Surrey events guide: September festivals, fairs, concerts, comedy and crane rodeo

Folklore Festival 2026 runs Sept. 2-6 at three Surrey venues, with cultural and visual arts exhibitions, multicultural dance workshops, artist talks, storytelling and live performances. Crave Halal Fest is at Surrey Civic Plaza Sept. 5-6, featuring halal food vendors, shopping, local businesses, artisans, community organizations, entertainment and family activities.

Fleetwood Festival takes place free of charge at Francis Park, 15996 84 Ave., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 12, with live performances, bouncy castles and family entertainment. Filipino Fest runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at Museum of Surrey, 17710 56A Ave., with food, performances, vendors, textile displays, Tagalog and English storytelling, family art and DJ performances. The free Harvest Fair is Sept. 19 from noon to 4 p.m. at Historic Stewart Farm and Totest Aleng, 13723 Crescent Rd.

Concert listings include the Swahili Music Legends Tribute Concert at Surrey Arts Centre on Sept. 5; Playing for Proz, honouring Dr. David Proznick, at the same venue Sept. 12; the Highwaymen Show at Bell Performing Arts Centre Sept. 13; The Alan Jackson Experience Sept. 17; Debi Live with Punjabi singer Debi Makhsoospuri Sept. 19; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s “Mozart, Sibelius & Debussy” concert Sept. 20 at 4 p.m.; and Roohani Shaam with Padma Shri Hans Raj Hans Sept. 25.

Clayton Coffee House offers performance opportunities for poets, spoken-word artists, novelists, musicians, improvisers and comedians at the Performing Arts Studio in Clayton Community Centre, 7155 187a St. Jazz Vespers in the Valley presents hour-long concerts on select Sundays from fall to spring at Northwood United Church, 8855 156 St., with a suggested $10 donation.

Theatre and stage shows include “Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane” at Bell Performing Arts Centre Sept. 11, “Frozen in Time” with two Sept. 12 performances, Royal Canadian Theatre Company’s musical comedy “Murder For Two” at Surrey Arts Centre from Sept. 25-27, and Video Phase’s “Alt-Escape,” an electronic music and digital-performance production for ages eight and up, Sept. 26.

Surrey Central Lions hosts a community spaghetti dinner fundraiser on the third Wednesday of each month at Tynehead Hall, 9568 168 St., with a $10 cash-only meal and vegetarian, gluten-free and takeout options. Ukrainian Soul Food, a fundraiser serving perogies, cabbage rolls and borscht, is held on the final Friday of each month at Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 13512 108 Ave. Yuk Yuk's comedy club presents Friday and Saturday shows at Elements Casino Surrey, 17755 60 Ave.; “Sabhawe Sina” is at Bell Performing Arts Centre Sept. 18.

Falcon Equipment hosts its fifth annual Crane Rodeo Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 18412 96 Ave. Living Kidney Donation Awareness Week has a free English and Punjabi photo exhibit and storytelling event Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. at City Centre Library, followed there Sept. 17 at 4:30 p.m. by Rooted and Rising Season 2, a storytelling event about Punjabi immigrant women.

Guildford Library hosts Repair Cafe on the third Tuesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. at 15105 105 Ave. Fleetwood Neighbourhood Board Gamers arranges local game nights, generally attended by 12 to 24 people. Surrey Urban Farmers Market operates Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until early October at Royal Kwantlen Park, 13035 104 Ave.

Museum of Surrey, at 17710 56A Ave. in Cloverdale, is free. Its current exhibits include “Soil Superheroes” until Sept. 13 and Surrey artist Haisha Shahalimi’s “Awakening the Boundless: The Inner Architecture of the Self” until Dec. 19. City of Surrey pools offer Sensory Friendly Swims with reduced noise. Youth Arts Council of Surrey serves ages 13 to 21, while MYzone and MYgame provide supervised after-school activities for children aged eight to 12 at seven City of Surrey locations from October through June.