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Celebrate Filipino Heritage Month with an ‘Enchanted Evening’ in the Chinese Classical Garden, June 16th

The second of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden’s ‘Enchanted Evenings‘ events is happening on Friday, June 16th – perfectly timed and in tune with the middle of Filipino Heritage Month.

The Chinatown outdoors summer concert series continues this week with inspired musical performances by Filipino artists Bella Roces and Joey Albert, a pop-up market inside the Gift Shop featuring a line-up of Filipino food and art/craft vendors selling everything from chocolate and cakes to candles and wearable floral arrangements, plus special drinks – all backdropped to the Garden’s serene, swaying bamboo and lily-pad-strewn ponds.

Tickets are $38.61 each, and will get you full access to the Classical Chinese Gardens for the duration of the evening (5-11pm), as well as a cocktail (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Get ready to celebrate by grabbing yours here.


Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall St, Vancouver

Niwa Heads to Hazelmere Farm for a Mid-Summer Feast, July 25th

The crew at Niwa and Hazelmere Farm have been pals for years, so it was probably only a matter of time before somebody had the good sense to set up a table. On July 25, Chef Darren Gee cooks dinner at the source, with Naty King's fields helping decide what's on the menu.

A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.