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Fireworks festival cancelled in Vancouver for second year due to COVID-19 pandemic
BY , May 3, 2021 5:30 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Seen from Burnaby Mountain approximately 16 kilometres away, fireworks explode behind the downtown Vancouver skyline as a pyrotechnic team from Croatia closes out the final night of the Honda Celebration of Light in Vancouver on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. One of the largest and most popular summer celebrations in Vancouver has been cancelled for the second year in a row. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
One of the largest and most popular summer celebrations in Vancouver has been cancelled for the second year in a row.
The Vancouver Fireworks Festival society says the three-day Honda Celebration of Light fireworks event has been called off for 2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement, the society says the festival will be back in 2022, with dates already set for July 23, 27 and 30.
In years past, roughly 400,000 people crowded the shores of Vancouver's English Bay each night of the festival to watch the fireworks.
The event was also cancelled last year, which would have been its 30th anniversary.
Organizers say Honda Canada will remain the sponsor when the event goes ahead next year, and they promise the festival will be ``bigger and better than ever.''
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