Car Free Festival
Sunday June 17th (Fathers Day) & Sunday July 22
The Drive will be closed to all motorized traffic from 1st Ave to Venables from 10am to 8pm.
Festival programming runs from noon to 6pm.
FREE OF CHARGE. FREE OF BORING CORPORATE STUFF. FREE OF CARS.
In 2006, the Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival gave around 35,000 people a glimpse of urban paradise:
One glorious free-for-all street party thrown BY the people of East Van, FOR the people of East Van.
It's time once again to reclaim our streets - FOR FUN. And this summer, due to popular demand, we are doing it TWICE!
This landmark grass-roots phenomenon features the notorious East Van Chopperfest (with pedal-powered soundsystem), roving artists and performers of all flavours, spontaneous peculiar occurrences, a Soap Box for speechifying, Commercial Drive Merchant Market, organization info tables, Special Kidzone, the Cooperative Way, street hockey, tons of babies and dogs, more crazy bikes than you can shake a stick at, and general merry mayhem.
Three perfomance stages include the Grandview Live Stage boasting an eclectic mix of local performers;
the Streetbeat Stage featuring Vancouver's best dj's and other dance-oriented movers;
and the Home-Word Stage dishing up spokenword, storytelling, slam poetry and audience activation.
We ask that you give contributions directly to the Festival (look for roving Donation Fairies), and NOT to renegade "buskers" who do not support the Festival infrastructure. Hundreds of people, including all organizers and stage and street performers, contribute their time and gifts to the Festival FOR FREE, to support our community - you can support them by contributing directly to the Festival.
The Drive Fest gladly accepts donations of cash, goods or services from people who support our community.
We offer in return gratitude, recognition, and 2-for-1 bonus frequent-flyer karma points.
We welcome your feedback and ideas. For more information e-mail: info@commercialdrivefestival.org
PLEASE DON'T DRIVE TO THE DRIVE! Parking is VERY limited. Ride, walk, or take transit - thank you.
This Festival is an alcohol-free event. We appreciate your respect.
JOIN THE CREW!
We are busily gathering the forces for the Festival, which is shaping up to be even crazier and more beautiful than the first one. Start thinking about how you want to participate in your party -
or please, volunteer now and join our crew of superheroes!
MANY helpers are needed to make this thing run smoothly. Volunteering on the day of the Festival involves taking a minimum 2-hr. shift doing vital chores such as blockade marshalling, setup, teardown/cleanup, and various on-site duties. We would like you to attend one volunteer orientation meeting before the Festival if you can -
e-mail us, and we will send you details on that.
Rewards for volunteeering include camaraderie, connection, water & snacks, karma, a Drive Fest t-shirt
at special low cost, and an invite to the rockin' volunteer afterparty.
Come join the Commercial Drive Fest Crew, and help co-create the dream.
E-mail Andrea at: volunteers@commercialdrivefestival.org
Please get in touch with us and join in the celebration.
It's time to reclaim our street, our neighbourhood, our city, and our world.
See you on The Drive!
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The Drive will be closed to all motorized traffic from 1st Ave to Venables from 10am to 8pm.
Festival programming runs from noon to 6pm.
FREE OF CHARGE. FREE OF BORING CORPORATE STUFF. FREE OF CARS.
In 2006, the Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival gave around 35,000 people a glimpse of urban paradise:
One glorious free-for-all street party thrown BY the people of East Van, FOR the people of East Van.
It's time once again to reclaim our streets - FOR FUN. And this summer, due to popular demand, we are doing it TWICE!
This landmark grass-roots phenomenon features the notorious East Van Chopperfest (with pedal-powered soundsystem), roving artists and performers of all flavours, spontaneous peculiar occurrences, a Soap Box for speechifying, Commercial Drive Merchant Market, organization info tables, Special Kidzone, the Cooperative Way, street hockey, tons of babies and dogs, more crazy bikes than you can shake a stick at, and general merry mayhem.
Three perfomance stages include the Grandview Live Stage boasting an eclectic mix of local performers;
the Streetbeat Stage featuring Vancouver's best dj's and other dance-oriented movers;
and the Home-Word Stage dishing up spokenword, storytelling, slam poetry and audience activation.
We ask that you give contributions directly to the Festival (look for roving Donation Fairies), and NOT to renegade "buskers" who do not support the Festival infrastructure. Hundreds of people, including all organizers and stage and street performers, contribute their time and gifts to the Festival FOR FREE, to support our community - you can support them by contributing directly to the Festival.
The Drive Fest gladly accepts donations of cash, goods or services from people who support our community.
We offer in return gratitude, recognition, and 2-for-1 bonus frequent-flyer karma points.
We welcome your feedback and ideas. For more information e-mail: info@commercialdrivefestival.org
PLEASE DON'T DRIVE TO THE DRIVE! Parking is VERY limited. Ride, walk, or take transit - thank you.
This Festival is an alcohol-free event. We appreciate your respect.
JOIN THE CREW!
We are busily gathering the forces for the Festival, which is shaping up to be even crazier and more beautiful than the first one. Start thinking about how you want to participate in your party -
or please, volunteer now and join our crew of superheroes!
MANY helpers are needed to make this thing run smoothly. Volunteering on the day of the Festival involves taking a minimum 2-hr. shift doing vital chores such as blockade marshalling, setup, teardown/cleanup, and various on-site duties. We would like you to attend one volunteer orientation meeting before the Festival if you can -
e-mail us, and we will send you details on that.
Rewards for volunteeering include camaraderie, connection, water & snacks, karma, a Drive Fest t-shirt
at special low cost, and an invite to the rockin' volunteer afterparty.
Come join the Commercial Drive Fest Crew, and help co-create the dream.
E-mail Andrea at: volunteers@commercialdrivefestival.org
Please get in touch with us and join in the celebration.
It's time to reclaim our street, our neighbourhood, our city, and our world.
See you on The Drive!
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