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Happy BC Day Long Weekend!

July 24, 2019

This Monday, August 5th is a Civic Holiday! The Civic Holiday is celebrated on the first Monday of August and it’s a public holiday in some provinces and territories. The Civic Holiday is known by many names in different provinces and municipalities, but is most common known as the August Long Weekend. Here in BC, we refer to the day off as “British Columbia Day”.

If you’re looking for something fun to do with your long weekend, check out one of the following BC Day celebrations happening in Vancouver! below we listed a few:


Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival

  • Vancouver Pride Parade – the city’s world-famous and very colourful Pride Parade usually takes place on the Sunday from noon until close to 3 pm. The route starts at the corner of Thurlow and Robson and goes down Robson Street, then along Denman Street and Beach Avenue before finishing at Sunset Beach.
  • Sunset Beach Festival – the Pride Festival celebrations continue on the Sunday at Sunset Beach from 11 am to 6 pm.

Click Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival for more details.

Celebration of Light Fireworks

The Saturday of the long weekend is when the final night of the Celebration of Light international fireworks competition takes place. All afternoon and evening there is music and festivities at Second Beach in Stanley Park. Then later, just off English Bay Beach, the fireworks start at 10 o’clock.

The Celebration of Light is one of Vancouver’s premier events and in the evening hundreds of thousands of people turn out to enjoy the pyrotechnics from the beach and surrounding region.

See Celebration of Light for further information about the event in general, or click Fireworks Viewing Venues for a list of best places to watch the pyrotechnics from.

Cultus Lake Night Slide Concerts

Cultus Lake Waterpark hosts an evening of night sliding and outdoor concerts on Friday August 2nd in 2019. The event runs from 8 pm until 12 am and features live music with various local bands.

Admission costs $24 per person. A similar event also takes place on Friday August 16th.

Click Cultus Lake Waterpark for details.

Harmony Arts Festival

The Harmony Arts Festival is a 10-day arts festival that usually starts on the August Long Weekend. The event features live music, free nightly movies, art displays and all sorts of things for people of all ages to see and do.

General admission to the Harmony Arts Festival is FREE and it takes place in West Vancouver along the water between Ambleside and John Lawson Park.

In 2019 the Harmony Arts Festival runs from August 2nd to 11th.

To check all the cool events visit:
https://vancouversbestplaces.com/bc-day-august-long-weekend/