The Drive Unscripted: A Choose Your Own Adventure Tour of Commercial Drive

Heritage Vancouver invites you to explore the north end of Commercial Drive like never before. This community-powered walking tour weaves together the social, cultural, and deeply personal layers of one of Vancouver’s most beloved neighborhoods, visiting sites that touch on the Drive’s co-operative roots and cultural community spaces to beloved local businesses, parks and gathering spots that have anchored generations of residents.

 

Beginning at Uprising Breads and ending at Slice of Life, this walking tour follows a choose-your-own-adventure format: anchor locations provide the backbone, but your own memories, recommendations, and favorite places help shape the journey, adding tour locations to the walk (attendees can submit their recommended stops to a Google Form prior to the walking tour). Think Humans of New York meets heritage walk — where your neighbor’s story is just as vital as the history books. Rather than a detailed history walk, the tour uses the past to focus on now and give attention to the smaller moments that make Commercial Drive a special place to many.

 

Whether you’re a longtime local or discovering this corner of the city for the first time, come ready to listen, share, and see the Drive through new eyes.

 

We will meet at Uprising Breads Bakery, 1697 Venables St. Vancouver, BC V5L 2H1

This walking tour is presented in partnership with Heritage Vancouver Society.

REFUND POLICY

The refund deadline is July 1, 2026. All refund requests received on or before July 1, 2026 will be honoured. Please note that the Eventbrite processing fee is non-refundable, and we do not have control over this part of the fee. Please contact acc@eastsideartssociety.ca with any questions or refund requests due to extenuating circumstances.