The Surrey Block Party is a food truck festival-style event at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. It features food trucks, an artisan market and live entertainment.
A couple of years ago the Surrey event was called Food Truck Wars and it involved around 40 food trucks instead of the usual 20 or so. The event happened in early April. Last year the Food Truck Wars event took place in Langley on March 31st and April 1st and 2nd.
In 2023 the event that happened in Cloverdale was the Surrey Block Party on the Saturday and Sunday of June 3rd and 4th. It featured over 20 food trucks, a beer garden, live entertainment and market vendors.
In 2024 Food Truck Wars once again takes place in Langley, on the weekend of April 19th to 21st. Details about the event in Surrey for this year are to be confirmed.
Visit the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival‘s website for details about the event.
Surrey Block Party Food Truck Festival
If you’re looking for a wide selection of food truck cuisine and free live entertainment in Surrey, then the Surrey Community Block Party is a good event to check out. The event also features a beer garden, market vendors and more.
At the event in 2023, about 15 market vendors were expected as well as over two dozen food trucks. Menu items included everything from kettle corn to barbecued meat, mini donuts, gourmet hot dogs, pizza and a range of ethnic foods.
When and Where
In 2023 the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival presented the Surrey Block Party at the Cloverdale Rodeo Fairgrounds (at 6050 176th Street) on the weekend of June 3rd and 4th.
The event ran from 11:00 am until 8:00 pm on the Saturday and from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm on the Sunday.
Food Truck Participants
Examples of the food trucks that participated in the 2023 event included the following:
- Street Dogs – a food truck vendor that’s famous for its hot dogs
- Reel Mac & Cheese – gourmet macaroni and cheese with popular movie names
- Shameless Buns – creative sandwiches, fries and more with a Filipino influence
- Kyu Grill – popular Japanese and Hawaiian dishes
- Betty’s Greek Honey Ballz – serving traditional Greek dessert items
- Guerilla Q – classic southern BBQ menu items
Artisan Vendors and Other Activities
In 2023 the Surrey Community Block Party featured live music throughout the event and a beer garden for adults. There were also more than a dozen market vendors on-site over the weekend. Vendors expected over the course of the two days included the following:
- Beloved By Emily
- D’Lux Bath & Body
- Drby Pet Co
- Edna SMaK Apparel
- Lilac Rain
- Neo Naturelle
- Nàdur Pictiúr
- Our Little Soap Company
- Preserved Canning
- Sihle SkincareSumas Laser Engraving & Design
- Susie’s Cindy Buns & More Bakery
- Sweet Collective Co
- That’s A Good Cookie
- Wick Off Candles
OTHER FOOD TRUCK EVENTS
Other events hosted by the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival in 2023 took place in the following communities:
- Langley – on March 31st to April 2nd (Food Truck Wars)
- Food Truck Festival at UBC – on April 5th to 6th
- Burnaby Block Party at BCIT – on April 22nd and 23rd
- Downtown Chilliwack Block Party – on April 29th and 30th
- Coquitlam Block Party – on May 13th and 14th
- Langley – on June 10th (as part of Community Day)
- Mission Community Block Party – on June 24th and 25th
Food Truck Wars Video
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival hosts a number of food truck-themed events each year. New for 2022, the event in Cloverdale was a Food Truck Wars event. It featured even more food trucks and entertainment than other regular events. There was also a bit of a competition between the different vendors.
The video below shows what Cloverdale Food Truck Wars looked like in April of 2022. In 2023, Food Truck Wars took place in Langley from March 31st to April 2nd. For more information about that event, click Food Truck Wars in Langley.
Other Information
The Cloverdale Food Truck Festival is just one of several similar events put on by the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival. Other venues hosted by the same organization in recent years have included Port Moody, Guildford, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Coquitlam, Langley and Maple Ridge.
For more details about the Cloverdale event, visit the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival website.
For ideas on other things to do in the area see our articles about Surrey or the Fraser Valley.
Other articles that might be of interest include the following:
- Vancouver Calendar of Events
- Vancouver on a Budget
- Lower Mainland Festivals & Events
- Surrey’s Best Restaurants
