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Jazz, Highland Games & a Ladies-Only Pool Party - Weekend Picks

Friday June 26, 2009
Ooh, it's gorgeous outside! Let's hope it stays that way all weekend.
  • Vancouver International Jazz Festival
    It's the opening weekend of the Jazz Festival, that seminal Vancouver event. Concerts and performances are happening all over town and many are free. Check the Coastal Jazz site for event schedules and details. Runs Friday, June 26 - Sunday, July 5.

  • BC Highland Games & Scottish Festival
    Head out to Coquitlam Saturday, June 27, for this celebration of all things Scottish. There are competitive heavy events, traditional dancing, Scottish pipes and drumming, and a main stage featuring the Cotters and the Shee. Get directions here.

  • Pool Boy Party to End Breast Cancer -- Ladies Only
    Vancouverite and owner of InspirationALL Models Tricia Romani is throwing her annual party and silent auction--all proceeds go to the BC Cancer Foundation--and you're invited. The ladies-only event includes a veggie dinner, drinks, and "eye candy" guys "at your beck and call" for $25. Happens Sunday, June 28; details here.

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