Editing Surrey, British Columbia (section)

=== Events ===

[[File:2022 Surrey Fusion Festival.jpg|thumb|Fusion Festival at [[Holland Park, Surrey|Holland Park]]]]
Attracting 15,000 people every February since 2004, WinterFest is a day of live music, sporting activities, food, and fireworks, held at the [[Central City (Surrey, British Columbia)|Central City Plaza]].

Since 1888, the town centre of [[Cloverdale, Surrey|Cloverdale]] has hosted the annual [[Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair]] at the [[Cloverdale Fairgrounds]] every [[Victoria Day|May long weekend]]. The Fair is Canada's second largest [[rodeo]],{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} and it features {{convert|150|acre|km2}} of family-oriented entertainment including agricultural/horticultural exhibits, a western tradeshow, parade, community stages, and the Pacific Northwest Firefighter Combat Challenge.

Every year on April 13, the Sikh community celebrates [[Vaisakhi]], which often includes a ''nagar kirtan'', or parade, and free food is often handed out. It is the largest Vaiskahi parade outside India, growing from 100,000 attendees in 2008<ref>{{Cite web |title=100,000 in Vaisakhi parade |url=http://www.canada.com/surreynow/multimedia/story.html?id=80aba4d4-7694-4d56-bc1a-55c5afd54464 |access-date=May 29, 2008 |website=Surrey Now |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108155716/http://www.canada.com/surreynow/multimedia/story.html?id=80aba4d4-7694-4d56-bc1a-55c5afd54464 |url-status=live }}</ref> to over 500,000 in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surrey's Vaisakhi parade sees more than 500,000 people, setting new attendance record |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5187517/surrey-vaisakhi-parade-record/ |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517005228/https://globalnews.ca/news/5187517/surrey-vaisakhi-parade-record/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Every October since 1991, Surrey has hosted the [[Surrey International Writers' Conference]]. This event brings established writers, agents, editors and publishers from all over the world to the Comfort Inn & Suites Surrey Hotel and Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in [[Guildford Town Centre]].

There are presently three live theatre venues in the City of Surrey in British Columbia as of January 2013: the Bell Centre for Performing Arts, the [[Chandos Pattison Auditorium]] and the Surrey Arts Centre.<ref>Kelly Sinoski, The New Surrey: Developing six cities at once: Surrey must build and link town centres while maintaining their unique traits, [[Vancouver Sun]], January 26, 2013, p.A12</ref>

One of the lesser-known events in Surrey is the annual Nicomekl River Race. Every year, in early June, teams of four meet at Nicomekl Park in [[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley, British Columbia]] to begin the race. Unlike most traditional boat races, the Nicomekl River Race requires that all boats be made by the participants. The racecourse extends from Nicomekl Park to Blackie Spit Park at Crescent Beach. The first team to reach the mouth of the river is awarded a prize of $1,000. Additional prizes are awarded to the most creative boat and costume. All proceeds go towards the BC Cancer society.

{{wide image|Cloverdalefairgrounds-pano.jpg|750px|Panorama of the Cloverdale Fairgrounds}}