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"Indian Summer has made a name for itself as one of the city's most vibrant and eclectic {art} festivals."
- Georgia Straight

08/26/2026

Hoping the end of your summer is as vibey as 2026 was. 🪩

📸 Photo credits to our wonderful festival photographers: Joey Malbon, Rashi Sethi, and Shradha Chonkar.

08/20/2026

We are still dreaming of our last day of our festival at Rishta under the sun at Punjabi Market.

📸 Photo credits to Shradha Chonkar.

08/18/2026

Oh, how we loved laughing and smiling with you at 2026. ✨

📸 Photo credits to our wonderful festival photographers: Joey Malbon, Rashi Sethi, and Shradha Chonkar.

08/14/2026

After a beautiful festival season, the Indian Summer office will be closed August 17 - 28! See you soon ✨

08/08/2026

Our Gift of Flight fundraising contest has officially come to a close! ✈️

A huge thank you to everyone who donated, shared, attended, volunteered, cheered us on, and helped spread the word. Every contribution makes a difference and helps us continue building Indian Summer as a vibrant space for South Asian artists, bold ideas, meaningful dialogue, and community.

And now, the moment we’ve been waiting for… congratulations to our Gift of Flight winner, Amanda Burrows! 🎉 Amanda has won one roundtrip flight for two guests to any regularly scheduled and marketed WestJet destination worldwide.

We’re so grateful for the generosity and support you showed us throughout this campaign — and for the incredible community that continues to show up for Indian Summer.

Here’s to what comes next. We can’t wait to welcome you back for our upcoming year-round events and next year’s festival. ❤️

📷 Image from Indian Summer Festival 2026

08/06/2026

"She held the audience completely in her grasp. Her voice and sense of rhythm filled every corner of the theatre."

Thank you Ann Cheng and Pancouver Media for such a beautiful review of our festival and of Rashmeet Kaur's debut performance in Vancouver at 2026.

Read more here: https://pancouver.ca/rashmeet-kaurs-captivating-concert-shows-why-we-still-need-festivals-in-a-ruptured-world/

08/04/2026

Good news: you have a few more days to enter our Gift of Flight raffle!

Thanks to this incredible community, we are now 90% of the way to our $20,000 goal.

We are extending the Gift of Flight Contest until August 6 at 11:59pm.

That means you have one last chance to make a donation and be entered to win one roundtrip flight for TWO guests to any regularly scheduled and marketed WestJet destination worldwide.

Every donor who gives $100 or more before the contest closes will be automatically entered, and every $100 donated earns one entry. For full contest details, please visit our website at indiansummerfest.ca/donate

07/30/2026

Fill out our audience survey for a chance to win a prize!

As a small charity reliant on public funding, data makes a HUGE difference in our fundraising!

You filling in this survey helps us advocate for arts and culture funding and show our impact to our funders. Plus it helps us know what we are doing well and what can improve.

This should take 5 minutes to fill out! To thank you, survey responses will be entered into a prize raffle to win:

2 season passes to Indian Summer Festival 2027 (approximately $900 value)
2 tickets to the 2027 BC Gin Festival
$100 giftcard to Lila Restaurant
A bag of coffee and merch bundle from Alai Coffee

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6aXBe9hFXHIOF_2JLJET3Vqn0gkSh8EPsp7uys3ij661CeQ/viewform?usp=dialog

07/28/2026

We are thrilled to share that we have reached 75% of our $20,000 fundraising goal, thanks to your continued support!

With the festival now over, we would love to carry this momentum forward into one final push for support.

Your gift helps us carry this work forward. It helps us support artists, build audiences, create accessible cultural spaces, and keep growing one of Vancouver’s most distinctive cultural gatherings.

Until August 4, every donor who gives $100 or more will be entered into our Gift of Flight Contest for a chance to win one round-trip WestJet flight for two. Every $100 donated earns one entry.

And if you have already donated, thank you. This work is only possible because of you.

Donate at indiansummerfest.ca/donate

07/27/2026

To our volunteers, vendors, funders, sponsors, partners, donors, and media, thank you for the countless hours and unwavering belief in what we do. Every ticket purchased and every donation given helps us keep presenting the bold performances and conversations that sustain our cultural fabric year-round.

Music Series Partners, Creative BC

Major Partner, Granville Island

Government Funders, Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of BC, British Columbia Arts Council, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Civic Theatres, City of Burnaby

Foundational Major Partner, Vancouver Foundation

Premier Media Partners, CBC, Stir, Rim Jhim

Festival Supporting Partners Hari Sharma Foundation, Langara, The Hamber Foundation

Event Presenting Partner, Punjabi Market Plaza

Event Presenting Partners, BMO, BCCIE, Canadian Music Centre, SFU David Lam Centre, The Dhahan Prize

Cultural Partners, Surrey Civic Theatres, PuSh Festival, Boca Del Lupo, The Ismaili Centre Vancouver, Vancouver Writers Fest, Rio Theatre, grunt gallery, GenConnect, Surrey Art Gallery, Iron Dog Books

Hospitality Partners, East India Carpets, Driftwood, Plenty Real Brews

Gift of Flight Partner, Westjet

Promotional Partners, Drishti Magazine, The Cut, Chai With It

Address

1945 McLean Drive
Vancouver, BC
V5N3J7

Telephone

+16042839172

Website

http://www.IndianSummerFest.ca/

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