About the Festival

About the Festival
Collingwood Days is an annual festival celebrating the diversity and culture of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighborhood in Vancouver, BC.
Since 2003, the festival has taken place during the last week of May. However, due to Covid19, our festival since 2020 have and will continue to take place in July. This year we will be celebrating from July 14 to July 22, 2023. Festivities tie together the diversity, history and natural environment of the community.
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Announcement
"Dear Renfrew-Collingwood Community, we firstly would like to recognize that there has been a confusion over the week events that have been published on the Renfrew- Collingwood Community Newspaper. Note that the most updated schedule is on our website and that two events published in the newspaper had to be cancelled due to technical issues. These were the Indigenous Futurism and Virtual Reality that was supposed to happen on Tuesday July 19 at 11am and the Italian Cultural Centre Farmers Market and Wine that should have taken place this evening on Thursday July 21 at 6pm. Please note that we have done our best in creating the programming with all the fast-moving and changing pieces and with the given tight-frames our new Community Connections and Celebrations Coordinator had to put this together from scratch. We would like to publicly extend an apology to all who have been confused and showed up and were disappointed by this.
We also would like to apologize to the families and children that presented themselves to the Collingwood Park last Friday July 15th for Movie Night in the Park to see the screening of Sonic. We are very sorry that you have been disappointed that the movie was not shown and that there was no effective communication on site nor online of it's cancellation. The Community Policing Centre was organizing this event and had printed in their flyers that it was weather dependent, but we failed to make that information readily available on our end. Since the field was wet they did not want to take the risk for folks to get wet and we all failed to have a reliable way of communication to inform everyone about this. We are working on finding efficient ways to prevent this to ever happen again.
Please consider joining us next Friday for the Monkey Beach screening (recommended for 12+ years old because of disturbing language) with the amazing Director of Cree/Métis and European ancestries, Loretta Todd's presentation and Q&A, weather dependent again, though so far it looks like the weather is on our side! Be assured if this were to happen again, we would put signs in the park.
We thank you for your support and understanding and hope that you will join us for the remaining of our programming and on our Grand Festival day this Saturday July 23rd starting at 10am!"
Partners
Collingwood Business Improvement Association
Collingwood – Gateway to Vancouver
Welcome to historical Collingwood! This gateway to Vancouver—once serving as the first street-car route in the City—now connects people and places in a friendly urban village. Located at the crossroads of Vancouver and Burnaby, Collingwood village spans Kingsway from Boundary to Rupert. Walking along these colourful streets you’ll feel the charm of a village and the excitement of a bustling shopping district to explore!
Collingwood’s collection of long time family businesses and trendy shops and services will fulfill your wish list – from ethnic eateries to beauty boutiques, and a vast variety of professional services for your personal and professional needs. Visit the gateway to Vancouver and satisfy your craving for shopping, dining and so much more!
www.shopcollingwood.ca
300-3665 Kingsway
Vancouver, B.C. V5R 5W2
604-639-4403
Collingwood Community Policing Centre
CPC works to contribute towards sustaining and enhancing safe, livable neighbourhoods by educating and empowering people to focus on community development.
In collaboration with the community, the Vancouver Police Department and other agencies CPC strives to make Vancouver a safe and thriving city and to act as a bridge between the community and the Vancouver Police Department.
www.collingwoodcpc.com
5160 Joyce Street
Vancouver BC, V5R 4H1
MOSAIC
MOSAIC is a multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing issues that affect immigrants and refugees in the course of their settlement and integration into Canadian society.
www.mosaicbc.org
5575 Boundary Road
Vancouver, B.C., V5R 2P9
Collingwood Neighbourhood House
Collingwood Neighbourhood House (CNH) provides services and community development initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life of residents in the Collingwood area of east Vancouver. Activities are targeted primarily to low and middle income families. Services are delivered in a variety of languages with emphasis on building social connections, capacity, cross-cultural sharing and life-long learning. Residents of all ages participate in educational, cultural, social, health, economic and recreational services, as well as contribute towards building a safe and caring community through volunteer contributions, leadership and partnership development.
CNH is a non-profit, social services agency serving the community since 1985. We are guided by our "Vison", "Mission", and "Values" statements to provide services and opportunities to our community. We offer licensed childcare, immigrant services, recreation, youth, seniors and intercultural opportunities, including programs related to food, arts & celebrations, community initiatives, intercultural projects, and homelessness outreach.
www.cnh.bc.ca
604-435-0323
5288 Joyce Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5R 6C9
Renfrew Park Community Centre
Picturesquely situated on the south end of lovely Renfrew Ravine Park, Renfrew Park Community Centre was opened in 1963 and offers an active complex of facilities to serve the growing Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood. Renfrew Park Community Centre offers an exciting variety of recreational activities for people of all ages!
Whether you are interested in sports, arts, fitness, health and wellness, or personal development, we have got something for you. Amenities include a Fitness Centre, Indoor Swimming Pool, Gymnasium and other multipurpose rooms.
www.renfrewcc.com
604-257-8388 ext 1
2929 East 22nd Avenue
Vancouver BC V5M 2Y3