Every September the streets of Victoria take on an electric feel, thanks to Rifflandia Music Festival, a multi-day music festival in its sixth year. By day, throngs of people head for the outdoor stages at Royal Athletic Park, home of the HarbourCats, the local baseball team, and at night the sidewalks are busy with people moving from […]

Stepping away from my usual high energy adventure weekends, I decided to cruise down to Nelson to check out the annual Road Kings festival early this September. Not necessarily a car-buff, I wasn’t sure what to expect of the event and never being in Nelson before, I was excited to finally see this funky Kootenay […]

Held in Victoria, BC on the weekend after Labour Day annually since 1993, the Great Canadian Beer Festival is the premier beer event in British Columbia each year, and one of the main events in the international beer calendar. This year, approximately 9,500 people attended the two-day event at Royal Athletic Park, which featured 56 […]

September has arrived and so has the local produce at the Prince George Farmers’ Market! The market has been running in downtown Prince George, British Columbia, since 1996. You can find many items like soap, birdhouses, bison meat, dog treats and many other things year round – but my favourite time is when the local produce […]

Wouldn’t it be a perfect picnic if the best British Columbia farmers, fish mongers, ranchers, chefs and food artisans got together with wineries, breweries, distilleries and other beverage producers from the region and prepared an amazing spread? Imagine walking through the gates of a local farm and exchanging a ticket for a crisp white linen […]

I had been hearing whispers about Wells for years. I knew it was a small Cariboo town, set in the mountains near the gold rush hub of Barkerville, a 10 hour drive northeast of Vancouver. And I knew it was home to Artswells, a music and art festival celebrating its 10th year, which showcased the […]