Make the nights brighter with music, stories and friends.

Bringing a little magic and meaning to the beautiful seawall in Coal Harbour, Liven UP - Coal Harbour is a new and free month-long family-friendly activation that will see lighting installations, artists, musicians, and storytellers animate this spectacular walk from Canada Place to Cardero Park. Liven UP - Coal Harbour is not only about entertaining and creating a sense of wonder, it is about bringing people together, sharing experiences, and connecting with cultural groups that have helped shape our city.

Larger lighting installations will be located at key points along the route with suspended lighting to find your way. Performance areas will be activated on Friday and Saturday evenings in December from 5-10pm with musicians, artists, fire performers, and storytellers. The Harbour Green Park Stage will be the hub of the site with a warm and cozy covered area featuring a live music stage and bar offering delectable alcoholic and non-alcoholic hot drinks. All event activations are accessible and free for everyone to enjoy!

Come celebrate with family and friends. Come connect in the shared experience of light, music, story, and taste. Come make new friends.

December 1-30, 2023

Large scale lighting installations from the Pan Pacific Vancouver to The Westin Bayshore will delight.

Additional wayfinding lighting will brighten your stroll along the seawall.

Lighting installations provided by MK Illumination

Free Live Music

Fridays and Saturdays 5-10pm

Join us for live music, table top games, hot chocolate & hot toddies at the Harbour Green Stage & Bar - all under a cozy warm tent with an all ages bar serving delectable alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks. Come enjoy the amazing lineup of musicians as we work with local presenters to feature Vancouver’s incredible talent.

The Stage & Bar are activated Fridays and Saturdays in December, 5-10pm.

$9

Hot Toddy – hot water, lemon, honey, Maker’s Mark bourbon

Monte Cristo Coffee – coffee (regular or decaf), Kahlua, Grand Marnier

Baileys & Coffee – coffee (regular or decaf), Baileys

Peppermint Patty – hot chocolate, peppermint schnapps, crème de cacao

Mocha Hot Chocolate – hot chocolate, Kahlua, Baileys

Warm Comfort – chamomile tea, lemon, simple syrup, NODO Tequilana

$8

Red Truck Beer • Wine

$4

Hot Chocolate • Coffee (regular or decaf) • Tea (herbal or caffeinated)

$2

Coke • Diet Coke • Ginger Ale • Juice • Bottled Water

Friday and Saturday Activations 5-10pm

WALKS & TALKS at

Komagata Maru Memorial

Meet up at the Memorial and join Alasdair Butcher on a Walks & Talks tour along the Coal Harbour Seawall. Discover Vancouver’s hidden secrets.

Walks & Talks are activated on Fridays in December at 6:30pm. Walks & Talks run approximately for 60 min.

Friday and Saturday Activations 5-10pm

Liven UP Interactive Map

Explore the interactive map to discover the larger than life lighting installations by MK Illumination. Visit the event activation sites on Fridays and Saturdays in December, 5-10pm, to enjoy fire performances, live music, opera, carolling, storytelling, table top games, walks & talks, and hot chocolate & hot toddies. Walk the strolling path along the seawall from Pan Pacific Vancouver to The Westin Bayshore. Click on the icon in the top left corner to access the Map Legend.

Accessibility

Liven UP Coal Harbour is an entirely accessible site. To go from Convention Centre / Jack Poole Plaza (adjacent Cactus Club) level to the seawall level (Harbour Air parking), and vice versa, guests with accesibility needs should use the Easy Park elevator. On-site signage will help clarify the path. Click the “elevator” icon in the interactive map to view photos of the elevator and lower level exit point.

Arriving by Public Transit

We encourage the use of public transit, taxis, or ride-share to Liven UP. This event is located in Coal Harbour along the seawall between Pan Pacific Vancouver and The Westin Bayshore. Canada Place Plaza (Pan Pacific) is a short 5 min walk from Waterfront Station. Alternatively, you can catch the #240, #246, or #250 line from Vancouver City Centre Skytrain Station, exit the bus at Cardero Street, and proceed 4 min to Cardero Park (The Westin Bayshore). Try the new Translink Trip Planner for other options.

Parking

In addition to neighbourhood street parking, there are paid parking lots nearby. Check out the interactive google map or visit www.parkopedia.ca for parking options.

Liven UP takes place within the shared, unceded, and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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