Honda Celebration of Light closing major Vancouver roads starting this week
The Honda Celebration of Light will light up the skies over English Bay for three epic evenings in July, and residents and commuters are being warned of traffic impacts in the viewing areas.
Hundreds of thousands of fireworks fans are expected to attend the stunning shows by Yukon on Saturday, July 19, Quebec on Wednesday, July 23, and Nova Scotia on Saturday, July 26.
The City of Vancouver announced that several road closures are planned for the West End. Festival organizers also stated that neighbouring Kits Point will experience some closures on access roads.
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A full road closure on Burnaby Street from Beach Avenue to Bidwell Street will be in place from Wednesday, July 16, to Friday, July 18, and again on Sunday, July 27.
Traffic controls are in effect from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., including:
- Periodic traffic control for load-in on Beach Avenue, Pacific Street to Davie Street
- Beach Avenue closed to traffic, bike lane detour
Full road closures are in place each night of the fireworks from 6 p.m. to midnight:
- Beach Avenue and Pacific Street from Stanley Park to Thurlow Street
- Davie Street from Denman Street to Burrard Street
- Denman Street from Alberni Street to Beach Avenue
There will also be limited access to Stanley Park West of Pipeline Road from 6 to 11 p.m. and vehicle access and parking will be restricted.
There are three local traffic-only access points in the West End on July 20, 24, and 27.
- Burnaby Street at Thurlow Street
- Nelson Street at Thurlow Street
- Denman Street at Alberni Street
Honda Celebration of Light organizers also posted online that access roads into Kits Point north of Cornwall Street will be closed from 6 p.m. to midnight. Local traffic only access points will be located at Cypress Street at Cornwall Street.
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As usual for Metro Vancouver’s largest annual public event, TransLink will deploy extra services to help meet the surging demand of crowds arriving and leaving the area in and around English Bay for the summer fireworks.
SkyTrain will operate at high frequencies every two to three minutes before and after the fireworks. Bikes will not be permitted on SkyTrain after 10:30 p.m. until the crowds have cleared.
TransLink will deploy more bus services across Metro Vancouver, including downtown Vancouver.
There will be a special pre-event shuttle bus service between Burrard Skytrain Station and the intersection of Denman and West Georgia streets in the West End from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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A special post-event shuttle bus service will run from the intersection of Bidwell and West Georgia streets in Coal Harbour. The service will drop passengers off at the intersection of Burrard and West Georgia streets (near Burrard Station) before continuing to Waterfront Station.
Post-event service to West Vancouver and North Vancouver will also run from the intersection of West Georgia and Denman Streets.
Due to the road closures, several bus routes will be rerouted, including routes 5, 6 (5 p.m. to midnight), and 23 (8 a.m. to midnight).
Team Philippines’ at the Honda Celebration of Light Vancouver fireworks on July 29, 2023. (Gabriel Lam/Meimento)
SeaBus passengers can expect a sailing every 15 minutes to be extended from 9 p.m. until the last sailing from Waterfront Station at 1:22 a.m. on July 23. Sailings on July 19 and 26 will happen every 10 minutes from 1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and every 15 minutes afterwards until the last sailing of the day.
For the last fireworks display on Saturday, July 26, residents in eastern Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley will benefit from a special train on the West Coast Express commuter rail service.
One train will leave Mission City Station at 7 p.m. and arrive at Waterfront Station at 8:15 p.m. For the return trip, the train will begin boarding at Waterfront Station at 11 p.m. and depart at midnight.
Honda Celebration of Light fireworks 2025
- Schedule and provinces:
- Saturday, July 19: Yukon – Team Midnight Sun
- With pre-fireworks Snowbirds Air Show and BC Honda Dealers Drone Show
- Wednesday, July 23: Quebec – Team Royal Pyrotechnie
- With pre-fireworks Snowbirds Air Show and BC Honda Dealers Drone Show
- Saturday, July 26: Nova Scotia – Team Fireworks FX
- With BC Honda Dealers Drone Show
- Saturday, July 19: Yukon – Team Midnight Sun
- Nightly schedule:
- CF Snowbirds Air Show: Start time TBA (July 19 and 23)
- BC Honda Dealers Drone Show: 10 p.m.
- Fireworks: 10:15 p.m., rain or shine. Music simulcasts can be heard on radio station CFMI Rock 101.
- Location: English Bay, Vancouver
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