Uptown New West was a hub of activity on Saturday for the Recovery Day B.C. Festival.
The festival, billed as a celebration of recovery from addiction, included a kids zone, food trucks, mental health and addiction wellness information booths, entertainment, TEDx-style speakers, and a memorial centre to honour those lost to addictions.
“This is a substance-free, wicked-awesome and family-friendly event all in one,” states the event’s website. “Part music festival, part carnival, part educational event; Recovery Day B.C. is a celebration, a rally, a memorial for those lost, and a tool to raise awareness for recovery while reducing the stigma of addiction recovery.”
The festival was the local finale for Recovery Week, which ran Sept. 4 to 10. The Recovery Capital Conference of Canada, held at Anvil Centre on Sept. 7 and 8, had a theme of Stronger Connections = Stronger Communities.
