Festivals & Fairs in Chinatown, West End, Marpole & Kits - Weekend Picks

Celebrate community and diversity with the neighbourhood festivals this weekend, August 8 - 10.

• 9th Annual Vancouver Chinatown Festival
  Chinatown celebrates multiculturalism with this two-day festival August 9 - 10 that includes a Green Theme Exhibition, a Youth Talent Showdown, a Chinatown Heritage and Food Tasting Walking Tour, Chinese Folk Art demonstrations, multicultural stage performers, an open-air market and children's activities. There's also a 2008 Olympic & Paralympic Games Celebration for the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Bejing.

• West End Summer Block Party
  Gordon Neighbourhood House holds its 10th annual West End Summer Block Party with live street entertainment, a children’s carnival with games and prizes, face painting and tattoo booths, and more, on Saturday, August 9.

• Marpole Place's Annual Community BBQ
  Taking place Saturday, August 9 at Marpole Place, Marpole’s annual Community BBQ has fun for the whole family, with face painting, games for the kids, and Big Band and Swing music.

• Kitsilano Community Centre's Annual Community Fair - Picnic in the Park
  Another neighbourhood celebrates on Saturday, August 9: Kitsilano's annual community Old Fashioned Fair includes carnival rides and games, live entertainment, a bouncy castle, life-size checkers and jenga, potato-sack races and relays, face painting and henna art.

  _{Image Courtesy of Vancouver Chinatown Festival and Vancouver Chinatown BIA}