All Souls Events at Mountain View Cemetery
Join hosts Mountain View Cemetery for All Souls events that honour the dead through ceremony and celebration.
The 10th annual All Souls, a series of events that honours the dead through ceremony and celebration, returns to the City of Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery from October 25 through November 2.
All Souls offers the public an opportunity to remember their dead, whether they are interred at Mountain View Cemetery or not, in a quiet atmosphere of contemplative beauty.
The events are curated by local artists Paula Jardine and Marina Szijarto and feature music, art, demonstrations and memorial-making workshops.
The opening night of All Souls (October 25 from 6 to 10 pm) presents music, warming fires, fragrant teas and the chance to make personal memorials. The evening will showcase the world premiere of “11”, an original site-specific musical composition by Mark Haney, which marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.
All Souls programming at Mountain View Cemetery throughout the week includes:
October 26, 7 pm: The Threshold Choir honour the tradition of bedside singing
October 28, 7 and 9 pm: Screening of the movie Harold and Maude
October 29, 7-9 pm: Mourners’ Tea, a community conversation about end of life care
October 30, 7 pm: Sugar skulls workshop, a hands-on exploration of this Mexican tradition
October 31, 6-8 pm: Community shrine lighting
November 1, 7-9 pm: Balkan brass band Orkestar Slivovicato leads a processional to the shrines throughout the cemetery
November 2, 7-9 pm: “Death Where is thy Sting?”, an evening of tales, poetry and music with the Vancouver Society of Storytelling
The Celebration Hall at the cemetery will also be open nightly from 6-9 pm for tea and memorial making. Historical walks are scheduled October 19, 26 and November 1, 2, 9.
For more details on events, visit: nightforallsouls.com.