Our annual Stars of Vancouver Readers’ Choice Awards gives us the chance to vote for the best in service, products and people our beautiful city offers.
Best of all, we at the Vancouver Courier get to recognize and celebrate the businesses that showcase excellence in the city we call home. We encourage all our readers to use these businesses and see what makes a city favourite.
Thank you to all of those who voted and congratulations to the businesses listed in the following pages for showing us the best of Vancouver.
Michelle Bhatti,
publisher, Vancouver Courier
mbhatti@vancourier.com
Note: winners are in bold.
BC LIONS PLAYER
Jonathon Jennings
Geroy Simon
Travis Lulay
CANUCK PLAYER
Bo Horvat
The Sedin twins – Daniel and Henrik Sedin
Brock Boeser
CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT
Granville Island
Vancouver International Children Festival
Science World
CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vetta Chamber Music
Turning Point Ensemble
COMEDY CLUB
Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver Comedy Club
The Comedy Mix
Vancouver TheatreSports™ League
COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
Italian Day on the Drive
Car Free Day
Vancouver International Children’s Festival
CRAFT FAIR
Circle Craft
Make It Vancouver!
Eastside Culture Crawl
DANCE/THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANY
Bard on the Beach
Arts Club Theatre
The Dance Centre
FARMERS MARKET
Trout Lake
Kitsilano
West End
GALLERY/MUSEUM
Museum of Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery
Museum of Anthropology
INDEPENDENT CINEMA
Rio Theatre
Vancity Theatre
Dunbar Theatre
JAZZ VENUE
Libra Room
The Revel Room Supper and Music Club
Blue Martini Cafe & Jazz
LIVE MUSIC VENUE
Commodore Ballroom
Vogue Theatre
The Orpheum
LOCAL BLOGGER
Miss 604 – Rebecca Bollwitt
Frances Bula
LOCAL POLITICAN
Kennedy Stewart
David Eby
Jody Wilson-Raybould
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Yaletown
Kitsilano
Commercial Drive
NIGHTCLUB
Celebrities Nightclub
The Roxy Cabaret
Fortune Sound Club
OPERA/CHORAL GROUP
Vancouver Opera
Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir
UBC Opera
SPORTING VENUE
Rogers Arena
BC Place
Nat Bailey Stadium
WHITECAPS PLAYER
Alphonso Davies
Russell Teibert
Stefan Marinovic
SPORTS TEAM MASCOT
Finn the Whale – Canucks
Spike – Whitecaps
Leo the Lion – BC Lions
TOURIST ATTRACTION
Stanley Park
Vancouver Aquarium
Granville Island