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12th Annual Bright Nights In Stanley ParkNovember 27, 2009 to January 2, 2010, 3-10pm (farmyard open to 9pm) closed Christmas DayThe Vancouver Park Board and British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund invite everyone to nights of magic and illumination for the twelfth annual Bright Nights in Stanley Park. Admission Admission to the Plaza is free. Tickets are required to ride the Bright Nights Train and visit the Children's Farmyard. Tickets
Includes a ride on the Train and a visit to the Children's Farmyard. Train tickets are sold in half hour time slots. Trains run 3 pm - 10 pm nightly. Farmyard is open 3 pm - 9 pm. Ticket Purchase Options
Hint: If you are trying to book online and all the times you check are sold out, call Ticketmaster. Its agents can let you know what dates and times still have tickets available.
Where: At
the ticket booth in the train
Plaza in Stanley Park.
Bright Nights Dinner Packages The Old Spaghetti Factory Important Information At least half of the tickets for each day's train rides will be set aside and only available for purchase on-site from 12:00 noon onwards on that same day. This means that even if Ticketmaster is sold out for that day, there will still be lots of tickets for sale on-site. This event is very popular and train tickets sell out early on busy evenings. To avoid crowds, consider coming on Monday-Thursday during the first two weeks. The BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund displays are open at all times during the event. For public safety reasons, Stanley Park may occasionally be closed due to inclement weather conditions such as high winds. We will do our utmost to notify the public if a closure happens by contacting local media with an advisory and updating messages on the Bright Nights Info line at 604-257-8531.
Mortal Coil's Student volunteers act as festival ambassadors. Individuals, companies and foundations donate goods and funds to ensure that the over 200,000 annual visitors to Bright Nights enjoy the event called "the most spectacular lighting display in Canada". BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund All donations collected at the event, and partial proceeds from the sale of tickets for the train, go to the Burn Fund to help burn survivors and their families. As Bright Nights is one of its major fundraisers, the Burn Fund accepts donations at the front gate and suggests a minimum donation of $2. Bright Nights has raised over $1.5 million for the Burn Fund. This achievement is supported by more than 500 off-duty professional fire fighters from the Lower Mainland and around BC who donate their time to set up, operate and take down the annual display.
To make a donation or for more information please visit www.burnfund.org Refreshments Enjoy a snack, hot drink or a
light meal at the Children's
Farmyard Concession. In the
Plaza, there are chestnuts
and pistachios roasting and
the Stanley
Park Ecology Society
Bring your strings of old, inefficient lights, drop them in the marked bin by the Plaza front gate and help save energy. Plus BC Hydro will donate to the Burn Fund $2 for every string dropped off. More info ...
When you enter Stanley Park off Georgia Street, go straight ahead (don't turn right under the underpass) and through the Rose Garden. Follow the signs to parking. There is a limited number of accessible parking stalls right by the Plaza gate. Parking in the lots by Bright Nights is free after 3 pm. Bright Nights is readily accessible
by transit. The terminus for bus
#19 is at the bus loop, right by the entrance
to the Train Plaza. Check with TransLink
We've created a colouring page for children of all ages. You can either pick one up in the information tent at Bright Nights or download it here Find Bright Nights on Facebook Promotional Designs by Photography by |
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To Come
with the Old Spaghetti Factory are only
available through Ticketmaster. 
The entire Bright Nights site is wheelchair accessible. The train has a specially designed carriage which will accommodate up to two wheelchairs and has seating for companions. Go to the train platform exit gate and our staff will arrange for boarding. 
Get in the spirit of the Holidays - take a train ride through our forest transformed with two million twinkling lights, see the animated displays and listen to holiday sounds as you enjoy hot chocolate, fresh popcorn and roasted chestnuts.
Recycle Old Holiday Lights
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