It’s time to dust off those cosplays! AniRevo Summer (short for Anime Revolution) is back at the Vancouver Convention Centre for three days of anime, manga and Japanese pop culture July 29th-31st, 2022. If you see your favourite heroes (or…
The Olympic Cauldron in Jack Poole Plaza next to the Vancouver Convention Centre was re-lit this evening to mark the closure of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. This is the second time the cauldron was used, following when it was…
On Thursday, February 8th, 2018, the Olympic Cauldron in Jack Poole Plaza next to the west building of the Vancouver Convention Centre will be lit in honour of the upcoming Olympic winter games. A tweet posted by the Vancouver Convention…
You might have thought it was Halloween this past weekend with throngs of people dressed up in costumes. Since it’s not the end of October, it has to be a convention. Anime Revolution (or AniRevo) turned Canada Place into a…
Now that Fan Expo Vancouver has moved to a three-day weekend format, the number of guests has increased. Aside from the traditional comic book and actors, some big names in English-dubbed anime are making the trip to Vancouver. Steve Blum,…
For a Saturday afternoon, Jack Poole Plaza down at the Vancouver Convention Centre was transformed into a fiesta for MexicoFest. With the warm September sun shining down, the brilliant colours of the Latin American nation sparkled through this year’s theme:…
Want to experience Mexico but don’t want to leave the country? Then head on down to Jack Poole Plaza just west of the Vancouver Convention Centre on Saturday, September 8th, 2012 for the Fiesta Mexico Independence, a part of this year’s MexicoFest.…
There’s nothing like a good fireworks show to round out Canada’s 145th birthday. Two tugboats towed a barge into Vancouver’s Coal Harbour opposite the Vancouver Convention Centre to light up the evening sky. With a light breeze keeping the smoke…
There’s a new convention in town. Fan Expo Vancouver is bringing the best of likes of Toronto’s Fan Expo Canada to the West Coast for the first time with big names, games, comics, anime and manga. Fan Expo Vancouver isn’t just…
There’s nothing like a good old fashioned fiesta on a warm summer day. With Mexico’s day of independence around the corner, Jack Poole Plaza at the Vancouver Convention Centre was brightly festooned in green, white, red and spirit of the…
