To get a feel for the flavour of the fair, check out our 2019 SHORT FILM featuring the famous East Van Zucchini Races...

Our 2023 McSpadden County Fair line up featured...

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entertainment

Monica Lee

Vancouver musician, mother, curious musicologist and advocate of flavour, Monica Lee will bring us fun, interactive songs from her Jump Into Music program. We are very excited that Monica will also return as MC of our Zucchini Races!

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Professor Banjo

Paul Silveria is a musician, songwriter, dance caller, and community organizer who engages audiences of all ages with interactive old-time music and dance!

EartHand Gleaners

EartHand Gleaners Society creates environmental art programs which foster multicultural, interdisciplinary collaboration among community members and professionals in the fields of education, sciences and the arts.

Ginalina is a two-time Juno nominated singer-songwriter and children's

author with a valuable presence in the world of family folk music. Her warm clear vocals, thoughtful backstories, and timeless lyrics appeal to all ages.

Ginalina

Robin Layne Marimba

Juno nominated percussionist Robin Layne has worked with many of Canada's finest global artists and toured throughout China, Europe, Mexico, US and Canada. Join him and his students for a workshop and performance

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The Carnival Band

The Carnival Band is a community music project with ten years of history, based out of Commercial Drive’s Britannia Community Centre.

Roving Accordion

Playful, portable, and oh, so dramatic! Catapulting this old world instrument into the awesome present times, Joseph Lam becomes Accordion Man to children and communities everywhere!

The Fox Hops

The Fox Hops are an energetic, harmony-heavy bluegrass band with creatively arranged blue- and new-grass tunes.

Red Fox

Red Fox Healthy Living Society promotes healthy active living among children and youth, and fosters employment and life skills in youth who face barriers.

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Vendors

Kickstand

Kickstand is a volunteer-run cycling and recycling resource center, located in East Vancouver. A non-profit society, we provide a low-barrier and affordable workspace to anyone interested in repairing or working on their bike.

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The R & D Group

The R & D Group stays very active in the community. They live and work in the Grandview area and are passionate about contributing to local organizations they personally care for in and around East Vancouver.

The Learnary

The Learnary is a non-profit retail store and workshop space. The shop offers learning supplies, maker materials, and a place to connect and learn.

Sassy Bakes

Custom hand-crafted, small-batch cookies
with only the finest ingredients &
no preservatives.

Kate MacPhail Realty

The Kate MacPhail Group is a boutique, full-service team with unparalleled service and a thoughtful approach to real estate.

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Iron Dog Books

The core values of Indigenous-owned Iron Dog Books are community, empathy, intellectual engagement, and accessibility. They aim to create a place where folks feel welcome and books find the people who need them.

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La Petite Fleur

Local hand-made jewellery

- bio and images coming soon!

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Oona Clothing

Clothing hand-made in Vancouver for all people, shapes and sizes. Oona's aim is that everybody wearing their clothes feels as terrific as they look because those are two worlds that should always collide!

Dirty Clay

Melissa and Niki are two fun loving potters who have been making pottery for over 20 years!

They share a studio in the east Vancouver neighborhood of Strathcona.

Tesla Rainbowdancer

Kids' favourite Tesla Rainbowdancer will be back with their hair adornments and bouncing water-filled balloons!

Sunhouse Babysitting

Our mission is to bridge the gap in childcare options by connecting families with dedicated, experienced, and compassionate Nannies and Babysitters.

Donnafied

I use many different mediums, such as cake, acrylic paint and yarn. Each idea manifests in its own Donnafied style.

Belcap Creations

Melissa of Belcap Creations is a craft making and craft selling enthusiast who shows people how they can escape crafting mediocrity by sharing her beautiful creations with the masses.

Rufus Drum & Guitar

Since 1972, Rufus Guitar Shop has been catering to musicians from all walks of life. Be it sales, lessons or repairs.We are a shop owned and run by musicians for musicians.

Local Integrative Health

Lots of clinics have "integrative" in their title...but we really mean it! Local Health is your go-to place in Vancouver for healthcare, along with being a community centre for you to move, learn, and grow!

Reward Your Skin

Our goal is to create natural handcrafted bath products that are healthy and gentle for your skin and hair. We hope you enjoy our products as much as we enjoy making them for you. All products are hand-made and biodegradable.

Dee's Handmade Goods

Lotion Bars

Soaps

Stained Glass Suncatchers

Embroidery

Beeswax Luminarys

Zenful Yoga

Our cork mats have been designed for function, environment, and durability. These designs are simple and beautiful, and the cork and rubber materials make them both unique and sustainable.

Solidarity Art Space

Solidarity Art Space is an focused on providing a space for designs sanctioned by Indigenous leadership to be sold with all funds going directly to frontline land defenders.

Baad Anna's

We provide affordable, diverse, and eco-friendly yarn, knitting supplies and classes. We strive to create a community space for diverse crafters, parents, artists and non-conformist knitters in the East Van Neighbourhood.

Fresh Roots

Fresh Roots is a non-profit organization working with school communities towards Good Food For All: everyone deserves access to healthy food, land, and community.

Adler Counselling

The Adler Centre offers low cost counselling services to those in the Greater Vancouver Area. We welcome clients of diverse age, culture, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability and socioeconomic status.

Devi Family Wellness

Offering a unique wellness experience for parents by providing the best prenatal and postpartum care delivered with empathy, care, and trust.

A Healthy Beginning

A Healthy Beginning offers handmade natural home and body care products. They also provide green-proofing services to help create cleaner, greener homes and workplaces.

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EYA

Empowering Youth to Care for Nature

Land-based education and employment training programs for youth from equity-deserving communities.

Vancouver Hack Space

The Vancouver Hack Space (VHS) is a non-profit collective society that provides a physical space where people can gather to share ideas, equipment, opinions, and cheer.

VHS is the community workshop for a community without workshops.

Grandview Woodland Food Connection

The Grandview Woodland Food Connection at Britannia Community Centre is cultivating a connection to the land, food growing knowledge and skills throughout our garden programs.