A Message from Mayor Larry Campbell: Vancouver is alive with celebrations and activities! Each year, right across the city, hundreds of thousands of people participate in a vast array of cultural celebrations, festivals, walks, runs, processions and parades. Summarized by month, this brochure presents a diverse range of activities that took place in 2004 in our city streets, parks, and cultural facilities. Use this list, or visit the City’s Community Web Pages (www.vancouver.ca/communitypages) to discover new ways to celebrate in your city in 2005. Find Out Where Vancouver Celebrates! JANUARY < Greek Summer Festival Renfrew-Collingwood < English Bay Polar Bear Swim West End < Chinatown Arts and Culture Festival Strathcona < The Running Room's Resolution Run Kitsilano < RCMP and VPD's Pulling Together West End < PuSh International Performance Festival Strathcona/Downtown < Intertidal Art Festival West Point Grey < Listen Up! Festival: New Sounds from the City Grandview-Woodland < Multicultural Summer Celebration Renfrew-Collingwood < Victory Square Lunar New Year Celebration Downtown < Vancouver Folk Music Festival West Point Grey < Chinese New Year Parade Strathcona < Dancing on the Edge Festival Strathcona/Grandview Woodland FEBRUARY < Marpole Summerfest Marpole < Black History Month < Chatelaine on the Move Walk/Run West Point Grey Opening Night Celebration Kensington-Cedar Cottage < Downtown Community Picnic in the Park Downtown < The Actors' Jam Fairview < Obon Festival Strathcona < Pacific Road Runners "First Half" Half Marathon West End < Strathcona Park Opening Day Celebration Strathcona < Trans-Canada Trek for MS West End < Pink Flamingo Croquet Tourney West Point Grey < Dance in Vancouver Downtown < Vancouver Folk Music Festival West Point Grey < Brazilian Carnaval Downtown < Celebration of Fiji Day Renfrew-Collingwood < UBC Open Cross Country Kitsilano < SUCCESS Walk With the Dragon West End < Time Flies Improvised Music Festival Mount Pleasant < Vancouver Chamber Music and Song Festival Dunbar-Southlands < Vancouver Volkswalk Downtown < Tour de Gastown Downtown < Chutzpah! Festival Oakridge < Molson Indy Vancouver Downtown < Infest: International Artist Run Culture Downtown/Mount Pleasant < Illuminares Lantern Festival Kensington-Cedar Cottage < IMAGeNation: The Vancouver Aboriginal Film < Excelerations' Tri It Triathlon Hastings-Sunrise and Video Festival Grandview-Woodland/Mount Pleasant < Pride Picnic West End < Black History Month Market < Summer Dream Reading Festival Downtown and Cultural Showcase Downtown < Summerfast Fun 10K Road Race West End < Engineering Feats Run/Walk West End < Danskin Run West Point Grey < Kids Only 5KM Run Dunbar-Southlands < QueerStock-Music at Haywood Bandstand Downtown < Strathcona Artist at Home: A Strathcona < Dyke March Grandview-Woodland Neighbour Performing Arts Festival Strathcona < Vancouver Early Music Programme < Talking Stick Festival Downtown/Grandview-Woodland and Festival Fairview MARCH < Celebration of Light West End/Kitsilano < Signal and Noise Festival Mount Pleasant < Powell Street Festival Strathcona < BusTin' ouT Festival Downtown < Reel to Real Film Festival Downtown AUGUST < Sista'Hood Celebration Downtown < Pride Parade and Festival West End < Vancouver International Dance Festival Downtown/Grandview-Woodland < Festival Vancouver Fairview/Downtown < Sonic Boom Festival of New Music Mount Pleasant < Out on Screen Film Festival Downtown/Mount Pleasant < CelticFest Vancouver Parade Downtown < Monsters in the Meadow West End < Spring Break Theatre Festival < Barclay Heritage Square Celebration West End for Young Audiences Fairview < Chinatown Festival Strathcona < Diva on the Run West Point Grey < Multicultural Celebration Downtown APRIL < Picnic in The Park Mount Pleasant < Stanley Park Spring Forward 5KM Run West End < Yaletown Summer Celebration and Car Show Downtown < ALS Run Riley Park < Vision Quest Fast Strathcona < Iranian New Year Event West End < Iskcon Parade and Festival of India West End < Pacific Populaire Bike Race Riley Park < MS Bike Tour Downtown < Vancouver Jewish Film Festival Oakridge/Downtown < Gastown Heritage Days Downtown < Easter Bunny Hop Run West End < Gujarati Society of BC Walk in the Park West End < Meet the Busiest People in Town-Paramedics Downtown < Canadian Lawn Bowls Championship West End < Vaisakhi Parade Sunset < Health Fair at Hastings Community Centre Grandview-Woodland < Vancouver Sun Run West End < Weekend to End Breast Cancer-60 KM Walk Killarney < 10th Anniversary of < Celebration Métis Downtown Community Policing in Vancouver Renfrew-Collingwood < Scotia Bank Easter Seals Regatta West Point Grey < Kerrisdale Carnival Days Kerrisdale < Jericho Oceanman West Point Grey < Creating a Legacy of Hope Walk West End < Latin Summer Fest Kensington-Cedar Cottage < Earth Day Celebration Killarney < Summer Paradise off the Drive Grandview-Woodland < Super Cities Walk/Run For MS West End < Kerrisdale Days Kerrisdale < 15 RCA Change of Command Kitsilano < Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival Fairview < Impact Fun Run West End < Canadian National Wakeboard Championship Grandview-Woodland < Slam City Jam Downtown < Grandview-Woodland Graffiti Contest Grandview-Woodland MAY < Katie's Walk West End < May Day in the Park Grandview-Woodland < Pacific National Exhibition Hastings-Sunrise < Vega Group Convention Run West End < Kids Help Phone Walk/Run West Point Grey SEPTEMBER < explorASIAN Downtown < Silent Summer Nights Grandview-Woodland < Salmonberry Days Dunbar-Southlands < Taiwanese Cultural Festival Downtown < Adidas Vancouver International Marathon West End < Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival Downtown/Mount Pleasant < Youth Week Festival Grandview-Woodland < Steamworks Concours D'elegance Downtown < New Play Festival Fairview < Vancouver Triathlon West End < Mother's Day Traditional Pow Wow Kensington-Cedar Cottage < Labour Day Block Party Downtown < Youth Vibe Downtown < SWARM: Festival of Artist-Run Culture Downtown/Mount Pleasant < The Great Mars Rover Race Kitsilano < The Vancouver Sweet Basil Singers Festival Downtown < The City Chase Downtown and West End < Vancouver Fringe Festival Fairview < Vancouver International Children's Festival Kitsilano < Davie Day West End < Festival Ha' Rikud Oakridge < Mercury Theatre Downtown < Vans Canadian Sports Tour Hastings-Sunrise < Ismaili Walk West End < St. Andrew's School Walkathon Picnic Riley Park < BC Parkinson's Disease Superwalk West End < Khalsa Diwan Sports Day Sunset < Paddle For Kids Downtown < Shon Yee Association < SPCA Paws for a Cause Kitsilano 40th Anniversary Celebration Strathcona < Latin American Film Festival Downtown < DOXA Documentary Film and Video Festival Downtown < Walking Fish Festival Fairview < KickstART! Festival of Disability Arts Downtown < BC Blind Sports Run for Light West End < Little Heroes Sports Day Downtown < Cancer Society Relay For Life West End < Celebration of Chile Day Renfrew-Collingwood < False Creek Women's Dragon Boat Regatta Downtown < Earthdance West End < Lees Triathlon West End < Jack and Jill Family 5KM West End < Canadian Liver Foundation Walk/Run West End < Family Kite Day Kensington-Cedar Cottage < MOW Railcars in Vancouver Mount Pleasant < Terry Fox Run West End < Aga Khan Partnership Walk West End < BC Orienteering Championships Riley Park < Dunbar Fun Run Shaughnessy < Run for Rescue: Saving Lives Beyond Borders West End < PMC-Sierra Science Fair Foundation Fun Run Downtown < Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival Renfrew-Collingwood < Vancouver Rape Relief Walkathon West End < Play on! Street Hockey Downtown < Running Room Shaughnessy < Aids Walk West End 8KM Run and 5KM Walk Shaughnessy-Kerrisdale < Cheerios' Mother Daughter Walk West Point Grey < Vancouver Chinatown Night Market Strathcona < Southlands Riding Club Country Fair Dunbar-Southlands < MOMpop!s Music in the Park Grandview-Woodland < Salmon Celebration: BC Rivers Day Mount Pleasant < Yaletown Farmers Market Downtown < Word on the Street Festival Downtown < Granville Island Farmers Market Fairview < Vancouver International Film Festival Downtown/Kitsilano/Grandview Woodland < East Vancouver Farmers Market Kensington-Cedar Cottage JUNE OCTOBER < 60th Anniversary of D-Day Downtown < Celtic Walkathon West End < Ride Electric Vehicle Show Mount Pleasant < Reach for the Stars Celebration Kensington-Cedar Cottage < Celebrate Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant < The Drift on Main Mount Pleasant < Marpole Oakridge Community Festival Marpole < Stanley Park Hallowe'en Ghost Train West End < Variety Club Boat for Hope Point Grey < Day of the Longboat Festival West Point Grey < Alcan Dragon Boat Festival Regatta Downtown < CIBC Run for the Cure Downtown < HSBC Child Run Riley Park < German National Day Celebration Renfrew-Collingwood < Larry Young Memorial Waterfront Run Kitsilano < Blessed Sacrament Walkathon Riley Park < Little Mountain-Riley Park Community Festival Riley Park < Heart of the City Festival Strathcona/Downtown < BC Deaf Sports Federation Silent Walk and Run Kensington-Cedar Cottage < Granville Island Turkey Trot 10KM Run Fairview < Van Dusen Flower and Garden Show Oakridge < New Forms International Festival of Media Arts Downtown/Mount Pleasant < Champlain Community Summer Fair Killarney < Ride for the Disabled West End < Stanley Park Bike Festival West End < New Music Festival Downtown < CityFest Hastings-Sunrise < Vancouver International Writers Festival Fairview < BC Guide Dog Walk West End < Vancouver International Comedy Festival Downtown < Crohn's and Colitis Heel