Events

Welcome to the second annual craft beer week on Vancouver’s North Shore! This October 19-26, we toast the North Shore’s legendary past in brewing and our bright future with a week of celebrations at our local breweries.

The North Shore has a rich history of craft brewing having been home to Canada’s first ever microbrewery – Horseshoe Bay Brewery in 1982. Now, we play host to six craft (soon to be nine!) breweries leading the way in tasty beers.

Try special casks, attend fun events, and learn more about North Shore beers while collecting stamps on our North Shore Ale Trail Passport on the Xplorer app to win our grand prize!

Kick off the celebrations at our launch party at the Pipe Shop on October 19th in collaboration with North Shore Green Markets. Enjoy craft beers from North Shore breweries present and future, get a taste of the Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week Collab Brew, enjoy live music presented by Musos Entertainment, tasty food trucks, photobooth and lots of fun!

Events include: Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week Launch Party, Official Launch Afterparty with Tap & Barrel Shipyards, Live Music, Brewery Tours, Beere Brewing 1 Year Birthday Party, Beer Pairing Dinner, Cask Nights, and so much more!

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Enjoy happy hour glasses of Beer from 1-4pm for only $4 for 16oz glasses at Bridge Brewing as part of the Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week celebrations!

Join Canadian Craft Tours on a North Vancouver Brewery Tour, for Vancouver North Shore Craft Beer Week on October 19th or 20th! Their team of beer geeks will introduce you to how the beer is made, chauffeur you between breweries, into the tasting rooms, and give you an exclusive behind the scenes tours in one of the great local venues. They organize the samples in each brewery and educate you on the unique tasting profile of each beer.

This Friday tour ends at the doors of the Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week Launch Party at the Pipe Shop. A tour also takes place on Saturday 20th October.

Save $5 off your ticket price with the code “VNSCBW5″.

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Come and enjoy happy hour from 4pm-6pm and 9pm-close at Hearthstone Brewery as part of the Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week celebrations! All sleeves are $5, a delicious selection of appies for under $10 and pizzas under $15 during the Hearthstone Brewery happy hour.

Be a part of the second annual Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week by joining us at the Pipe Shop for an evening of food trucks, live music, and North Shore craft beer on October 19th.

You will get the chance to sample beer from five of the North Shore breweries as well as first tastes from three breweries coming soon to North Vancouver:

Beere Brewing Co.
Black Kettle Brewing
Bridge Brewing Co.
Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers
Streetcar Brewing Co.
House of Funk Brewery (Coming 2019)
Streetcar Brewing (Coming 2018)
Wildeye Brewing (Coming 2018)
Also sample the 2018 Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week Collaboration Brew!

Pre-purchasing your ticket for only $12 also gives you early entry from 5pm-5.30pm to be front of the line with first access to token purchases and vendors.

Tickets include:

Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week Taster Cup
Live music from Sean Michael Trio and Evan Kennedy provided by our sponsors Musos Entertainment
Photo booth from Tapsnap
Cornhole Toss from Kybe Electrical
Food trucks and vendors including pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, and more
Access to prize giveaways

Buy tickets in advance for $12 and get early entry, skipping the queues, from 5pm-5.30pm
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Get to North Shore Craft Beer Week with Evo

Thanks to our partners at Evo Car Share, getting to Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week launch party just got easier!

Grab an Evo and take advantage of FREE parking in the designated Evo drop zone. That means you can drive an Evo to the event, simply end your trip in one of the dedicated spaces as shown on the map below, and not have to worry about looking for parking. Piece of cake! Not yet a Member? As a bonus, Evo is providing FREE Membership + 30 FREE driving minutes to VNSCBW attendees. You can sign up with the offer here.

** Please coordinate a safe alternative for your ride home.

Dedicated Parking Spot:

If tickets are still available, you can purchase them for $15 at the door from 5.30pm.

4oz taster = 1 token
Tokens sold as 5 for $10

Partial proceeds from door in aid of North Shore Rescue

CASH ONLY | MUST BE 19+ TO ENTER | TWO PIECES OF ID REQUIRED | PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

Enjoy a craft beer with a side of live and local music at Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers from 7pm-10pm.

A few steps away from our Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week launch party you can continue on your celebrations into the night with Tap & Barrel Shipyard’s selection of North Shore beers on special.

Lonsdale Quay Farmers Market

Saturdays 10am-3pm (ends October 27th for the season)

The Lonsdale Quay Farmers Market has a great selection of conventional and organic produce. Prepared food vendors selling baking, jams, honey, preserves, salsas to name a few. You also will find local artisans with jewellery, pottery, photography, kids clothing, soaps & much more. This market also has a book exchange, newspaper reading area and live music.

Parking: 2 hours of FREE parking is available in Market parkade with ticket.
FREE weekend parking is also available in ICBC parkade, adjacent to the Market with entries off Rogers Avenue and Carrie Cates Court.

Join Canadian Craft Tours on a North Vancouver Brewery Tour, for Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week on October 19th or 20th! Their team of beer geeks will introduce you to how the beer is made, chauffeur you between breweries, into the tasting rooms, and give you an exclusive behind the scenes tours in one of the great local venues. They organize the samples in each brewery and educate you on the unique tasting profile of each beer.

A tour also takes place on Friday 19th October.

Save $5 off your ticket price with the code “VNSCBW5″.

Buy tickets.

Join Beere Brewing Co. to celebrate their 1 year anniversary! Enjoy food, music, balloons, and unique beers.

This event takes place as part of Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week.

Take a FREE tour of Bridge Brewing Company Brewery at 12pm as part of the Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week celebrations.  If you purchase a glass of beer for the tour, you can take the glass home!

Come and enjoy happy hour from 4pm-6pm and 9pm-close at Hearthstone Brewery as part of the Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week celebrations! All sleeves are $5, a delicious selection of appies for under $10 and pizzas under $15 during the Hearthstone Brewery happy hour.

Enjoy a craft beer with a side of live and local music at Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers from 7pm-10pm.

Ambleside Farmers Market

Sundays 10am-3pm (ends October 28th for the season)

The Ambleside Artisan Farmers Market has a good selection of organic and conventional farmers, along with a variety of prepared foods including baking, syrups, jams, jellies, honey, salsas, anti pastas and much more.

There is also a varied selection of B.C. crafts including jewellery, clothing, wrought iron, garden sculptures, soaps, pottery, and much more. The Ambleside Market also has a book exchange, newspaper reading area, games table, kids play area, and live music.

Market Location

The Ambleside Artisan Farmers’ Market is located in 1000 block of Argyle Ave in West Vancouver, at the 13th Street.

Join Bridge Brewing Co. for breakfast and a beer. Regular and Breakfast Egg Tacos will be available and delicious Beermosas will be served.

The North Shore International Film Series is presented by North Van Arts in cooperation with the Toronto International Film Festival.  Throughout the year a series of TIFF selections are screened at Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas for special one-night-only viewings. Established in 2003, the North Shore International Film Series acts as a platform for unique cinematic experience, spotlighting quality Canadian, independent and foreign films. 

North Van Arts is pleased to present feature films from Canada and around the world:

THE CHILDREN ACT | DE | NOVEMBER 7

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family’s refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

Fall Film Series Pass – $50 (5 feature films)
General Admission – $12 (1 feature film)

Series passes purchased online will be available for pick up from the will call table the evening of the first screening, September 12th, 2018.

The North Shore International Film Series, established in 2003, is a fundraiser benefiting North Van Arts’ programming and events throughout the North Shore.

Films subject to change based upon TIFF Film Circuit distribution changes*

The North Shore International Film Series is presented by North Van Arts in cooperation with the Toronto International Film Festival.  Throughout the year a series of TIFF selections are screened at Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas for special one-night-only viewings. Established in 2003, the North Shore International Film Series acts as a platform for unique cinematic experience, spotlighting quality Canadian, independent and foreign films. 

North Van Arts is pleased to present feature films from Canada and around the world:

THE THIRD MURDER | JP | NOVEMBER 7

Well-known attorney Shigemori takes on the defense of murder-robbery suspect Misumi, who served jail time for another murder 30 years ago. Shigemori’s chances of winning the case seem low, as his client freely admits his guilt, even though he faces the death penalty if convicted. But as he digs deeper into the case, hearing the testimonies of the victim’s family and Misumi himself, Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is actually the murderer.

Coming up:

THE CHILDREN ACT | DE | NOVEMBER 7

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family’s refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

Fall Film Series Pass – $50 (5 feature films)
General Admission – $12 (1 feature film)

Series passes purchased online will be available for pick up from the will call table the evening of the first screening, September 12th, 2018.

The North Shore International Film Series, established in 2003, is a fundraiser benefiting North Van Arts’ programming and events throughout the North Shore.

Films subject to change based upon TIFF Film Circuit distribution changes*

Canyon Lights

When: November 22, 2018 to January 27, 2019
Where: Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Time: 4-9pm

Capilano Suspension Bridge’s annual holiday tradition Canyon Lights is a must-see holiday event for all ages. You will be dazzled by thousands of magical lights twinkling across the Suspension Bridge, Treetops Adventure, Cliffwalk and throughout the park. Canyon Lights also illuminates the river and cliff face. See the world’s tallest living Christmas tree (153 feet tall!) New this year is ‘Fireflies’, an interactive lighting display in the rainforest. Using giant flashlights, guests can magically awaken waves of tiny lights that glimmer and twinkle like fireflies.

Your Canyon Lights tickets are valid all day, so come early and enjoy the park in the daylight hours. Then stay for the light display and holiday activities from 4pm to 9pm daily.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.

We are pleased to be hosting the 14th annual Kids Help Phone Homes for the Holidays seasonal self-guided tour and fundraiser, which has become an annual tradition with attendees coming from near and far.

Continuing to feature homes on the West side of Vancouver, we are very excited to announce that this year the 14th annual Homes for the Holidays will launch the 2018 tour into West Vancouver, highlighting two very stunning new homes.

Six beautiful homes in Vancouver, ranging from contemporary to traditional to modern, will have your festive impulse buzzing when you see what our designers have come up with to help make your holiday season memorable.

Local homeowners, designers, retail stores and countless volunteers generously give their time and talent to make this event a huge success. We would like to thank each and every one of them for their support.

We invite you to come explore the endless décor possibilities for your holiday decorating while supporting kids in our community.

Kids Help Phone is a charity that provides counselling and referrals in both official languages as the only national helpline for young people. Since 1989, Kids Help Phone has offered kids and teens hope and support through its confidential and anonymous service. As an organization that speaks with young people every day, Kids Help Phone works to share their perspectives and improve their emotional health and well-being. Kids Help Phone raises a majority of its revenue through individual, foundations, corporations and community fundraising.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.

See how magical elves have transformed Grouse Mountain into Vancouver’s North Pole where you can have breakfast with Santa, visit his workshop or vote for your favourite creation in the Gingerbread Village.