’s Festival takes place May 26 – June 1 on Granville Island where world-class theatre, music, dance, circus, puppetry and storytelling performers come to entertain Metro Vancouver children and families.

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Squamish Ocean Canoe Family

In addition to paddling together, members of the Squamish Ocean Canoe Family are committed to sharing Skwxwú7mesh culture through traditional songs and dances. Squamish Ocean…

Performers from Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolfpack)
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LunarFest 2025

Celebrate the Year of the Snake at LunarFest. Make friends and make art with free family-friendly workshops on Granville Island, this February. Celebrate LNY like no other through arts and culture!

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Discover Art-Focused Field Trip Ideas for Elementary Schools in Metro Vancouver

Check out our curated list of enriching art-focused field trip ideas to help educators plan unforgettable and impactful field trips for their students.

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2024 Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting

Back for its 18th year, the Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting takes place on Friday, November 29 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Standing at 76 feet tall, the magnificent Vancouver  Christmas tree is BC's tallest Christmas tree.

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Gift Certificate — Christmas Gift

Lighten Santa’s load this Holiday Season and opt to give an experience rather than a thing. Holiday memories come from the shared feasting, the family jokes, the carolling, the chaos, the crafting – the shared experience.  This year, give the gift of a day at the Vancouver International Children's Festival.

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Notice of our 2024 Annual General Meeting

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual General Meeting for the Vancouver International Children’s Festival Society on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 6:00 pm. 

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Join our Relaxed Performance Youth Council

Apply to be a part of the Youth Council for Relaxed Performances at the Children’s Festival. 

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