Birthday Live – April 6, 2011

SpongeG · #1 Posted **Apr 6, 2011, 7:45 AM**

wednesday anyone going? wednesday night not get the greatest turn out but you never know...

Birthday Live – April 6, 2011

FREE, all-ages event at Jack Poole Plaza featuring: 54-40, Bend Sinister, Olympic Cauldron Lighting, Birthday Cake and more

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 from 2pm to 10pm
Location: Jack Poole Plaza (site of the Olympic Cauldron), outdoor plaza at Thurlow & Canada Place, adjacent to the Vancouver Convention Centre (1055 Canada Place)

The City of Vancouver was incorporated on April 6, 1886 and on April, 6, 2011 Vancouver will come together to celebrate 125 years of history with a free, fun-filled, family-friendly event that honours our city’s diversity, First Nations heritage and distinction as a Cultural Capital of Canada for 2011. The Birthday Live celebration begins with a ball hockey tournament for youth and adults at 2:00 PM and continues until 10 PM with live music, DJs, food, street arts, spectacular video art, special performances and more. Vancouver’s Mayor Gregor Robertson and other dignitaries will be on hand for official ceremonies including lighting the Olympic cauldron and cutting a BIG birthday cake! Close to transit, free bicycle valet on site.

full info: http://www.celebratevancouver125.ca/...-april-6-2011/

Pinion · #2 Posted **Apr 6, 2011, 5:30 PM**

I'll be at the Whitecaps game. $12.50 tickets - still some available I think. Weather's looking nice too. We're singing happy birthday at the 12.5 minute mark.

Whitecaps tickets for $12.50

jlousa · #3 Posted **Apr 7, 2011, 4:06 AM**

Went to the event it was relative well done, the cake situation was a mess though. There was a couple of attempts by anarchists to disrupt things, at one point they hung a banner off the top of the Cactus Club building. Staff did a good job of removing it within a few minutes. They then spent a while throwing little paper squares of propaganda at the celebrators. They were calling themselves Resistance. They're attempts were pretty futile though as no one was picking up their papers to read.
I left before 54:40 but there was a large crowd there the whole afternoon/evening I'd venture ~5K at any given time.

SpongeG · #4 Posted **Apr 7, 2011, 4:15 AM**

they did good coverage on CTV and learned a lot about the city watching their news - they also did some interesting stories on city planning and the next 125 years