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Northern Lights Display: May 2024

May 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 May (subject to change).

May 1: gold for Asian Heritage Month
May 2: white & red for Polish Heritage Month
May 3: yellow & red for Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
May 4: blue for HD Awareness Month
May 5: purple for World PH Day
May 6: red for Heart Failure Awareness Week
May 7: green for Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May 8: orange for Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness (May 11)
May 10: purple for World Lupus Day (May 10) + Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (May 12)
May 11: yellow for Darkness into Light
May 12: yellow & green for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Awareness Day
May 13: red & blue for Fibromuscular Dysplasia Awareness Month
May 14: purple for National Do Something Good For Your Neighbor Day (May 16)
May 15: blue & yellow for International MPS Awareness Day
May 16: orange for Moose Hide Day
May 17: blue & green for Shine a Light on NF
May 18: purple for Global Porphyria Awareness Day
May 19: purple for World IBD Day
May 20: teal for Food Allergy Awareness Month
May 23: blue for The Courage To Come Back Awards
May 24: purple for National Schizophrenia & Psychosis Awareness Day
May 27: yellow, navy, & teal for Wild Salmon Day (June 1)
May 28: red for World Menstrual Health Day
May 29: red for Red Shirt Day of Action for Accessibility and Inclusion
May 30: red for World MS Day

Northern Lights Display: April 2024

April 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 April (subject to change).

April 1: blue for 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force
April 2: blue for World Autism Day
April 3: periwinkle for IBS Awareness Month
April 4: purple for National Oral Health Month
April 5: teal for PMD Awareness Month
April 7: green for Green Shirt Day
April 8: yellow for Daffodil Month
April 11: blue for World Parkinson’s Day
April 12: saffron & blue for Sikh Heritage Month
April 15: red & blue for Emergency Service Dispatchers' and 9-1-1 Awareness Week
April 16: blue, pink & yellow for Global Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month
April 17: red for Light it Up Red! (World Hemophilia Day)
April 23: green for Canadian Fertility Awareness Week
April 29: blue for World Wish Day

Northern Lights Display: March 2024

March 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 March (subject to change).

March 1: red for Light the Night for Amyloidosis
March 3: blue for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
March 4: red for Red Cross Month
March 5: red for Liver Health Month
March 8: purple for International Women's Day
March 15: yellow for Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 16: blue for World Young Rheumatic Disease Day
March 17: shamrock green for St. Patrick's Day
March 18: blue for World Water Day (March 22)
March 19-20: red & green for Nowruz/Navroz
March 21: blue & yellow for World Down Syndrome Day
March 22: blue & yellow for National SUDC Month
March 23: lights off for Earth Hour (8:30 pm onwards)
March 24: red for World Tuberculosis Day
March 26: purple for International PURPLE DAY® for Epilepsy Awareness
March 31: light blue & pink for International Transgender Day of Visibility