5X Fest Blockparty in Surrey: A celebration of Panjabi music and culture<\/p>\n
Published 4:26 pm Saturday, May 16, 2026<\/p>\n
The music was pumping, and the vibes were high at the 5X Fest Blockparty in Surrey\u2019s Civic Plaza on Saturday (May 16).<\/p>\n
The free event started at 2 pm with Anishinaabe Me\u0301tis DJ Handsom Tiger, followed by Surrey DJ 40K.<\/p>\n
The event is described as the \u201cultimate celebration of Panjabi music and culture,\u201d with this year\u2019s lineup including JUNO-nominated and Surrey\u2019s own Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeyond the stage, immerse yourself in a vibrant festival atmosphere with curated food trucks, a bustling vendor village, and thousands of fans coming together in one shared space. The 5X Blockparty is where music, culture, and community collide,\u201d reads a post on showpass.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The event also featured a 19+ VIP section, with tickets priced at $100.<\/p>\n Thousands were expected to attend the block party throughout the day, which ends around 9 p.m.<\/p>\n Other 5X Fest events in Surrey include a visit by visual artist Inkquisitive (Amandeep Singh) at SFU Surrey campus on Sunday, May 17, featuring original pieces, a live presentation, and special performances. Tickets start at $25.76 on showpass.com.<\/p>\n The 2026 edition of 5X Fest is the ninth hosted by Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration (VIBC), launched two decades ago. Check 5xfest.com\/festival-2026 for more festival details.<\/p>\n -With files from Tom Zillich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5X Fest Blockparty in Surrey: A celebration of Panjabi music and culture Published 4:26 pm Saturday, May 16,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-674935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674935","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=674935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}