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Northern Lights Display: February 2025

November 1st, 2024

BC Place is recognized around the world as a landmark of Vancouver’s skyline and a place of pride for all British Columbians. Besides enhancing the overall guest experience during events, the stadium’s Northern Lights Display is used to amplify important causes upon request from the community.

Below is the complete Northern Lights Display schedule for November (subject to change).

February 1: Vancouver Boat Show

February 2: Vancouver Boat Show  

February 4: Red for Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network

February 5: Purple for Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness Week

February 6: Purple for International Epilepsy Day

February 7: Yellow for Invictus Games

February 8: Yellow for Invictus Games

February 9: Debra Sparrow Blanketing the City

February 10: Debra Sparrow Blanketing the City

February 11: Red for 211 Day United Way

February 12: Debra Sparrow Blanketing the City

February 13: Red for Wear Red Canada

February 14: Debra Sparrow: Blanketing the City

February 15: Debra Sparrow for Blanketing the City

February 16: Yellow for Invictus Games

February 17: Blue for Sleep Out/Youth Homelessness Week

February 18: Green for World Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Day.

February 19: Blue for World Thinking Day

February 20: Red for Show Hearts Variety Telethon

February 21: Flag Show for HSBC Vancouver SVNS

February 22: Flag Show for HSBC Vancouver SVNS

February 23: Flag Show for HSBC Vancouver SVNS  

February 26: Pink for Pink Shirt Day

February 27: Blue for Whitecaps FC

February 28: Pink, purple, blue and green for Rare Disease Day

Northern Lights Display: August 2024

August 1st, 2024

BC Place is recognized around the world as a landmark of Vancouver’s skyline and a place of pride for all British Columbians. Besides enhancing the overall guest experience during events, the stadium’s Northern Lights Display is used to amplify important causes upon request from the community.

Below is the complete Northern Lights Display schedule for August (subject to change).
August 2: orange for Autoinflammatory Awareness Month
August 4: Progress Rainbow flag for Vancouver Pride
August 5: blue, white, red, & yellow for BC Day
August 6: green for Gastroparesis Awareness Month
August 7: pink & yellow for World PVNH Disorder Awareness Day
August 9: teal, orange, & red International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
August 12: green for International Youth Day
August 19: light blue for World Humanitarian Day
August 28: Maple Leaf show for 2024 Summer Paralympics opening
August 29: purple for International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31)

Northern Lights Display: July 2024

July 1st, 2024

BC Place is recognized around the world as a landmark of Vancouver’s skyline and a place of pride for all British Columbians. Besides enhancing the overall guest experience during events, the stadium’s Northern Lights Display is used to amplify important causes upon request from the community.

Below is the complete Northern Lights Display schedule for July (subject to change).

July 1: Maple Leaf show for Canada Day
July 2: green, blue, gold, & red for Disability Pride Month
July 3: green for National Injury Prevention Day (July 5)
July 9: red, purple, & gold for 50 Days to the Paralympic Games
July 11: red & green for Imamat Day
July 14: red for Vancouver Chinatown Festival
July 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31: Summer Show
July 18: orange for Hope & Health
July 22: teal for World Fragile X Day
July 25: blue & white for World Drowning Prevention Day
July 28: red & yellow for World Hepatitis Day
July 29: green for Gastroschisis Awareness Day