Summertime, and the living is easy! We are so excited for all the family-friendly events across Metro Vancouver, the Sea to Sky Corridor, Fraser Valley, & the Sunshine Coast this month, we've got you covered from Whistler to Chilliwack and everything in between. From festivals to concerts + seasonal celebrations, we've got the inside scoop on the fun, active outings happening this month!
There are even more fun to be had in our After School Classes & Programs Guide and Birthday Party Guide, plus you can find our current monthly events article here.

Family Events & Activities Near You

BC Culture Days
When: September 19 - October 12, 2025
Where: Multiple Venues
Culture Days is a three-week, coast-to-coast celebration of colour, creativity, and connection. Every year, millions of people take part in thousands of free events that open doors to the arts and culture all around us. Learning the art of tea blending, joining a writing workshop, experiencing flamenco, exploring Indigenous festivals, or stepping into an interactive installation, Culture Days invites everyone to get curious, get creative, and discover how the arts bring us together.
Culture Days is committed to holding space for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; a time for reflection, remembrance, and learning, through arts and cultural experiences. Explore free and Pay-What-You-May activities in your community and be part of this vibrant, collective journey.

Terry Fox Run
When: September 14, 2025
Where: Multiple Venues
In 1980, Terry Fox set out on his Marathon of Hope with a simple but powerful goal: to raise awareness about the urgent need to find a cure for cancer. With remarkable determination, he ran an average of 42 kilometres a day for 143 days, inspiring Canadians across the country before his run came to an end on September 1, 1980, when his cancer had spread. His legacy lives on as a symbol of courage, perseverance, and hope.
This September 14 marks the 45th annual Terry Fox Run, a cherished Canadian tradition that unites nearly 600 communities—big and small, urban and rural, English and French—in support of cancer research. The Run is more than a fundraiser; it’s a moment for communities to come together, honour Terry’s vision, and continue the marathon he started. Join us and be part of the movement to help end cancer.
ABBOTSFORD
- Ongoing in 2025 - Abbotsford Locally Made Culinary Tour
- Ongoing in 2025 - Weekend Family Arts
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 7, 2025 - Parkinson SuperWalk 2025
- September 13, 2025 - Drive Thru Shred-a-thon
- September 13, 2025 - Fraser Valley Recovery Day
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - 28, 2025 - Taste of Abby Fall Festival
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 27 - 28 2025 - Abbotsford Fall Homeshow
- September 30, 2025 - Stetís ímexstowx
BURNABY
- Ongoing in 2025 - Cantonese Storytime
- Ongoing in 2025 - Family Place Drop-In
- September 1, 2025 - Labour Day at Burnaby Village Museum
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 14, 2025 - Storytime at the Met
- September 18, 2025 - Terry Fox Run at SFU
- September 19 - October 7, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - Community Cleanup
- September 28, 2025 - World Rivers Day
- September 28, 2025 - Walk and Chat with the Mayor
CHILLIWACK
- Ongoing in 2025 - Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop
- August 31 - September 1 - Summer Send Off Festival
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 13, 2025 - Fraser Valley Thrift Market
- September 13, 2025 - Chilliwack River Knotweed Walks 2025
- September 14, 2025 - Vancouver Cello Quartet: A Taste of Italy
- September 14, 2025 - Ikons of Rock
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - 21, 2025 - Lower Mainland Dog Show
- September 20, 2025 - Ride for Ran
- September 20, 2025 - Drawing & Painting Wildlife Art at the Great Blue Heron Reserve
- September 25, 2025 - Better Beginnings – Stretching the Family Food Budget Workshop
Coquitlam
- September 2, 4, 9 & 11 - Music in the Streets
- September 5, 2025 - Rainforest By Night
- September 5, 2025 - Summer Concert Series - ABRA CADABRA
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 6, 2025 - Kidsport Equipment Sale
- September 8, 2025 - Summer StoryWalk
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 16, 2025 - Nature Walk
- September 19, 2025 - Pro D Movie Screening: Paddington in Peru
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 27, 2025 - Chuseok 추석 Festival Celebration
DELTA & TSAWWASSEN
- Ongoing in 2025 - REACH Down Syndrome Support Group
- Ongoing in 2025 - Get Crafty
- Ongoing in 2025 - Family Games Afternoon
- September 2, 2025 - Button Making Fun
- September 3, 2025 - Friendship Bracelets
- September 7 & 21, 2025 - Ladner Village Market
- September 11, 2025 - Bat Talk and Walk
- September 13, 2025 - Ready, Set, Pull! Community Weeding Event
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 21, 2025 - Ladders, Lights & Loaders: City Operations Open House
- September 23, 2025 - Cereal Art Masterpieces
- September 26, 2025 - Explore Watercolour Painting
LANGLEY
- Ongoing in 2025 - Close Knit Langley
- September 1, 2025- Skulls, Tracks and Scat
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 7, 2025 - BMX CANADA BC Provincial Championship FINALS
- September 12 - 14, 2025 - 4th annual stɑl’əw̓ Pow Wow
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - FVR&G 2025 Rock and Gem Show
- September 20, 2025 - Owl Hootenanny
- September 25 - 27, 2025 - Fort Langley Ukelele Festival
- September 27, 2025 - Creatures of the Night Lantern Walk
MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS
- Ongoing in 2025 - Baby Social
- Ongoing in 2025 - Museum Sundays
- Ongoing in 2025 - Toddler Dance Party
- July 1, 2025 - Canada Day
- September 6, 2025 - Parkinson Superwalk
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025- Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 6, 2025 - Our Neck of the Woods
- September 13, 2025 - 76 Years of Research at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 16, 2025 - Cops for Cancer
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - Repair Cafe
- September 20, 2025 - GETI Fest
- September 21, 2025 - Field of Flavours
- September 21, 2025 - Wild Times with the Neighbours
- September 24, 2025 - National Tree Day
- September 28, 2025 - Ridge Meadows Rivers Day
MISSION
- Ongoing in 2025 - Mission Ukulele Circle
- Ongoing in 2025 - Baby Social
- Ongoing in 2025 - Wiggle Time
- September 4, 2025 - Twilight Treasures Artisan Market
- September 5, 2025 - KidSport Charity Golf Tournament
- September 5, 2025 - First Friday Crafternoon
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 6, 2025 - Family Chinese Watercolour Painting Workshop
- September 13, 2025 - Family Storytime
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
NEW WESTMINSTER
- Ongoing in 2025 - Rotary Community Bottle Drop
- Ongoing in 2025 - Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop
- Ongoing in 2025 - Kids Day Sundays
- September 4, 2025 - Moonlight Movies Series: Ice Age
- September 6, 2025 - Parkinson SuperWalk
- September 6, 2025 - Glenbrook Ravine Eco-Fest and Weed Pull
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Hyak Square Market Days
- September 7, 2025 - Recovery Day BC
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 27 & 28, 2025 - RiverFest 2025
- September 21, 2025 - Autism Family Friends (AFF) Fundraiser
NORTH VANCOUVER
- Ongoing in 2025 - Baby & Me at Cates Park
- Ongoing in 2025 - Family Fun Time
- September 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2025 - Treetop Tales
- September 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 & 27, 2025- Campfire Capers
- September 6-7, 2025 - Kids First at the Polygon
- September 13, 2025 - Sunset Hike
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 14, 2025 - North Shore Kids Fest
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - Art in the Wild
- September 27, 2025 - Vancouver Cheese and Meat Festival
- Until October 19, 2025 - Walks With History – Summer Walking Tours
PORT COQUITLAM
- Ongoing in 2025 - Artist Open Studio - Drop In
- September 6, 2025 - Car Free Day
- September 6, 2025 - Repair Cafe
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Hometown Run
- September 17, 2025 - Bear Aware Info Session
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - Community Safety Course
PORT MOODY
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19, 2025 - Outdoor Adventures
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - A Day of Wonder - Colours of Fall
- September 26, 2025 - A Night of Wonder - Hearts Together
- September 27, 2025 - A Day of Wonder - Busy Squirrels and Forest Friends
RICHMOND
- Ongoing in 2025 - The Dumpling Trail
- Ongoing in 2025 - Richmond Adventure Labs
- September 5, 2025 - Hamilton Night Out
- September 7, 2025 - Farm Fest at Garden City Lands
- September 13, 2025 - Music Without Borders X: Jacqueline Au & Friends in Concert
- September 13, 2025 - Birding for Beginners
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - April 5, 2026 - Marvellous Mushrooms Travelling Exhibit
- September 20, 2025 - Playing Fields: A Culture Days Event
SQUAMISH
- Ongoing in 2025 - Baby + Me Social Snowshoe/Hike
- Ongoing in 2025 - Pokemon Trade & Play Drop In
- Ongoing in 2025 - Family Storytime
- Ongoing in 2025 - Baby Storytime
- July 15 - October 15 - U-Pick Flower Festival
- September 4 & 11 - Taste of Summit
- September 4 & 11, 2025 - Family Fun Night at Sea to Sky Gondola
- September 5 & 12, 2025 - Mountain Music Series
- September 7, 2025 - Special Performance: Sea to Sky String Orchestra
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
SUNSHINE COAST
- Ongoing in 2025 - Family-Friendly Trivia Night
- Ongoing in 2025 - Saturday Nights in Space
- September 6, 2025 - Car Free on Cowrie!
- September 6 - 7, 2025 - Powell River Fall Fair
- September 6, 2025 - Beyond the Harvest Fall Fair at Sechelt Library
- September 19, 2025 - Astro Cafe
- September 19, 2025 - Sechelt Arts Festival
- September 19, 20 & 21, 2025 - Friends of the Sechelt Library Book Faire
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 21, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
SURREY
- Ongoing in 2025 - Kids Day Sundays
- Ongoing in 2025 - Park Cleanups
- Ongoing in 2025 - Sensory-Friendly Swims
- September 6, 2025 - Filipino Fest
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 7, 2025 - RunSurreyRun
- September 7, 2025 - Parkinson SuperWalk
- September 9 & 23, 2025 - Garden Work Parties
- September 13, 2025 - Nature Storytime in the Park
- September 13, 2025 - Come Try Ringette
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 -Get Gathering at Darts Hill Garden Park
- September 20, 2025 - Harvest Fair
- September 27, 2025 - National Tree Day
VANCOUVER
- Ongoing in 2025 - Awaken Canada
- Ongoing until September 20, 2025- Bard on the Beach
- August 16-September 1, 2025 - Fair at the PNE
- August 30-September 1, 2025 - TaiwanFest
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 6 & 7, 2025 - Vancouver Kids Fringe
- September 6 & 7, 2025 - 10th Annual McSpadden County Fair
- September 7, 2025 - Grandparents Day Picnic
- September 13, 2025 - Pop-up Recycling & Free Swap Event
- September 13, 2025 - Repair Cafe
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 17, 2025 - LEGO Block Party
- September 19, 2025 - Environmentalism in Children’s Literature
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 20, 2025 - Mini Pop-up Recycling Event
- September 20, 2025 - Word Vancouver
- September 26, 2025 - Family Movie: Lightyear
VANCOUVER ISLAND
- Ongoing in 2025 - Tiny Tots Playgroup
- Ongoing in 2025 - Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop
- Until September 1, 2025 - Saanich Fair
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 6-27, 2025 - Nanaimo International Jazz Festival
- September 7, 2025 - Abkhazi Garden 25th Anniversary Open House, Grandparents’ Day and Fall Plant Sale
- September 10, 2025 - Investigating Insects
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run - Victoria
- Until September 14, 2025 - Butchart Gardens Night Illuminations
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 27, 2025 - Mid Autumn Festival
WEST VANCOUVER
- Ongoing in 2025 - Drop In Play & Storytime
- Ongoing in 2025 - Orff Kodaly Music for Children
- September 4, 2025 - Movie Matinee - Lilo & Stitch
- September 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2025 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- September 7, 2025 - Keep Well Walkathon
- September 13, 2025 - Family “Drive-In” Cartoon Theatre
- September 19 - October 12, 2025 - Culture Days
- September 21, 2025:1st Annual West Vancouver Walk and Roll
- September 24, 2025: Sḵw’shítsut/Sḵw’shétsut Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim Storytime Kit Launch
WHISTLER
- Ongoing in 2025 - Whistler Indoor Playgroup
- Ongoing in 2025 - Family Storytime
- September 6, 2025 - Spo7ez Artist Market
- September 6, 2025 - RBC GranFondo Whistler
- September 14, 2025 - Terry Fox Run
- September 20, 2025 - St’át’imc Northern Tribez Powwow
- September 30, 2025 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
WHITE ROCK
- Ongoing in 2025 - Chess Club
- Ongoing in 2025 - Art Club
- September 5, 2025 - White Rock Night Market
- September 6, 2025 - DUCKTONA 5000 Rubber Duck Race
- September 17, 2025 - STEAM Club
- September 21, 2025 - Family Storytime
- September 24, 2025 - Ukelele Jam
ONLINE/VIRTUAL
- Ongoing in 2025 - Artstarts Explores: A Province at Play
- Ongoing in 2025 - Generation Health
- Ongoing in 2025 - AutismBC Meets
- Ongoing in 2025 - A Year of Blessings: Celebrating Traditional Chinese Festivals
- September 2, 2025 - Children in Care – A Group for Parents and Caregivers
- September 5, 2025 - Sea to Sky Postpartum Support Group
- September 5, 2025 - Family Storytime Online
- September 11, 2025 - Free Chronic Pain Group Education

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