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Daily Email - Friday - 08/15/2025

August 15, 2025

Your Friday just got better. You’ve got 4 chances to win tickets to the biggest showdowns of BC Lion’s 2025 season! Each show is themed from car shows to the wild west. Make life a lot more exciting - enter to win!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • A Halloween Party with Pat Lok and Chromeo spinning tunes comes to The Pearl on 10/31! Tickets went on sale today, get em’ before their gone.

  • The world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap, hits the Arts Club from now until 8/24, and yes, the twist still slaps. You didn’t solve it in 1952, and you won’t solve it now.*

  • Lion dances, lanterns, and enough dumplings to send you into a food coma - in a good way. The Surrey Chinese Cultural Festival is back on 9/6.

  • $5 shoegaze showcase? Yes please. Sonic Garden is at The Pearl every month starting on 8/30. See artists like DOUR, Slow Teeth and Revolution Above Disorder.

  • Plus fresh announcements from The Dirty Nil, Carter Vail, Dust Cwaine, The Flamingo Room, The Slow Sippers, Hotel Mira and more!

FREE STUFF FRIDAY

Photo: Trout Lake Farmers Market

Your bank account’s been through enough. This is your guide to doing the most in Vancouver... while spending the least. Concerts? Free. Art shows? Free. Happiness? Surprisingly, also free.

THIS WEEKEND

🤘 Van Sabbath

Tonight @ Wise Hall (8PM)

Join Van Sabbath where Brass Camel and friends are channeling the dark lords of heavy metal. Doom, drama, and devil horns guaranteed. Celebrate the legend Ozzy! Even better, win a pair of tickets!*

🏀 WNBA Canada Game

Tonight @ Rogers Arena (7PM)

The WNBA Canada Game is pure heat. Superteams, rookies, buzzer beaters - it’s all here. If you’re not courtside, you’re missing history.

📣 Keshi

Saturday @ Thunderbird Arena (8PM)

Keshi’s Requiem Tour brings heartache, high notes, and late-night headphone feels to real life. The most emotionally devastating night you’ll ever volunteer for. Bring tissues.

🔥 Summerville Music Festival

Saturday @ The Waldorf (4PM)

Summerville Music Festival is an EDM party-village smack dab in the middle of East Vancouver! Big sound, giant tented dancefloor, mist lounge, tacos, ice cream and more!

🪶 Sp’akw’us Feather Shakedown

Saturday @ Sp’akw’us Feather Park (4PM)

Massive outdoor party, zero cover, Squamish views. Catch The Librarian, Astrocolor, Welhtima Kexwusem and more at Sp'akw’us Feather Shakedown. Free, all ages, and a VIP zone if you’re feelin’ fancy.*

Salmon Sessions Music Festival

South Surrey’s most scenic music festival is back 8/23—five local bands, food truck heaven, Trading Post Brewing pouring pints, and a family fun zone. Salmon Sessions isn’t just a festival - it’s a community hang that keeps our salmon swimming. Come for the music, stay for the cause.*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Free fun? Say less. Parkway Alive brings music, games, and summer vibes to Metrotown Tuesdays & Thursdays (5–8pm) and Patterson Sundays (1–4pm). Just show up and play.*

  • Nook has a new location in Coal Harbour!

  • Calgary’s popular Analog Coffee is opening up their first outpost in Vancouver!

That’s a wrap for this week. Go make some weekend magic happen!