Community Information and Newsletter

Community Meetings and Open Houses

We host opportunities for the community to engage with us on a quarterly basis. To be notified when we have a meeting or open house, please sign up for our community newsletter.

Community Advisory Group

10 independent community members who meet six times per year, providing important community perspective and feedback on PNE plans and operations. More information and meeting minutes are available.

Youth Council

A year-long leadership and skills development opportunity for 16 Grade 11 and 12 students, with direct engagement with business professionals, exposure to behind-the-scenes business insight, and resumé support. The PNE Youth Council is currently on hold and will resume in 2024.

Light Up the Pacific Coliseum

The PNE’s largest and most prominent building, the Pacific Coliseum, lights up each night from sunset to 11pm. We welcome requests from non-profit and charitable organizations to celebrate, commemorate, acknowledge, or build awareness for their cause by lighting in their colours.

Community Group Partnerships

• The Japanese Canadian Hastings Park Interpretive Centre Society (JCHPICS), in collaboration with the PNE, are developing a centre to chronicle the history and honour the Japanese Canadians incarcerated during World War II in British Columbia. The PNE will dedicate a portion on the north side of the Livestock Barns, one of the structures used in the incarceration, to the Interpretive Centre, with early concept design underway.
• The Hastings Park Conservancy, in collaboration with Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society, the PNE and Indigenous knowledge keepers are establishing a three-year pilot project with local elementary schools focusing on environmental education and Indigenous culture and knowledge, in the Hastings Park Sanctuary. Launching in October 2023.

Community Meetings and Open Houses

We host opportunities for the community to engage with us on a quarterly basis. To be notified when we have a meeting or open house, please sign up for our community newsletter.

Community Events

We host events throughout the year to encourage our neighborhood to come and enjoy the park. To be notified when we have an event, please sign up for our community newsletter.

Terry Fox Run

The PNE is pleased to host students (kindergarten through grade seven) of the local Hastings Sunrise Schools to take part in the Annual Terry Fox School Day Run through Hastings Park in September each year. Registration opens in August for the 2024 run.

Neighbourhood Skate Days

Eligible PNE neighbours skate for free on our Neighbourhood Skate Days, held during the winter months. Register to attend our next Neighbourhood Skate Day.

*Information about the Neighbourhood Ticket Program can be found here.

Fundraising Ticket Donation Program

The PNE donates thousands of tickets to all PNE events every year to support the fundraising efforts of non-profits and charities, schools, sports teams, arts and cultural groups and more. Applications are open year-round. 

KC’s Kids Ticket Donation Program

We are delighted to donate Fair, Playland, and Fright Nights tickets to 90 non-profit charities each year that support children under 13 who have economic, physical, emotional, or cognitive challenges. Applications are open January to March each year.

Community Grant Fund

An annual $10,000 Grant Fund, awarded to groups and organizations in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood to support their event, program or initiative. The Community Grant Fund provides opportunities for the community to come together, learn, engage, and enjoy! Applications are open March to May each year. 

Park Access Updates

For the latest neighbourhood news on what’s happening around Hastings Park, including updates on park access and Ampitheatre construction, check out our Hastings Park Access page.

Public Art and Commemorative Benches, Plaques and Statues

The PNE’s Community Engagement team oversees much of the public art, benches, plaques and statues throughout the park. To request a commemorative piece, please email communityengagement@pne.ca.

Neighbourhood Patrol 

During large events, including Fright Nights and some concerts, our Neighbourhood Patrol team is deployed to monitor behaviour, sound levels and garbage throughout the neighbourhood surrounding Hastings Park.

Sound Mitigation in the PNE Forum

After engaging sound engineers for assessment of the building in 2023, we are working with their guidance and recommendations to review all possible sound mitigation options within a heritage building, with plans to decide on the chosen strategy in spring 2024.

Sound Mitigation in the new Amphitheatre

Sound engineers are working in collaboration on the project as it continues to move through its design phases. More information will be shared once designs are finalized and the project moves into its construction phase.