Special events

  • April is Daffodil Month

    Join the Fight - April 1 to April 30

    To some, the daffodil is just a flower.
    To us, it is a bright and hopeful symbol of support for people living with cancer. It tells them no one has to face cancer alone.  

    Our goal is to make it feel like the daffodil is everywhere throughout April.
    Daffodil pins are available by donation from the Canadian Cancer Society.
    This year they can be found at participating partners on Granville Island. To find a pin go to fightback.ca and check out our pin locator map.

  • Chinese New Year

    Celebrate the Year of the Snake on Sunday, February 10th, from 10:30am to 12:30 pm with a procession through the Public Market, the Net Loft, the Creekhouse, and Railspur Alley (weather permitting for the Creekhouse and Railspur Alley).

     

     

  • Getting to Granville Island on Sun Run Morning

    On Sunday, April 21 The Vancouver Sun Run street closures along 4th and 6th Avenues will restrict access between 9:00am and 11:30am to Granville Island but we are open for business and want everyone to know!

    Enjoy you regular Sunday morning fun on Granville Island on Sun Run morning. The Public Market opens at 9am with lots of free parking and all of the usual delicious delights, shopping treasures and things to do for the whole family.

    Take the designated alternate route beginning at Columbia Street and 1st Avenue and follow the signs. There are plenty of route markers, helpful traffic officers and volunteers to help you find your way. Normal traffic routes resume at 11:30am.

    #50 Bus Suspension of Service – Bus access to Granville Island will be unavailable for the morning of April 21. The #50 Bus will resume service to Granville Island at 12pm and will follow the regular route from downtown.

    For more information call 604-666-6655 or email info@granvilleisland.com.

  • Ocean Concrete Open House at Granville Island

    Have you ever wanted to hop aboard and honk the horn of a concrete truck? What about getting up close and personal with the inside of a truck drum or climbing into the cab of North America's largest concrete mixer truck?

    Join us Saturday, April 27, 2012 from 9 am to 4 pm as Ocean Concrete will be opening its gate to the general public for its 15th Annual Open House. Look for the 175 foot concrete boom pump extended high above Granville Street Bridge.

    There will be interactive displays, prizes, balloons for the kids and tours. Don't forget to check out the one-of-a-kind educational ball machine. Kids young and old will be able to climb into trucks and onto equipment to honk the horns and imagine operating these giants of industry. There will be free hardhats for the first 500 children.

  • The Vancouver International Boat Show

    The Vancouver International Boat Show is Western Canada’s premiere boat show with two locations, including an in-water venue at the Granville Island Maritime Market and Marina and an indoor venue at the newly renovated BC Place. Celebrating its 51st year, as BC’s largest showcase for the recreational boating industry, the 2013 Boat Show features the season’s hottest new boats and boating products at the best deals of the year.
    www.vancouverboatshow.ca

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  • Winterruption 2013

    Welcome to Winterruption on Granville Island, our eighth annual, truly unique Vancouver winter festival, February 22 – 24, 2013!

    Parlez-Vous Français? You won’t need to speak the language to enjoy Vive Vendredi!  a celebration of Francophone flavours, comedy, cinema and music!   Savour French food and wine tastings, Juste Pour Rire stand-up comedy, bilingual artists and performers, and much more all weekend long.

    We’re raising the roof under the bridge with Street Eats & Beats, featuring Vancouver’s top food trucks,  a live dj and local beverages under the Granville Street Bridge for two nights only, Friday and Saturday.  Tickets are just $35.

    Granville Island loves kids!  Visit the Kids Zone to make a mask or make music. Clown around with Ben LaBarouette, sing along with Will Stroet and his Backyard Band, and join Mortal Coil’s colourful towering stiltwalkers and The Brotherhood of  Brass Band as they wind their way through the streets of Granville Island. 

    At Performance Works, Coastal Jazz and Blues Society presents amazing music all weekend long.

    If you *heart* original, local art, you’ll want to spend all weekend visiting exhibits and touring artists’ & artisans’ studios throughout the island. Join [ART]ifacts: The Granville Island Story, a tour exploring art and culture through a mosaic of eye-catching, unique, historic and innovative creations.  Red Hot Press is presented by Dundarave Print Workshop in the Net Loft, Western Canada's oldest artist run cooperative printmaking studio and gallery, and Emily Carr University along with Opus Art Supplies offer tours and workshops all weekend.

    The Island is alive with theatre and dance. See where the magic begins - behind the scenes – in the costume and production shop, or learn “The Art of the Bow” at the Arts Club Theatre Company. Expect the unexpected as some of Vancouver's favourite dancers pop up in unusual spaces all over the Island, or take the little ones to Dr. Suess’s The Cat in the Hat presented by Carousel Theatre at the Waterfront Theatre.

    Food    Arts    Kids Stuff    Music    Performances

     

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