The Lumiere Festival is back and re-envisioned for 2022. We’re so excited to celebrate light, art, and community in the West End. To read more about what Lumiere has in store for 2022, click here.

Join us as we brighten up the West End with Pop-Up music and dance performances, as well as a Family Friendly Parade down Denman Street.

Read more about Lumiere in the West End below.

Dream West End

Friday, November 18 + Saturday, November 19, 2022

Stage 1 ~ Jim Deva Plaza
Stage 2 ~ Denman Street Stage, 1125 Denman Street, Sponsored by Wesgroup
Stage 3 ~ West End Community Centre

Activation: 4 – 8 PM

Show: 4:30 – 7 PM

FEATURING:

Get Your Glow On

Friday, November 18 + Saturday, November 19, 2022

West End Community Centre

Workshop: 4:30 – 6:30 PM

Calling all Dreamers!

Join us to “Get your Glow ON” and decorate yourself in the spirit of Lumière.

The West End Community Centre will host a workshop designed for everyone to get your glow on and join us as we parade down Denman Street.

Grab bags of goodies to decorate yourself and your friends! *supplies will be limited

The parade will take place three times each night at 5pm, 5:45pm, and 6:15pm.

Shine and Dine

Join us in the West End as we shine a light on the special menu items our businesses are offering during the 2022 Lumiere festival.

Participating businesses:

Bayside Lounge
1755 Davie Street

The Park Pub
1755 Davie Street

Peaked Pies
975 Denman Street

Forage
1300 Robson Street

D’oro Gelato e Caffe
1094 Denman Street

Papparoti
1505 Robson Street

Ofra’s Kitchen
1088 Denman Street

Mary’s on Davie
1202 Davie Street

Buckstop
833 Denman Street

Jervis Joint
1300 Robson Street

Papi’s Seafood and Oyster Bar
1193 Denman Street

The Junction Pub
1138 Davie Street

CRAFT Beer Market
1795 Beach Avenue

Davie Dosa
1235 Davie Street

The Italians
1220 Bute Street

Click here to read more about the Shine and Dine specials.

Closing Night Dream

Saturday, November 26, 2022

Location: English Bay

Activation: 4 – 8 PM

Show: 4:30 – 7 PM

FEATURING:

Choir Workshop: 4 – 4:45 PM

Join the YVR Choir as we learn “A Million Dreams” to sing together as the finale song for the Lumière Festival.

Please check out the LYRICS to “A Million Dreams”.

The Dream Bubbles

An Installation in English Bay from November 17 – 27, 2022

Welcome to The Lumière Dream Bubbles where we have imagined four realms that explore the Worlds of The Dreamer. Dreams exist in all of us. The Lumière Dream Bubbles express the connection to ourselves, our families and community, our planet Earth and our Universe.

Dream Bubble One is Spring, innocence and the flutter of thought. The potential of a written word and its meaning are as spontaneous as butterflies in a garden.

Dream Bubble Two, in Summer, is family and community coming together to celebrate the occasion of a young Dreamer’s unique self-expression through creativity, joy and uniqueness.

Dream Bubble Three as Fall, celebrates the vitality and strength of mind and body in the Dreamer. The organic, the fluidity of water, the movement of air and the mineral all connect us to the Earth, our home.

Dream Bubble Four is Winter and the Universe of Ideas, the imagining, where original thoughts connect and become a reality. It is the stuff of Dreaming that allows us to create worlds of science, of art, of the stories we tell and the wonder of creative experiences in our lives. The cat’s cradle represents the endless possibilities of play.

We invite you to join us inside the Worlds of The Dreamer, with the caring of humanity, kindness, pure imagination, the ritual of storytelling and the spirit of our shared experience that is Lumière…

Kevin Smith, Akino Gunstone, Evelyn Neves, ilvs strauss, with loving help from Leah Gies and Winnie Ma.