2010 Festival of Lights
Watch the videos
Dates and times
4:30 to 9 p.m. every night, December 10, 2010 through January 2, 2011 except December 25th when the Garden is closed.
NOTE: In the case of heavy snow storms or other extraordinary weather conditions: please call the Garden Shop 604.257.8665 to confirm that FOL has not been closed for that one evening.
Highlights include
- Santa's Living Room: Dec. 10 - 24 with Santa appearances 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30 p.m.
- Svend and Jens, our Scandinavian Christmas Elves appear nightly in the Centre Court
- Dancing Lights on Livingstone Lake: starting at 4:30 p.m. Two different shows - one show on the half hour and a different one at the top of the hour. Two different shows repeating in sequence throughout the evening.
- Gingerbread Wood
- Golden Chain Walk
- Community Choir Concerts on the Deck at 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm, dates and choirs TBA
- Make-a-Wish Candle Shrine
- Candy Cane Lane
- Sparkling Spruce in the Centre Court
- Candy Cane Express model train
Food services
- Dinner nightly at Shaughnessy Restaurant, reservations recommended 604-261-0011
- Dr. Waffle serving up fresh-made sweet and savoury waffles, real apple cider and Thomas Haas Hot Chocolate - Cash Only
- Mrs Claus' Kitchen next to Santa's Living Room and Shaughnessy's Patio both serving: Hot dogs, smokies, fresh-popped kettle corn, chicken fingers, fresh-baked apple-walnut-cranberry turnovers, and other sweet treats along with hot coffee/tea , hot cider and hot chocolate, pop and bottled water
VanDusen Botanical Garden thanks event sponsors Blenz Coffee, Vivid Lighting Solutions, Western One Rentals and Sales as well as media sponsor The Vancouver Courier for their support of the 2009 Festival of Lights.
Ticket and price information
Some scenes from 2007
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Enjoy these images from previous shows:
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2006 Festival of Lights images courtesy of Gil V. Gatchalian
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