The Complete BC Summer Festival Stack

precious-list >>🎵💎 Issue 71

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May 23, 2025

What uppp holyshhh ... is it really the FESTIVAL ISSUE already? Big-ups to my co-hort in crime Heather / Questhe for compiling the list of almost 300 fests, 50 of which are free, and many of which allow animals and littles. ENJOYYY

If you find this useful, we’d be DELIGHTED if you left us a tip. Link is in the footer as well. Many thanks in advance <3

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If you're new here: Why HELLO there. I'm CP, aka Crystal Precious, 44, former burlesque boss and warehouse party promoter, now turned venue-owner & recording artist.

I've lived in so-called Vancouver for over 10000 years (actually 23). During that time I've performed in nearly every venue in the city (fr), met a lot of cool folks, pulled some crazy shit, and carved out a fuck-ton of space for subversive femme-forward artists.

Every two weeks or so, I'll pop in to remind you that despite what @seabusmemes says, there is indeed a significant, dare-I-say thriving, culture of artists, grassroots organizers and supporters here who aren't about to let this town turn into a glorified Holt Renfrew. NUH-UH.

CURRENT PROJECT is my new membership-based social club and DIY-content / production studio on in the top floor of a heritage building downtown called Fortre$$.

We're slowly getting our shit together for a grand opening of signature events in September. In the meantime, we're warming up the space with some quality bass featuring UK garage legend El-B and some sexy locals who will undoubtedly help us reduce everyone’s floor-to-pelvis distance.

We'll also be hosting a massive FESTIVAL CLOTHING SWAP clothing swap on Solstice weekend, so keep your eyes peeled for detes on that next issue.

Untill then, enjoy your summer scheduling, and for EFFs sake, hydrate.

xoxo

June 13 🎵 30 Years of El-B: El-B / Donna Dada / Taal Mala / Emrrld b2b Mother Mary (YVR)
22:00-04:00 | Friday at Fortre$$ - Secret Location, Vancouver, BC
Dubstep / UK Garage / Drum & Bass. Cash door tickets available if not already sold out.

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🐶 PET_FRIENDLY

⛺ CAMPING_⛔_AGES 19+

✨ ART_MUSIC_COMMUNITY_CULTURE

⏳ AWAITING_INFO

📣 GET_INVOLVED 🔔 DEADLINES

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💎 PRECIOUS PICKS 💎

✨ July 11-14 | 17th Annual Bass Coast Electronic Music & Art Festival: Wildthings (Merritt) ⛺ CAMPING1 ⛔ AGES 19+
An independent & artist owned festival with accolades that include two consecutive wins of DJ Mag’s ‘Best Boutique Festival in North America’, 'Best Midsize Festival in Canada' by Canada Music Awards, and 'Best Music Festival in Vancouver' runner-up by the Georgia Straight Vancouver.
GET INVOLVED: Job Opportunities // Participate
“The fact that [Bass Coast] is run by women, free of corporate sponsorship, and rooted in artistic expression has resulted in a carefully curated audience: one that is intelligent, creative, and dedicated, in various ways, to the advancing human potential.” - The Georgia Straight

✨ June 19-23 | Nectar Festival: Summer Solstice Gathering (Salt Spring Island) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+
Two Main Stages | Workshops | Tea & Elixir Lounge | Art Gallery | Live Painting | Performances | Art Installations & Live Artists | Sigma-1 Lighting | Funktion Ones & Custom Paraflex Sound Systems | Solstice Ritual Theatre | Co-Creative Projects | Spa Surprise | Artisan Vendors | Epic Venue | Camping/Car Camping/RV | P.L.U.R. & Consent Culture in full effect.
GET INVOLVED: Vendors, Volunteers, Performers, Workshops, Co-Creative Grants. Note: DJ lineup is almost full. Visual Artist applications have closed.

🎭 July 24-27 | 6th Annual Kamloops International Buskers Festival (Kamloops) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE
Professional street performers from the local region, across Canada, and around the world. Entertainers include acrobats, magicians, jugglers, hula hoopers, artists, musicians, and more! Tips to Buskers’ hats welcomed and appreciated.
GET INVOLVED: Music Stop (Open Mic Stage), Artisan Vendor, and Volunteer applications are OPEN. Artist and Food Vendor applications have closed.

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🌙 Sep 8-Oct 4 | Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival: Wetlands (Renfrew-Collingwood, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE2
You’re invited to experience enchanting live music, giant lanterns, and illuminated art set against a backdrop of towering trees and the flowing waters of Still Creek.
GET INVOLVED: Deadline for Artists & Performers to apply is Sunday May 25th.
Artists (Lanterns & Illuminated Art)
Performers (music, dance, circus, interdisciplinary)
Call-outs coming soon: Artisan Vendors, Artist-Run Workshops, Volunteers.

🌸 ALL AGES 🌸

You can find more All Ages festivals listed in the Pet-Friendly (3) section below! Note that some festivals have not made it explicitly obvious on their website whether or not they have age/pet restrictions. Scroll down to the Art, Music, Community, Culture (5) & Awaiting Info (6) sections below for more potentially family/pet-friendly festivals.

🎭 Apr 26-June 7 | Expressions Theatre Festival (Granville Island, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 May 23+24 | Westwood in the Wild (Stanley Park, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🌻 May 23-25 | 129th Annual Ladner May Days (Ladner) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎭 May 23-25 | Surrey SPARK Stages: Performing Arts for Kids (Surrey) 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 May 24 | Hyack Multicultural Parade & Festival (New Westminster) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

⚽ May 24+25 | Seabird Island First Nation Festival (Agassiz) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

♻️ May 24-25 | Kootney EcoFest (Beasley) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ May 25 | EuroFest (Burnaby) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🦐 May 25 | Spot Prawn Festival (False Creek, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🌻 May 26-June 1 | Vancouver International Children's Festival (YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 May 30-Jun 1 | 13th Annual Tiny Lights Festival (Ymir) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 May 31 | Electrolit 5K Foam Fest (Nanoose Bay, Van Isle) 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ May 31 + June 1 | FOLKTORIA: a Multicultural Celebration (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ May 31 + June 1 | 49th Annual Alex Fest (Surrey) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES3 🆓 BY DONATION

🏳️‍🌈 June 1 | Sunshine Coast Pride Festival (Davis Bay) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎥 June 1-7 | Vancouver International Youth Film Festival [VIYFF] (YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 June 6+7 | Sunshine Shakedown (Roberts Creek) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES

🎵 June 6, 7, 8 | 42nd Annual Summerland Action Festival (Summerland) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎨 June 6, 7, 8 | 50th Annual Creative Chaos Craft Show (Vernon) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 June 7 | June Rock Fest (Parksville) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ June 7 | Vic West Fest (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ June 7 | Fairfield Flourish Fest (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 June 7 | Mechanics of Music Fest (New Westminster) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🌻 June 7-8 | Celtic Picnic (YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

🪩 June 7-8, July 19, Aug 2, Sep 6 | Public Disco Summer Series (YVR) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨June 8 | Italian Day on the Drive 15th Anniversary (EVan) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ June 8 | Tri-City Jewish Culture Festival (Port Moody) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE RSVP

🎵 June 8 | Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM) Orchestral Festival (Orpheum Theatre, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 June 12-14 | 8th Annual 5X Fest (Mt Pleasant + Surrey) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE RSVP

✨ June 13+14 | FernFest 28th Anniversary (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ June 13+14 | Mountain Muse Festival (Pemberton) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🐉 June 14 | 19th Annual Shuswap Dragon Boat Festival (Salmon Arm) 🌸 ALL AGES

🇹🇷 June 15 | 5th Annual Turkic Festival (Shipyards, NVan) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE RSVP

🎵 June 16-28 | PRISMA Festival (Powell River) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🎵 June 18-22 | 26th Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival (Victoria) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES

🎵 June 20-22 | Valhalla Fest (Terrace) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 June 20-22 | Seaside Music Festival (fka the Folk 'n' Fiddle Festival) (Victoria + Sidney) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ June 20, 21, 22 | BC Halal Food Fest (Surrey) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 June 20-29 | Victoria International Jazz Festival 41st Anniversary (Victoria) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🎵 June 20-July 1 | Vancouver International Jazz Festival 40th Anniversary (YVR) 🌸 SOME ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🇬🇷 June 22 | Greek Day on Broadway 51th Anniversary (Kits, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ June 22 | South Asian Family Festival (Playland, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 June 26-29 | Tofino Jazz Festival (Tofino) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ June 28 | Canadian Cultural Festival (Burnaby) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🇱🇰 June 28 | Serendiva Festival of Sri Lanka (Burnaby) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 July 1-5 | q̓at̓ᶿaymɩxʷ Festival: International Choral Ḵathaumixw (Powell River) 🌸 ALL AGES

👯 July 3-6 | Shine Dance Festival 20th Anniversary (River Rock Casino, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ July 4-6 | The 5th Annual Peace Valley Folk Fest (Hudson’s Hope) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 4-6 | Midsummer Music Festival (Smithers) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 July 5 | Khatsahlano Street Party (Kitsilano, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 July 5 | Controlled Chaos Music Festival (Chilliwack) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 5 | Victoria Folk Music Festival (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 July 5 | 3rd Annual Veg(an)Fest (Nanaimo) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 July 9, 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 | Summer Outdoor Concert Series (Trout Lake, EVan) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🌻 July 11, 12, 13 | Carnaval del Sol (Jonathan Rogers Park, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ July 11-13 | Atlin Arts and Music Festival (Atlin) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ July 12 | Berry Fest (Abbotsford) 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ July 13 | Festivibe (Shipyards, NVan) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ July 17-19 | Energetic County Fair (Fort St. John) 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 July 17-20 | 49th Annual Billy Barker Days Festival (Quesnel) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 July 18, 19, 20 | 48th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival (Jericho Beach, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 18-20 | Bella Coola Music Festival (Bella Coola) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 18-20 | Starbelly Jam Music Festival (Crawford Bay) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ July 19 | 2nd Annual Foodie Fest (Abbotsford) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 July 19 | Caetani Summer Music Festival (Vernon) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎭 July 24-27 | 6th Annual Kamloops International Buskers Festival (Kamloops) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ July 24-27 | 8th Annual Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival (Fort Langley) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 25-27 | Islands Folk Festival 41st Anniversary (Duncan) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ July 25-Aug 16 | Squamish Arts Festival (Squamish) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🌶️ July 26 | Vancouver Hot Sauce Fest! Hot in the City! (Olympic Village, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ July 26+27 | Caribbean Days Festival Est. 1988 (Coquitlam) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ July 26+27 | ArtisTREE (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ July 31-Aug 4 | What If (fka BitF: Burn in the Forest) (Merritt) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ July 31-Aug 9 | The Hornby Festival (Hornby Island) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🎵 Aug 1, 2, 3 | 45th Coombs Bluegrass Festival (Coombs) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ Aug 1-3 | Mosaic Arts & Culture Festival (S,DÁYES (Pender Island)) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ Aug 1-3 | 32nd Annual Kaslo Jazz ETC Summer Music Fest (Kaslo) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ Aug 2 | SoberFest (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ Aug 2, 8-9 | Sooke Music & Art Festival (Sooke) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🍕 Aug 2+3 | Fort Langley Food Festival (Fort Langley) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 2-3 | 9th Annual Texada Island Blues & Roots Festival (Texada Island) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 2-3 | Ladysmith Days Summer Festival (Ladysmith) 🌸 ALL AGES

🍑 Aug 6-10 | Penticton Peach Festival (Penticton) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎭 Aug 7-17 | Nanaimo Fringe Festival (Nanaimo) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎨 Aug 7-17 | Chilliwack Mural Festival (Chilliwack) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 8, 9, 10 | EOTW: Edge of the World Music Festival (Haida Gwaii) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 8-10 | MoM Festival (Fort St James) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎨 Aug 8-10 | Nelson International Mural Festival (Nelson) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🌻 Aug 9 | Pleasant Day Festival (Mt Pleasant, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🌻 Aug 9 | Victoria Drive BIA Summer Festival (Jones Park, EVan) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 Aug 9 | Laketown Shakedown (Lake Cowichan) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 10-15 | Jam Camp on the Island (Courtenay) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

✏️ Aug 14-17 | Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (Sechelt) 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ Aug 16 | MissionFest (Mission) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🌻 Aug 16 | 1st Annual Veg(an)Fest (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ Aug 23 | Global Dance Festival: Fusion of Diversity (Surrey) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 30+31 | Sunshine Music Festival (qathet) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🎵 Sep 5-6 | Desert Daze Music Festival (Thompson River) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ Sep 6 | Car Free Day Commercial Drive (EVan) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🌙 Sep 8-Oct 4 | Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival: Wetlands (Renfrew-Collingwood, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🎵 Sep 11-14 | Rifflandia (15th) (Victoria) 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Sep 12-14 | Nanaimo International Jazz Festival (Nanaimo) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

✨ Sep 14 | Car Free Day Main St (Mt Pleasant, YVR) 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ Sep 19-Oct 12 | Sundog Festival of Arts & Culture (Vernon) 🌸 ALL AGES

🐶 PET-FRIENDLY 🐶

Pets are welcome at the following festivals with some restrictions. Note that some festivals require registration of service animals before arrival.

✨ June 5-9 | Otherworld (Lake Cowichan) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 June 6+7 | West Vancouver Cultural Fest (Ambleside Park, WVan) 🐶 ON-LEASH ON PAVED PATHS ONLY 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 June 13-15 | Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival (Cowichan Valley) 🐶 ON-LEASH IN THE CAMPGROUND ONLY / SERVICE ANIMALS EVERYWHERE 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🐉 June 20, 21, 22 | Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival 協平世博龍舟節 (False Creek, YVR) 🐶 ON-LEASH 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🍺 June 21 | Squamish Beer Festival (Squamish) 🐶 REGISTERED SERVICE ANIMALS ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 June 28-Aug 30 | REVY.Live Outside (Revelstoke) 🐶 ON-LEASH 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 July 4-6 | 28th Annual Summertime (fka Summerland) Bluegrass Festival (Falkland) 🐶 ON-LEASH OUTSIDE OF THE SEATING/EATING AREA 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ July 10-13 | SHE IS WILD Women’s Festival (Boston Bar) 🐶 ON-LEASH ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

✨ July 11+12 | Arts on the Fly (Horsefly) 🐶 ON-LEASH IN THE CAMPGROUND ONLY ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 11-20 | 46th Annual Harrison Festival of the Arts (Harrison Hot Springs) 🐶 YES 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 12 | NimbleFingers Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival (Sorrento) 🐶 ON-LEASH 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 July 12 | PawsFest (English Bay, YVR) 🐶 YES 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🐉 July 12-13 | Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival (Nanaimo) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 ALL AGES

🏳️‍🌈 June 13-28 | "Portals" Queer Arts Festival (YVR) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS

✨ July 18, 19, 20 | Port Moody RibFest (Port Moody) 🐶 YES 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 BY DONATION

🎵 July 18-20 | Pachena Bay Music Festival (Bamfield) 🐶 REGISTERED SERVICE ANIMALS ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎨 July 18-28 | CREATE! 5th Annual Eastside Arts Festival (EVan) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🎵 July 25-27 | 38th Mission Folk Music Festival (Mission) 🐶 REGISTERED SERVICE ANIMALS ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 25-27 | Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival (Salmon Arm) 🐶 REGISTERED SERVICE ANIMALS ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 28-Aug 1 | BC Fiddle 'Treat (Gavin Lake) 🐶 ON-LEASH ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 July 31-Aug 3 | SunFest Country Music Festival (Lake Cowichan) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS ⛺ CAMPING

🎵 Aug 1-3 | Filberg Festival (Comox) 🐶 REGISTERED SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 1-4 | Wonderment 10 Year Anniversary (Victoria) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 SOME ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

🎵 Aug 7-10 | Nanaimo Blues Festival (Nanaimo) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 8-9 | Wapiti Music Festival (Fernie) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 9 | Five Acre Shaker (Port Alberni) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 SOME ALL AGES

🎵 Aug 9 | Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival (Burnaby) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

✨ Aug 15-17 | Langley RibFest (Langley) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 BY DONATION

🌻 Aug 17 | Pet-A-Palooza: Day of the Dog (Victoria) 🐶 YES 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🌻 Aug 24 | Pet-A-Palooza: Day of the Dog (Yaletown, YVR) 🐶 YES 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 FREE

🎵 Aug 29-31 | Robson Valley Music Festival (Dunster) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 ALL AGES

🌻 Sep 12-14 | Barnside Harvest Festival (Ladner) 🐶 DOGS ALLOWED SUNDAY AFTERNOON ONLY 🌸 ALL AGES

🎤 Sep 12-14 | Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (Stanley Park, YVR) 🐶 SERVICE ANIMALS ⛔ AGES 19+

✨ Sep 19-21 | LUNA Fest: "Disguise & Transformation" Nocturnal Art & Wonder (Revelstoke) 🐶 ON-LEASH OUTSIDE ONLY 🌸 ALL AGES 🆓 SOME FREE

⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

Festivals marked Ages 19+ require government issued ID for entry. If you want to camp and camping has not been marked, we recommend looking into off-site accommodations because many outdoor festivals have nearby recommendations and some offer discount bookings through their website.

🎵 May 30-June 2 | Deep Roots Music Festival IV (Pritchard) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+
GIVEAWAY CONTEST (closes May 18): Enter for a chance to win a festival ticket and more, courtesy of Rave Well, Heavy Mellow Movement, and WorkSafeBC.

✨ June 19-23 | Nectar Festival: Summer Solstice Gathering (Salt Spring Island) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 June 20-22 | Space Daze Music Festival (Birken) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 June 26-30 | Friends Club (Lillooet) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🫂 June 27-29 | Heart of Tantra Festival (Boston Bar) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🫂 July 10-14 | Salt Spring Island Fusion Festival (Salt Spring Island) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

✨ July 11-14 | 17th Annual Bass Coast Electronic Music & Art Festival: Wildthings (Merritt) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 July 25-28 | 26th Annual Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🫂 July 25-Aug 3 | Salt Spring Island Contact Festival (Salt Spring Island) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 Aug 7-10 | Electric Love Music Festival 10th Anniversary (Pritchard) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 Aug 8-11 | Samsara (Van Isle) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 Aug 15-18 | Altitude Music Festival (Boston Bar) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 Aug 29-Sep 1 | Wicked Woods Music Festival (Fairmont Hot Springs) ⛺ CAMPING ⛔ AGES 19+

✨ ART, MUSIC, COMMUNITY, CULTURE ✨

This section features a wide variety of festivals. Some do not explicitly list age or pet restrictions on their website. Leave us a comment below if you have that info!

🌏 May 10, 17, 18, 21, June 1, 8 | ExplorASIAN Festival 29th Anniversary (YVR)

👯 May 21-23 | LIFT (intergenerational dance) Festival (YVR) 🆓 SOME FREE

🎭 May 21-June 1 | rEvolver Festival: The Changing Stage (YVR)

🎵 May 31 | Rock the Ridge: All Local Outdoor Music Festival (Kelowna)

🎵 June 6, 7, 8 | Pender Harbour Blues Festival - 20 Years (Pender Harbour)

🎵 June 7-8 | DOLLY X Osmosis Festival (Platform9, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🚲 June 14 | Mount Pleasant Vintage Mountain Bike Show n' Shine (Main St, YVR) 🆓 FREE

🎵 June 14, 21, July 5, 19 | Sunwave Open Air (YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 June 19-22 | Kamloops Summer Ukelele Festival (Kamloops) ⛺ CAMPING

🎤 June 20-22 | Boots N' Boats Singer/Songwriter Fest (Kelowna) ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 June 27-28 | Forest Echoes Music Festival (Cultus Lake) ⛺ CAMPING 🌸 AGES 13+

⚾ June 27-30 | 39th Annual Funtastic Slo Pitch Tournament & Music Festival (Vernon) 🌸 AGES 16+

🎥 June 28 | COMPOSED Short Film Festival (Delta) 🆓 FREE

⚾ June 28-30 | 35th Okee Dokee Slo-Pitch / Funtastic Music Festival (Port Alberni) ⛔ AGES 19+

🇮🇳 July 3-13 | Indian Summer Festival (YVR + Surrey)

🎵 July 4-5 | F V D E D I N T H E P A R K (Surrey) ⛔ AGES 18+

🍺 July 4-6 + Aug 8-10 | Phillips Backyard Music Festival (Victoria) ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 July 5-6 | 2 Rivers Remix Festival of Contemporary Indigenous Music and Culture (Online + St’uxtews Secwépemc territory) 🆓 FREE

🏳️‍🌈 July 11-13 | Ignite Fest (YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🍺 July 12 | VCBW: Vancouver Craft Beer, Music, & Wing Fest (PNE Fairgrounds, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🏳️‍🌈 July 13 | Chilliwack Pride Festival (Chilliwack)

🍺 July 19 | Truck Stop Concert Series 9th Anniversary (Red Truck Brewery, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🍷 July 19 | Rosé Disco & Wine Fest (Kelowna) ⛔ AGES 19+

🍹 July 26 | Punchbowl Festival of Cocktails & Tacos (PNE Fairgrounds, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🇹🇭 July 26+27 | 8th Annual Thai Fest (VAG, YVR) 🆓 FREE

🍺 July 27 | Brewery & The Beast Festival (Concord Pacific Place, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🍷 July 27 | Rosé Disco & Wine Fest (PNE Fairgrounds, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

👯 July 31-Aug 2 | BC Square Dance Festival (Langley) 🆓 FREE

🎵 Aug 1-4 | Vancouver Shame Festival (YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

✨ Aug 1-10 | Harmony Arts Festival (Millenium Park, WVan) 🆓 FREE

🎵 Aug 9 | Country Club Country Music & Tequila Fest (Hastings Racecourse, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🎵 Aug 16 | Jika Jika Festival (YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

🌍 Aug 23 | Afro Caribbean Festival (Kelowna) 🆓 FREE

🎥 Sep 5-6 | Taiwanese Film Festival 18th Anniversary (VIFF Centre, YVR)

🎵 Sep 5-7 | 27th Annual Pentastic Hot Jazz and Music Festival (Penticton)

🍺 Sep 6 | Silver Star Beer & Cider Fest (Vernon) ⛔ AGES 19+

✨ Sep 7 | Esquimalt RibFest (Esquimalt) 🆓 FREE

🎵 Sep 20 | Glōm Fest (The Colbalt Cabaret, YVR) ⛔ AGES 19+

❔ AWAITING INFO ⏳

Save the date!

🎵 June 5-8 | Music Waste Festival (Online + YVR)

🎵 June 7 | Fallen Fest (YVR)

👯 June 12-21 | 37th Annual Dancing on the Edge Festival (Lower Mainland)

🎭 June 13, 14, 15 | TotE: Theatre on the Edge Fest (Salmon Arm)

🌍 June 26, 27, 28, 29 | AfriCa Fest 12e Edition (Victoria)

🎨 July 5 | Langford Art Fest (Langford)

✨ July 12-13 | 7th Annual Cultivate Performing and Arts Festival (Gabriola Island)

🎵 July 19 | Chemainus Bluegrass Extravaganza & Festival (Van Isle)

✨ Aug 6-9 | 13th Annual Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival (Whistler)

🎵 Aug 8-10 | Active / Passive Vol. 7 (Galiano Island)

🎵 Aug 9 | Love Fest (Cortes Island)

✨ Aug 10 | Food Fest (Heritage Hall, YVR)

🌍 Aug 15-17 | Africa Fashion Festival (YVR)

✨ Aug 22-24 | Arts & Words Festival (Gibsons)

🎵 Aug 22-24 | BC Smoke Shop Harbour Blues 'N Roots Festival (Vancouver Island)

🎵 Aug 24+25 | Harambeecouver Diversity Festival: African Folk Music Festival (NVan)

🎵 Sep 4-5 | Do It For The Culture (Kelowna)

🎨 Sep 17-21 | Summerland's RYGA Arts Festival 10th Anniversary (Summerland)

📣 GET INVOLVED 🔔 DEADLINES

This section could be an entirely new post on its own, given the extensive number of active call-outs. While some deadlines may have already passed (make note for next year!), there are a plethora of participation opportunities still out there.

May 25 | ARTISTS & PERFORMERS: Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival (YVR, Sep 8-Oct 4)
May 29 | ARTISTS: Friends Club (Lillooet, June 20-22)
June 1 | MEDIA TEAM: Bass Coast Festival (Merritt, July 11-14)
June 1 | ARTISTS (Gallery / Installation), DANCERS, VENDORS, WORKSHOP HOSTS, VOLUNTEERS: Altitude Music Festival (Boston Bar, Aug 15-18)

⚠ Deadlines for Applications UNKNOWN / will close once filled:

?? | VOLUNTEERS: 5X Fest (Surrey, June 12-14)

?? | PERFORMERS, VISUAL ARTISTS, VENDORS, VOLUNTEERS, WORKSHOPS, CO-CREATE GRANTS: Nectar Festival (Salt Spring Island, June 19-23)

?? | FIRE DANCERS, ROVING PERFORMERS, VOLUNTEERS, PROVIDERS/VENDORS, PHOTO/VIDEOGRAPHERS, ART EXHIBITORS, ACTIVITY/WORKSHOP LEADS, THEME CAMPS: Valhalla Fest (Terrace, June 20-22)

?? | WORKSHOPS, PERFORMERS, HARM REDUCTION, MEDIA TEAM, VENDORS, ART INSTALLATIONS: Space Daze Music Festival (Birken, June 20-22)

?? | VENDORS, BRAND ACTIVATIONS, VOLUNTEERS: Khatsahlano Street Party (Kitsilano, July 5)

?? | VISUAL ARTISTS & VOLUNTEERS: Arts on the Fly (Horsefly, July 11+12)

?? | STREET TEAM & VOLUNTEERS: Bass Coast Festival (Merritt, July 11-14)

?? | VOLUNTEERS: Cultivate Performing & Arts Festival (Gabriola Island, July 12-13)

?? | PHOTO/VIDEOGRAPHERS: Pachena Bay Music Festival (Bamfield, July 18-20)

?? | MUSIC STOP, ARTISAN VENDORS, VOLUNTEERS: Kamloops International Buskers Festival (Kamloops, July 24-27)

?? | CREW: Shambhala Music Festival (Salmo, July 25-28)

?? | CREW, ART INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMERS, THEME CAMP LEADS, WORKSHOP/EVENT HOSTS: What If (Merritt, July 31-Aug 4)

?? | VOLUNTEERS, PHOTO/VIDEOGRAPHERS, PRESS/MEDIA, ART DISPLAYS/MURALS, WORKSHOPS, DANCE CAMPS, STREET TEAM: Electric Love Music Festival (Pritchard, Aug 7-10)

?? | MUSIC ARTISTS, PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, VENDORS, MEDIA, VOLUNTEERS: Five Acre Shaker (Port Alberni, Aug 8-9)

?? | VOLUNTEERS: Wicked Woods Music Festival (Fairmont Hot Springs, Aug 29-Sep 1)

📍 HAPPY QUESTING 📍

Issue # 71 of 🎵💎 >>precious-list was transcribed within the last month. Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions or if you notice any inaccuracies, we will update this post accordingly. Thank you for your interest and attention to detail.

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