The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival has an event with food trucks, market vendors and live entertainment at the KPU Campus in Langley in the spring.
Last year the event was a Food Truck Wars-style event in mid-April. It was the third annual Food Truck Wars event hosted by the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival.
The Lower Mainland’s first annual Food Truck Wars event took place in Cloverdale in 2022. The following two years it took place in Langley instead, on the grounds of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. In 2025 Food Truck Wars once again happens in Cloverdale. As of early 2025, details about the food truck event in Langley is to be confirmed.
To learn about the events, visit greatervanfoodtruckfest.com.
Similar events hosted by the same organization include Food Truck Fest at UBC, the Coquitlam Community Fest, Chilliwack Party in the Park and Burnaby’s Food Truck Fest at BCIT.
Food Truck Festival in Langley
Last year and the year before, Food Truck Wars happened at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in Langley on the third weekend in April. A food truck event will likely take place at the same venue sometime in 2025. Exact details, however, are to be confirmed.
If you like beer, artisan vendors and food, especially food truck food, the event in Langley is something you won’t want to miss! It’s a lot of fun, the food is great, and admission is free!
In recent years, the food truck event in Langley has featured over 40 food trucks on each of the three days it has taken place. There’s live music and roaming entertainment, as well as a beer garden and a kids zone. The event also includes a market with local vendors.
For full details about Food Truck Wars and other similar events, visit greatervanfoodtruckfest.com.
When, Where and How Much?
The event takes place at the Langley Campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. The university’s address is 20901 Langley Bypass. It’s about 7 km east of Cloverdale and 10.5 km southwest of Fort Langley.
Food Truck Wars happened on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of April 19th to 21st in 2024. Hours of operation were from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm on the Friday. Saturday hours were from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, while Sunday hours are from 11:00 am until 8:00 pm. Details about the event in Langley in 2025 are to be confirmed.
Admission to the event is by donation. Funds raised in past years benefited the KPU Endowment fund which supports local students and other community events.
What to Expect
At Food Truck Wars you can expect to see lots of people having a good time while eating food from their choice of 45 or so different food truck vendors. There is a beer garden, but people can also wander around with their drinks within the site. There are also activities for children, a market area with artisan vendor stalls, and live entertainment including buskers, DJs and musicians.
For full details about Food Truck Wars and other similar events, visit the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival website.
The Competition
The past couple of years the event has been called Food Truck Wars because it’s a competition between the different food vendors to see which is the favourite.
Competition categories include Best International Fusion, Best Vegetarian/Plant-Based, Best Meat Sweats and Best Classic. There is also Best in Show, Best Between The Bun and Sweetest Treats. Another award is Peoples Choice with online voting.
Food Truck Wars Video
To give you an idea of what to expect, check out the following video. It shows what Food Truck Wars looked like when it took place in Cloverdale in 2022.
Other Information
To learn more about Food Truck Wars and other events put on by the same organization, see the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival‘s website.
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival (GVFTF) hosts food truck-themed events in municipalities all around the Lower Mainland. In past years the event in Langley was part of Langley Community Day which usually happens on the Father’s Day weekend in June. This year Food Truck Wars is an extra event for that community.
Other GVFTF events include ones in Cloverdale, Richmond, Coquitlam, Chilliwack, Mission, Maple Ridge and other communities.
Other articles that might be of interest include the following:
- Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival
- Lower Mainland Food Truck Festivals
- Metro Vancouver Restaurants
- Festivals & Events Calendar
