Squamish Wind Festival

The Squamish Arts Festival is a community event in the summer. It features concerts, art displays, the performing arts, an outdoor movie and other activities.

Formerly called the Squamish Wind Festival, the Squamish Arts Festival ran from August 6th to 17th in 2024. In the middle of the month there was also a Ribfest event in Langley and Symphony in the Park in Abbotsford.

To learn about the above and other events happening this month, see our August Calendar of Events. To learn about the Squamish Arts Festival, continue reading.

Arts Festival in Squamish

The Squamish Arts Festival is an annual event with a focus on both visual and performing arts. In years prior to COVID-19, the festival used to take place in July. Since then it’s happened in August each year.

Where and When

The Squamish Arts Festival takes place in the summer in the town of Squamish. The area is about a 45-minute drive from Vancouver along the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

The festival ran from August 6th to 17th in 2024. This year’s venues included Junction Park and Sp’akw’us Feather Park.

Known as the “Outdoor Recreation Capital of the World,” Squamish is home to some of the region’s premier outdoor recreation venues, including Stawamus Chief Mountain (for hiking), the Sea to Sky Gondola, and Squamish Spit (for kite boarding).

For more information on the area, click Squamish or the Sea to Sky region.

Squamish Arts Festival All-Day Events

In 2024, there were art workshops between August 6th and 15th. The main Squamish Arts Festival event happened on August 10th at Junction Park. Lastly, the Sp’akw’us Feather Park Shakedown was on August 17th.

There was a large number of events that took place over the course of the 2024 festival. Below are details about two of the biggest ones which were both free to attend!

Saturday, August 10th, 2024

From 10:00 am to 6:00 pm there was a big free event at Junction Park. Below is a list of the free activities that took place. There was also an artisan market, bar and an area with food trucks.

The following activities all began at 10:00 am:

Gabriel Ostapchuk Live Painting
Alixandra Jade
Squamish Circus Collective
Liz Sax Ceramics

Activities and performances that happened at other times of the day included the following:

10:30 am – Ira Pettle
11:40 am – Cat Madden
12:50 pm – The Beating of The Unborn Drum
1:00 pm – Paintertainment
1:30 pm – Olin Brix
2:40 pm – Dhol Nation Drummers
4:40 pm – Blonde Diamond

Squamish Wind Festival at Junction Park — Festival Activities at Junction Park

Saturday, August 17th, 2024

The final day of the festival took place at Sp’akw’us Feather Park from 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm. The day’s live entertainment schedule is listed below. There was a bar at the event from 4:00 pm onward. Food trucks were also on-site.

5:10 pm – Bitterly Divine
5:50 pm – Squamish National Cultural Dancers
6:20 pm – DJ OShow
7:10 pm – Mark Woodyard
8:15 pm – SLB B2B LERMA
9:00 pm – DJ KOOKUM
9:50 pm – The Funk Hunters

Vendors

For an idea of which vendors to expect at the festival, food trucks and vendors that attended in previous years are listed below.

Vendors

Charcoal & Grain – selling handmade gifts made from reclaimed wood.
Dogwood Letterpress – specializing in handmade vintage stationary.
Fox Fibers – featuring hand-crafted woven plant and wall hangers.
Geojab Bowls – West Coast Indigenous-designed bowls made from reclaimed wood.
Hollow Tree – hand-crafted candles.
Sons of Vancouver Distillery – a Vancouver-based small batch distillery.

Food Trucks

Alice & Brohm Real Fruit Ice Cream – a New Zealand treat made with real fruit!
Carte Diem – Seize the Souvlaki – a food truck serving traditional Greek cuisine.
Chickpea – a food truck specializing in plant-based food.
Luz Tacos – fun and delicious tacos served out of a converted airstream trailer.
Mr. Bannock – a food truck serving traditional Indigenous foods.