Vancouver Bars

Zombies attacking (or walking), beach tennis, volleyball and Motown and blue whale skeltons… what’s this mean? It’s the weekend! “Check in” on your Yelp app at Kitsfest this weekend and be entered to win a Yelp Event Prize Pack. Not down with the outdoors? Parallels are live on stage at the Biltmore tomorrow night. However [...]

It’s festival-icious this weekend in Vancouver. The last days the Queer Arts Festival (tomorrow) and of MusicFest are here with Sunday’s World at the Garden series; Latin Summer Fest and CAMRA’s Vancouver Summer Beer Fest!
For more music on Sunday, Justice Rocks at Strathcona Park and yelpers host a “UYE” at David Lam Park… where we’re [...]

MusicFest kicks off tomorrow night with a Latin Jazz Concert at the Orpheum and keeps singing until August 16 (you can even win tickets to Music in the Garden on Yelp!). If you’re staying in town this weekend, hit the outdoors. Look back at the Summer of Yelp for some ideas on outdoor fun and [...]

Get your costume or just some new digs at Front and Company’s Rummage Sale tomorrow because this is one Vancouver weekend you don’t wanna miss!
From Sin City’s Fetish Sextravaganza on Saturday night to the Shore Fest’s Rogue Folk Stage pre fireworks, Saturday is one big dance party that’ll continue right into Sunday with Pride festivities.
Even [...]

Vancouver Pride Parade attracted over 600,000 people last year! Check out the great pride weekend events taking place this year!

Vancouver boat cruises are where some of the best summer parties take place in Vancouver. Watching the sunset over our beautiful city while partying with your friends on a multi-level harbour cruise – now that ain’t bad. I have faith that our sweltering heat is coming back because some of the best vancouver boat cruises [...]

Is it the end of July already? You know what that means dontcha? Time to make the most of these long days and hot hot nights. The annual Caribbean Summer Festival in North Vancouver is grooving all weekend long with tropical rhythms, cuisines, carnival and culture! Or, stretch up, stretch way up and join the [...]

Music, music, music! Plump DJ’s at Celebrities, The Cat Empire at The Commodore and…if you caught The Lab Magazine’s first issue, you’re going to want to be in the crowd at the Biltmore tomorrow night to see the launch of it’s second edition! With a line up including Diamond Day and Make Out Videotape, the [...]

(To be clear, this is a rant on the area between Arbutus and Main on Broadway)
We’ve all been there. We’re running down Broadway between the hours of 11:30pm and 1am. We’ve just finished work, got out of a show, escaped a bad party, or a weird dinner. Everyone in our alcohol seeking posse is scouring [...]

It’s bright, it’s sunny, it’s a hawt weekend in the ‘Couve!
Chug, chug, chug-a-lug at Nando’s Canada Cup of Beer Friday and Saturday where you can taste over 200 beers and then take a load off at Yelp’s Picnic Pitstop booth. When you see mullets, you’ll see us. Spicy Saturday’s are here with the First Annual [...]

Happy 143rd Birthday Canada! As a special treat this week, The Weekend Plan is coming atcha a day early with some ways to celebrate.
Tonight, follow Just Here for the Beer’s Pub Crawl up Granville Street to get your spirits soaring. There’s no cost and drink deals all along the way! Perhaps the bag pipes will [...]

There’s plenty to do on Canada Day in Vancouver. During the day and at night there are plenty of Canada Day events to check out.
Pre Canada Day – Wednesday June 30th, 2010

Run With The Heard with The Zolas + Analog Bell Service
Run With The Heard dictates a consistent party atmosphere which has them rapidly [...]

The nightlife is about being social. Whether we approach it with the gusto of homos who have over 2,000 Facebook friends at the Odyssey, UBC kids commuting on the #17 bus to the Royal, or the real alcoholics of the Fairview, socialize we must. The clubs, lounges, bars and various drinking holes of our fair [...]

Ready for all that jazz, kicking off a week of the TD Jazz festival? Go a little east coast with the lyrical styling’s of Nova Scotia-born Richard Terfry, aka Buck 65, Friday night at the Commodore Ballroom.
Swap-O-Rama-Rama is back and this time is trading at the Museum of Vancouver, all day Saturday. Exchange a bag [...]

Falconnetti’s on Commercial Drive has a new patio for summer! You wouldn’t notice it from the street but step inside and venture into the very back and up the stairs is a modern and stylish rooftop patio with it’s own bar and street view of Commercial drive!
Falconetti’s is also showing World cup soccer!
For other [...]

Are you ready for a sweet and soulful weekend? Yelp is.
It all starts with The Gaslamp Killer, a L.A.-based DJ and producer mixing psychedelic, world music, dub step, and hip-hop. Your world gets rocked, Friday night.
Don’t forget to check out the premier of APOLOGUE, art by Manifest Photography. Drop by the exhibit, nibble on some [...]

FIFA World Cup 2010 is here! A number of Vancouver Bars, Pubs, Community Centers and Coffee Shops will be accommodating soccer fans by opening their doors earlier to show the FIFA World Cup matches that will air on CBC at 4:30 a.m., 7 a.m. and 11:30 a.m (check, FIFA’s Schedule for details and also CBC’s [...]

This weekend starts off with awesomely animalistic art! Attend Kristian Adam and Mandy Tsung’s Animalopolis opening at Ayden Gallery. “We clear cut the forest of the Nym Nums to capture its magical residents for our show!”
A sneaky little rabbit shared that the UBC Farmer’s Market season opener is on, Saturday morning, and from what we [...]

THIS Saturday, Vancouver UFC fans will finally get what they’ve been waiting for:UFC LIVE in GM Place! Vancouver UFC fans have long been rallying to get the UFC in Vancouver and after overcoming some legislative restrictions, mixed martial arts was finally approved for a 2 year trial run in Vancouver…. and then after some other [...]

Round rolls the weekend again. And with the forecast calling for rain, you might just want to stop by our Yelp office hours to grab a “Superhero Emergency Kit” aka a poncho. That’ll get you ready for Velopalooza which kicks offs Friday with various bike events, parties, and colourful costumes (we’re sure) riding all around [...]

The Keefer Bar in Chinatown is the latest in chic and trendy hotels in Vancouver. This upscale “luxury residence” has been in the spotlight for it’s impressive architecture, state of the art everything and creative amenities (you have to see their swimming pool!). From the street, you can visit the hotel’s chic bar.
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Transitioning back to a regular work week isn’t easy: let Yelp bring this weekend closer with some fun things to do around town.
Jump start the weekend to some sweet tunes from Local Natives, well local to LA that is. An upbeat combination of Grizzly Bear and the Fleet Foxes with harmonies that would impress Crosby [...]

We hit up the Sweatshop Union concert at Fortune Sound Club last Wednesday. After the Zion-I concert two months back, I anticipated a rowdy crowd, packed with LGs jostling in the first ten rows and reaching for high fives. But I was pleasantly surprised, whether it was the crowd, baked and beautiful from the first [...]

Let Yelp make the most out of your long weekend.
Kick start with a little spice from some of the great Argentine tango masters at the Vancouver Tango Festival. The festival kicks off Thursday night and offers 30 workshops, lessons and classes in Argentine Tango, Vals, and Milonga along with private classes and dance lessons. [...]

Vancouver Craft Beer Week wouldn’t have been complete without that time-honoured tradition: a pub crawl.  But this would be a pub crawl done in grand style.  With Vancouver’s craft beer scene about to lose one of it’s finest with Dix BBQ & Brewery closing in the near future this would be a New Orlean’s style [...]

I’m hitting the Library Square tonight with some friends. If you haven’t been on a Friday or Saturday yet, you are missing out on some marvelous nights! Just throw on your best neon green Carleton Banks t-shirt from ‘94 and head to 90’s night on Friday or 80’s night on Saturday; you’ll fit right in. [...]

In some ways Yaletown isn’t what it used to be. The big chains; the Kegs, Milestones and Earls of the world have moved in and taken over the neighborhood, in some ways removing any reason to go to Yaletown unless you already live there. But there are still a few independent restaurants and [...]

The thirsty crowd was 100 strong by the time Mayor Gregor Robertson arrived to tap the ceremonial first cask for the inaugural Vancouver Craft Beer Week.  To start, VCBW co-founder Rick Green suggested that now is the time for us to celebrate our craft beer as much as we do our flourishing wine industry, while [...]

Who says the weekend can’t start early, Yelp sure doesn’t.
Tonight move to the beats with UK legend Ed Solo and a solid line up of local DJ’s with whomping subs and good Dubs!
Celebrate the arrival of the official weekend Friday night with Frightened Rabbit, an eclectic named band with an even more eclectic sound. Also [...]

Win a Lobster Dinner for TWO!
Enter to win an exclusive invitation for you and a guest to Doolins’s 4th Annual “East Coast Good Times” Lobster Dinner on Wednesday May 19, 2010!
Each guest will chow down on a whole lobster served with veggie sides, and the evening’s festivities include a tip of the hat to [...]