Richmond Cultural, Community or Seasonal

Fri May 25, 2012 - Sun September 23, 2012

Explore the most glamorous fashions of the 1920s and 1930s in this extravagant display of art deco women's fashions.

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Fri May 25, 2012 - Sun September 09, 2012

The Vancouver Chinatown Night Market is a shopping extravaganza including Asian traditional handicrafts, fashionable gifts & tasty ethnic snacks. A shopping experience like never before. Open every Friday, Saturday & Sunday, starting May 18 to September 9, 2012. Takes place in Vancouver's Chinatown, 100 & 200 block of Keefer Street (between Gore, Main & Columbia Street).

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Fri May 25, 2012 - Mon October 08, 2012

The Richmond Night Market 2012 event is located at No. 3 Road & River Road, Richmond, just one block from Bridgeport SkyTrain Station. It runs from May 18 to Oct 08 on every weekend starting at 7:00 pm. This outdoor event offers 88 food booths (the largest international food court ever), over 200 merchants & corporate sponsor booths, more than 1,700 on-site parking stalls, free admission, free live entertainment nightly on a top-notch performing stage, games, contests and hundreds of give-away prizes. Come and spend your summer in this fun-filled shopping and eating paradise with us!

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Fri May 11, 2012 - Sun September 16, 2012

The Summer Night Market is a fun place for the whole family. It will be opening from May 11th to September 16th, 2012. Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday.

Summer Night Market features more than 200 vendors. The venue includes unique merchandise from around the world and delicious foods and drinks. Plus entertainment, street performers, exhibitions, eating contest, dog show, baby crawling contest, Play Zone for kids and multicultural performances. Each night, more then 20,000 people visit The Summer Night Market. Admission is free, so come out and enjoy your summer at The Summer Night Market.

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Thu October 13, 2011 - Sun August 12, 2012

Did Vancouver's flashing neon signs signal glamour, excitement and big city living? Or was neon part of a tawdry display that disfigured Vancouver's natural beauty? People were of two minds in Vancouver in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Neon was one highly visible sign of Vancouver's transition from a sleepy west coast port into a striving, happening city. Neon became a lightning rod for critics of change, and at the same time, became the focus of a civic conversation about values in Vancouver.

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Thu May 31, 2012 - Sun June 10, 2012

Celebrate the raucous energy and infectious rhythms of Bhangra at the HSBC City of Bhangra Festival. The festival takes place in venues throughout downtown Vancouver and Surrey, with 11 days of free and ticketed events. Highlights this year include a free concert (located at the Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza), Celebrate the Harvest (an event featuring collaborations between and performances from Israeli folk dance and Punjabi folk arts), interactive workshops, demonstrations and a closing gala. Drawing international attention every year, the festival sees performances by musicians and dancers from Canada, the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and more.

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Sat June 02, 2012 - Sat June 02, 2012

Hold on to your hats for Burnaby's biggest & favourite festival! With more than 50,000 visitors expected, Hats Off Day has become Burnaby's most celebrated event. Hastings Street closes down to make way for a colourful parade, our vintage vehicle Show & Shine, and an all-out street festival with music, food, prizes. During the street festival, Burnaby's Hastings Street comes alive with smells of mouth-watering food, sights of energetic street entertainers, and sounds of lively music. Fun for all ages! This community event boasts a whole day's worth of fun and activities geared towards children and adults alike.

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Sun June 10, 2012 - Sun June 10, 2012

Style, history, and culture come together in a summer event at Vancouver's beautifully restored Roedde House Museum, historic Victorian home of Gustav and Matilda Roedde.

Mr. Ivan Sayers will be presenting his fashion show on 'Frocks and Tea Dresses Suitable for Both Formal and Informal Receptions'. Renowned historian of fashion from the 1650s and beyond, Mr. Sayers has one of the most "comprehensive collections of historic clothing in private hands across Canada" (SFU Continuing Studies Bio).

A tea party will be held after the show.

Admission is $25. Reservations are recommended.

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Sun June 10, 2012 - Sun September 09, 2012

Located in historic Ladner Village, this 3 block long, open-air market runs rain or shine and has over 140 vendors from all over the southern province. As the vendors vary each Sunday the market is never the same twice! Shop 'til you drop as you peruse the fresh produce, plants and garden accessories, hand-made jewellery, soaps, crafts, and so many more original creations.

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Sat June 16, 2012 - Sat June 16, 2012

"The Women of Roedde House Tour" will be featuring three guides: Jolene Cumming of Herstory Cafe and the Stanley Park History Group will be speaking on women and bookbinding, on domestic service, and on West End leisure activities of the era.

Lorraine Irving, of the BC Genealogical Society and Mt. View Cemetery tours, will be speaking on one of Gustav Roedde's daughters, the murdered nurse, Anna Catherine Roedde.

One of our own docents will be speaking about the Roedde family's journey to and life in Vancouver.

Admission is $10.00. To purchase tickets, call 604 684-7040.

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