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• Plaza Stage Performance Schedule

   

  11:45 a.m. – Canada Day Procession
  Join Mayor and Council in celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday with a procession to the Plaza Stage. This exciting parade will begin at the east entrance of Community Drive and wind its way through the event site.
  
  

  12 p.m. – Bloco Energia 
  A percussion collective of people brought together by their passion for Brazilian music and dance. They deliver high energy performances in parades, festivals and charitable events throughout the lower mainland. 
  
  

  12:30 p.m. – Coastal Sound Youth Choir
  Coastal Sound Children’s Choir inspires each young singer to be their best–as musicians and as contributing, engaged citizens–through choral singing. The choir is full of creative youth from diverse cultural heritages, ages 11-16 years old.
  
  

  3:30 p.m. – Mazacote
  A hard-hitting west coast latin dance band, playing horn-driven New York salsa dura and beats from Colombia, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. Performing non-stop since 2008, Mazacote performs across the globe at music festivals and dance clubs, bringing their world dance party vibes to audiences of all ages!
  
  

  5 p.m. – Uzume Taiko
  West Coast Canada’s premiere professional taiko drumming group. Performing both nationally and internationally since 1988, the group performs their unique West Coast Canadian taiko drumming style to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. 
  
  

  6:30 p.m. – The Giggle Dam Band
  The Giggle Dam Band is the live music version of the Giggle Dam cast, offering upbeat music sets featuring cover versions of well know songs past and present. They are a talented and experienced group of amiable personalities with the ability to rock any event with a smile.

  
  8:30 p.m. – Battle of the Bands, Vote for the Winner!
  
  

  Off The Record – Vancouver's newest and brightest dance, gala event, wedding and corporate party band with the best singers and musicians. If you're looking for a band with loads of personality, tons of talent and showmanship, then this band is for you!
  
  

  The Ticket – Based in Vancouver, The Ticket plays hits new and old in a wide range of styles. It’s not often you find an eight piece band with five lead singers and one occasional rapper! They love to be onstage and they love to keep the party going!

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• Meadow Stage Performance Schedule

  
  

  1 p.m. – Tri-City Chinese Community Society

  A non-political, non-religious and non-profit organization, mainly formed by Chinese ethnic groups. Although active for years, they were formally registered in 2012 to establish a platform for communication, friendship and mutual support for their members.
  
  

  2:45 p.m. – Roma Cry
  A Vancouver-based gypsy performance troupe with a goal to bring the culture, music, and dance of the Romani people alive. Our troupe performers are from all over the world and together, we celebrate the music, dance and folklore of the Romani people.
  

   
  4:15 p.m. – Rup Loops 
  An interdisciplinary artist, musician, producer and composer whose sound blends the rhythms of poetry and spoken word. Inspired by folk and classical forms of music from around the world, his musical expressions can range from groove oriented hip hop beats, to contemporary fusions of classical ragas.

   
  5:45 p.m. – The Mrytle Family Band
  A collaboration of professional and award winning East Vancouver inter-arts performers presenting high quality music, theatre, clown, and dance. They engage and delight audiences of all ages with their porch stompin’, wash-tub bass bouncing jug-time traditional jazz, their twinkling-tap numbers, and, of course, their unstoppable charm!

   
  7:30 p.m. – Sound Track Canada 
  A tribute to Canada's finest singers and songwritters. From popular Canadian artists such as Gordon Lighfoot, Sarah Mclachlan, Bryan Adams and Shania Twain, SoundTrack Canada covers all of the country’s finest singers and songwriters including country, folk, pop, rock and everything else in between.

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• Watch for these roving entertainers!

   

  Duh Hockey Guys
  A growing phenomenon at Vancouver festivals for many years, with their “mini” referee in tow, these super-tall “elite hockey professionals” play spontaneous games of road hockey with unsuspecting hockey heroes of the future. Mobbed by scores of youngsters (and parents) wherever they perform, there is apparently no end of willing participants brave enough to challenge them to a hi-stakes game of “two-on-two”! 
  
  

  Mountain Mounties
  These 2 giants patrol the north regularly making sure people from all over the world are having the most fun possible.They have stood by some of Canada’s finest officer, been in many parades and not to mention dozens of selfies. They will light up smiles from coast to coast! 

   
  Dianna David
  An award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist who fuses urban hip hop dance with physical comedy, characterization, prop manipulation, and contact juggling to deliver thought-provoking messages that impact self-discovery and social change. With playful simplicity, she inspires audiences of all ages and backgrounds to experience life in a new way and to realize that all you have ever wanted is right at your fingertips.

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