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Coquitlam is a hub of cultural, arts, sporting and family-friendly events, with plenty of festivities to keep you entertained year round. Browse our Festivals & Events calendar below.
While we do our best to keep our Calendar of Events up to date, with the current rapid changes in event decisions, please visit the actual event website or contact the event organizers to confirm the event is happening.
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history & heritage
Coquitlam Heritage Society: Capturing Moments: Chronicling Our Lives
Mackin House 1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam, BC, CanadaFree. Registration required to view exhibit in person. Please note: We welcome individual and core bubble visits to our exhibition spaces by appointment. Please call 604-664-1636 ext. 0 to book. Capturing Moments: Chronicling Our Lives displays art from our community that encapsulates memories and other significant moments in time. As we find ourselves... Read more
Heritage Live! We’ve Been Here All Along Interview
VirtualFree. No Registration Required. To celebrate the launch of our new online exhibit We've Been Here All Along: Uncovering BC's Black History join Heritage Manager Tannis Koskela in conversation with featured community members. Guests to be announced soon. Free. Watch via our Facebook page or Zoom.
Alpha Yaya Diallo Family Day Online Performance
VirtualJoin us in celebrating Family Day Weekend! We are so pleased to present a live musical performance by Juno award winning artist Alpha Yaya Diallo to celebrate Family Day, Black History Month and the opening of our new exhibit "We've Been Here All Along: Uncovering BC's Black History." Guitarist and... Read more
Home Front WWII Virtual Tour
VirtualTo celebrate Heritage Week in British Columbia we are hosting a series of virtual tours. Join us in learning about the impact of World War II on those who stayed behind in Coquitlam and Canada in general. This presentation takes you through each room of the museum and our Heritage... Read more
Celebrations of Spring
FREE - Registration Required. Cultures all over the world celebrate the reawakening of the earth with celebrations of food and fertility. Join Coquitlam Heritage to learn about these traditions through beautiful images, song, and poetry combined with historical information from across the globe. This is a virtual event presented over... Read more
HERITAGE LIVE! PHOTO PRESERVATION
FREE - Watch on our Facebook page or register for Zoom Link. Join the City of Coquitlam archivist Emily Lonie to learn about the basics of photo preservation in this live presentation over Facebook or Zoom. Emily will teach you how to save your precious family photos for future generations.
FESTIVAL DU BOIS 2021 – Festival à la Cabane Starting April 16!
VirtualFor more than three decades, Festival du Bois has welcomed Spring with a popular, vibrant, and tune-filled outdoor celebration in Coquitlam. This year, the magic and vitality of BC’s largest festival of French Canadian and francophone music and culture moves online! Wherever you are, get ready for a special virtual... Read more
HERITAGE LIVE! EARTH DAY UPCYCLING
VirtualFREE - Watch via Coquitlam Heritage Society's Facebook page or RSVP for the Zoom link through our blue events bar. To honour Earth Day and our Upcycling: Back to Basics exhibit at Coquitlam Public Library, Poirier Branch, join us for a presentation all about Upcycling. Learn what it is, how... Read more
VIRTUAL NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY CELEBRATION
Place Maillardville Community Centre 1200 Cartier Avenue, Coquitlam, British Columbia, CanadaFREE under 12 months - Registration deadline June 12th. Join us in acknowledging the original peoples of the land that is today known as Canada. Featuring Pat Calihou, Métis Artist, who grew up in Maillardville, and other stories from Indigenous artists. This program will be held over Zoom and a... Read more
LGBTQ History Month Family Day
Mackin House 1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam, BC, CanadaOctober is LGBTQ History Month and we are pleased to host a presentation by the Storytelling with Drag Queens Foundation. The Storytelling with Drag Queens Foundation started in Vancouver as a program to encourage literacy in a diverse and inclusive environment by having Drag performers read stories to adults and... Read more