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Northern Lights Display: May 2025

March 10th, 2025

BC Place is recognized around the world as a landmark of Vancouver’s skyline and a place of pride for all British Columbians. Besides enhancing the overall guest experience during events, the stadium’s Northern Lights Display is used to amplify important causes upon request from the community.

Below is the complete Northern Lights Display schedule for April (subject to change).

May 1: Gold for Asian Heritage Month

May 2: Red and Yellow for Bladder Cancer Awareness Month

May 5: Red for Heart Failure Awareness Week

May 6: Blue for World Asthma Day

May 7: Orange for Borderline Personality Disorder Month

May 9: Grey, Yellow and Teal for Brain Cancer Awareness Month

May 12: Yellow and Green for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Awareness Day

May 13: Red and black for Melanoma Awareness Month

May 14: Blue Speech and Hearing Loss Awareness Month

May 15: Blue and Yellow for International MPS Awareness Day

May 16: Green for Celiac Awareness Day

May 17: Green and Blue for Shine a Light on NF

May 18: Purple for Global Porphyria Awareness Day     

May 20: Blue and Purple for Huntington disease Awareness Month

May 21: Red and Yellow for Bladder Cancer Awareness Month

May 22: Blue and Red for FMD Awareness Month

May 24: Teal for Food Allergy Awareness Month

May 25: Purple for World IBD Day

May 26: Orange for Light It Up Challenge

May 27: Red for Menstrual Health Awareness Day

May 29: Purple for Fibromyalgia Awareness

May 30: Dark Blue and Yellow for The Defeat Depression Campaign

Northern Lights Display: August 2024

August 1st, 2024

BC Place is recognized around the world as a landmark of Vancouver’s skyline and a place of pride for all British Columbians. Besides enhancing the overall guest experience during events, the stadium’s Northern Lights Display is used to amplify important causes upon request from the community.

Below is the complete Northern Lights Display schedule for August (subject to change).
August 2: orange for Autoinflammatory Awareness Month
August 4: Progress Rainbow flag for Vancouver Pride
August 5: blue, white, red, & yellow for BC Day
August 6: green for Gastroparesis Awareness Month
August 7: pink & yellow for World PVNH Disorder Awareness Day
August 9: teal, orange, & red International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
August 12: green for International Youth Day
August 19: light blue for World Humanitarian Day
August 28: Maple Leaf show for 2024 Summer Paralympics opening
August 29: purple for International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31)

Northern Lights Display: July 2024

July 1st, 2024

BC Place is recognized around the world as a landmark of Vancouver’s skyline and a place of pride for all British Columbians. Besides enhancing the overall guest experience during events, the stadium’s Northern Lights Display is used to amplify important causes upon request from the community.

Below is the complete Northern Lights Display schedule for July (subject to change).

July 1: Maple Leaf show for Canada Day
July 2: green, blue, gold, & red for Disability Pride Month
July 3: green for National Injury Prevention Day (July 5)
July 9: red, purple, & gold for 50 Days to the Paralympic Games
July 11: red & green for Imamat Day
July 14: red for Vancouver Chinatown Festival
July 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31: Summer Show
July 18: orange for Hope & Health
July 22: teal for World Fragile X Day
July 25: blue & white for World Drowning Prevention Day
July 28: red & yellow for World Hepatitis Day
July 29: green for Gastroschisis Awareness Day