FestivalSeekers is your guide to interesting and yet to be discovered festivals and experiences in Western Canada.

Due to COVID-19 precautions, most 2020 spring festivals have been postponed or cancelled. You can expect updates to our event calendar when dates become available.

In the meantime, use FestivalSeekers as inspiration so you can dream now and explore later. Because these festivals are worth the wait.

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  • Reflecting on a pre-pandemic pow wow experience

    Distant drumming and high, dusty falsetto singing carry on the wind. We pass through the shadows of the covered stands, sun gracing the meadows, swirls of colour flying in all directions as drums swell and surge, urging the dancers on. This is how I remember Canada Day 2019, arriving at the Beaver Lake Cree Nation's annual pow wow.

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  • Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo

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    "Be prepared for amazing views and a memorable ride" Cranbrook is a biking mecca for many reasons and for all levels. You can take the family biking on a paved trail from Cranbrook to Kimberley on the 26-kilometre North Star Rails to Trails paved trail.

    Community: Cranbrook
    Region: Interior BC
    Province: British Columbia
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  • Sunset

    7 places in B.C. and Alberta you can see the biggest fireworks in the solar system

    It's like fireworks, only better!

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  • Binge-worthy Music Festival Movies

    Like any season from ski season, golf season, baseball, football…any of them, any aficionado gets itchy feet as the season comes closer. So, it’s no surprize that festival lovers are anticipating the season. Who will be on the line-up at your favourite festival? Only the organizers and the singer’s agents know for sure.

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  • Your essential gear list for summer festival season

    You’ve been there before – standing at the gates or waiting in line among several or hundreds of others. Then someone pulls open their backpack and takes out their wireless mobile charging stand. Of course! That’s what you forgot to bring!

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  • What’s in a name: Take a peak into the deep past of Whistler Blackcomb

    Ever wonder how Whistler Blackcomb got its name? It’s a cool story that reaches way back into the geological past of the Coastal Mountain range and has something to do with a punk hairstyle.

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  • Gadgets to make your road trip a breeze

    Festival season is here and that means road trip!

    If you're the one packing up the car, have we got a few great ideas and some cool gear that will make to a breeze and have you on your way no time.

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