VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS FESTIVAL
May 26th to June 1st, 2025
Mark your calendar! The Vancouver International Children’s Festival will return this spring to delight, exchange and engage children of all ages. We will be announcing our full lineup soon and school tickets go on sale on Nov. 14th. Public tickets will be available in early 2025.
Schedule
We have over 47 years of experience finding the best international performing artists and shows for children. Take a look at the super shows we’ve specially selected for this year’s Festival.
Buy a Bulb
Bring hope and light to the holidays. Help us light the magnificent 76 foot tall Vancouver Christmas Tree! Buy a Bulb to help us bring deserving kids to this year’s Children’s Festival
Schools
Our diverse programming is an opportunity for students to gain new perspectives and experiences from which they can learn. Kids can see, hear, feel, think and imagine a better tomorrow.
Where Have All The Buffalo Gone?
Revisit history at this powerful Métis story which follows two souls as they journey through seven important moments in Métis history. This moving tale weaves together stories and a life-sized buffalo puppet, with true historical events to explore the love, loss, and resilience of Treaty 6’s Métis peoples.
De Glace (On Ice)
Coming in February! Step into a frozen otherworld where the bonds of friendship transcend the mortal realm in this mesmerizing tale for audiences of all ages about two girls bound by an unbreakable connection.
Support us
As a non-profit organization, Vancouver International Children’s Festival uses private funding to subsidize ticket prices and ensure accessibility to our cultural programming for all children regardless of social or economic circumstance.
Our Impact
Testimonials
I have such great memories of the Festival after going every year for 20+ years of teaching.
The performance was amazing! So many happy and unforgettable memory-making experiences…we’re inspired to keep tapping into our creativity. The Festival gets better and better every year!
I absolutely LOVE this event! I like the variety of activities, the music, the roving artists, the general atmosphere, everything! I also love the shows — the variety of options is fantastic. Now I tell all my friends they have to go too!
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2024 Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting
Back for its 18th year, the Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting takes place on Friday, November 29 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Standing at 76 feet tall, the magnificent Vancouver Christmas tree is BC’s tallest Christmas tree.
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Gift Certificate — Christmas Gift
Lighten Santa’s load this Holiday Season and opt to give an experience rather than a thing. Holiday memories come from the shared feasting, the family jokes, the carolling, the chaos, the crafting – the shared experience. This year, give the gift of a day at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival.
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Notice of our 2024 Annual General Meeting
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual General Meeting for the Vancouver International Children’s Festival Society on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 6:00 pm.
Thank You To Our Sponsors
