Vancouver Events and Things to Do This Weekend, August 21-23, 2026
Vancouver’s weekend calendar for August 21–23 offers a wide mix of free public events, sports, festivals, markets and outdoor entertainment. Free options include Burnaby Summer Cinema, the Robson Square Summer Dance Series, the Shipyards Night Market in North Vancouver, Live & Local concerts in North Vancouver, and the Kitsilano Showboat summer season. Pedestrian zones on Water Street and Granville Street also remain available throughout the weekend. The PNE opens during the weekend, with Playland among the continuing attractions. Sports programming includes Toronto Tempo WNBA games against Portland on Friday and Las Vegas on Sunday, as well as Whitecaps FC versus Dallas on Saturday and a BC Lions game and Watermelon Smash on Sunday. Saturday’s PNE Summer Night Concert features Blue Rodeo, while The Guess Who perform on Sunday. Several community festivals are scheduled across Metro Vancouver. Saturday includes the Richmond Maritime Festival, the Summer Music & Fireworks Festival in New Westminster, the Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Summer Regatta, Velopalooza, and the Everything But the Bagel Festival. Sunday brings Vancouver Kelp Fest, West Coast Comic Con, Day of the Dog in Yaletown, the Indonesia Festival, and Summer Sundays in Port Moody. Farmers markets are also planned in Riley Park, Trout Lake, the West End, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. The list also includes longer-running exhibitions, guided tours and theatre productions, including Bard on the Beach, the PNE, the Sunflower Festival in Richmond, and exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery and Museum of Anthropology. This roundup is useful for Vancouver residents and visitors because it highlights activities across the city and surrounding communities, including many free or family-oriented choices for the final full weekend of August.
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