Celebration of Light 2023

Live Stream, Webcams, Teams, Schedule from English Bay, Vancouver, BC

The Celebration of Light, held annually at English Bay in Vancouver and currently officially known under sponsorship as the Honda Celebration of Light, is a musical fireworks competition that has been taking place since 1990, making it one of the longest running, and certainly most popular, fireworks competitions anywhere in the world.

The shore front location of the event makes for large scale viewing by huge crowds, and viewing numbers across the 3 days of the event are estimated at up to 1.5 million.

The Celebration of Light consists of 3 nights of fireworks displays across 3 dates spread over a week in late July and involving 3 competing countries, one of which is usually the USA or Canada to help maintain a little more local interest! The weather is usually decent at this time of year, but always a little unpredictable, but the displays do go ahead regardless of the climatic conditions. Each display lasts 25 minutes and is judged by a panel of experts, sponsors and celebrities.

Dates

The dates of the Honda Celebration of Light in 2023 will be 22nd, 26th and 29th July 2023.

Teams

This year's teams are Australia (Saturday 22nd), Mexico (Wednesday 26th) and The Philippines (Saturday 29th) - Honda Celebration of Light

TV, Live Streaming

There is likely to be TV coverage of the main displays by some of the local TV networks, we will post any links we find right here. You can also get updates on the day via their Facebook page - Celebration of Light

For radio coverage, you can listen to the soundtrack form the different displays by tuning in to local radio station partner LG104.3FM, which also has a listen live online streaming option:

LG104.3 live feed

One option you might like to check out for a possible look at the Celebration of Light fireworks is one of the many webcams positioned in and around the Vancovuer area, several of which have live views across the bay:

Vancouver webcams

Hotels and Accommodation

Vancouver in July is a lovely city to visit, with plenty of sunny days and warm temperatures that tend not to get too hot thanks to the city's northern location. Accommodation prices are reasonable too, especially in comparison with many of the larger US cities.

You can check availability and make reservations for local hotels here.

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