Events across Metro Vancouver for Aug. 17 to 23

Metro Vancouver's late-August calendar includes the PNE Fair, which runs Aug. 22 to Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at 2901 E. Hastings St. in Vancouver. Programming includes summer-night concerts, Wizard of Oz On Ice and Sean Kenney's Animal Super Powers LEGO exhibition. Admission prices vary.

The free Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Summer Regatta takes place Saturday, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Concord Pacific Place and False Creek. The event includes racing, cultural programming, music, local makers and food trucks. New Westminster's free Summer Music and Fireworks Festival is also set for Aug. 22, from 4 to 9:30 p.m. at Westminster Quay.

Sports and music offerings include the Vancouver Whitecaps' Aug. 19 match against the Houston Dynamo at BC Place and The Strokes at Rogers Arena on Aug. 27. Fridays on Front, a free block party with vendors, music and food, returns to Front Street Mews in downtown New Westminster on Aug. 21.

Other options include a free outdoor wine tasting at South Granville Plaza West on Aug. 20, with advance registration required; the Chilliwack Corn Maze through Oct. 31; and Burnaby Central Railway on weekends and statutory holidays through Thanksgiving weekend.

The Richmond Night Market continues weekends and holiday Mondays through Sept. 20, while Pet-A-Palooza's Day of the Dog is scheduled for Aug. 23 in Yaletown. Residents can also find theatre, yoga, senior-art, football and other events across the region.