Winterruption Festival to Take Over Granville Island with Art, Music, and Donuts!
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While Vancouver hasn’t really been having much of a “winter” per say, the Granville Island Winterruption Festival is a great excuse to party in the middle of February. Plus, with the forecast looking sunny and cold for the next few days, it’s the perfect weekend for an outdoor festival full of colourful art, music and dance!
For a decade now, Vancouver has been celebrating Winterruption on Granville Island. This truly unique Vancouver winter festival allows Vancouverites and visitors alike to take a break from the gold, grey winter for a burst of fun! From February 19th until the 22nd, the Winterruption festival will be taking over Granville Island food, music, film, arts poetry, kids stuff, and lots of music.
Art is the heart of Winterruption, and this year, it’s going to be bigger than ever – literally! Kick off the festival by checking out Giants, the largest outdoor mural ever created by Brazilian artists OSGEMEOS on six gigantic silos.
Image courtesy of Granville Island
The 2015 Winterruption Festival will take a cue from the Brazilian Carnival festival and will feature many colourful and bright activities. Highlights include a Carnival procession, free craft making for kids, a dazzling acrobatic performance, a donut spectacular, a One Man Star Wars Trilogy Performance, and pop up dances.
Here’s what else is going on for the Winterruption Festival at Granville Island this weekend:
Food
- Sustainable Seafood Market Dinner – Thurs, Feb 19 | 7pm-10pm | $80
- The Winterruption Donut Spectacular – Lee’s Donuts | 1689 Johnston Street Fri – Sun 9am – 7pm
- ChocolaTas:Cachaça – Public Market Fri – Sun 9am – 7pm
- Granville Island Market Tour – Tours start at Edible Canada Daily at 10:30 am, pre-registration required | $49 per guest 20 Tastings, 10 Stories, 2 Hours of Canadian Delights
- Liberty Wine Merchants: Chocolate Port – Liberty Wine Merchants | 1660 Johnston Street Fri 2pm – 5pm | Free
- Meet your Makers Tour: Spirits, Sake and Hand Crafted Beer – Meet at Granville Island Brewery | 1441 Cartwright Street Fri, Sat Sun 2pm – 3:40pm | $18 inclusive | ages: 19+
- Sustainable Seafood Walking Tour – Meet at Triangle Square across from the Public Market Sat 10:30am| Free
Arts Poetry
- Ikebana Floral Art – Thur – Sun 10am – 6pm | Free
- Winterlands Summerscapes – Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery | 1241 Cartwright Street Fri to Sun | 10 am – 4 pm | Free
- Haida Carver: Clarence Mills – Ocean Artworks | Johnston Street Thurs – Sun 11am – 4pm | Free
- Glass-blowing workshops – New-Small Sterling Studio Glass, 1440 Old Bridge Street Sat 11am – 5pm | by appointment only | $45
- Ikebana Guided Walk – Meet in front of the Agro Café Sat and Sun | 2pm | Free
- Winter Prints – Malaspina Printmakers, 1555 Duranleau Street Sun, Feb 22 | 12pm to 4pm | Free
Kids Stuff
- Winterruption Yarn-aments Yarn-imals Craft at MAKE! – make, 1648 Duraleau Thur – Sun 11am – 4pm | Free
- Mini Giants – Tent next to Arts Umbrella | Cartwright Street Sat Sun 10am – 2pm | Free
- Face Painting – Kids Zone Sat Sun | 10:30am – 4:30pm | Free
- Maple Taffy – Kids Zone Sat Sun | 10:30am – 4:30pm | $3
- Chix on Stix – Kids Zone and around the Island Sat Sun 10:30am – 4:15pm | Free
- Carnival Head Dress Workshop – Kids Zone Sat Sun, 10:30am – 4:30pm | Free
- Ache Brasil: An Explosion of Colour, Energy and Music – Picnic Pavilion | Kids Zone Sat Sun 11am – 11:45am | Free
- Carnival Procession – Starts in the Kids Zone and ends in Railspur Alley Sat Sun 12:00pm – 12:30pm | Free
- Sounds of the World – Picnic Pavilion | Kids Zone Sat Sun 1pm – 1:45 pm | Free
- Zumba Kids – Picnic Pavilion | Kids Zone Sat Sun 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Free
- Winterruption Festival Parent Tot Gym 0-5years – False Creek Community Centre, 1318 Cartwright Street Sun, Feb 22 | 9:30am – 12pm | Free
Music
- The Ballantynes with special guests Miss Quincy and the Showdown –
Performance Works Fri, Feb 20 | 9PM | $15 + surcharges/$19 at the door - Celso Machado – Performance Works, 1218 Carwright Street Sat, Feb 21 | 12:30pm 1:45pm | Free
- Joel Harrison – Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street Sat, Feb 21 | 3:15pm 4:30pm | Free
- Willa with DJ Blondtron – Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street Sat, Feb 21 | 9pm | $15 + surcharges/$19 at the door
- Waxwing – Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street Sun, Feb 22 | 12:30pm 1:45pm | Free
- Aram Bajakian and Julie Úlehla’s Dávala – Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street Sun, Feb 22 | 3:15pm 4:30pm | Free
Theatre and Performing Arts
- Vancouver TheatreSports League Improv Comedy – Everyday until February 28.
- The Mountaintop – The Granville Island Stage/ 1585 Johnston Street (next to the Public Market) February 12 – March 14 | Mon/Tue 7:30pm | Wed – Sat 8pm | Wed Sat 2pm Tickets from just $29
- One Man Star Wars Trilogy – Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St Feb 17, 18, 19 | 8PM
- Directing As A Craft – What Does It Have To Do With Inequity? Documentary Short Film and Conversation – Studio 1398, 3rd Floor – 1398 Cartwright Street Fri 7pm | $10
- Negotiating Social Change through Theatre and the Politics of Art (Master class) – Studio 1398, 3rd Floor – 1398 Cartwright Street Sat 7:30am – 5pm
- Pop up dances – Various Locations on Granville Island Sat Sun 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm | Free
Film
- Grey City (Cidade Cinza)
- Francophone Film Festival Saturday – Waterfront Theatre, 1412 Cartwright Street All films French with English subtitles
- Francophone Film Festival Sunday – Waterfront Theatre, 1412 Cartwright Street All films French with English subtitles
The 2015 Winterruption Festival at Granville Island starts on Thursday, February 19, 2015 and runs until Sunday, February 22, 2015.
Article source: http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2015/02/17/winterruption-festival-to-take-over-granville-island-with-art-music-and-donuts/
