Question: What program run by the Vancouver International Children’s Festival helps schools attend the Festival?

Answer: Adopt a Class Over the past twelve years more than 30,000 children from school districts across the Lower Mainland have attended the Festival thanks to…

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Creatively Playful Fun at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Vancouver, BC (April 21, 2016) — The 39th Annual Vancouver International Children’s Festival takes place May 30 – June 5 on Granville Island. This year,…

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2015 Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting! — Buy a Bulb

  The 2015 Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting was a great success! If you missed the event, be sure to visit Jack Poole Plaza during the…

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Field trips allow learning to take place anywhere…

Inspire and motivate your students with professional artistic experiences that transform a child’s understanding of the world around them and what is creatively possible. …

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Ten Spring Break Arts Camps & Activities for Kids!

Have an aspiring dancer, actor, circus performer or artist on your hands? Well there are lots of artsy camps and activities to keep them busy over the two-week Spring Break this year!

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A Children’s Festival Childhood

We close out our 36th annual Children's Festival with an evocative poem by Cydney Paddon called A Children's Festival Childhood, which she read at our Opening Night Celebration.

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Five Vancouver arts organizations you should know about

Great local programming for young audiences!

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Six reasons the arts are important for young people

The arts enrich children's lives in so many ways. Here are just a few of them.

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