BC & Alberta Festival Stories & Event News

Actor John Goodman once said, “Beer is a good friend.” So it’s safe to say that he’d find lots of good friends at Victoria’s upcoming Great Canadian Beer Festival.

It was a great weekend for beer lovers in the mountain town of Squamish. On Saturday, July 11, IT hosted the first annual Squamish Beer Festival, and it was a deliciously sudsy success. 

Artists create masterpieces that can take days to create, and sometimes within days of completing one, the wind or rain could erase it all. 

It’s easy to feel connected to nature when you’re standing amid lush, green hillsides covered in blooming alpine wildflowers in a rainbow of colours.

What would possibly make a beautiful young lady decide she needs to step out of a plane and stand on the wing while the plane dips and dives above a crowded airport?

It is rare to find a concert venue that also boasts mountains, bike paths, hiking or picnicking among alpine flowers, fine and casual dining, shopping and golf all in one. 

The wild West Coast of Vancouver Island has plenty of traditions that run as deep as the ocean: think a stickered up VW bus, loaded up with surf boards and Jack Johnson tunes going as the surf repo

The corner of northern Alberta that is the sprawling Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is known for its sands.

'A party on the coast for the coast' is how the Otalith Festival is described by one local organizer.

The annual Extreme Mudfest will be just that — extreme. So, if you’re looking to get a little mud on the tires, don’t miss this one of a kind event.  

For 2021, the oganisers are hoping to host the annual event is the weekend of Aug.

When I asked Shara where we should meet for our interview, she said, “Why not at my house?

It’s fitting, albeit increasingly rare, for a roots festival to stick to its roots.

It’s not all about downward dog and chanting at Wanderlust Festival Whistler, held over five days beginning July 30.

For the past 25 years, attendees of Vancouver’s Honda Celebration of Light have been wowed with some of the best pyrotechnic shows the world has ever seen.