Jerome Forestwood

Fridays on Front in New Westminster | Festival Fix LIVE 🇨🇦

👋 Welcome back to another live episode of Festival Fix! Tonight, my husband Asif and I are taking you front-row and face-on-camera to the absolute crown jewel of New Westminster's summer calendar: Fridays on Front! If you are obsessed with discovering incredible local street food, supporting independent artisans, and soaking up the absolute best neighborhood block party vibes across Metro Vancouver, you are in the exact right place. Hit that subscribe button, smash the like, and jump straight into the live chat to explore the market footprints with us in real-time! 🥳✨ 🍔 What exactly is Fridays on Front? It is a legendary, family-friendly outdoor night market and community street festival that runs throughout the peak of the summer season. Organized and hosted by the incredible team at the Downtown New West Business Improvement Association (BIA), this massive weekly event transforms the Front Street Mews into a bustling pedestrian paradise. It brings together a rotating, top-tier lineup of the region’s premier food trucks, curated local artisan markets, live musical acts, and interactive community activities. It is the ultimate way to kick off a sunny weekend in B.C. ☀️🎶 🏙️ To understand why this event is so profoundly important to the people of New Westminster, you have to look at the history of this historic waterfront neighborhood. For decades, Front Street was primarily known as a heavy, industrial truck route tucked beneath a massive concrete parkade. It certainly wasn't a place where the community gathered to socialize. However, thanks to a visionary revitalization plan by the city and the Downtown New West BIA, the old parkade was partially removed, and the Mews was born. Fridays on Front is the ultimate celebration of that reclaimed urban space. It has completely transformed how locals interact with their downtown core, turning an overlooked corridor into a proud symbol of community connection, cultural celebration, and local economic vitality. 🏔️❤️ 🌍 On a broader scale, this event has grown into a massive regional landmark for all of Metro Vancouver. Positioned beautifully alongside the Fraser River, it serves as a highly accessible, transit-friendly meeting ground right between the New Westminster and Columbia SkyTrain stations. It serves as a brilliant blueprint for how cities can use thoughtful urban planning to foster local food culture and bring diverse crowds together. Thousands of visitors from Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam, and Vancouver cross the river every single week just to experience the unmatched hospitality and distinct heritage that New West brings to the table. 🌉🚂 🧙‍♂️ Tonight’s live stream is extra special because we are diving headfirst into this week's theme: Games Night / Cosplay & Magic! Asif and I will be capturing the electric energy of local cosplayers, checking out mind-bending live illusions from local performers, and checking out some interactive street gaming setups. But you already know we cannot forget the main event—the food! We will be doing live, on-camera reviews of tonight's featured food truck dishes, sampling everything from savory local street eats to decadent summer desserts. Get ready for real, unfiltered culinary reactions as we eat our way down the Mews! 🍕🧁 👇 Drop a comment below to let us know your absolute favorite food truck or your go-to neighborhood dining hub in New West! If you enjoy following our local culinary adventures and live festival tours, make sure to support the channel so we can keep bringing you along for the ride. Let's get nosy and dive into the festival! 🎥🔥 #vlog #festival #newwest #vancouver #friday