Surrey events guide: concerts, festivals, markets and family activities

Surrey’s late-summer events calendar includes free outdoor concerts, cultural festivals, family activities and several ticketed fundraisers. The Sounds of Summer series features Perfectly Petty at Robson Park on Aug. 15, a Royal Academy of Punjab dance troupe workshop at T.E. Scott Park on Aug. 19 and salsa with Mazacote at Surrey Civic Plaza on Aug. 26.

Bear Creek Park hosts the free Music and Meditation Festival on Aug. 16, with music, workshops, children’s activities and food. The free ACCESS Afro-Caribbean Cultural Expressions Summerfest runs Aug. 22-23 at Surrey Civic Plaza.

Other upcoming events include the Surrey Greek Food Festival from Aug. 15-23, Salmon Sessions in South Surrey on Aug. 22, Folklore Festival from Sept. 2-6, Crave Halal Fest on Sept. 5-6, and free Fleetwood Festival and Filipino Fest on Sept. 12. The Surrey Urban Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Royal Kwantlen Park through early October.

Free community picnics are planned for Strawberry Hill Park on Aug. 20 and Guildford Heights Park on Aug. 27; the first 200 participants at each can receive a food item. A Barn Owls & Beyond talk is set for Aug. 27 at Godwin Farm Biodiversity Preserve Park, while Historic Stewart Farm offers apple-press demonstrations Aug. 29-30.

Some activities require tickets or donations. Battle of the Brews, a $50 Surrey Civic Plaza fundraiser for Surrey Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society youth initiatives, is Aug. 15. Salmon Sessions admission is $25, while children 12 and under enter free with a parent or guardian. Event details and registration information are available from their organizers.