PNE Fair

Make the PNE Fair your End-of-Summer Tradition with *can’t miss* attractions and entertainment including The SuperDogs, Knights of Valour jousting show, The Flying Fools High Dive Show, Dueling Pianos, an immersive Monet art exhibit, agriculture displays, drag shows, cooking demonstrations, a pyro musical, exhibits, and Summer Night Concerts!

But wait there’s more… Enjoy all the fun, games, rides, vendors, and treats you can eat!

2023 Entertainment and Attractions

 

Just For Laughs
This year, we have partnered with Just for Laughs Comedy to bring you several nights
of unparalleled comedic talent in the Pacific Coliseum.

Immersive Monet Art Exhibition
More than 400 of Claude Monet’s artworks are thrillingly brought to new life in Beyond Monet, a unique and exhilarating multimedia experience. This family-friendly immersive exhibition wraps guests in light and colour that focuses and refocuses into the flowers and landscapes of Monet’s brilliant masterpieces.

Free with admission

Knights of Valour

Prepare yourself for entertainment worthy of a King and Queen. With full contact, un-choreographed, real live jousting, this is a thrilling show of horsemanship, bravery and chivalry like you’ve never seen before. Come and see your knights in shining armour as they ride into battle – it’s positively medieval!

Daily: 1:00pm, 3:00pm & 7:15pm, no 1:00pm show on August 19th, 20th and 22nd
Free with admission

Best of the West Archery Championships

For the first time ever the PNE will be hosting the Best of the West Archery Championships from Saturday, August 26th – Sunday, August 27th. Come out to the Agrodome and watch the top 5 archers in each field.

Free with admission

The Flying Fools High Dive Show

These incredible world class divers will make you laugh and make you gasp as they dive from incredible heights. Don’t close your eyes and hold your breath as you watch acrobats plunge from 80 feet in the air.
Daily: 2:00pm, 3:30pm & 6:30pmFree with admission

SuperDogs presents Barkade

The SuperDogs celebrate the greatest video games of all time in a live-action show that’s fast-paced, interactive, heart-warming and hilarious! Help them level up as they run, jump and play their way across a landscape of legendary games with a SuperDogs twist: from Doggie Kong to Petris, Super Mario Barkers to World of Woofcraft.

Daily in the Pacific Coliseum: 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 6:00pm
Free with admission

Blue’s Dance Party
Come sing and dance with Blue the Bear and his friends in this interactive
multimedia dance party!

Daily at the BCAA TOONCITY stage: 1:30pm & 4:00pm
Free with admission

Super Action Academy!
Calling all recruits! This musical stage show is perfect for the whole family – if you’re
ready for an adventure, come sing along and join the fun! But be on high alert;
someone is trying to infiltrate the Academy! The SAA needs a hero, and that hero is YOU.

Daily at the BCAA TOONCITY stage: 12:30pm, 2:30pm & 5:00pm
Free with admission

Animal Antics

When the sun goes down, join us for a laugh and watch funny pet videos on the big screen nightly at ToonCity. Bring some popcorn and enjoy funny flicks!

Nightly at the BCAA TOONCITY stage: 7:30pm
Free with admission

Remix Inferno – A Pyro Music Spectacular

Join us for a brand new, never seen nightly pyro music celebration! Feel the beat as high-flying hits erupt into hot musical mash-ups in the sky.

Nightly at Festival Park: 9:30pm
Free with admission

Cultural Showcase
On stage at Festival Park, join us for a cultural mosaic of dynamic dancers, exhilarating musical performers and other special guests! This celebration of British Columbia’s diverse cultural landscape will delight fairgoers of all ages.

Daily at Festival Park: 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:30pm & 6:00pm
Free with admission

Dueling Pianos

Back by popular demand, it’s Dueling Pianos! A music experience unlike any other, don’t miss Canadian Event Awards Entertainer of the Year as two piano players will crank up the sound in Festival Park, playing everything from hard rock and 80’s retro to the latest Top 40! Request your favourite tune, raise a glass and sing-a-long – it’s a roaring good time every night at Dueling Pianos.

Nightly at Festival Park: 7:00pm, 8:15pm & 9:45pm
Free with admission

For the Love of Drag

A tribute show of Legendary Icons. This 30-minute energetic show features a cast of
drag queens who not only recreate but duplicate the likenesses of stars ranging from
Freddie Mercury and Dolly to Shania, Lady Gaga, Diana Ross and more.

Daily at the Coca-Cola Stage: 4:30pm & 6:00pm

Free with admission

SCHOOL OF ROCK’S BIG GUITAR ROCKOUT

The Pacific National Exhibition and School of Rock Vancouver have partnered to set a record for the most guitarists playing together at the Pacific Coliseum – and you can be part of it! Join over 500 musicians who will bring the Pacific Coliseum to life on August 27th with Bryan Adam’s hit “Summer of ‘69”! Everyone from beginner to advanced guitarists can register to participate in this huge event! All you need is an electric guitar and a small guitar amp. School of Rock Vancouver will provide the music transcriptions, online tutorials and more through their revolutionary School of Rock Method App, so you can learn and practice before the big day.

Sunday, August 27th, 4:30pm – Pacific Coliseum

 

Taste Showcase

The Taste Showcase is in an indoor venue featuring an expanded Safeway Cooking Stage which offers demonstrations from local culinary talent and daily programming, as well as a culinary market selling specialty food goods and kitchen accessories. Grab a drink at the bar and stay for a chill evening of live music.

Dinosaurs Around the World
From Imagine Exhibitions, Dinosaurs Around the World invites you to grab your prehistoric passport! In this captivating outdoor exhibition, visitors will be whisked back in time on a dinosaur adventure and a tour of an Earth that’s very different from the one we inhabit today.

Free with admission

Canoe Cultures

The Canoe Cultures Society is an Indigenous-led non-profit society dedicated to the art and culture of the Canoe. Come to see live demonstrations of traditional Canoe carving techniques as young Indigenous carvers demonstrate their skills on a new canoe and display completed canoes. Also learn how Indigenous peoples preserved their Salmon at the fish-drying rack and explore the traditional Indigenous arts and crafts at our Indigenous Artists demo.

The Market

Located in the Forum, the indoor shopping hub showcasing over 90 different vendors features a wide variety of products and services. Visitors can spend hours browsing and exploring booths carrying everything from soaps, bed sheets, massage cushions, skin care and cleaning supplies to exciting new products like visual art pieces and bespoke jewelry.

AGRICULTURE AT THE FAIR

One of the most popular areas of the annual Fair. The agricultural area goes back to the very first Fair in 1910 and remains at the heart of the Fair today. Get up close to your favourite barnyard animals and learn about the importance of British Columbia’s agricultural sector at the Kidz Discovery Farm, the 4-H Festival, the PNE Chef’s Garden, and other displays from our partners at the BC Dairy Association, BC
Cattlemen’s Association, BC Egg Marketing Board, and BC Chicken Marketing Board among others. Crowd favourite Pig Races will also be entertaining guests with their entertaining daily live race to the feed pan!

4-H Festival

The PNE is excited to welcome over 300 members from BC 4-H from all over the province to our 4-H Festival, kicking off the Fair August 19-22. Ranging in age from 9 to 19 years old will be showing their 4-H projects at the final festival of their 2023 season.
August 19th-22nd
PNE Livestock Barns
Free with admission

Kids Discovery Farm

Nestled inside Farm Country is the place where kids can try their hand at becoming a ‘farmer for an hour’ in the Kids Discovery Farm, showcasing 10 sectors of agriculture with different interactive activities! Try your hand at milking a cow, pedaling a tractor, collecting eggs and harvesting apples in this exciting exhibit!

PNE Livestock Barns
Free with admission

AGRI-A’MOO’SEMENT

Where fun and learning find each other in our livestock barns! Try your hands at
Archery, take in the Magic Bean Agriculture Show and hop on a Pony Ride. The Barns
promise to a’moo’se you while at the Fair!!!
PNE Livestock Barns
Free with admission

ON-THE-STREET

Watch for music, comedy and street celebrations throughout the Fairgrounds daily
including:
• El Gleno Grande
• PNE Pep Band
• Los Dorados Mariachi, Canada’s premier mariachi ensemble
Free with admission

Summer Night Concerts

PNE Fair guests will enjoy sensational performances this year featuring some of music history’s biggest names in Pop, Rock, and R&B..”

The Summer Night Concerts will run every evening the Fair is open, starting on Saturday August 19th on the GMC Stage in the PNE Amphitheatre.

Who is it for?

All ages

Fair Gate Passes

Save $5 on gate passes if you buy in advance!

	Advance
Adult	$ 20.00
Youth	$ 14.00
Child	$ 7.00
Senior	$ 14.00
3 & under	$ FREE

 

Ride Passes

The Fun ride pass $39.00 (advance) $44.00 (day-of) includes access to the following rides: Balloon Explorers, Bug Whirled, Cap’n KC, Choppers, Climbing wall, Cool Cruzers, Dizzy Drop, The Flutterbye, Gladiator, Glass House, Honeybee Express, Kettle Creek Mine Coaster, Merry-Go-Round, Rock-n-Cars, Scrambler, Sea to Sky Swinger, Super Slide, Sweet Escape Mini Golf, Teacups, Westcoast Wheel.

The Thrill Seeker ride pass $50.00 (advance) $55.00 (day-of) includes the list above, plus these additional rides: Atmosfear, The Beast, Breakdance, Cedar Rapids Log Flume, Enterprise, The Pirate Ship, Hellevator, Hell’s Gate, Skybender, Wooden Roller Coaster, and all the Fun Pass rides as well.

A Rapid Pass can be added on to your Thrill Seeker ride pass to skip the line at the following rides: Atmosfear, Beast, Breakdance, Flume, Hellevator, Pirate Ship, Sea-to-Sky Swinger and Skybender. Only available Aug 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, Sept 1, 2, 3, 4.

Individual Ride Coupons are available onsite only, while supplies last.

Summer concerts:

TBA

How to get tickets?
Buy Online

Date & Time: Daily, August 19 — Sept 4, 2023 | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM

Closed Mondays except Labour Day

Summer concerts:

• Saturday, August 19 – TLC
• Sunday, August 20 – Boyz II Men
• Tuesday, August 22 – Tenille Townes
• Wednesday, August 23 – Boney M featuring Maizie Williams
• Thursday, August 24 – Yung Gravy & bbno$
• Friday, August 25 – Billy Talent
• Saturday, August 26 – AQUA
• Sunday, August 27 – Billy Idol
• Tuesday, August 29 – Pink Martini featuring China Forbes
• Wednesday, August 30 – Doug and the Slugs with the VSO
• Thursday, August 31 – Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
• Friday, September 1 – Jason Derulo
• Saturday, September 2 – Stars of Drag
• Sunday, September 3 – Walk off the Earth
• Monday, September 4 – Blue Rodeo: 30 Years In July

Venue: 2901 Hastings East, Vancouver

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