CONCORD PACIFIC DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

Summer starts at the Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival on False Creek. Kick off the first weekend of summer with the continent's biggest dragon boat race, the TD Main Stage with local music headliners, the city's biggest licensed patio with more than 25 food trucks, cultural areas, and more to experience than any other festival in Vancouver.
 
Admission to Festival activities is free.
 
Highlights include:

Dragon boat races: The continent's biggest dragon boat race hits False Creek, with races every 10 minutes starting at 8:00 AM each day, until 6:30 PM. Catch the Concord Pacific Champion Race Series on Saturday at noon, featuring teams in 100-metre sprint knockouts racing for the International Cup, 24U Cup, Senior Cup, Breast Cancer Cup, Pride Cup, and Para Cup. The final race on both Saturday and Sunday features 18 boats racing simultaneously in the world’s largest 2km circuit time trial. Watch the races at concordlive.ca as well as on screens throughout the Festival site.

Drone show: The skies above False Creek come alive on June 22 in the evening, with a dazzling aerial drone performance synchronized to a local music soundtrack. This will be Vancouver’s first public drone show. The family-friendly show will begin as the sun sets over the Vancouver skyline, and can be viewed from around the North East False Creek basin and screens throughout the site.
 
Music on the TD Main Stage: Hey Ocean! and MANILA GREY headline the soundtrack to Vancouver’s summer kickoff party on the TD Main Stage. Catch a 100% local lineup of artists all day long, and get ready to experience the city's cultural fabric like never before.
 
Concord Pacific Community Zone: The new family-friendly Community Zone features a Draw the Future colouring contest, where children will have a chance to win one of two $3,600 RESP contributions. Visitors will also enjoy musicians, magicians, face painting, balloon twisters, complimentary bike parking, and bike tune-ups.
 
Food Trucks and licensed patio: From Greek, Japanese and Latin flavours to street food, comfort food and desserts, 25 food trucks will be on-site to provide families and food lovers with dozens of delicious options as diverse as Vancouver itself, delivered in partnership with the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival. The Festival will also feature Vancouver’s largest outdoor licensed patio with the Red Truck Patio serving up cold drinks from 11am to 8:30pm in the TD Main Stage Zone.
 
Pavilions and Zones: The 2024 Festival will spotlight local cultural organizations, non-profits, small businesses, artists, entertainers and educational activities, including:
 
- Pride, Chinese, and Indigenous Pavilions: The new Pride Pavilion, in partnership with the Vancouver Pride Society, showcases queer sports and community service organizations as Vancouver gets set to host Canada Pride this August at Concord Pacific Place. This pavilion joins the existing Indigenous and Chinatown Pavilions, each featuring community vendors, organizations, displays, art and craft activities, and artisan demonstrations.
- Artisan Craft Market: The Festival is getting bigger with 100 participating exhibitors and vendors. As part of the expansion, the Festival has partnered again with Got Craft Markets to showcase local businesses and artists with unique products and services.
- Dragon Boat Heritage: The Festival’s fleet of racing boats features artwork by local Indigenous, Chinese and other artists, with the artwork also reproduced for visitors to see up close on land. As well, one of the first dragon boats in Canada— a teak dragon boat Hong Kong donated to Vancouver for dragon boat races at Expo 86— will be on display.
 
Public Transit Options: Festival attendees are encouraged to take public transit to the site, which is located across the street from Main Street and Stadium SkyTrain Stations, and is also easily accessed by numerous bus routes. The event site is wheelchair and stroller-friendly and complimentary bike parking will be available at the new Concord Pacific Community Zone on the finish line by the Concord Pacific Presentation Centre.