The 4th annual Vancouver Halloween Parade and Expo brings you four days of arts, cosplay, comics, anime, films and games plus a grand Halloween parade of your favorite superheroes and super naturals!
Date/Time: Oct 12 2017, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, UBC Robson Square | Event calendarCost: All ages
The 4th annual Vancouver Halloween Parade and Expo brings you a four-day fantasy festival of arts, cosplay, comics, anime, films and games.
7 PM - 10:00 PM: Performing Arts
Outdoor Stage, Robson Square, 800 Robson St, Vancouver
8:00 PM - 8:45 PM: Artist: Halifax Wharf Rats
Free Admission, Music Performance
The Halifax Wharf Rats [Guitar/Piano/Flute/Bass/Drums/Vocals] This Vancouver-based band of high energy tunes features a wide array of the most popular Classic Rock tunes, Canadian folk classics from the likes of Neil Young, Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot and Stompin’ Tom Connors, plus songs of Atlantic Canada, and Irish and Scottish folk and pub tunes. From Johnny Cash to the Eagles and Beatles, Pogues, Steve Earle, Van Morrison and so much more - perfect for when you want some fun music to sing along and dance to for hours!
9:00 PM - 9:45 PM: Blackthorn
Free Admission, Music Performance
Blackthorn [Fiddle/Flutes/Guitar/Bass/Bodhran/Mandolin] Featuring superbly rich four-part vocals and instrumentation of guitars, octave mandolin, fiddle, flute/piccolo/fife/pennywhistle, bass and bodhran, Blackthorn is a Vancouver-based recording and touring band, performing locally as well as around British Columbia, Western Canada, Washington, Oregon, Arizona and further. Specializing in concerts, conventions, weddings, parties, pirate ships and more, we have recently released our 4th album to great accolades. Blackthorn is Vancouver’s longest-running Celtic band and yet still fresh and interesting with complex arrangements and recognizable singalong songs as well.
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