KitsFest 2025 – Vancouver’s #1 Sports & Arts Beach Festival

August 7–10, 2025 | Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver

🏖️ KitsFest is back! Celebrate community, culture, and competition at Vancouver’s premier beachside festival, KitsFest 2025, happening August 7 to 10, 2025 at the iconic Kitsilano Beach. This beloved summer tradition features an action-packed lineup of sports tournaments, live performances, family fun, movie night, and cultural events for all ages.

📍 Location

Kitsilano Beach
1499 Arbutus St, Vancouver, BC V6J 5N2
🌐 kitsfest.com

🗓️ Festival Dates

• Thursday, August 7, 2025 – Pickleball, warm-up events

• Friday to Sunday, August 8–10, 2025 – Full festival programming and competitions

🎉 Festival Highlights

🏀 Basketball Tournaments

📅 Aug 8–10, 2025 | ⏰ 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM daily

• Girls 3x3 (8 teams)

• Women’s 3x3 (8 teams)

• U19 Boys 5x5 (16 teams)

• Men’s Open 5x5 (16 teams)
  📢 Hosted by Jammin’ Cameron | 🎧 Music by DJ Jaylo & DJ Twist
  Special appearance: Now or Never Crew
  🏅 Featuring Olympic breaker Phil “Wizard” Kim

🏐 Volleyball

📅 Aug 9 & 10, 2025 | ⏰ 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM

• Adult Beach Provincials – Finals on Sunday

• Youth Volleyball – Aug 8 from 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  Presented by Side Out Volleyball

🎾 Tennis

📅 Aug 8–10, 2025

• Aug 8: Mixed Doubles & UBC Tennis Skills Session

• Aug 9–10: Tournament Play

🏓 Pickleball

📅 Aug 7–8, 2025

• Thursday: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM

• Friday: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

♟️ BC Outdoor Chess Championship

📅 Aug 8–10, 2025 | ⏰ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• Aug 9: Championship Tournament

• Aug 10: Blitz Tournament

• Daily drop-in play available

🕺 Live Dance with Nina Perez

Join daily Latin dance classes:

• Friday – Merengue (11 AM, 2 PM, 6 PM)

• Saturday – Salsa (11 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM)

• Sunday – Bachata (11 AM, 2 PM, 6 PM)

🛟 Surf Lifesaving Schon Cup

📅 Aug 8 – Kits Beach | Aug 9 – White Rock Beach

• Beach Flags, Board Rescue, Surf Race & more

• Open to ages 12–99 | All equipment provided

🎬 Movie Night: The Proposal

📅 Saturday, August 9, 2025 | ⏰ 8:45 PM
Enjoy an outdoor movie by the beach!
🎵 Music & Movie Night Sponsored by West Broadway BIA

🏈 RedZone Flag Football

📅 Sunday, August 10, 2025
📍 Near basketball & volleyball courts
⏰ 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Host: CFL legend Daved Benefield

⚽ Family Fun Zone (All Weekend)

• Rock’n Beau live shows

• Whitecaps 'Caps Cube

• Soccer Tots & AthletiKids

• Visits from Fin & Kirk McLean

🏖️ About KitsFest

KitsFest is a celebration of healthy living, inclusivity, and community through sports, arts, and cultural engagement. Organized by the Canada One Athletic Foundation, the festival helps fund local infrastructure projects like Kits Beach basketball courts and tennis courts.

KitsFest proudly acknowledges that the event takes place on the traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

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