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January

Polar Bear Swim at English Bay Beach Vancouver - January 1st 604-665-3424

February

Dine Out Vancouver 604-682-2222 www.vancouvertourism.com

Chinese New Year Parade in 2008 is on Sunday Feb 10 at Noon starting at Pender at Carrall - 604-681-1923 www.vancouver-chinatown.com

March

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival 604-873-3311 www.playhousewinefest.com

Vancouver Celtic Festival 604-683-8331 www.celticfestvancouver.com

April

Vancouver Sun Run 604-689-9441 www.sunrun.com In 2008 the run is Sunday April 20th.

Playland (amusement rides at the PNE) 604-253-2311 www.pne.bc.ca The annual Fair is held from mid-August to early September.

May

All British Field Meet of Classic Cars 604-736-6754 www.vandusengarden.org

Vancouver International Marathon 604-872-2928 www.vanmarathon.bc.ca In 2008 the run is Sunday May 4th.

Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition in Surrey BC 604-576-9461 www.cloverdalerodeo.com

Hyack Festival in New Westminster BC 604-522-6894 www.hyack.bc.ca

Vancouver International Children's Festival in Vanier Park 604-708-5655 www.vancouverchildrensfestival.com

Slam City Jam (skateboarding) 604-669-2300 www.bcplacestadium.com

June

Bard On The Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vanier Park - June to Sept 604-739-0559 www.bardonthebeach.org

Alcan Dragon Boat Festival in False Creek - Vancouver 604-688-2382 www.adbf.com

Kitsilano Showboat at Kits Beach - Monday, Wednesday & Friday nights mid-June to late August 604-734-7332

Vancouver International Jazz Festival 604-872-5200 www.coastaljazz.ca

VanDusen Flower and Garden Show in Vancouver 604-878-9274 www.vandusengarden.org

Vancouver Francophone Summer Festival 604-736-9806 www.lecentreculturel.com

Vancouver Half-Marathon www.canadarunningseries.com/svhm

July

Canada Day Celebrations July 1st at various venues around Greater Vancouver 604-775-8025 604-666-5784 www.canadadayatcanadaplace.com www.granvilleisland.com

Celebration Of Light - fireworks - English Bay Vancouver 2008 dates are coming... 604-641-1193 www.celebration-of-light.com

Caribbean Days Festival at Waterfront Park in North Vancouver www.caribbeandaysfestival.com

Enchanted Evenings at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens in Chinatown 604-662-3207 www.vancouverchinesegardens.com

Theatre Under The Stars at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park - July / August 604-687-0174 www.tuts.bc.ca

Vancouver Folk Music Festival 604-602-9798 www.thefestival.bc.ca

Tour de Gastown 604-646-3564 www.tourdegastown.com

Vancouver Chamber Music Festival 604-602-0363 www.vanrecital.com

Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

August

Vancouver Pride Week Celebration at various venues - late July / early August 604-687-0955 www.vanpride.bc.ca

Vancouver Queer Film and Video Festival 604-844-1615 www.outonscreen.com

Yaletown Summer Celebration and Car Show in Vancouver 604-683-7473 www.yaletowninfo.ca

Abbotsford International Airshow 604-852-8511 www.abbotsfordairshow.com

Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver 604-253-2311 www.pne.bc.ca The annual Fair is held from mid-August to early September.

Kerrisdale Days in Vancouver 604-266-9875 www.kerrisdalevillage.com

Wooden Boat Festival 604-666-5784 www.granvilleisland.com

September

Concours d'Elegance classic car show in Gastown

Vancouver Fringe Festival 604-257-0350 www.vancouverfringe.com

Vancouver International Film Festival late Sept / early Oct 604-685-0260 www.viff.org

October

Vancouver International Comedy Festival 604-683-0883 www.comedyfest.com

Vancouver International Writers Festival 604-687-1644 www.granvilleisland.com

Stanley Park Ghost Train 604-257-8531 www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/ghosttrain

November

Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Heritage Village 604-293-6500 www.city.burnaby.bc.ca

Santa Claus Parade in Vancouver www.rogers.com/santaparade

Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver 604-984-0661 www.grousemountian.com

December

Christmas at Canada Place 604-775-8025 www.christmasatcanadaplace.com

Bright Nights in Stanley Park 604-257-8531 www.vancouverparks.ca

Christmas Carol Ship Parade 604-878-8999 www.carolships.org

Festival of Lights at VanDusen Gardens in Vancouver 604-736-6754 www.vandusengarden.org

Various BC (Alberta & Washington State) Websites

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AAA Horse and Carriage in Stanley Park 604-681-5115 www.stanleyparktours.com

Anthropology, Museum of (at UBC Vancouver) 604-822-5087 www.moa.ubc.ca

Alfred's Guest Services (Surrey BC) 778-388-6643 www.alfredsguestservices.com

Arts Club Theatre 604-687-1644 www.artsclub.com

Art Gallery, Vancouver 604-662-4719 www.vanartgallery.bc.ca

Amtrak (Vancouver to Seattle) 1-800-872-7245 www.amtrakcascades.com

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Ballet BC 604-732-5003 www.balletbc.com

City of Burnaby 604-570-3623 www.city.burnaby.bc.ca

Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel 604-293-6500 www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca

Bloedel Floral Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park Vancouver 604-257-8570 www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/parks/bloedel

British Columbia Institute of Technology 604-432-8934 www.bcit.ca

BC Ferries 1-888-BC FERRY (223-3779) www.bcferries.com

BC Place Stadium www.bcplacestadium.com

BC Sports Hall of Fame & Museum 604-687-5520 www.bcsportshalloffame.com

Buddhist Temple in Richmond BC 604-274-2822 www.BuddhistTemple.org

Butchart Gardens near Victoria BC 1-866-652-4452 www.butchartgardens.com

Buschlen Mowatt Galleries 1445 W Georgia St Vancouver 604-682-1234 www.buschlenmowatt.com

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Chinatown 604-681-1923 www.vancouver-chinatown.com

Capilano Suspension Bridge 604-985-7474 www.capbridge.com

Canada Place (Vancouver) 604-775-7200 www.canadaplace.ca

Convention and Exhibition Centre; Vancouver (at Canada Place) 604-689-8232 www.vanconex.com

Chapel at Stanley Park 604-688-0770 www.thechapelatstanleypark.com

Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver 604-682-3848 www.cathedral.vancouver.bc.ca

Centre For Performing Arts (Homer and Robson Vancouver) 604-602-0616 www.centreinvancouver.com

CFL BC Lions Football, games played at BC Place Stadium June to November

Calgary Exhibition and Stampede in Calgary Alberta

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Dal Richards Orchestra 604-681-6060 www.dalrichards.com

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens in Chinatown 604-662-3207 www.vancouverchinesegardens.com

Dominion Tours 604-298-5995 www.dominiontours.com

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Flag Shop on West 4th Ave in Vancouver 604-736-8161 www.flagshop.com

Historic Fort Langley (BC) 604-513-4777 www.pc.gc.ca/fortlangley

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Gastown www.gastown.org

Gastown Steam Clock www.landmarkclocks.com

Gastown Business Improvement Society 604-683-5650 www.gastown.org

Grouse Mountain 604-984-0661 www.grousemountain.com

Granville Island 604-666-8797 www.granvilleisland.com

Granville Island Museums 604-683-1939 www.modeltrainsmuseum.ca

Gray Line West (of Vancouver) 1-800-667-0882 www.graylinewest.com

Greyhound Lines of Canada 604-482-8747 www.greyhound.ca

Gulf of Georgia Cannery (Richmond) 604-664-9192 www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.com

General Motors Place (Vancouver - Orca Bay - home of the NHL Vancouver Canucks) 604-899-7400 www.canucks.com

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Harbour Cruises (Vancouver) 604-688-7246 www.boatcruises.com

Hill's Native Art (Gastown) 604-685-5422 www.hillsnativeart.com

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The CN IMAX Theatre at Canada Place (Vancouver) 604-682-2384 www.imax.com/vancouver

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Landsea Tours 604-255-7272 www.vancouvertours.com

Lookout at Harbour Centre tower at Hastings at Seymour Vancouver 604-689-0421 www.vancouverlookout.com

Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver 604-985-6261 www.lonsdalequay.com

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Minter Gardens in Chilliwack BC 1-888-MINTERS www.mintergardens.com

Maritime Museum, Vancouver 604-257-8300 www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com

Metropolis Shopping Mall in Burnaby 604-630-3340 www.metropolisatmetrotown.com

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NHL Hockey, Vancouver Canucks play at GM Place Oct to April www.canucks.com

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Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver) 604-665-3050 www.city.vancouver.ca/theatres

Omnimax Theatre at the Telus World of Science (Vancouver)

Olympic Games - see VANOC below

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Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours (New Westminster BC) 604-525-4465 www.vancouverpaddlewheeler.com

Pacific Coach Lines 1-800-661-1725 www.pacificcoach.com

Port of Vancouver 604-665-9086 www.portvancouver.com

Pacific Centre Shopping Mall 604-688-7235 www.pacificcentre.ca

Planetarium; Vancouver

Playhouse Theatre; Vancouver 604-872-6622 www.vancouverplayhouse.com

Power House at Stave Falls (near Mission BC) 1-604-462-1222 www.bchydro.com/stavefalls

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Queen Elizabeth Park - see Bloedel Conservatory above

Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver 604-665-3050 www.city.vancouver.ca/theatres

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Rocky Mountaineer Vacations 604-606-7200 www.rockymountaineer.com

Rockwood Adventures (North Vancouver) 604-980-7749 www.rockwoodadventures.com

Royal Centre Mall in Vancouver www.royalcentre.com

City of Richmond

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Stanley Park

Simon Fraser University

Steveston Historic Fishing Village in Richmond BC 1-877-247-0777 www.tourismrichmond.com

Science World; Telus World of (Vancouver) 604-443-7547 www.scienceworld.bc.ca

Storyeum in Gastown -- no longer running / closed

Space Centre; H.R. MacMillan (Vancouver) 604-738-7827 www.hrmacmillanspacecentre.com

Seattle, City of, in Washington State

Space Needle in Seattle 1-800-937-9582 www.spaceneedle.com

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Tickets Tonight 604-684-2787 www.tourismvancouver.com

Tourism BC 1-800-Hello BC (435-5622) www.HelloBC.com

Tourism Vancouver 604-682-2222 www.tourismvancouver.com

Tourism Richmond 604-821-5474 www.tourismrichmond.com

Tourism Whistler 1-800-944-7853 www.tourismwhistler.com

Tourism Victoria 1-800-663-3883 www.tourismvictoria.com

Tourism Vancouver Island 250-754-3500 www.islands.bc.ca/vb

Telus World of Science: See Science World above

Translink (city transit buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus information) 604-953-3333 www.translink.bc.ca

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University of BC 604-822-2211 www.ubc.ca

UBC Botanical Garden 604-822-3928 www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org


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City of Vancouver 604-873-7011 www.city.vancouver.ca

Vancouver International Airport - YVR www.yvr.ca

Vancouver Public Library 604-331-3600

Vancouver Police Centennial Museum 604-665-3346 www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/museum

Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre (in Stanley Park Vancouver) 604-659-FISH www.vanaqua.org

Vancouver Museum 604-736-4431 www.vanmuseum.bc.ca

Vancouver Park Board 604-257-8531 www.vancouverparks.ca

Vancouver Theatre Sports League 604-738-7013 www.vtsl.com

Vancouver Opera 604-683-0222 www.vanopera.bc.ca

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 604-684-9100 www.vancouversymphony.ca

VanDusen Gardens (Vancouver) 604-878-9274 www.vandusengarden.org

Vancouver Trolley Company 604-801-5515 www.vancouvertrolley.com

Via Rail 1-888-842-7245 www.viarail.ca

VANOC Vancouver Organizing Committee www.vancouver2010.com

Vancouver Art Gallery, see Art Gallery above

Victoria; City of

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West Coast City and Nature Sightseeing 604-451-1600 www.vancouversightseeing.com

West Coast Railway Association - Tours 604-524-1011 / 1-800-722-1233 - Heritage Park in Squamish BC 1-604-898-9336 www.wcra.org

West Coast Express (commuter train) 604-488-8906 www.westcoastexpress.com

Whistler

Westminster Quay (New Westminster)

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Greater Vancouver Zoo (in Aldergrove BC)

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