{"id":17626,"date":"2025-07-23T09:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17626\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:19:12","slug":"free-street-festivals-are-taking-over-metro-vancouver-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17626\/","title":{"rendered":"Free street festivals are taking over Metro Vancouver this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Metro Vancouver\u2019s ever-popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carfree.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Car Free Day<\/a> street festivals have expanded this summer with epic celebrations across the region, and there\u2019s plenty for everyone to check out.<\/p>\n<p>The massive events are presented by TransLink, Interac Corp., local municipalities, and BIAs to promote the growth of car-free culture and spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, thousands of attendees enjoy entertainment, food vendors and community booths, kids\u2019 activities, and more. Best of all, the events are free to check out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2005, Car Free Days in Metro Vancouver have brought communities together to celebrate local culture, small businesses, and the spirit of community,\u201d said TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis summer, I encourage everyone to get out, explore your neighbourhoods, and enjoy the events by taking transit, walking, or cycling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roads across the region will close for the street festivals, with live concerts and performances, the chance to win prizes from TransLink, food trucks, and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1582082\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1582082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Car-Free-Day-Surrey-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Street festivals\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1582082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Car Free Day Surrey (Daniel Chai\/Daily Hive)<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming schedule of Car Free Days events includes:<\/p>\n<p>Downtown New Westminster \u2013 July 25<br \/>\nGastown Sunday Set \u2013 July 27<br \/>\nPort Moody \u2013 Aug. 17<br \/>\nBurnaby \u2013 Aug. 31<br \/>\nPort Coquitlam \u2013 Sept. 6<br \/>\nCommercial Drive \u2013 Sept. 6<br \/>\nMaple Ridge \u2013 Sept. 6<br \/>\nMain Street \u2013 Sept. 14<br \/>\nNorth Vancouver \u2013 Sept. 20<\/p>\n<p>Times and locations of the street festivals can be found on Translink\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buzzer.translink.ca\/2025\/07\/free-street-festivals-are-back-heres-where-to-find-car-free-days-in-metro-vancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/car-free-day-surrey-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Car Free Day was also held in Surrey\u2019s Newton neighbourhood<\/a> in June with an estimated attendance of 10,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>When:\u00a0Various dates until September 2025<br \/>Time: Various times<br \/>Where:\u00a0Various locations<br \/>Cost: Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metro Vancouver\u2019s ever-popular Car Free Day street festivals have expanded this summer with epic celebrations across the region,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-17626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}