{"id":775831,"date":"2026-07-02T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775831\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:36:09","slug":"cant-miss-vancouver-events-for-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775831\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t-miss Vancouver events for July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday.\u00a0Sign up for our free newsletter<\/a>.Art Downtown:\u00a0<\/a>To July 23 @ Lot 19<\/p>\n

The free outdoor market highlights local creatives with workshops, music, and more.<\/p>\n

Mad Pride Festival:\u00a0<\/a>To July 25 @ Gathering Place Community Centre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Free events see artists, comedians, actors, poets, and musicians connect.<\/p>\n

The Play That Goes Wrong:\u00a0<\/a>To August 16 @ Lindsey Family Stage<\/p>\n

Hapless thespians attempt to mount a murder mystery.<\/p>\n

Harmanie Rose:\u00a0<\/a>July 2 @ The Dance Centre\u00a0<\/p>\n

Artist in residence Harmanie Rose explores disability, connection, and innovation in a studio showing.<\/p>\n

Kits Point Patio Party:\u00a0<\/a>July 3 @ Vanier Park\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Kits Point museums open up a trio of patios at this free waterfront event.<\/p>\n

Theatre Under the Stars<\/a>: July 3 to August 22 @ Malkin Bowl\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sister Act and The Little Mermaid frolic onto the TUTS stage.<\/p>\n

Woon Ong:\u00a0<\/a>July 4 @ TogetherHeads Studio\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oil painter Woon Ong hosts a one-day pop-up exhibition.<\/p>\n

Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Festival:\u00a0<\/a>July 4-26 @ various locations, Vancouver and Burnaby<\/p>\n

Celebrate Taiwanese Heritage Month with a cultural festival, concert series, community days, and cinema selections.<\/p>\n

A River of Migration:\u00a0<\/a>July 5 @ Museum of Vancouver\u00a0<\/p>\n

Contribute to the museum’s evolving immigration installation at the monthly Pay What You Can day.<\/p>\n

Ensemble Theatre Festival: Bloodlines<\/a>: July 8-19 @ Jericho Arts Centre<\/p>\n

Two plays discuss sisterhood, along with a concert from Violet Grace and an improv show.<\/p>\n

Indian Summer Festival:\u00a0<\/a>July 9-19 @ various venues\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vancouver, Burnaby, and Surrey light up with vibrant South Asian arts.<\/p>\n

Get hands-on with Vancouver’s gaming history. Centre for Digital Media Press Start<\/a>: July 9 onward @ Museum of Vancouver<\/p>\n

A pop-up history of Vancouver’s video game scene runs until sometime in the fall.<\/p>\n

Boy-ish Comedy:\u00a0<\/a>July 10 @ The Closet Upstairs\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tin Lorica headlines a masc-of-centre night of stand-up.<\/p>\n

Carnaval del Sol: July 10-12 @ Jonathan Rogers Park<\/p>\n

The Pacific Northwest’s largest Latin festival embraces the World Cup spirit.<\/p>\n

Man In Red Sweater Fishing, West Lake, 2010. Greg Girard Greg Girard<\/a>: July 10 to October 25 @ The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver<\/p>\n

Influential contemporary photographer Greg Girard gets a major retrospective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Local Author Extravaganza<\/a>: July 11 @ Indigo on Robson Street<\/p>\n

Support 20 Vancouver-area authors at this mass book-selling and book-signing event.<\/p>\n

The Jerome Classic:\u00a0<\/a>July 14 @ Swanguard Stadium, Burnaby\u00a0<\/p>\n

Canada’s official World Athletics Label Meet features track-and-field Olympians.<\/p>\n

Women of the Storm<\/a>:\u00a0July 14 @ VPL Central Branch<\/p>\n

A mini climate fair and activist talks turn this film screening into an all-day event.<\/p>\n

Summer Stages<\/a>: July 14 to August 27 @ Confederation Park, Burnaby\u00a0<\/p>\n

Enjoy live performances during the day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and family-friendly Thursday evenings.<\/p>\n

River Running book launch<\/a>: July 16 @ Cross and Crows Books<\/p>\n

Loch Baillie’s new collection helms a night of poetry and community.<\/p>\n

The Apiary<\/a>: July 16-25 @ Vines Den\u00a0<\/p>\n

A dark comedy investigates colony collapse and climate anxiety.<\/p>\n

The Eastside Arts Festival encourages creativity this summer. Jon Pesochin Eastside Arts Festival<\/a>: July 17-26 @ various locations\u00a0<\/p>\n

The sixth annual festival fills East Van with workshops, performances, and public art.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Festish Weekend: July 23-27 @ various venues<\/p>\n

Join fellow kinksters for a raucous weekend of leather, latex, and liberation.<\/p>\n

Surrey Fusion Festival:\u00a0<\/a>July 18-19 @ Holland Park, Surrey<\/p>\n

More than 50 cultural pavilions celebrate the diversity of the Lower Mainland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drive-In Summer Series:\u00a0<\/a>July 22 to September 2 @ Lansdowne Centre, Richmond\u00a0<\/p>\n

A drive-in movie series, but with a designated pedestrian zone too.<\/p>\n

All Over The Map<\/a>: July 24 to August 16 @ Granville Island Picnic Pavilion and VPL Central Branch<\/p>\n

Free pop-up performances draw on diverse dance traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Andrea Superstein and Austin Powers<\/a>: July 25 @ VIFF Centre<\/p>\n

Juno nominee Andrea Superstein sings Burt Bacharach tunes before an Austin Powers screening.<\/p>\n

Ros\u00e9 Disco<\/a>: July 26 @ Jericho Beach Park<\/p>\n

Think pink at this wine festival and dance party.<\/p>\n

Cirque Du Slay<\/a>: July 30 @ Rio Theatre<\/p>\n

Drag, circus, comedy, and performance align in this one-night spectacle ahead of Pride.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Beatbox Championships<\/a>: July 31 to August 1 @ Beaumont Studios<\/p>\n

Competitors from around the world vie to make the best voice-only music.<\/p>\n

Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival:\u00a0<\/a>July 31 to August 7 @ various locations\u00a0<\/p>\n

Discover music from the past millennium at this contemporary exploration of aural history, including Monteverdi’s Orfeo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday.\u00a0Sign up for our free newsletter.Art Downtown:\u00a0To…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[76,49,48,8497,569,16291,75,1048,1187,1554,2998,890,341,13117,3560,404,348,55],"class_list":["post-775831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-arts","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-city","tag-culture","tag-dining","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-fashion","tag-film","tag-food","tag-lifestyle","tag-music","tag-nightlife","tag-restaurants","tag-shopping","tag-tv","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775831","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=775831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}