Take the party outside

Visitors to Canada during the summer months will soak up the post-pandemic excitement of the return of outdoor festivals and events. Read on for some of the best.

• Pride Festival Weekend (June 24-26) in Toronto, Ontario, and the Pride Festival and Parade (July 31) in Vancouver, BC, are both returning to in-person affairs filled with outdoor performances, colourful marches and parades, block parties and street fairs.
• Summer music festivals include: Vancouver Folk Music Festival (July 15-17) in Vancouver, 
• Near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kejimkujik Dark Sky Weekend (August 19-21) invites stargazers to sleep under the cosmos and see the constellations sans light pollution in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site.
• In Vancouver, the FIA Formula E World Championship (June 30 - July 2) restores all-electric street racing to the streets of downtown, with drivers cheered on by crowds of spectators.