Vancouver International Children’s Festival

– presented across Granville Island near Vancouver, British Columbia

9:30 AM – 6:PM Daily | 9:30AM – 5:PM on Sunday

Mark your calendar! The Vancouver International Children’s Festival will return to Granville Island this spring to enchant and engage your child. School tickets are on sale now and public tickets will be available in early 2024. Sign up to receive Festival updates and new show information for 2024.Plan your trip to Granville Island for the annual Vancouver International Children’s Festival that offers fun filled activities for kids and families of all ages!. Everyone will enjoy spectacular performances from around the globe. Every year the Festival features circus arts, puppetry, theatre, dance, music, and lots of arts activities created just for children. Each show ticket includes an Activity Village wrist-band. With over 15 arts activities, the Activity Village offers many ways to have fun together as a family.

The Vancouver International Children’s Festiva is the longest-running professional performing arts festival for young audiences and the first of its kind in North America and Europe, the Vancouver International Children’s Festival presents the world’s finest music, theatre, dance, puppetry, acrobatics and storytelling, as well as creative arts activities for the entire family. Families come from near and far to experience this extraordinary annual arts festival created specifically for children and families.

Vancouver International Children’s Festival Ticket Prices

Festival Activity Village Wristband: $7+GST

Show Tickets: K-12 starting at $11.00 and Adults starting at $22.00 +GST

Festival 4‑Pack: $62.00 +GST – The Children’s Festival is a great way to have fun together as a family, stimulate the senses and enjoy world class entertainment. Give your family or friend a day at the 2024 Children’s Festival for only $62+GST you can purchase a Festival 4‑Pack to the Festival – Includes 4 tickets to 1 performance and 4 activity village wristbands (Excludes the Variety Show – $25.00 per ticket).

 Vancouver International Children’s Festival Performances Schedule – Click Here

Stage and Theatre Locations

• Activities – in the green space at Sutcliffe Park (beside the water park) and beside Waterfront Theatre.
• Revue Stage (Venue 1) — 1601 Johnston Street
  Showing: Will and Seeka: Friends with Everyone, Small but Mighty — Ginalina and Friends, Magnetic North, Aché Brasil
• Granville Island Stage (Venue 2)– 1585 Johnston Street
  Showing: A Simple Space, Bienvenue Chez Missy D!, Variety Show
• Carousel Studio (Venue 3)- 1411 Cartwright Street
  Showing: Tree, Tree, a world in itself
• Waterfront Theatre (Venue 4)– 1412 Cartwright Street
  Showing: ZOOOM, David Bouchard: Métis — Stories, Flutes and More…,
• The Nest (Venue 5)– 1398 Cartwright Street
  Showing: One of a Kind, Division Infinity Saves the World!
• Performance Works (Venue 6)– 1218 Cartwright Street
  Showing: Sakasaka, The Wild Moccasin Dancers ft. Mz Shellz, Glamily: A Family Dress-Up Party