6 Summer Festivals in Vancouver

The Illuminares Lantern Festival is one of the best summer festivals for family fun in Vancouver. Over 25,000 people of all ages gather at dusk with their handmade lanterns, wild costumes and painted faces. Four musical ensembles on each corner of the lake will enchant festival goers as they stroll in a lit procession around Trout Lake. Expect the real fun to start when the sun goes down. Fire jugglers, musicians and dancers will perform to the beat of rhythmic drums. We love the local, grassroots spirit behind the Illuminares Lantern Festival.