The 2021 Vancouver Fringe Festival is a hybrid festival. Local, national and international artists bring you 15 in-person shows and 17 digital offerings that showcase our resilience and that theatre is here to stay. There also be workshops and special events, including Opening Night on September 8 and Closing Night on September 19.
“No Children Will Be Forgotten” is a weekend-long fundraiser, exhibit, and art show hosted by Indigenous artist D’Arcy Basil and CMHC-Granville Island, September 25 & 26, 2021. The art exhibit, with silent auctions on both days, will be held from 10am to 6pm in the new Hives for Humanity parklet, in front of co-host, i.e. […]
The Granville Island Turkey Trot Kids Run invites kids to experience race day excitement. This run inspires kids to get moving, make healthy choices, and feel confident. Each child receives fun race bonuses, including a RUNVAN® race wrap and a $25 gift card from Rackets & Runners valid on a minimum $75 spend. Race 2.5KM, […]
Enjoy a walk around Granville Island and discover seven bus shelter-sized comics drawn by BC comic artists. Each comic tells one stand-alone story from a Vancouver citizen, their experience of the pandemic, and looks at how we can connect and find solace with others, and imagine a more resilient and compassionate future. The comics will […]
The creative community who lives in the DTES experiences the highest statistical rates of economic, health, and social challenges of any community in the country. However, the DTES also has the distinction of being informally recognized as the most artist-rich neighbourhood in Canada. The DTES Small Arts Grants Program reveals the diverse cultures and creative […]
Greenpeace is an organization that started in 1971 in Vancouver, and this year marks its 50th anniversary. A champion for all issues environmental, from nuclear weapons, to endangered species, to climate change, and more, Greenpeace is still active in protecting the planet and its inhabitants from destruction. To commemorate their anniversary, an outdoor gallery of […]
Fruits of My Labour will present new works in an installation of fruit shaped jewellery objects, made from decorative plastic fruit covered in recycled swimsuit lycra, displayed on mirrored surfaces. Documentation of the process, including deconstructing the clothing, creating the jewellery, and placing it on the body will be part of the installation (through sound […]
For the third consecutive year, Latincouver will celebrate Latin American Heritage Month in BC, and we are excited to say that Granville Island will be playing host to many events this year, including the art exhibition Perceptions of Mother Earth and Altar des Muertos in Ocean Artworks. Learn about and enjoy Latin American history and […]
Día de Muertos is a remembrance celebration of our dearly departed, the Altar de Muertos being the most important element. We are teaming up with Granville Island and setting up a beautiful altar commemorating this beautiful tradition celebrated in some Latin American Countries like Mexico, Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Peru. The public will be able […]
Words shape our world: they can delight, inspire, provoke, comfort and unite—as do the authors, journalists and poets who wield them. The Vancouver Writers Festival, which runs from October 18 to 24, encourages readers of all ages to explore the power of storytelling, and books, through dozens of events with local and international writers. This […]
‘A Beacon of Light’ adds colour and light to the Courtyard of the Public Market. This 12-pointed, 22-foot-tall illuminated star shines bright enough to be spotted from the West End. Alongside this is the 14-foot-tall ‘Alder Bay Star’ which dazzles as it hangs off Granville Island’s furthest point of land, and a canopy of lights […]
Vancouver Skateboard Coalition and Granville Island presents All Aboard 2021, a two-day family friendly celebration of skateboard community and culture. All Aboard brings together diverse groups within Vancouver including all-women’s skateboard organizations, adult beginner skateboarders, children’s groups, BIPOC and LGBTQ skateboarding community. Following the success of the All Aboard event in 2019 and the limited […]
CMHC-Granville Island would like to acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
