H O N D A C E L E B R A T I O N O F L I G H T
S P E C I A L F E A T U R E
Come One, Come All
From live music and food trucks to community events and
reworks, the Honda Celebration of Lights is one Vancouver's
premiere events that has something for everyone
V
ancouverites and tourists alike will •ock to English Bay this summer to see three
nights of spectacular reworks overtake the night skies during B.C.'s largest
public event, the 2016 Honda Celebration of Light.
This year's event will feature three countries with red, white and blue •ags:
Netherlands kicks o„ the festival July 23, followed by Australia on July 27 and the
grand nale belongs to the U.S. on July 30.
Expect the U.S., who has never won the competition before, to go above and
beyond this year. The Walt Disney Company—the world's largest consumer of reworks—
will compete on behalf of our neighbours south of the border. Although, Australia may be
a powerhouse as well. They are being represented by Howard & Sons, whose reworks
displays were showcased during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2000 Summer
Olympics in Sydney. Royal Fireworks will represent Netherlands.
Every year the reworks and competing countries try and outdo the competition from
the year before. This is one of the reasons why locals look forward to the event. However,
it's not just locals that attend the reworks—considered the longest running o„shore
reworks competitions in the world—as tourists will once again be joining in on the all the
This year's Honda Celebration
of Lights kicks off with team
Netherlands lighting up the night
sky on July 23
