StrideFest 2025

Start: Saturday, March 22, 2025 9:00AM
End: Saturday, March 29, 2025 5:00PM

StrideFest 2025 - Just Imagine! March 22-29 Burnaby, British Columbia Do you hear it? Can you feel it? Festival host The Long Table Society and Burnaby’s creative community bring you StrideFest 2025, a celebration of creativity and connection. Enjoy visual art displays and installations, live music, poetry, artist demos, workshops and more. With accessible and free family friendly programming and exhibits spreading out from North Burnaby StrideFest serves as a colourful reminder that creativity is happening all around our city all year long. With this year’s theme Just Imagine!, anything is possible. Let’s connect with the arts and with each other at StrideFest. ======================================================= New name. New season. New ideas. Some exciting creative changes have been happening behind the scenes and we are making your favourite parts of StrideFest even better. Stride Burnaby Arts Festival is now StrideFest. We’ve moved down the calendar from cool February to milder March. The Art Walk (a crowd favourite) continues to grow as more artists and exhibition venues join the fun. Watch for new additions to Poets Corner. Burnaby has lots to say! ============================================= Just Imagine! - StrideFest Arts at the Shadbolt Extended art exhibition in the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (atrium) March 8 - April 12 The most StrideFest art in one place! Opening before and closing after StrideFest this extensive exhibition features exciting visual and written works by many of our StrideFest creatives. During StrideFest week from March 22-29 add a visit to nearby Christine Sinclair Community Centre, one of our many Art Walk host sites. Check Shadbolt hours here. ============================================= Just Imagine! Lighting Up the Night City of Burnaby light display March 22 from dusk to dawn (off from 8:30-9:30 pm for Earth Hour) Location: City Hall and BC Parkway (Skytrain line) near Metrotown This dazzling nighttime display connects every Burnaby citizen through the human language of art. It’s a luminous celebration of community and will remind everyone who sees it that creativity never sleeps. Our yellow, red and blue primary colours motif is an artful metaphor for the multitude of ways each of us can contribute to something bigger than ourselves. ============================================= Art Walk March 22-29, 24/7 Multiple locations On our popular Art Walk you’ll discover diverse visual artworks from photography to painting to sculpture – all made by local artists and visible from the sidewalk. Don’t forget to check out the products and services on offer inside our many Art Walk host venues and keep your eyes peeled for Poets Corner written works. Stroll through this outdoor art gallery guided by our Art Walk map. ============================================= Poets Corner March 22-29, 24/7 Multiple locations: Outdoor advertising columns on each Hastings Street corner between Ingleton and Madison Ave. plus inside McGill Public Library. Experience the art of the written word as you shop and stroll the Heights. Look for our bright yellow poems written by talented Burnaby wordsmiths. It’s one more way to add art to your day. ============================================= Burnaby Art Calling (Free Little Art Gallery) 24/7, 365 Location: Outside the Heights Dairy Queen at 103-4191 Hastings St. A decommissioned phone booth in Burnaby Heights is now the city’s smallest community art gallery. Make art, take art or leave art. Sharing something small in the FLAG can have a big impact in the neighbourhood. Find the newest piece for your budding art collection in this ever-changing exhibition curated by YOU. Free! Birthday announcement: Burnaby Art Calling is 2! Here’s to all who have been giving and taking home mini artworks for the past two years. You make our community awesome. Keep it up! ============================================= Human Library Where: McGill Public Library - Program room When: March 22, 1-4 pm By registration: Visit any BPL location, call 604-436-5400 or visit bpl.bc.ca/events. Have you ever ‘checked out’ a human book from the library? Now, you can! Sit down with a StrideFest Art Walk artist for a one-on-one conversation and hear their story. Explore their creative processes, learn new perspectives and be inspired by fresh ideas. Spaces are limited. ============================================= Celtic Kitchen Party Where and When: TBA Now a StrideFest tradition, this all-ages live event weaves together energetic music, passionate storytelling and warm community spirit. Connect with neighbours, old friends and new faces at this entertaining and engaging community gathering. To learn more about StrideFest please visit our website at https://weareburnaby.com/stridefest/ and follow @StrideFest on Instagram and Facebook.