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Actor/singer Gippy Grewal in a movie promo photo posted to imdb.com.

Gippy Grewal, other performers coming to new South Asian Family Festival on PNE grounds

Inaugural festival this spring will feature live music, a fashion show, rides and more

 

Festival-goers carry plants near food trucks at a previous Party for the Planet event in Surrey. (Photo: partyfortheplanet.ca)

Surrey’s Party for the Planet won’t be held on Earth Day this year, and here’s why

The 2023 festival is planned on the last Saturday of April

 

People attend Cloverdale Market Days Aug. 27, 2022. Market Days is returning with five dates in 2023—the first scheduled for May 27. (Photo: Jason Sveinson)

Market Days to return to 176th Street

Cloverdale Arts & Entertainment Association to host five festival dates in 2023

 

A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Horses burst through the soaring flames of night-time bonfires in a dramatic annual festival in this small Spanish town. The bonfires are called “luminarias,” and the Las Luminarias festival is believed to be centuries-old. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

VIDEO: Locals ride horses through fires as Spanish festival makes comeback

Las Luminarias celebrates Spain’s patron saint of animals

A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Horses burst through the soaring flames of night-time bonfires in a dramatic annual festival in this small Spanish town. The bonfires are called “luminarias,” and the Las Luminarias festival is believed to be centuries-old. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Vinay Giridhar, left, and Alex Sangha are planners of the new Sundar Prize and Film Festival in Surrey. (Submitted photo)

‘Beautiful’ films sought in Surrey for new Sundar Prize and Festival from ‘Emergence’ filmmakers

Call for films launched by Sher Vancouver ahead of June 2024 showcase

Vinay Giridhar, left, and Alex Sangha are planners of the new Sundar Prize and Film Festival in Surrey. (Submitted photo)
Ukrainians take photos of a newly built Christmas tree as partial power outages continue in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Jewish festival of lights begins in Ukraine as battles rage

Tens of thousands remain without electricity

Ukrainians take photos of a newly built Christmas tree as partial power outages continue in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Vancouver police have identified another 15 people they believe took part in criminal activity during a riot at Breakout Festival in September 2022. (Image courtesy of VPD)

7 Breakout Festival riot suspects identified, more sought: Vancouver police

Police department released photos of 15 more suspects Nov. 24

Vancouver police have identified another 15 people they believe took part in criminal activity during a riot at Breakout Festival in September 2022. (Image courtesy of VPD)
A scene from director Jacquile Kambo’s animated short film, “Embrace,” featured at this week’s Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival. The movie is about Arty, a faceless and well dressed man who gets ready for his date until he meets his younger self who makes things complicated.

80 movies featured at South Asian film festival, at Surrey venues starting Nov. 11

Tickets are $125 for an opening gala Nov. 10 at city hall’s Centre Stage theatre

A scene from director Jacquile Kambo’s animated short film, “Embrace,” featured at this week’s Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival. The movie is about Arty, a faceless and well dressed man who gets ready for his date until he meets his younger self who makes things complicated.
Trisha Sy, left, and Tania Thomas, during storytime at the Filipino Fest at Museum of Surrey in Surrey on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Celebration of Filipino culture at Museum of Surrey in Cloverdale

The free event went from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 24)

Trisha Sy, left, and Tania Thomas, during storytime at the Filipino Fest at Museum of Surrey in Surrey on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Osman Okey at AHFROMAD festival at Civic Plaza in Surrey on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (Photo: Anna Burns)

African-Canadian musicians took the stage at Surrey Civic Plaza this weekend

The festival for African music and culture ran for three days

Osman Okey at AHFROMAD festival at Civic Plaza in Surrey on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Play On! Canada’s street hockey festival series is coming to Cloverdale Sept. 24-25. (Photo via ​​playon.ca)

Street hockey festival coming to Cloverdale

Tournament to be held Sept. 24-25

Play On! Canada’s street hockey festival series is coming to Cloverdale Sept. 24-25. (Photo via ​​playon.ca)
Festival-goers are seen at the 2022 Brewhalla Beer and Music Festival in Port Moody Aug. 6. Brewhalla recently announced they’ll host a Halloween-themed beer festival in Cloverdale Oct. 29. (Image via Brewhalla’s Facebook page)

Brewhalla beer and music fest coming to Cloverdale

One-day festival set for Agriplex Oct. 29

Festival-goers are seen at the 2022 Brewhalla Beer and Music Festival in Port Moody Aug. 6. Brewhalla recently announced they’ll host a Halloween-themed beer festival in Cloverdale Oct. 29. (Image via Brewhalla’s Facebook page)
The Afro Caribbean Cultural Summerfest of Surrey kicked off its inaugural celebration on Saturday, August 13 for a two-day event. Musical stylings of the Caribbean band, The Sweet Pan Steel Band was enjoyed by many on Sunday afternoon. (Sobia Moman photo)

VIDEO: Surrey’s first Afro Caribbean Summerfest a success in representation, cultural appreciation

The inaugural event ran from Aug. 13 to 14 and saw over a thousand people come out

The Afro Caribbean Cultural Summerfest of Surrey kicked off its inaugural celebration on Saturday, August 13 for a two-day event. Musical stylings of the Caribbean band, The Sweet Pan Steel Band was enjoyed by many on Sunday afternoon. (Sobia Moman photo)
People take photos of the view during the second annual Chilliwack Sunflower Festival on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (Jenna Hauck/ Progress file)

Chilliwack Sunflower Festival now open with 50 varieties of vibrant, towering flowers

Special fundraiser at sunflower festival will help bring humanitarian aid to Ukraine

People take photos of the view during the second annual Chilliwack Sunflower Festival on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (Jenna Hauck/ Progress file)
Image from the poster for “Macaroni Soup,” an animated short by Surrey-based filmmaker Alayna Y.

Surrey-based animator’s ‘Macaroni Soup’ stirs interest at Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Six-minute story follows a young woman who falls in love with a waitress in a Hong Kong-style café

Image from the poster for “Macaroni Soup,” an animated short by Surrey-based filmmaker Alayna Y.
White Rock Sea Festival and Semiahmoo Days kicked off their final day, Sunday, July 31 with a morning car show which brought out nearly a thousand spectators. The show was complete with all types of cars, music and food trucks to enjoy. (Sobia Moman photo)

PHOTOS: Car-enthusiasts unite for White Rock Sea Festival and Semiahmoo Days Car Show

White Rock Sea Festival and Semiahmoo Days ran the last weekend of July, concluding on Sunday

White Rock Sea Festival and Semiahmoo Days kicked off their final day, Sunday, July 31 with a morning car show which brought out nearly a thousand spectators. The show was complete with all types of cars, music and food trucks to enjoy. (Sobia Moman photo)
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Music and meditation to fill Surrey City Hall, plaza during new 2-day festival in August

Transformational Theatre’s inaugural in-person festival follows online concert in May 2021

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The City of Surrey hosted the 15th annual Surrey Fusion Festival at Holland Park in Surrey on Saturday, July 23, 2022. The free event goes from 11 am- 10 pm July 23-24, 2022. The festival will feature 40 cultural pavilions, vendors, an Indigenous Village, eight stages, a kid zone and amusement rides. The cultural pavilions will also seek to educate the public on their history and traditions and how they relate to this year’s theme of “CommUNITY.” (Photo by Anna Burns/Surrey Now-Leader)

VIDEO, PHOTOS: Surrey Fusion Festival fills Holland Park with music, food, cultures of world

The event’s 2022 theme ‘CommUNITY’ was displayed at more than 40 cultural pavilions at park

The City of Surrey hosted the 15th annual Surrey Fusion Festival at Holland Park in Surrey on Saturday, July 23, 2022. The free event goes from 11 am- 10 pm July 23-24, 2022. The festival will feature 40 cultural pavilions, vendors, an Indigenous Village, eight stages, a kid zone and amusement rides. The cultural pavilions will also seek to educate the public on their history and traditions and how they relate to this year’s theme of “CommUNITY.” (Photo by Anna Burns/Surrey Now-Leader)
Music is performed on veena during an event hosted by Sanskriti Cultural Awareness Society of BC, which is planning another Festival of India at Surrey’s Holland Park on Saturday, July 30. (Submitted photo)

Back-to-back festivals celebrate India, Jamaica at Surrey park on July’s final weekend

Holland Park to host Festival of India, followed by Jamaica Day Festival

Music is performed on veena during an event hosted by Sanskriti Cultural Awareness Society of BC, which is planning another Festival of India at Surrey’s Holland Park on Saturday, July 30. (Submitted photo)
The Bee Beard Showcase is one of the Honeybee Festival’s most popular events. (Images courtesy Honeybee Centre)

Honeybee Festival returns in July

Two-day, family-friendly event is free

The Bee Beard Showcase is one of the Honeybee Festival’s most popular events. (Images courtesy Honeybee Centre)
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