{"id":482888,"date":"2026-02-18T11:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482888\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:28:14","slug":"vancouver-vaisakhi-parade-2026-announces-festival-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482888\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade 2026 Announces Festival Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organized by the Khasla Diwan Society, the 2026 Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade is one of the city\u2019s most vibrant celebrations. This year\u2019s festival is once again bringing together faith and community spirit to throw a fantastic parade, and everyone is invited to take part!<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/604now.com\/event\/surrey-khalsa-day-vaisakhi-parade-route-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Surrey Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade 2026<\/p>\n<p>The parade is slated to begin around 11:00am, and starts at the Ross Street Temple at 8000 Ross Street in South Vancouver. The parade generally lasts until 4:00pm. Along the route, you can expect to see vibrant floats, energetic community performances, and live music filling the streets. As many as 300,000 people will be arriving to watch the parade float by.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the festivities includes the incredible display of seva (selfless service). During the festival, local residents and businesses offer free food and drinks to everyone attending. From things like full curry lunches to treats, keep your eye out for stands along the streets of the parade that are handing out food to all. And with plenty of amazing music, you\u2019ll definitely feel that festive atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s your first time attending or if you\u2019re a longtime attendee, this year\u2019s Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade is sure to be an amazing one. Just remember to mark your calendars!<\/p>\n<p>EVENT DETAILS:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0Date: April 11, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd\u00a0Location: Ross Street Temple<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f\u00a0Tickets &amp; More Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/kdsross.com\/vaisakhi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organized by the Khasla Diwan Society, the 2026 Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade is one of the city\u2019s most vibrant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-482888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482888","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=482888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}