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Organized by neighbourhood, for your consideration.
The City of Vancouver just announced which parks you can (legally) crack open a cold one in this summer. Over 50 parks and beaches made the cut—but while some allow alcohol year-round, others are only approved for the months of July and August. And the beaches are booze-approved from June to the beginning of September.
Let’s not get bogged down in the details: here’s a list of every Vancouver park (and beach) you can drink at this summer. It’s organized by neighbourhood, so you know where you can sip a Malbec in Mount Pleasant and where you can slam a kölsch in Kerrisdale.
We used the City of Vancouver’s website to assign neighbourhoods, so please address your strongly-worded boundary-related emails to them. Cheers.
Quilchena Park (July 1 to August 31)
Harbour Green Park (year-round)
Balaclava Park (year-round) Memorial West Park (year-round)
Granville Park (year-round)
Garden Park (year-round)
Adanac Park (year-round) Burrard View Park (year-round) Clinton Park (July 1 to August 31) New Brighton Beach (June 1 to September 4) New Brighton Park (year-round) Pandora Park (year-round) Rupert Park (July 1 to August 31) Sunrise Park (year-round) Victoria Park (year-round) Woodland Park (year-round)
Brewers Park (July 1 to August 31) John Hendry/Trout Lake Beach (June 1 to September 4) John Hendry/Trout Lake Park (year-round) Jones Park (year-round)
Elm Park (year-round) Fraser River Park (year-round) Maple Grove Park (year-round)
Riverfront Park (year-round)
Kitsilano Beach (June 1 to September 4) Kitsilano Beach Park (year-round) McBride Park (year-round) Tatlow Park (year-round) Vanier Park (year-round) Volunteer Park (year-round)
Oak Park (July 31 to August 31) Winona Park (July 31 to August 31)
Jonathan Rogers Park (year-round) Robson Park (July 1 to August 31)
Langara Park (year-round) Columbia Park (July 1 to August 31)
Beaconsfield Park (July 1 to August 31) Collingwood Park (July 1 to August 31) Falaise Park (July 1 to August 31) Norquay Park (July 1 to August 31) Slocan Park (July 1 to August 31)
Queen Elizabeth Park (year-round)
Braemer Park (July 1 to August 31)
Locarno Beach (June 1 to September 4) Lumberman’s Arch Park (year-round) Second Beach (June 1 to September 4) Southwest and Second Beach Park (year-round)
Memorial South Park (July 1 to August 31) Ross Park (July 1 to August 31)
Jericho Beach (June 1 to September 4) Jericho Beach Park (year-round) Locarno Beach Park (year-round) Spanish Banks (June 1 to September 4) Spanish Banks Beach Park (year-round)
