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Love Your City Yaletown

Love Your City is a citywide campaign inviting you to explore local neighbourhoods and fall back in love with the place you call home.

This February, Yaletown is participating with heart installations across five locations throughout the neighbourhood. Snap a photo. Take a stroll. Play tourist in your own city.

Win the grand prize valued up to $4,000.
Learn how to enter the contest.

Explore the Yaletown heart locations on the map.BONUS: Yaletown Only Prize

Win a 1-night stay at Smithe House and a $500 gift card to Elisa.

How to enter:
– Follow @iyaletown on Instagram
– Take a photo of your favourite Yaletown heart installation
– Tag @iyaletown in your story or feed

February 27: Lunar New Year celebration with dragon dancing in Bill Curtis Square

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

March 27–28: Blossoms After Dark
Blossoms After Dark returns to David Lam Park featuring illuminated cherry blossoms, live performances, and interactive art. This year’s event is bigger than ever, with an expanded footprint, lighting around the entire perimeter of the park, more food offerings, and the debut of the Blossom Lounge.

March 30–April 10: Haiku Exhibit in Bill Curtis Square
For the first time in collaboration with the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Haiku Exhibit will be brought into Bill Curtis. Featuring short-form poetry inspired by cherry blossoms and the arrival of spring, the installation offers a quiet, reflective complement to blossom season in the neighbourhood.

Cherry Blossom Festival continues till April 12.

Vancouver Sun Run
One of Vancouver’s biggest spring traditions, the Vancouver Sun Run brings thousands of runners and walkers through the downtown core each year for a 10K that’s as much about community as it is about pace times.

Yaletown is proud to be the Official Entertainment Sponsor, bringing music and live energy along the route and at BC Place to keep runners motivated and the crowd cheering all the way to the finish line.

BMO Marathon
On May 3, the BMO Vancouver Marathon brings thousands of runners to the city for a full marathon, half marathon, 8K, and Kids Run. The half marathon course makes its way through Yaletown, giving locals the perfect excuse to grab a coffee, head outside, and cheer runners on as they pass through the neighbourhood.

FIFA World Cup™

This summer, Vancouver takes the global stage as an official FIFA World Cup™ host city, with match days lighting up BC Place from mid-June through July. Expect international energy, packed patios, and a city buzzing from kickoff to final whistle.

Whether you’re heading to the stadium or soaking it all in closer to home, it’s the perfect excuse to gather, celebrate, and be part of something unforgettable.

Match days take place throughout June and July at BC Place — check the official FIFA schedule for exact dates.

FIFA World Cup™

This summer, Vancouver takes the global stage as an official FIFA World Cup™ host city, with match days lighting up BC Place from mid-June through July. Expect international energy, packed patios, and a city buzzing from kickoff to final whistle.

Whether you’re heading to the stadium or soaking it all in closer to home, it’s the perfect excuse to gather, celebrate, and be part of something unforgettable.

Match days take place throughout June and July at BC Place — check the official FIFA schedule for exact dates.

Let’s Hear It for Yaletown
July 14 – August 14 | Tuesdays–Fridays

Live music returns to Bill Curtis Square this summer with performances from local artists and free dance lessons throughout the week. An easy excuse to step outside, stay awhile, and let the music carry you into the evening.

Let’s Hear It for YaletownJuly 14 – August 14 | Tuesdays–Fridays

Live music returns to Bill Curtis Square this summer with performances from local artists and free dance lessons throughout the week. An easy excuse to step outside, stay awhile, and let the music carry you into the evening.

Day of the Dog
August 23

Day of the Dog takes over the 1100 block of Mainland Street with a super pet-friendly street festival packed with vendors, treats, and plenty of tail-wagging entertainment. Free to attend (11AM–4PM) and supporting the Just Love Animals Society.

Trick-or-Treat in Yaletown October 31

Bring the little ghouls and goblins to Yaletown for an afternoon of trick-or-treating at participating neighbourhood businesses. Expect treats, festive storefronts, and plenty of photo-worthy moments along the way. Costumes encouraged — all ages welcome.

Sonder: Life in Lights Date: TBC

This winter, Yaletown glows a little differently. Sonder: Life in Lights transforms the neighbourhood into an open-air gallery after dark, with illuminated projections and glowing installations woven throughout the Heritage District and along the waterfront. Inspired by the idea that everyone carries a vivid inner world, it’s part art walk, part evening stroll — and entirely worth bundling up for.

Sonder: Life in Lights Date: TBC

This winter, Yaletown glows a little differently. Sonder: Life in Lights transforms the neighbourhood into an open-air gallery after dark, with illuminated projections and glowing installations woven throughout the Heritage District and along the waterfront. Inspired by the idea that everyone carries a vivid inner world, it’s part art walk, part evening stroll — and entirely worth bundling up for.