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UBC Food Truck Fest

The Food Truck Festival at UBC is a Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival event. It takes place at the University of British Columbia in the spring.

In 2024 the event happened on the first Thursday and Friday of April. Admission is usually free.

 


For full details about the event, see the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival website.


 

Food Truck Festival at UBC

The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival is a set of events that take place across the Lower Mainland each year. The 2024 series kicked off with an event at UBC’s Vancouver campus. It took place in the first week of April and it was free to attend.

The Food Truck Festival at UBC debuted in 2023. It was a successful event, and it was back for a second time in 2024. This year’s event included more than 20 food trucks offering lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts. There was also a market with around 15 vendors selling a variety of artisan products. Browsing the market is a great way to discover and support local businesses. The 2024 event ran for two days and included live music and covered seating areas.

Free tickets to the Food Truck Festival at UBC are available online. They’re not required, but they help organizers anticipate the number of people planning to visit.

 

Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festivals

 

Dates and Location

The second annual Food Truck Festival at UBC took place on the Thursday and Friday of April 4th and 5th, 2024. It ran from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm on both days.

The event is held outside UBC Commons, just in front of the AMS Student Nest Building. The venue is north of the intersection of East Mall and University Boulevard.

 


For more details, see the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival website.


 

2024 Food Trucks

Around 24 different food trucks were at the UBC event this year. You could expect to see everything from snacks and mains to nutritious drinks and tasty desserts.

Some of the various food trucks at the UBC festival in 2024 included the following:

  • Bao Buns
  • Chickpea Food Truck
  • Crema Ice Cream & Desserts
  • Dos Amigos
  • Juicy Green Express Inc.
  • KYU Grill
  • Little Ooties Mini Donuts
  • Mom’s Grilled Cheese Truck
  • Roasted Revolution
  • Street Dogs
  • Taco Nori
  • Twisted Potato Express

 


Click Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival for more details about the event.


 

Taco Nori Food Truck

 

Market Vendors in 2024

The Food Truck Festival at UBC included a market with more than 12 vendors. Some of the businesses at the 2024 event are listed below. There were crafts, baked goods, jewellery, pet products and more on offer.

  • Alpaca Studio
  • Bar Down Cookies
  • Gnarkly Dog Shoppe
  • Island Jerky
  • Knottywork Designs
  • Lilac Rain Crafts
  • Our Little Soap Company
  • That’s A Good Cookie

 

Other Information

For more information about the event, see the official Food Truck Festival at UBC page.

To learn more about the series of events in general, see our article about Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festivals. Events in the series include Food Truck Wars in Langley, Coquitlam Community Fest, Chilliwack Party in the Park, Food Truck Fest at BCIT and Mission Ribfest.

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