SeaWheeze Half Marathon and Sunset Festival

The SeaWheeze Half Marathon was a Lululemon-sponsored Vancouver running race. The Sunset Festival was the event’s after-party with yoga and outdoor concerts.

Note: The SeaWheeze Half Marathon didn’t take place in 2022. It is unlikely to return in the future.

A number of Lower Mainland Running Races involve live music and festival-like activities to varying degrees. When it used to happen, the SeaWheeze Half Marathon, however, featured fairly major concerts. The festival at the end of the run was impressive as well.

SeaWheeze Half Marathon and Festival

The SeaWheeze Half Marathon and Festival was a large fitness event sponsored by Lululemon. The event was more than just a half marathon, however, at least in years before the pandemic. Lululemon sponsored pop-up yoga classes, stores and other activities over a full weekend in August.

Over 10,000 runners used to take part in the SeaWheeze Half Marathon. (Note: A half marathon is 21.1 kilometres long, or 13.1 miles.)

Vancouver Sunset Festival at Night — Sunset Festival Evening Concert

About the Event

The last in-person SeaWheeze event took place in 2019. In 2020 it moved online due to the coronavirus. Select events took place on the SeaWheeze website including a virtual run. In 2021, the event took place online once again, from September 18th to the 26th.

The virtual SeaWheeze event in 2021 included a couple of different options for the race. Participants chose to either do a 10K run or the full half marathon. They also chose their own course.

Unfortunately, the SeaWheeze Half Marathon didn’t happen at all in 2022. The event is unlikely to return in the future.

Pre-SeaWheeze Party

In previous years, before the SeaWheeze Half Marathon runners had the option to take part in a small pre-SeaWheeze party. Activities included yoga sessions and meditation run by some of Lululemon’s yoga ambassadors.

SeaWheeze Sunset Festival

The SeaWheeze Sunset Festival was an impressive event. It took place in Stanley Park‘s Brockton Oval after the SeaWheeze Half Marathon. The event featured live music, snacks, drinks and, of course, yoga. The festival also had an artisan market.

The concerts typically included some pretty big-name artists along with local talent. 2019’s headliner artist was Kaskade, who is a famous American DJ.

Tickets for the Sunset Festival cost $48 in 2019, but kids under the age of 5 got in free with a paying adult. The festival was complimentary for runners and volunteers in the SeaWheeze Half Marathon. However, only a limited number of tickets were available (and the event typically sold out).

The festival ran for several hours after the conclusion of the half marathon. The 2019 festival, for example, went from 4:00 until 11:00 pm.

NOTE: There was no parking by the event. However, there were usually shuttle buses and a bike valet on-site.

SeaWheeze Sunset Festival Concert — Festival Concert at Stanley Park

Festival Schedule

Below is the festival’s schedule from 2019, which was the final year for the in-person event.

5:45 to 6:30 am – Gear Check (at the Vancouver Convention Centre)
6:20 to 6:35 am – Sunrise Warm-up (at Jack Poole Plaza)
7:00 am – Half Marathon Start (at Hastings Street and Burrard)
8:00 am – Estimated finish time of the fastest runner (at Harbour Green Park)
8:00 am to 1:00 pm – SeaWheeze Recovery & Brunch (at the Vancouver Convention Centre)
4:00 to 10:30 pm – Sunset Festival (at Brockton Fields in Stanley Park)
5:30 to 6:45 pm – Sunset Yoga (at Brockton Fields)
7:30 to 8:30 pm – Big Wild (in concert at Brockton Fields)
9:00 to 10:15 pm – Kaskade (in concert at Brockton Fields)
11:00 pm – Party Ends and Gates Closed