jewelry stores lining the strip, said to be the highest concentration of jewellers in the nation. Events Beginning in 1979, the Khalsa Diwan society at the Ross Street Gurdwara has celebrated Vaisakhi each year in April with a public celebration. Festivities include Vancouver's largest annual one-day parade, where up to 300,000 people come together from to celebrate the birth of the Sikh religion. Many restaurants and households near the strip offer local food tasting and other goods during the event.. The City of Vancouver has granted the Vaisakhi Parade Civic Parades Category in 2013, which is reserved for events with >100,000 attendees. See also South Asians in Vancouver South Asians in British Columbia Notes External links Punjabi Market Association Asian-Canadian culture in Vancouver Ethnic enclaves in British Columbia Indian diaspora in Canada Little Indias Neighbourhoods in Vancouver Punjabi-Canadian culture