Honda Celebration of Light reveals summer fireworks dates in Vancouver

Get ready to look up to the skies over English Bay because the Honda Celebration of Light has announced its dates for this year’s fireworks festival in Vancouver.

The international light show in the city’s West End is one of the most highly anticipated happenings of the year, with many locals and visitors arriving early on each fireworks day to stake out the perfect spot.

Honda Celebration of Light

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To help get you ready for summer fun, here are the three nights that Honda Celebration of Light will return in 2025:

• Saturday, July 19
• Wednesday, July 23
• Saturday, July 26

This year’s event programming, including the three participating fireworks teams and the countries they will represent, is expected to be announced by event organizers shortly.

A “very unique twist” is also being hinted at for this year’s fireworks festivities.

“The Honda Celebration of Light is being inundated with calls by Canadians from coast to coast, who want to make it part of their summer vacation plans,” said organizers online. “Likewise, we are hearing from travellers in other parts of the world who want to make Canada their destination of choice.”

Honda Celebration of Light

The last fireworks competition in 2024 saw competing teams representing Portugal, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. Team Pyrotex Fireworx won both the People’s Choice Award and the Judge’s Competition Award based on their tightly choreographed performance, pushing creative boundaries and wooing the crowds.

Each year, the event typically attracts a cumulative attendance of over one million people to the beaches, parks, and seawall surrounding English Bay over its three nights.

Over the past decade, the event has grown beyond its nightly 25-minute fireworks competition, with food trucks, activations, and on-site live entertainment beginning in the afternoon of each event day and then culminating with free concerts before the fireworks.

Honda Celebration of Light 2025

When: July 19, 23 and 26, 2025
Time: 10 to 10:25 pm; rain or shine
Where: English Bay, Vancouver
Cost: Free

With files from Kenneth Chan