The 48th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival gets underway the weekend of July 18-20, 2025, starting off on Friday afternoon. This is a wonderful festival that features musicians performing from all over the world through Sunday night. This is one of my favourite music festivals, and it is great to see this festival that everyone loves is going ahead this summer. I have attended 30+ festivals over the years! Each year, as much as I look forward to the music I also look forward to the food; and this year the food offerings have been changed up with many new vendors in the festival.
Here is the weekend schedule for all of the concerts being held on site.
Here is a run-down of what to eat and drink at the fest:
Eat:
Complete meals
Dim Sum Express | @Dim-Sum-Express
Dumplings (shrimp, pork, vegetables, pan-fried sticky rice), spring rolls, BBQ pork buns, chow mein
G’s Donairs | @gsdonairs
Chicken, beef or lamb donairs with fresh homemade sauces, falafel, greek salad
Holy Taco & Mexi Eats | @holytacovan
Qusabirria, beef birria, chicken, veggie, and vegan tacos, quesadillas agua de jamaica
Super Thai Food Truck | @superthaifoodtruck
Pad Thai (chicken or shrimp), Thai curries (chicken, shrimp or tofu), chicken satay
The Dragon Bowl | @the_dragon_bowl
Rice bowls (vegetarian, grilled tofu or chicken), desserts, Moroccan iced tea
Urban Wood Fired Pizza | @urbanwfpizza
Freshly made, wood-fired pizzas with vegetarian & meat options
REEL Mac and Cheese | @reelmacandcheese
Gourmet mac & cheese made fresh on the truck and served with toppings with specialty all beef jumbo hot dogs
Planted Love | @plantedlovefoodtruck
Plant based falafel and sabich bowl and fried oyster mushroom sandwich
Mom’s Grilled Cheese Truck | @momsgrilledcheese
Classic home-style gourmet grilled cheese and soups
Big City Bannock | @bigcitybannock
Elk tacos, beef burgers, beef tacos, bannock
Mahshiko | @themahshiko
Bibimbap with various proteins, Korean Chicken with a special dipping sauce
Midnight Joe’s | @midnightjoesvancouver
Elevated sloppy joes with options such as cheesy, spicy, and vegan
MJ’s Caribbean | @mjscaribbean
Caribbean cuisine, with a healthy twist featuring Jerk chicken and Jamaican patties
Snacks & Small Meals
Gary’s Kettle Corn | @garyskettlecorn
Sweet and salty kettle corn, caramel corn
JJ’s Hot Cobs | @jjshotcobsroastedcorn
Freshly roasted corn, butter and a wide selection of savoury salts
Beverages
Aperitivo Coffee | @aperitivotruck
Hot & iced espresso drinks and cold brew coffee, blended drinks, smoothies
Insomniac’s Coffee | @Insomniacs-Coffee-Co
Hot & iced espresso drinks, cold brew coffee, mocha freeze, raspberry iced tea
Juicy Green Express | @juicygreenandfusionicy
Freshly squeezed lemonade, bubble tea, slushy drinks, shaved ice
Desserts, Fruit Snacks & Frozen Treats
Chilango Mango | @chilangomangos
Fresh mangos on a stick
Rolled West Coast | @rolledwestcoast
Handcrafted ROLLED ice cream, waffle tacos & waffle pops
Slavic Rolls | @slavicrolls
Caramelized pastry dessert cylinder, rolled in sugar and cinnamon
The festival offers up a multi-cultural mix of food offerings to match their global mix of music. Check out the Artists lineup here. If you haven’t already got tickets to the festival make sure you do so before the festival begins.
By: Richard Wolak