Vancouver’s Best Places had a contest where, if you signed up for our e-newsletter by June 14th, you could have won four tickets to Foodstock.

Foodstock is a music festival and fundraising event at Swangard Stadium in June. Funds raised benefit the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

NOTE: This contest has ended. Stay tuned for future contests about other things.

NOTE: The winner of this contest will be notified by e-mail. If you get a message from us, make sure it really is from us! The e-mail will be from info@vancouversbestplaces.com. Make sure that’s the e-mail address, without any variations in spelling (just in case a con artist tries to trick you.) Also, we won’t ask you for any personal information or get you to click any links to redeem your prize.

Win Tickets to Foodstock Giveaway Contest

On Friday, June 14th, Vancouver’s Best Places will do a random draw where one lucky person will win four (4) tickets to Foodstock which takes place at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby on Saturday, June 23rd.

The four tickets are worth $154.44 including taxes and fees. (Note: Foodstock is an adults-only event. Proof that you are at least 19 years of age will be required at the gate.)

See below for full contest rules and details.

Contest Giveaway Rules and Details

Vancouver’s Best Places is giving away one (1) package of four (4) tickets to Foodstock in 2024. The tickets are good for general admission. Travel, food, drinks and other expenses are not included.

To enter the giveaway contest you have to do one of the following two things:

1. Become a new subscriber to Vancouver’s Best Places’ e-newsletter.
2. If you are already a subscriber to our e-newsletter, then send us an e-mail at info@vancouversbestplaces.com and ask to be entered into the contest.

To qualify to win, you also need to agree to the contest’s rules, terms and conditions described further below.

This contest is only open to residents of British Columbia who are ages 19 or older. The giveaway contest starts on Saturday, June 1st, at 2:00 pm, and it ends on Friday, June 14th, at noon (PST). The winner will be contacted by email on or before Saturday, June 15th. Entering the contest means you abide by all contest rules.

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Official Contest Rules

Below is information about A) How to Enter, B) the Contest Prize, C) Contest Eligibility & The Contest Draw, and D) Other Terms and Conditions related to the contest rules.

Note: By participating in this contest, participants declare that they have read, understand and accept the following giveaway contest rules and agree to accept all decisions by Vancouver’s Best Places with respect to this contest.

A. How to Enter

Qualified adults who sign up for Vancouver’s Best Places’ e-newsletter between June 1st (at 2:00 pm) and June 14th (by 12:01 pm) are entered in the contest automatically. If you signed up prior to June 1st, you are not automatically entered in the contest. However, if you are an existing subscriber and you send us an e-mail asking to be entered, we can enter you in the contest that way instead. If you are already a subscriber to our e-newsletter prior to the start of this giveaway contest campaign, you can also just reply to one of our e-newsletters and ask us in the e-mail to enter you in the contest or send us a message via the contact page on our website.

Entries must be received by contest closing time which is Friday, June 14th, 2024, at 12:01 pm (PST). Late submissions will not be accepted. There is no purchase necessary to enter.

B. Contest Prize

The winner will be awarded one pack of four (4) tickets to Foodstock which takes place in Burnaby on June 23rd in 2024.

The winner will be contacted by Vancouver’s Best Places with instructions on how they can claim their prize. The winner must reply to the e-mail informing them of their winning within 48 hours (or by the end of day on Monday, June 17th, whichever is later). Failure to reply within this time period will result in the forfeiture of the prize which will then be awarded to another recipient who will be similarly selected by a random draw.

The prizes of tickets have no cash value and cannot be sold or redeemed for cash.

C. Contest Eligibility and the Contest Draw

This giveaway is open to residents of British Columbia, Canada, who are at least 19 years of age.

To qualify for the prizes the selected winner must verify that they are a BC resident and over 19 years of age. If they are unable to verify these details they will be disqualified and another draw will take place to choose new recipients of the prize.

The winner will be selected via a random draw of eligible entry submissions by Vancouver’s Best Places. After being notified, the winner will have to answer a basic skill-testing question in order to receive their prize.

Employees, agents and representatives of Vancouver’s Best Places, the Greater Vancouver Food Bank or members of the immediate family of such persons (including spouses, parents, siblings or children) are not eligible to enter this contest.

D. Other Terms and Conditions

1. No purchase is necessary to enter this contest.
2. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
3. Contest entries are accepted between 2:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on Saturday, June 1st, 2024, and 12:01 pm (PST) on Friday, June 14th, 2024. Entries received before and after these dates and times are not eligible.
4. By entering this contest, all entrants accept and agree to abide by the contest rules, terms, regulations and decisions of Vancouver’s Best Places.
5. By entering this contest, entrants agree to allow Vancouver’s Best Places and the Greater Vancouver Food Bank to publish their name if the entrant wins the contest. If any winning entrant requests that their name not be published, the entrant agrees that their name can at least be provided to any person or organization requesting to know the results of the contest (to ensure transparency of the process).
6. In addition to having their entries randomly selected, in order to win the prize, the selected contestant must correctly answer a skill-testing question.
7. There are no substitutions and the prize must be accepted as awarded.
8. This giveaway contest is subject to the laws of British Columbia, Canada.
9. Vancouver’s Best Places and Greater Vancouver Food Bank reserve the right to modify or cancel this giveaway contest at any time for any reason without notice to participants unless prohibited by law. If ending the contest prior to the initial published contest end date, Vancouver’s Best Places reserves the right to award the prize from among all eligible entries received prior to cancellation of the contest.
10. If for any reason a winner cannot be found, including if Vancouver’s Best Places is unsuccessful in contacting the winner (or subsequent winners if the first one is unsuccessful) within 4 days of the closing date of the contest, the ticket packages or the sum of their values may be donated to a registered BC-based charity, non-profit organization or family in need. Vancouver’s Best Places will, however, do its best to find a winner.
11. Regarding personal information, Vancouver’s Best Places will use a contestant’s personal information for the purposes of conducting this contest. This includes collection of entrants’ names and e-mail details. The winners’ names and contact details including proof of age and province of residence may also be collected.
12. Vancouver’s Best Places and the Greater Vancouver Food Bank are not responsible, for whatever reason, for lost, delayed or otherwise not received entries.
13. Vancouver’s Best Places and the Greater Vancouver Food Bank are not responsible for errors in the administration or offer of this giveaway contest of any kind, including but not limited to mistakes in advertising, contest rules, winner selection or distribution of the prize. This includes but is not limited to technical problems, human error, employee illness, corrupted data, IT, social media, computer hardware or software problems.
14. By entering this contest, entrants understand and accept that affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents of PR Loyalty Solutions (d.b.a. Vancouver’s Best Places), Greater Vancouver Food Bank and their agents are exempt from all liability of any kind, including but not limited to, any property damage, loss, personal injury, death or expense related directly or indirectly to this giveaway contest, receipt of the prize or attending the venue.
15. In the case of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the above listed rules of this contest and any statements made elsewhere in any other contest-related materials, including but not limited to the contest-related posts on social media, the above terms, conditions and rules shall prevail.