Forbidden Vancouver storyteller Stephanie Liatopoulos

Forbidden Vancouver welcomes two new storytellers!

06 Apr 2016

The Forbidden Vancouver family is growing once again with our new season upon us. We are thrilled to welcome Stephanie Liatopoulos on board as a storyteller for the Lost Souls of Gastown! Stephanie is a...

Flirtatious February: 4 Forbidden Date Nights

04 Apr 2016

February is a month of love and romance — particularly on Valentine’s Day. If you’re looking for something a little more interesting than dinner and a movie, then a Forbidden Valentine’s night be just the...

Christmas play reaches its finale!

04 Apr 2016

Christmas play War For The Holidays wraps up for 2015! It’s with a mixture of great pride, happiness, and more than a dose of sadness that the first ever run of Forbidden Vancouver’s Christmas play...

West End History Comes to Life at the Roedde House

12 Nov 2015

[By Kendall Walters] Roedde House Museum is a hidden gem in Vancouver’s West End. Built in 1893, the house has become part of the fabric of the city. In its modern capacity as a museum, Roedde...

Vancouver, Vaudeville and the City’s Lost Theatre District

18 Mar 2015

[by Kendall Walters] Every weekend, Vancouverites converge on Granville Street, long the city’s entertainment hotspot, in the pursuit of fun. Not many know that Granville was once considered stuffy and that people flocked to an entirely...

Q&A with Our New Storytellers

17 Mar 2015

[By Kendall Walters] We at Forbidden Vancouver are thrilled to welcome two talented new storytellers to our team! They will both be leading our signature walking tour, The Forbidden Vancouver Tour. Aman Johal has worked at Fort...

Top 10 Vancouver Art Deco Buildings

18 Feb 2015

Updated: July 9, 2026 [by Kendall Walters and Will Woods] Interested in Art Deco architecture and history in Vancouver? Check out The Monumental Scandals Tour! Art Deco is a jazz-age design aesthetic and architectural style...

Vancouver’s Vampire Vixen

03 Feb 2015

[by Kendall Walters] The Monumental Scandals Tour is full of colourful stories about people from Vancouver’s past. One tale we love sharing, is the fascinating story of Yvonne De Carlo. Before she became the wholesome...

In loving memory of Robert Poelvoorde

19 Nov 2014

The team at Forbidden Vancouver has suffered a great loss. On November 5, 2014, Vancouver lost a wonderful man. Our friend, colleague, fellow storyteller, and mentor, Rob Poelvoorde, sadly passed away. Our Founder and Chief...

The haunted history of Deadman’s Island

15 Oct 2014

[by Kendall Walters] Think of Stanley Park and you probably picture sunny walks on the seawall and quiet afternoons exploring the Vancouver Aquarium, but did you know the park is actually home to one of the...

Novus TV with Jordan Wade

23 Sep 2014

Will and Gisele had a great time hosting Jordan Wade from Novus TV on Prohibition City, Sept 23, 2014. Jordan and his crew were there for the entire adventure through downtown, Victory Square, and into...

We support BC teachers

06 Aug 2014

Until September 30, 2014, school teachers can come free on either of our signature walking tours, the Lost Souls of Gastown or Prohibition City. The only caveats are: – Each teacher must have a ticket....

Forbidden Vancouver on the Rush with Fiona Forbes

09 Jul 2014

On Tuesday July 9, 2013 we were featured on The Rush with Fiona Forbes! Will sat down with Fiona Forbes to discuss Forbidden Vancouver’s walking tour the Granville Street Reveal, a tour that takes audiences...

Kraft Bier in the Georgia Straight

27 May 2014

On May 27, 2014, the Georgia Straight covered our murder-mystery-beer-drinking-extravaganza, Who Killed Kraft Bier? The event ran for a single day on June 1, and hosted 80 detectives on an intrepid adventure around historic Mount...

Vancouver Courier features Secrets of the Penthouse

04 Jan 2014

Aaron got snapped deep in thought outside the Penthouse Nightclub by the kind folks at the Vancouver Courier. The newspaper came to hear about Forbidden Vancouver’s event Secrets of the Penthouse – the evening includes...

Will Woods CBC North by Northwest Granville Street Reveal Walking Tour - media coverage

The Granville Street Reveal on CBC – North by Northwest

20 Nov 2013

In July, Matthew Parsons, reporter of CBC radio show North by Northwest, got a chance to go on special event Forbidden Vancouver walking tour, “The Granville Street Reveal.” This tour took audiences for a trip into...

Miss 604 reviews our walking tours

29 Jul 2013

Vancouver blogger Miss604 has covered each of our walking tours on her award-winning news and events website. We appreciate the coverage! In the blog featured here she covers our 2013 tour program, which included Prohibition...

Forbidden Vancouver featured on front page of Vancouver Sun

Prohibition City Walking Tour Featured in the Vancouver Sun

09 Jul 2013

In just its first year in business, Forbidden Vancouver was proudly featured in the Vancouver Sun. Having just started Forbidden Vancouver in May of 2012, Will Woods, Forbidden Vancouver Founder and Chief Storyteller, was beginning...

Inside Vancouver – Forbidden Vancouver’s New Walking Tour

17 Jun 2013

The lovely folks at Inside Vancouver wrote a piece on our 2013 season walking tour, The Granville Street Reveal, on June 17, 2013. Inside Vancouver gets inside the Granville Street Reveal Our 2013 walking tour...

Vancouver Vantage features our Granville Street Tour

01 Jun 2013

Vancouver Vantage came on The Granville Street Reveal in June 2013! Vancouver Vantage experiences the Granville Street Reveal Vancouver Vantage are deep into exploring and celebrating Vancouver culture and community. Our walking tour with them...

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