Community Events
Bowen Recreation hosts several exciting yearly events that bring the community together, such as our annual Canada Day Reimagined and Family Day celebrations. These events offer fun activities for all ages, fostering a sense of connection and local pride. To learn more about past events and stay updated on upcoming ones, visit their event pages here.
Canada Day Reimagined 2026 – Wednesday July 1
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
@ Community Centre & Grass Field
A community event for Bowen Islanders
Celebrate Canada Day in a new way! Join us at the Community Centre for an all-ages community event that focuses on reconciliation, celebration, and community. It’s a day to connect, reflect on our cultural and colonial heritage, and explore what being Canadian means today.
GET INVOLVED AS A VOLUNTEER
We need volunteers to help make this event a success! Volunteer roles include:
- Face painting and tattoos
- Community art projects
- Trivia leader
- Games and sports
- Information and directions
- and more!
If you’d like to lend a hand on the day, please contact Recreation.
Volunteers must be 12 years or older.
BECOME A VENDOR
Are you a local business, artist, or community organization? We would love for you to join us as a vendor!
What we’re looking for:
- Interactive Fun: All vendors are required to include an interactive component like a game, quiz, or challenge to help engage attendees!
- On-Theme: Align your booth or activities with our event themes of reconciliation, celebration, and community.
How to apply:
- Download and fill out the Vendor Application Form.
- Email completed form to bicr@bimbc.ca before Sunday June 21.
Let’s come together as a community to reimagine Canada Day — celebrating our unique Bowen spirit with respect and reflection.
Grades 5, 6, 7 Halloween Dance 2025 – Thursday October 23
Each October, Bowen Rec hosts the annual Halloween Dance! A highly anticipated event, it features costume contests, fun games, dancing, and Halloween-themed treats. Kids look forward to showing off their costumes and dancing the night away with friends year after year.
Light up Bowen
Join Bowen Rec at the annual Light Up Bowen celebration, where we bring extra holiday magic! Kids gather to decorate cookies, write letters to Santa, and enjoy festive fun while the community comes together to celebrate the island’s holiday lights. This family favorite brings warmth and cheer to the season every year.
Youth Crafters at the BICS Craft Fair
Every holiday season, young artists and makers are invited to take part in the BICS Craft Fair, where they proudly sell their handmade crafts to the community. This year, Bowen Rec is here to support youth crafters! This annual tradition gives youth a chance to showcase their talents, build entrepreneurial skills, and join the festivities with local artisans and shoppers.
Saturday February 14 – Seedy Saturday!
Seedy Saturday comes to Bowen Island!
Join local garden enthusiasts on February 14 for a relaxed, community-driven day celebrating all things gardening.Seedy Saturday brings together local growers, hobby gardeners, vendors, and anyone curious about starting or expanding their garden so they can learn from one another, exchange ideas and seeds, and purchase seeds and plants in a social setting.
Seedy Saturday offers a chance to gather inspiration, learn from others, and be part of a supportive, green-thumbed community.
The Community Centre will be the host site for discussions, hands-on workshops, seed, tool and book swap, kid’s activities, and more!
Partners, exhibiters and vendors include: BI Garden Club, BI Food Resilience Society, Grafton Gardens,
BI Library, Farmer’s Market, IPS, BIHORA, Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association, Terra Seed Corp,
BC Eco Seed Co-op, Bellwater, Landscaping by Steve, the Burrow, Coast Alive Ecological Services.
Get involved as a volunteer or local expert! Contact us as bicr@bimbc.ca
Vendors welcome! Vendor tables cost $20 (cash payment day-of).
Bowen Island Community Recreation acknowledges with gratitude that we live, work, and play on the traditional, unceded territory of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, whose people have been stewards of these lands and waters surrounding Nexwlélexwm (Bowen Island).