THANK YOU FOR TEN YEARS

we closed out our tenth year with the first-ever Public Disco Festival at the Shipyards in North Vancouver. Here are some moments from the day.

Crowd dancing under red and blue lights in the Shipyards warehouse at Public Disco Festival, North Vancouver
Festivalgoers silhouetted against the downtown Vancouver skyline at dusk, Public Disco Festival at the Shipyards
Packed crowd beneath the steel roof of the covered plaza at Public Disco Festival, the Shipyards, North Vancouver
Dense crowd dancing under red light at Public Disco Festival
Fred P DJing in front of the Public Disco Festival backdrop on the main stage at the Shipyards

pop-up discotheques in unique urban spaces

Two DJs playing in front of a yellow tiled backdrop at the Public Disco Block Party on Granville Island
Crowd at dusk beside a building lit in rainbow colours at the Public Disco Pride Block Party in Mount Pleasant
Crowd facing the Public Disco and SLAB stage outside the City Centre Motor Hotel in Vancouver
Group of friends posing in a laneway with a Public Disco Pride balloon at the 2026 Pride Block Party in Mount Pleasant
Crowd dancing under blue lights and a disco ball in a covered industrial hangar at the 2025 Public Disco Pride Block Party
Friends smiling together under a corrugated roof at the 2024 Public Disco Pride Block Party in Mount Pleasant
DJ in headphones playing records behind a booth lined with plants at Public Disco After Dark, The Birdhouse
Crowd facing a stage lit in pink and blue at Absolut Nights x Public Disco
View from behind the DJ booth over a packed crowd under the tent at Public Disco and SLAB, City Centre Artist Lodge
Crowd outside the Vancouver Art Gallery lit in blue and pink at night, Public Disco Downtown Block Party 2025
People at tables on a tree-lined Gastown street during Public Disco's Gastown Streetside Sessions
Attendees and a dog relaxing in the sun at the Public Disco Block Party on Granville Island
DJ holding a record under pink and blue lights at Public Disco After Dark, The Birdhouse
Crowd gathered beneath the Granville Bridge at the Public Disco Block Party on Granville Island
Packed crowd around a brightly lit stage at night, Public Disco Downtown Block Party 2025
Dancer mid-move inside a circle of onlookers at the Public Disco Block Party on Granville Island
Kids playing with colourful fans and hula hoops at the all-ages Public Disco Block Party on Granville Island
Crowd filling a Mount Pleasant laneway at the 2024 Public Disco Pride Block Party
Crowd in the afternoon sun around a blue and white checked tent at the Public Disco Block Party on Granville Island
Friends posing together on the dance floor at Public Disco After Dark, The Birdhouse

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Public Disco is a Vancouver-based non-profit working at the intersection of music culture and public space. Since 2017, we’ve created open-air gatherings, late-night dance floors, and urban music activations across the city. Drawing from the roots of underground dance music culture, our events carry forward a legacy of liberation, togetherness, and creative expression.

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