Harvest Feastival
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Join us on September 17 , from 4-9pm at University Commons for Harvest Feastival!
Celebrate the start of the school year with 750 of your friends, family, and colleagues for an autumn-inspired long table dinner under an outdoor tent.
The experience includes a family-style feast of six locally-sourced dishes, followed by an exclusive lineup of arts and cultural experiences curated especially for Feastival guests, at UBC’s world-class Arts and Culture District. Check out the menu and program guide below.
Individual tickets range from $45-$70 and can be purchased through the link below. Group tickets with reserved seating are also available.—please see ticketing site for details.
Harvest Feastival is a collaboration between Campus + Community Planning, Sage Catering, and the UBC Arts and Culture District.
Check out photos from last year’s event below, and we hope to see you at this year’s Feastival!
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Featuring a locally-sourced, climate-friendly menu
Harvest Feastival Menu
To Start
UBC Farm Autumn Harvest Salad
- Roasted squash, rainbow carrots, baby kale, quinoa, sundried cranberries, shaved fennel, toasted pumpkin seeds & maple apple cider vinaigrette.
Phyllo Wrapped Baked Brie
- fig jam, roasted hazelnuts, rosemary honey & toasted baguette
The Main Event
Miso Glazed British Columbia Steelhead
- roasted sweet potato puree, charred baby bok choy, pickled daikon, toasted sesame yuzu brown butter, spring onions & micro greens
West Coast Harvest Gnocchi
- roasted UBC Farm squash, wild mushrooms, braised kale, white beans, crispy fried sage, toasted pumpkin seeds & creamy roasted squash sauce
Sweet Treats
Cranberry Orange Cannoli
- citrus ricotta, cranberry compote & toasted pistachio
Sticky Date Baby Cakes
- port poached Bosc pear, butterscotch toffee glaze
*check back soon for allergens or contact info.inspired@ubc.ca. Please note that due to the nature of this event (long table, family-style), substitutions are not possible and cross-contamination between dishes may occur.
Harvest Festival Arts Nights Out
After dinner, grab some friends and head to UBC’s world-class Arts and Culture District to check out special programming and exhibits, thoughtfully curated by arts and culture partners—from MOA to Belkin and more!
Stay for as long or as little as you like–programming is designed for guests to drop in, explore, and experience everything the Arts and Culture District has to offer!
Jana Sterbak: Dimensions of Intimacy | Belkin Art Gallery | 7:30-9:00 pm
Explore the Belkin at your leisure or join museum staff for 10-minute-tours of the exhibition Jana Sterbak: Dimensions of Intimacy at 7:30, 8:00, and 8:30pm.
As one of Canada’s most influential artists, Jana Sterbak has had a significant impact on contemporary art, artists and audiences for almost 50 years. This exhibition presents a selective overview of Sterbak’s practice, celebrating her pivotal contributions to art history and offering a rare opportunity to experience her work firsthand. The exhibit includes innovative early work that pushes material and sculptural norms, wearable structures that merge object with performance, significant video and film work, as well as rarely exhibited artist editions, photographs and drawings from Sterbak’s own collection.
Gamksimoon: The Power of Sm’algyax | Museum of Anthropology | 7:30-8:30pm performance, explore MOA exhibits until 9pm
Experience an unforgettable evening with acclaimed Gitga’at musician Wil Uks Batsga G̱a̱laaw (Jeremy Pahl) and G̱a̱mksimoon. Performed entirely in Sm’algya̱x, the music of G̱a̱mksimoon draws its name and spirit from the awe-inspiring waterspout – a force of nature that embodies movement, power, and transformation.
Tap Dance, Bass, and Trumpet Trio | Chan Centre | 7:45-8:30pm|
Swing by the beautiful Chan Centre glass lobby for a triple threat performance of tap dance, bass and trumpet!
afterlives and entanglements AHVA Gallery Opening Reception @ Audain Art Centre | 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Stop by the Audain Art Centre for afterlives and entanglements features five artists from UBC’s MFA Visual Art program— Rain Cabana-Boucher, Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, Cassia Powell, Lorelei Tepponen and Gloria Wong —whose practices span photography, video, textiles, beadwork, installation and performance. Their works explore how histories persist, how materials carry memory, and how new forms of relation can emerge through artistic practice.
Harvest Feastival takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
Sparking imagination, supporting a vibrant and connected campus
