Is there shade at Malkin Bowl?

Malkin Bowl in high summer: where the shade holds through a 7 PM show

Vancouver's summer light lingers late. In high summer the sun does not set until 9:13 PM at Malkin Bowl, so a typical 7 PM show starts with the sun still up and low in the west, sitting around 19 degrees above the horizon. That low angle is the whole story for shade here: the covered pit and pavilion seats fall into shadow early while the open lawn keeps catching the last of the light.

Seats that shade first

Across a typical evening event, Malkin Bowl runs about 69 percent shaded overall, and the coverage climbs as the sun drops. The most reliably covered spots are down front and under the pavilion roof. Pit 1 and pavilion sections 101, 201 and 202 all sit around 91 percent shaded, with 102 and 203 close behind near 90 percent. If you want to be out of the sun from the downbeat, that band of seats is where to aim.

The lawn and the late sun

The lawn is the trade-off. Sections like Lawn 7 (about 50 percent shaded) and Lawn 8 and 9 (around 38 percent) stay open longest, and upper pavilion 212 is similarly exposed near 48 percent. Before 6 PM that means real sun on your shoulders. After 6 the overall picture improves to roughly 46 percent shaded and keeps getting better as the sun sinks toward the northwest. By the time the sky goes dark near 9:13, seat choice stops mattering much.

We have mapped Malkin Bowl in Vancouver, so the section numbers above are computed rather than guessed. For your exact date and seat, the interactive shade map shows how the shadow moves across the seating through the evening.