Metro Vancouver events calendar for September 2016. Best festivals, concerts, fun things to do, free kids activities, street fairs, and Labor Day weekend events in Vancouver, BC.
September 1, 2016
Thu
Americas Masters Games 2016
We invite the world to the Americas Masters Games for an inclusive 9 days of celebration in the summer of 2016.
Vancouver | Jack Poole Plaza, West Building | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Sports
Farmers’ Market: Granville Island
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Triangle Square | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Free Community Lunch
Free Community Lunch at St. Andrew's United Church.
North Vancouver | St Andrew's United Church | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Food / Wine
Necklace of HOpe: Walk Series from HOpe Centre
Necklace of HOpe, is a 45 min walk from HOpe Centre, towards Brand Blvd and up towards 19th Street, back down through Grand Blvd, and along 15th Street, back to the HOpe Centre.
North Vancouver | Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Downtown Farmers Market
We’re thrilled to announce that the Downtown Farmers Market at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market | Free
Clinton Park Concept plan open house
Share your vision of the renewed park with our project team and learn about the design process at our open house
Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free
Visite guidée à pied
Gratuit! auteurs et musiciens au cimetière Mountain View
Vancouver | Mountain View Cemetery | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | History
Neighbourhood Nights: Maillardville
Celebrate your neighbours, your surroundings and your history – join us at Neighbourhood Nights!
Coquitlam | Mackin Park | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family | Free
ZeeTV Canada: Gujarati Cultural Festival 2016 - Karaoke Masti
It's time to meet all the teams from Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and LA! Of course, don't forget your singing voice and dancing shoes!
Richmond | Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel | 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Festival
Shanghai Acrobats
One of the original Cirque-style performance troupes, the world-famous Shanghai Acrobats continue to astonish audiences around the globe with their amazing displays of artistry and athleticism.
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Summer Night Concert: Dru Hill with Sisqo, Nokio, Jazz & Tao, 20th Anniversary
Dru Hill with Sisqo, Nokio, Jazz & Tao, 20th Anniversary Summer Night Concert at the Fair at the PNE Vancouver Years from now when it's all said and done, music historians will surely debate the contributions of those who majorly impacted the genre of R&B
Vancouver | PNE Amphitheatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Firecracker!
Dynamite Ladies. Explosive Comedy. Our all-female show featuring some of the best improvisers in Canada.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:45 pm | Comedy
September 2, 2016
Fri
Americas Masters Games 2016
We invite the world to the Americas Masters Games for an inclusive 9 days of celebration in the summer of 2016.
Vancouver | Jack Poole Plaza, West Building | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Sports
Demo workshop with Chris Weaver
An exiting chance to take a workshop with acclaimed New Zealand maker of contemporary ceramic tableware Chris Weaver.
West Vancouver | Gleneagles Community Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Workshop
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
North Vancouver’s Shipyards Night Market
You won't want to miss this years Shipbuilders' Night Market on Friday Nights !!
North Vancouver | Shipyards Night Market | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Market
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Buffalo Jones with Devin Van Burden
The Roxy Cabaret and The Live Agency Presents: Buffalo Jones with special guest Devin Van Burden
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Free Youth Swim
First Friday of each month from 8-10pm is a Free Swim time for youth (11-18 yrs).
Vancouver | Britannia Community Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Kids | Free
The Book of Mormon
Broadway's smash hit The Book of Mormon comes back to Vancouver after sold out shows in 2015.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
ZeeTV Canada: Gujarati Cultural Festival 2016 - Romantic Bollywood Concert with Sumeet Tappoo
Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a DHAMAKEDAR Bollywood Music Concert with Sensational Artist Sumeet Tappoo & an eight member band.
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | Music
Summer Night Concert: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo: We Live For Love Tour
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo We live for love Tour Summer Night Concert at the Fair at the PNE Vancouver Powerhouse duo and rock-n-roll legends Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo bring their undeniable chemistry and unprecedented sound to the Pacific National Exh
Vancouver | PNE Amphitheatre | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
OWSLA
On Friday, September 2nd heavy hitters Wiwek, Dj Sliink & josh pan take over #StereotypeFridays for the OWSLA Showcase at Celebrities Nightclub!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
September 3, 2016
Sat
2016 Topgun 3ON3 (Hockey Tourney)
3rd Annual 3 On 3 Play on Style Hockey Tourney
Richmond | Richmond Jamea Masjid | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sports
Americas Masters Games 2016
We invite the world to the Americas Masters Games for an inclusive 9 days of celebration in the summer of 2016.
Vancouver | Jack Poole Plaza, West Building | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Sports
Digital Carnival: Call For Submissions!
Cinevolution’s Digital Carnival is back again at the Richmond World Festival on September 3rd!
Richmond | Media Lab | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Festival
Farmers’ Market: Trout Lake
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Trout Lake | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Demo workshop with Chris Weaver
An exiting chance to take a workshop with acclaimed New Zealand maker of contemporary ceramic tableware Chris Weaver.
West Vancouver | Gleneagles Community Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Workshop
Lonsdale Artisan Farmers' Market: North Vancouver
We have been lucky in having some of the best organic and conventional farmers in B.C. attend the market plus great bakers, jam makers, honey gathers, and salsa makers.
North Vancouver | The East Plaza of Lonsdale Quay | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Community Market at Loutet Farm
Alongside our regular Farm Gate Sales, the Community Markets at Loutet Farm feature local vendors and local goods.
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Market
Farm Gate Sale
Join us at Loutet Farm every Saturday to support our social enterprise, pick up your farm-fresh produce from our neighbourhood farmers, and meet your neighbours!
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Market
Richmond World Festival
Richmond World Festival is the City’s newest signature event and its first major multicultural festival.
Richmond | Minoru Park | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival | Free
Sam Cave - UBC Farmers Market
Free Show And Healthy Food! Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.
Vancouver | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm | 11:00 am to 7:04 pm | Music | Free
Minoru Complex Community Art Project - What's Your Minoru Story?
Take part in a community based public art workshop this summer and your work could be displayed along the construction fencing surrounding the Minoru Complex.
Richmond | Minoru Park | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop | Free
Taiwan Fest
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Granville Street | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Festival | Free
Anual Southern African Friendship Club BBQ
This is Anual Southern African Friendship Club BBQ events
New Westminster | Lower Hume Park Sapperton New Westminster | 12:00 am to 8:30 pm | Family | Free
Taiwan Fest: International Pan-Asian Culinary Invitational Round 1
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Festival | Free
Taiwan Fest: Hope Talk
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | The Orpheum Annex | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Lecture | Free
ZeeTV Canada: Gujarati Cultural Festival 2016 - Raas Garba Dance Showcase
Don't miss the HIGHLIGHT event of GCF, the Raas Garba Dance Show Case!
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm | Dance
Taiwan Fest: Youth Ambassador Team
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver Sep 3-5, 2016. Get more info here.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Festival | Free
加拿大温哥华--2016温哥华大型《玄艺综述》现场解答会
一场指点【人生与命运】的讲座即将要开讲了！
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Lecture | Free
The Book of Mormon - The best musical of the century
Broadway's smash hit The Book of Mormon comes back to Vancouver after sold out shows in 2015.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Taiwan Fest: International Pan-Asian Culinary Invitational Round 2
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival | Free
Taiwan Fest: Cinematic Taiwan
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver Sep 3-5, 2016. Get more info here.
Vancouver | The Orpheum Annex | 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Festival | Free
Sara (Ribeiro) Wedding
Dance to the Music D.J. Services
Richmond | Mobile Services | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Taiwan Fest: International Pan-Asian Culinary Invitational Round 3
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver Sep 3-5, 2016. Get more info here.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival | Free
Taiwan Fest: Soul of Dance
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Festival | Free
Noche bohemia en el Patron Tacos & Cantina
Comparta con nosotros una noche de trova y bohemia con el compositor y guitarrista mexicano Samir Belkacemi,SON BOHEMIO,nuestra invitada especial Laura Rivera Montalvo y amigos.
Vancouver | Patron Tacos & Cantina, Mexican Restaurant | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Barns Courtney with guests
A British singer/songwriter who splits the difference between Ed Sheeran's sensitivity, the big-footed stomp of early Mumford & Sons, and a keen moodiness, Barns Courtney received a heavy boost in 2015 when his song "Fire" appeared on the soundtrack to th
Vancouver | The Media Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
The Book of Mormon
Broadway's smash hit The Book of Mormon comes back to Vancouver after sold out shows in 2015.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
The White Panda With Guests
Timbre Concerts proudly presents The White Panda.
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance
Summer Night Concert: Tim Hicks
Tim Hicks Summer Night Concert at the Fair at the PNE Vancouver Since signing to ORR in 2011, Hicks has captured the hearts and minds of Canadian country fans in a huge way.
Vancouver | PNE Amphitheatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Michael Woods
Progressive stand out & our good friend Michael Woods makes his highly anticipated return to Celebrities Nightclub for a very special edition of Celebs Playhouse
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
September 4, 2016
Sun
2016 Topgun 3ON3 (Hockey Tourney)
3rd Annual 3 On 3 Play on Style Hockey Tourney
Richmond | Richmond Jamea Masjid | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sports
Americas Masters Games 2016
We invite the world to the Americas Masters Games for an inclusive 9 days of celebration in the summer of 2016.
Vancouver | Jack Poole Plaza, West Building | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Sports
ZeeTV Canada: Gujarati Cultural Festival 2016 - Sports Day
Calling sports players of all skill levels to join us at the Richmond Oval for a day of fun and sportsmanship!
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Sports
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Taiwan Fest
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Granville Street | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Festival | Free
16th Annual Artful Sundays
An outdoor multimedia and visual arts market on Napier Greenway (Napier Street at Commercial Drive)
Vancouver | Napier Greenway | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Market
Taiwan Fest: Cinematic Taiwan
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | The Orpheum Annex | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Festival | Free
Taiwan Fest: International Pan-Asian Culinary Invitational Semi Final 1
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Festival | Free
The Book of Mormon - The best musical of the century
Broadway's smash hit The Book of Mormon comes back to Vancouver after sold out shows in 2015.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Taiwan Fest: Dreams from Andalusia and the Silk Road
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival | Free
Taiwan Fest: International Pan-Asian Culinary Invitational Semi Final 2
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival | Free
Taiwan Fest: International Pan-Asian Culinary Invitational Final
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival | Free
Taiwan Fest: Cinematic Taiwan - Film Blue Moon
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | The Orpheum Annex | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival | Free
Westminster Savings Free Swim
Enjoy a free monthly swim and skate, sponsored by Westminster Savings.
Coquitlam | Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports | Free
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre
The Book of Mormon - The best musical of the century
Broadway's smash hit The Book of Mormon comes back to Vancouver after sold out shows in 2015.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Taiwan Fest: The Path to Peace
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival | Free
Summer Night Concert: The Monkees - Good Times: The 50th Anniversary Tour
The Monkees celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with a tour of North America and the release of their first album in nearly 20 years, Good Times! will also feature a previously unreleased recording of a song entitled Love to Love written by Neil Diamond
Vancouver | PNE Amphitheatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Simon Patterson / Sean Tyas / John Askew
SIMON PATTERSON x SEAN TYAS x JOHN ASKEW @ Venue Nightclub
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
September 5, 2016
Mon
2016 Singles Championships / Championnat canadien en simple 2016
West Vancouver LBC has a reputation for running high quality innovative competitions from the local to national level.
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports
Taiwan Fest
Discover Asia and the Chinese speaking world in Taiwan Fest in downtown Vancouver
Vancouver | Granville Street | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Festival | Free
Music in the Park
Free Family Fun! What better way to end the summer than spending the day outside listening to great music
North Vancouver | Capilano River Regional Park | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | Free
Opera and Arias: The Magic Flute
We’ve invited some special guests down to the Village to entertain you, tantalize your taste buds and teach you a thing or two.
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Opera
Bard on the Beach: Salon Series - Designing Costumes for Shakespeare
Join us for a one hour panel discussion as we explore what it takes to bring Shakespeare from “the page to the stage”.
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
Opera and Arias: The Magic Flute
We’ve invited some special guests down to the Village to entertain you, tantalize your taste buds and teach you a thing or two.
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Opera
Summer Night Concert: Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak's upcoming tour in conjunction with his critically acclaimed new album, First Comes The Night, will include a performance on the closing night of the PNE on September 5
Vancouver | PNE Amphitheatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
September 6, 2016
Tue
2016 Singles Championships / Championnat canadien en simple 2016
West Vancouver LBC has a reputation for running high quality innovative competitions from the local to national level.
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fringe Street Promo 101
It’s not enough to have a great show. People need to know about it. This workshop will help you feel more confident promoting your production, whether you are flying solo or have a double-digit cast.
Vancouver | Picnic Pavilion | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Workshop
Kwantlen St. Farmers Market
The Kwantlen St. Farmers Market offers all the goodness of a farmers market, with live entertainment, kids workshops, artisan foods and crafts, food trucks and chef demos using the freshest local produce.
Richmond | Kwantlen St. Farmers Market, Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Market | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival Opening Night: Dick on the Fringe
Open the Festival with one of the wildest characters in Fringe history. Butt Kapinski is a private eye like no other.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Swans
SWANS (Young God / Mute) with guest BABY DEE. Dozens of people came and went through the 15 years of Swans existence.
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
September 7, 2016
Wed
2016 Singles Championships / Championnat canadien en simple 2016
West Vancouver LBC has a reputation for running high quality innovative competitions from the local to national level.
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Farm Gate Sale
In need of mid-week fresh veggies?
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market
Skillshare Workbee
Our skillshare workbees are the perfect volunteer opportunity for folks who want to learn about gardening through informal workshops and knowledge sharing.
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop
Brewers Park Renewal open house
Share your vision of the renewed park with our project team and learn about the design process at our open house
Vancouver | 4175 Victoria Dr. | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
Bard on the Beach: Wine Wednesdays with Sandhill
Wine Wednesdays are an intimate pre-show wine tasting in the Bard Marquee presented by special guests.
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
September 8, 2016
Thu
2016 Singles Championships / Championnat canadien en simple 2016
West Vancouver LBC has a reputation for running high quality innovative competitions from the local to national level.
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports
Farmers’ Market: Granville Island
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Triangle Square | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Free Community Lunch
Free Community Lunch at St. Andrew's United Church.
North Vancouver | St Andrew's United Church | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Food / Wine
Necklace of HOpe: Walk Series from HOpe Centre
Necklace of HOpe, is a 45 min walk from HOpe Centre, towards Brand Blvd and up towards 19th Street, back down through Grand Blvd, and along 15th Street, back to the HOpe Centre.
North Vancouver | Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Downtown Farmers Market
We’re thrilled to announce that the Downtown Farmers Market at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fat Sex
Comedy, spoken word, and song with a smart satirical twist from an international slam champion with two decades of experience bringing audiences world-over to a glorious climax!
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:00 pm to 5:59 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as Fuck!
Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 5:00 pm to 6:05 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature
A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:00 pm to 6:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody
The creators of One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings, present an irreverent homage to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:05 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential
Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher
A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:00 pm to 6:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo
Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.
Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical
Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f*ck up.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 5:15 pm to 6:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm | Festival
Neighbourhood Nights: Eagle Ridge
Celebrate your neighbours, your surroundings and your history – join us at Neighbourhood Nights!
Coquitlam | Eagle Ridge Park | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Insults, injury, and Anne Boleyn’s head are tossed around as the the six wives return to battle it out in purgatory once again. And when Henry arrives…well, you just have to see it.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:55 pm | Family
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society
Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 6:45 pm to 7:35 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck
Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 6:45 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 6:50 pm to 7:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Emily Chambers & Moondrifter - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Keith Rice-Jones: From Cabinet Maker to Ceramic Sculptor
Keith Rice-Jones shares his artistic journey, discussing his cultural and artistic influences along the way
Surrey | Surrey Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne
In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters
Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 7:00 pm to 7:58 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch
Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:05 pm to 8:20 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up
Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:45 pm to 9:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All
Get your Fringe feet wet at the Fringe-For-All, a fast and furious preview event where artists perform two minute teasers for their upcoming shows
Vancouver | Cartwright Street | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall
Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
1972 Team Canada on the ice '72 Summit Series Tour
Share the real stories behind 1972’s Canada-Russia Summit Series. A giant screen will carry Summit Series images that are eternally famous, while the team shares memories that, sometimes, are only told once.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen
From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 8:20 pm to 9:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Burn Job
Fringe staple TJ Dawe returns with a story about growing up in Burnaby, LSD, and a breathing technique that brings you into a psychedelic state.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!
Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Famous Haydell Sisters Comeback Tour
Since their last record flopped in 1993, fans of the biggest sister act in country music history have been awaiting their return.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:35 pm to 9:35 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Perpetual Wednesday
Walter and Bruce, con artists extraordinaire, while disguised as magicians, killed an audience member during their infamous bullet-catch act! Or did they?
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:45 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous
A Showgirl, her Soul-Searching Yearnings, & Secret Demons.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 8:45 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Suburban Motel: Featuring Loretta
Loretta is the kind of girl you would do anything for. Dave and Michael are in love with her. Dave wants to take her shopping. Michael wants to make her a star! A porn star. What is a woman to do in a man’s world.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:45 pm to 10:15 pm | Festival
Firecracker!
Dynamite Ladies. Explosive Comedy. Our all-female show featuring some of the best improvisers in Canada.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:45 pm | Comedy
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Love, Lust & Lace
Witness the raunchy pursuit of primal desires in this farcical masque commedia dell’arte piece. You will indulge in the dynamic intrigues of the heart as you follow Il Capitano and Columbina’s trials in love.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival
September 9, 2016
Fri
2016 Singles Championships / Championnat canadien en simple 2016
West Vancouver LBC has a reputation for running high quality innovative competitions from the local to national level.
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Vancouver's Original Greek Food Festival
As the street festival season begins... here's one of the originals!
Vancouver | The Hellenic Community | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: NeOn
I know someone who has never been the main character of their life. She believed in other people’s happiness, but not hers. NeOn questions how you commit to the practice of love.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
North Vancouver’s Shipyards Night Market
You won't want to miss this years Shipbuilders' Night Market on Friday Nights !!
North Vancouver | Shipyards Night Market | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Market
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Nerdfucker
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Frank: To Be Frank
World-renowned! The Rat Pack’s 17th member! America’s most entertaining entertainer invites you to partake in his interactive live “life retrospective.”
Vancouver | Performance Works | 5:00 pm to 5:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nether
The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Ocean
Twelve-year-old environmentalist Lenny has his lucky pouch around his neck and the eczema behind his knees is hardly even itchy.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Bella Culpa
From nine-time award winning company, A Little Bit Off comes a slapstick comedy that follows two peculiar servants in an Edwardian manor as they bustle around, trying in vain to complete all of their chores.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In the Blue of Evening
A stunning and fantastical epic journey whisking us from a living room to the high seas!
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 5:00 pm to 5:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: James Jordan Vaudevillian
This all ages vaudeville variety show with magic, juggling, royalty-free music, and brilliant comedy has been headlining comedy clubs and festivals all over the world!
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage
Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 5:30 pm to 6:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Insults, injury, and Anne Boleyn’s head are tossed around as the the six wives return to battle it out in purgatory once again. And when Henry arrives…well, you just have to see it.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 5:45 pm to 6:55 pm | Family
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Wild Romantics & Wooden Horsemen- Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Tommy Alexander with Lew Philips
The Roxy Cabaret Presents: Tommy Alexander with Lew Philips Friday, September 9th 2016
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival. One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody
The creators of One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings, present an irreverent homage to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:35 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Georgia Straight Fringe-For-All
Get your Fringe feet wet at the Fringe-For-All, a fast and furious preview event where artists perform two minute teasers for their upcoming shows
Vancouver | Cartwright Street | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute
The Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute show, The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute - which has been hailed as “the best Beatles tribute ever” - is coming to the Molson Canadian Theatre at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | Festival
霍尊2016世界巡回演唱会 温哥华站 Henry Huo 2016 World Tour Vancouver
霍尊2016世界巡回演唱会 温哥华站 Henry Huo 2016 World Tour Vancouver
Vancouver | River Rock Show Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
September 10, 2016
Sat
2016 Singles Championships / Championnat canadien en simple 2016
West Vancouver LBC has a reputation for running high quality innovative competitions from the local to national level.
West Vancouver | West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports
GarBarge Plastic Pollution Sorting Party
Cleaning the natural environment while demonstrating the use of sustainable waste management strategies.
Richmond | Steveston Harbour | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Burnaby Artisan Farmers' Market
We have great farmers, both conventional and Organic with a great selection of prepared food vendors and local crafters.
Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Big Yoga for Big Sisters
This September, we are holding the inaugural Big Yoga for Big Sisters! This event is a team-based 10-hour relay consisting of 10 one-hour yoga sessions.
Vancouver | Jonathan Rogers Park | 9:00 am to 7:00 pm | Active Life / Health
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Farmers’ Market: Trout Lake
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Trout Lake | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Lonsdale Artisan Farmers' Market: North Vancouver
We have been lucky in having some of the best organic and conventional farmers in B.C. attend the market plus great bakers, jam makers, honey gathers, and salsa makers.
North Vancouver | The East Plaza of Lonsdale Quay | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Farm Gate Sale
Join us at Loutet Farm every Saturday to support our social enterprise, pick up your farm-fresh produce from our neighbourhood farmers, and meet your neighbours!
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Market
Fleetwood Festival 2016
Celebrate the 18th annual Fleetwood Festival at the Fleetwood Community Centre
Surrey | Francis Park | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free
Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House
Please join us for the 15th annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House.
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Dance | Free
Sam Cave - UBC Farmers Market
Free Show And Healthy Food! Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.
Vancouver | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm | 11:00 am to 7:04 pm | Music | Free
Vancouver's Original Greek Food Festival
As the street festival season begins... here's one of the originals!
Vancouver | The Hellenic Community | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nether
The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine
Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm | Festival
Mirela Dzaferovic
Parkinson SuperWalk is the single most important provincial and national awareness and fundraising event for Parkinson Society British Columbia (PSBC).
Richmond | Minoru Park | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen
From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 1:00 pm to 1:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!
Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous
A Showgirl, her Soul-Searching Yearnings, & Secret Demons.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Suburban Motel: Featuring Loretta
Loretta is the kind of girl you would do anything for. Dave and Michael are in love with her. Dave wants to take her shopping. Michael wants to make her a star! A porn star. What is a woman to do in a man’s world.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Perpetual Wednesday
Walter and Bruce, con artists extraordinaire, while disguised as magicians, killed an audience member during their infamous bullet-catch act! Or did they?
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Famous Haydell Sisters Comeback Tour
Since their last record flopped in 1993, fans of the biggest sister act in country music history have been awaiting their return.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 1:25 pm to 2:25 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Love, Lust & Lace
Witness the raunchy pursuit of primal desires in this farcical masque commedia dell’arte piece. You will indulge in the dynamic intrigues of the heart as you follow Il Capitano and Columbina’s trials in love.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall
Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 2:45 pm to 3:15 pm | Festival
Afro RC Competition Round 3
RWD rear tires will be restricted to 2 Bro's Hobbies flat tires. Prizes will be sponsored by Team-TETSUJIN RC Drift Lounge and Afro's RC CLUB
New Westminster | Afro's RC CLUB | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Sports
Vancouver Fringe Festival: NeOn
I know someone who has never been the main character of their life. She believed in other people’s happiness, but not hers. NeOn questions how you commit to the practice of love.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage
Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 3:15 pm to 4:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Women of Lockerbie
After a terrorist’s bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a battle begins between the women in the town and US officials over the clothing of the victims.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Festival
Steveston High Class of 1976. 40th Reunion
Come meet us at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery - the museum located behind the Buccaneer Pub
Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | History
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Advice to Love/Hate You (and everything in between)
It doesn’t matter who you are or how you identify, we all go through relationships. This is a flexible love story where the audience gets to offer their advice to help a relationship flourish.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as Fuck!
Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 6:45 pm to 7:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Limbs of the Stars & Wishkicker - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody
The creators of One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings, present an irreverent homage to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:05 pm | Festival
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Summer Latin Cruises
Summer Latin Cruises With the Best Selection of Latin and Salsa Top 40!
Vancouver | M.V. Queen of Diamonds | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
In Bliss with Tropical Fish
The Roxy Cabaret and The Live Agency Present: In Bliss with Special Guests Tropical Fish
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Keith Urban - RipCORD World Tour 2016
Another Gold & Gold, Sakamoto Entertainment Production, in association with Huka Entertainment 93.7 JRFM Welcomes KEITH URBAN
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch
Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:45 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Plastic Acid Orchestra with Veda Hille and Friends
The Plastic Acid Orchestra with Veda Hille in this evening of inspired new music
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Simile: dumb instrument Dance + Action at a Distance
Simile is an evening of contemporary dance choreographed and performed by Ziyian Kwan (dumb instrument Dance) and Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance), which highlights the artistic camaraderie between two vibrant creative voices.
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
胡美儀美妙人生慈善演唱會2016 Amy Wu In Charity Concert
Many of you know Amy Wu as a famous Hong Kong Film and stage artist, but Amy is also a famous opera singer.
Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society
Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 8:15 pm to 9:05 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:20 pm to 9:20 pm | Festival
Summer Salsa Cruise Series 2016
Summer fun starts & ends here, with the Salsa Cruises on the beautiful waters of Vancouver!
Vancouver | MV Britannia | 8:30 pm to 0:30 am | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck
Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne
In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:35 pm to 9:35 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up
Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:45 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:30 pm to 10:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Smut Slam: Where Sexy and Storytelling Collide
Hold on to your hats and sit on a towel, Vancouver. Cameryn Moore is back and she's bringing
Vancouver | Performance Works | 10:30 pm to 0:01 am | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Burn Job
Fringe staple TJ Dawe returns with a story about growing up in Burnaby, LSD, and a breathing technique that brings you into a psychedelic state.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:45 pm | Festival
September 11, 2016
Sun
GarBarge Plastic Pollution Sorting Party
Cleaning the natural environment while demonstrating the use of sustainable waste management strategies.
Richmond | Steveston Harbour | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Ambleside Artisan Farmers' Market
We are very lucky to have such a great variety of organic and conventional farmers at this location.
West Vancouver | Between 15th & 16th Street | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Market
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Scotiabank & BC SPCA Paws for a Cause
Join us for a super fun day raising money for animals in need. This fundraising event is a great way to get out and get active with your furry friend.
Richmond | Garry Point Park | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Vancouver's Original Greek Food Festival
As the street festival season begins... here's one of the originals!
Vancouver | The Hellenic Community | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
C̓əsnaʔəm Discussion Series featuring Larry Grant and Jill Campbell
To celebrate National Aboriginal Day, join the Language and Culture team for an informal talk and tour of the Museum of Vancouver’s exhibition c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city.
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture
Nelson Avenue Community Church: Community Party 2016
There will be a free hot dog lunch, live entertainment, crafts, games for all ages, bouncy castle and more.
Burnaby | Nelson Avenue Community Church | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Family | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Festival
From Rationing to Ravishing Fashion Show
The Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society is honoured to present an exciting upcoming fashion show of women’s wartime fashion: From Rationing to Ravishing.
Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Show
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Bella Culpa
From nine-time award winning company, A Little Bit Off comes a slapstick comedy that follows two peculiar servants in an Edwardian manor as they bustle around, trying in vain to complete all of their chores.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 4:10 pm to 5:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nether
The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 4:15 pm to 5:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 4:15 pm to 5:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine
Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Suburban Motel: Featuring Loretta
Loretta is the kind of girl you would do anything for. Dave and Michael are in love with her. Dave wants to take her shopping. Michael wants to make her a star! A porn star. What is a woman to do in a man’s world.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 5:15 pm to 6:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fat Sex
Comedy, spoken word, and song with a smart satirical twist from an international slam champion with two decades of experience bringing audiences world-over to a glorious climax!
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:30 pm to 6:29 am | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical
Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f*ck up.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 5:30 pm to 6:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature
A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:45 pm to 6:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo
Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.
Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 5:55 pm to 6:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher
A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 6:15 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall
Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 6:15 pm to 6:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential
Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody
The creators of One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings, present an irreverent homage to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:05 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sun Belt and Barbara Adler & Ten Thousand Wolves - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
【詩韻】溫哥華首屆詩詞文藝晚會 “中秋篇” The Charm of Poetry
This is Vancouver's first performing arts show in which Chinese poetry is the main theme.
Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Nerdfucker
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: NeOn
I know someone who has never been the main character of their life. She believed in other people’s happiness, but not hers. NeOn questions how you commit to the practice of love.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Women of Lockerbie
After a terrorist’s bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a battle begins between the women in the town and US officials over the clothing of the victims.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters
Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 7:30 pm to 8:28 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: James Jordan Vaudevillian
This all ages vaudeville variety show with magic, juggling, royalty-free music, and brilliant comedy has been headlining comedy clubs and festivals all over the world!
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Frank: To Be Frank
World-renowned! The Rat Pack’s 17th member! America’s most entertaining entertainer invites you to partake in his interactive live “life retrospective.”
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:50 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Ocean
Twelve-year-old environmentalist Lenny has his lucky pouch around his neck and the eczema behind his knees is hardly even itchy.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:15 pm to 9:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In the Blue of Evening
A stunning and fantastical epic journey whisking us from a living room to the high seas!
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:15 pm to 9:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Love, Lust & Lace
Witness the raunchy pursuit of primal desires in this farcical masque commedia dell’arte piece. You will indulge in the dynamic intrigues of the heart as you follow Il Capitano and Columbina’s trials in love.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:15 pm to 9:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Certified
Join the irreverent fun in this hilarious and heart aching romp, as comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:45 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen
From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 9:00 pm to 9:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage
Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 9:15 pm to 10:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!
Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous
A Showgirl, her Soul-Searching Yearnings, & Secret Demons.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as Fuck!
Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:30 pm to 10:35 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Perpetual Wednesday
Walter and Bruce, con artists extraordinaire, while disguised as magicians, killed an audience member during their infamous bullet-catch act! Or did they?
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 9:55 pm to 10:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Advice to Love/Hate You (and everything in between)
It doesn’t matter who you are or how you identify, we all go through relationships. This is a flexible love story where the audience gets to offer their advice to help a relationship flourish.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:15 pm | Festival
September 12, 2016
Mon
Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference
The premier conference in North America for walking and cycling professionals
Vancouver | The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre | 8:00 am to 4:54 pm | Lecture
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Certified
Join the irreverent fun in this hilarious and heart aching romp, as comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature
A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:00 pm to 6:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential
Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher
A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:00 pm to 6:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo
Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.
Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Nerdfucker
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall
Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical
Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f*ck up.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 6:15 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine
Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody
The creators of One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings, present an irreverent homage to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Fourth Annual Fringe Square Dance with Paul Silveria - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters
Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 7:00 pm to 7:58 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Women of Lockerbie
After a terrorist’s bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a battle begins between the women in the town and US officials over the clothing of the victims.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Famous Haydell Sisters Comeback Tour
Since their last record flopped in 1993, fans of the biggest sister act in country music history have been awaiting their return.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Bella Culpa
From nine-time award winning company, A Little Bit Off comes a slapstick comedy that follows two peculiar servants in an Edwardian manor as they bustle around, trying in vain to complete all of their chores.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 8:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Falling Awake
Death and other common experiences... coffee, lightning, flash floods, and a pinch of salt.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:15 pm to 9:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:15 pm to 10:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Frank: To Be Frank
World-renowned! The Rat Pack’s 17th member! America’s most entertaining entertainer invites you to partake in his interactive live “life retrospective.”
Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:30 pm to 10:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nether
The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: NeOn
I know someone who has never been the main character of their life. She believed in other people’s happiness, but not hers. NeOn questions how you commit to the practice of love.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 10:00 pm to 11:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Insults, injury, and Anne Boleyn’s head are tossed around as the the six wives return to battle it out in purgatory once again. And when Henry arrives…well, you just have to see it.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 10:15 pm to 11:25 pm | Family
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In the Blue of Evening
A stunning and fantastical epic journey whisking us from a living room to the high seas!
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 10:15 pm to 11:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Ocean
Twelve-year-old environmentalist Lenny has his lucky pouch around his neck and the eczema behind his knees is hardly even itchy.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
September 13, 2016
Tue
Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference
The premier conference in North America for walking and cycling professionals
Vancouver | The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre | 8:00 am to 4:54 pm | Lecture
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival. On the Road Touring Workshop
Are you an aspiring or emerging artist interested in touring? Have you ever wanted to learn more about how presenters book their shows?
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | Workshop | Free
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Kwantlen St. Farmers Market
The Kwantlen St. Farmers Market offers all the goodness of a farmers market, with live entertainment, kids workshops, artisan foods and crafts, food trucks and chef demos using the freshest local produce.
Richmond | Kwantlen St. Farmers Market, Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Market | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Perpetual Wednesday
Walter and Bruce, con artists extraordinaire, while disguised as magicians, killed an audience member during their infamous bullet-catch act! Or did they?
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Love, Lust & Lace
Witness the raunchy pursuit of primal desires in this farcical masque commedia dell’arte piece. You will indulge in the dynamic intrigues of the heart as you follow Il Capitano and Columbina’s trials in love.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Advice to Love/Hate You (and everything in between)
It doesn’t matter who you are or how you identify, we all go through relationships. This is a flexible love story where the audience gets to offer their advice to help a relationship flourish.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: James Jordan Vaudevillian
This all ages vaudeville variety show with magic, juggling, royalty-free music, and brilliant comedy has been headlining comedy clubs and festivals all over the world!
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society
Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:25 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival
People, Parks, and Dogs: Trout Lake open house
Join us at an open house to discuss, learn more, and provide feedback about People, Parks, and Dogs, a strategy for sharing Vancouver's parks.
Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre, Lakewood Room | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Weekend Leisure Karaoke - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Celebrating Indigenous Writers - Book Launch
Join us to celebrate Indigenous writers including Roy Henry Vickers, Roberta Price, and Kathleen King-Hunt.
Vancouver | Native Education College | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel:The Impossible Concert
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Bluebird North 100th show
The season begins with our 100th show! Featuring Helen Austin, Stephen Fearing and Shaun Verrault (Wide Mouth Mason).
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Performance Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fat Sex
Comedy, spoken word, and song with a smart satirical twist from an international slam champion with two decades of experience bringing audiences world-over to a glorious climax!
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 7:45 pm to 8:44 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Falling Awake
Death and other common experiences... coffee, lightning, flash floods, and a pinch of salt.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 7:45 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Friends of Chamber Music: Escher Quartet
The Friends of Chamber Music are please to welcome back the Escher Quartet to Vancouver for an evening of Schoenberg and Mendelssohn.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
楊臣剛 老鼠愛大米 北美巡迴演唱會 Yang Chen Gang Concert
Yang Chen Gang is a singer and music artist from China, Wu Han city.
Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Certified
Join the irreverent fun in this hilarious and heart aching romp, as comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Bella Culpa
From nine-time award winning company, A Little Bit Off comes a slapstick comedy that follows two peculiar servants in an Edwardian manor as they bustle around, trying in vain to complete all of their chores.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Suburban Motel: Featuring Loretta
Loretta is the kind of girl you would do anything for. Dave and Michael are in love with her. Dave wants to take her shopping. Michael wants to make her a star! A porn star. What is a woman to do in a man’s world.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 9:15 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. One Man Dark Knight: A Batman Parody
The creators of One Man Star Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings, present an irreverent homage to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 10:45 pm to 11:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 10:45 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
September 14, 2016
Wed
Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference
The premier conference in North America for walking and cycling professionals
Vancouver | The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre | 8:00 am to 4:54 pm | Lecture
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Farm Gate Sale
In need of mid-week fresh veggies?
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck
Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne
In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch
Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up
Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Women of Lockerbie
After a terrorist’s bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a battle begins between the women in the town and US officials over the clothing of the victims.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Literary Pub Trivia Night with Word Vancouver!
We had so much fun last time, we're doing it again! The metaphors have been sharpened. The plots are thickening. The pens have been thrown down...
Vancouver | Sunset Grill Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Generation Hot: Program A
Generation Hot is a group of fiercely courageous young artists responding to the climate crisis through new performances.
Vancouver | Anderson Street | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Insults, injury, and Anne Boleyn’s head are tossed around as the the six wives return to battle it out in purgatory once again. And when Henry arrives…well, you just have to see it.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:10 pm | Family
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Jody Glenham and the Dreamers and Adrian Glynn - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:15 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical
Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f**k up.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Frank: To Be Frank
World-renowned! The Rat Pack’s 17th member! America’s most entertaining entertainer invites you to partake in his interactive live “life retrospective.”
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:35 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo
Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.
Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher
A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:45 pm to 8:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential
Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Co.ERASGA presents Collected, Traces and Still Here
Co.ERASGA’s 16th season presents the company’s newest ensemble creation choreographed by critically acclaimed Vancouver choreographer, Alvin Erasga Tolentino.
Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis with guest
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Music
Atmosphere: Freshwater Fly Fishermen Tour
Atmosphere Freshwater Fly Fishermen Tour with guests Brother Ali, Plain Ole Bill, Last Word and deM atlas
Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Reality Curve Theatre: Bug the play
Love, fear, paranoia, conspiracy theories, twisted psychological motives and a slow descent into insanity. Pulitzer prize winning author Tracy Letts crafts a riveting, lurid thriller about two damaged people trying to make a connection.
Vancouver | The Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. Bajo La Influencia by Toque Flamenco
This esteemed Vancouver flamenco troupe (regular performers at Kino Café) will share an eclectic, tongue-in-cheek twist on traditional flamenco palos (song forms).
Vancouver | Centro Flamenco studio | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
The Escapist Music
The Roxy Cabaret Presents: The Escapist Music with special guest Deceptive Resolutions
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters
Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 9:15 pm to 10:13 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine
Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall
Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Nerdfucker
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 10:15 pm to 11:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 10:45 pm to 11:45 pm | Festival
September 15, 2016
Thu
Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference
The premier conference in North America for walking and cycling professionals
Vancouver | The Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre | 8:00 am to 4:54 pm | Lecture
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Farmers’ Market: Granville Island
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Triangle Square | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Free Community Lunch
Free Community Lunch at St. Andrew's United Church.
North Vancouver | St Andrew's United Church | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Food / Wine
Necklace of HOpe: Walk Series from HOpe Centre
Necklace of HOpe, is a 45 min walk from HOpe Centre, towards Brand Blvd and up towards 19th Street, back down through Grand Blvd, and along 15th Street, back to the HOpe Centre.
North Vancouver | Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Plays Well With Others
A continuation of the equity and inclusion conversations happening in the theatre community, “Plays Well with Others” provides theatre artists, producers, and administrators from any/all lived experiences a space to foster inclusive practices that target
Vancouver | Vancouver International Fringe Festival | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Festival
Vetta Chamber Music: Beethoven!
This all Beethoven concert features Vancouver’s best chamber musicians performing much loved sonatas and the famous “Ghost” Trio.
Vancouver | West Point Grey United Church | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Music
Downtown Farmers Market
We’re thrilled to announce that the Downtown Farmers Market at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market | Free
And the Monkey Flips the Switch
‘And the Monkey Flips the Switch’ is a pop-up art and fashion show that marks the first solo exhibition of emerging artist Anthony Joseph, as he showcases a series of black and white oil paintings.
Vancouver | Makeshift Spaces Ltd. | 5:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Famous Haydell Sisters Comeback Tour
Since their last record flopped in 1993, fans of the biggest sister act in country music history have been awaiting their return.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Falling Awake
Death and other common experiences... coffee, lightning, flash floods, and a pinch of salt.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 5:00 pm to 5:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: William vs The World
The epic adventure of a geek and his cactus who just want to be left alone.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Ocean
Twelve-year-old environmentalist Lenny has his lucky pouch around his neck and the eczema behind his knees is hardly even itchy.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as Fuck!
Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 6:45 pm to 7:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen
From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 6:45 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!
Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Love, Lust & Lace
Witness the raunchy pursuit of primal desires in this farcical masque commedia dell’arte piece. You will indulge in the dynamic intrigues of the heart as you follow Il Capitano and Columbina’s trials in love.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In the Blue of Evening
A stunning and fantastical epic journey whisking us from a living room to the high seas!
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 6:45 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Hollow Twin and Skye Wallace - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
People, Parks, and Dogs: Trout Lake small group meeting
Register for a small group meeting to discuss, learn more, and provide feedback about People, Parks, and Dogs, a strategy for sharing Vancouver's parks.
Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre, Lakewood Room | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
Leading From Beside: Exhibition Opening & Keynote Speaker
Exhibition Opening and Keynote speaker Luca Silvestrini, Protein (UK)
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
The Embroidered Cancer Comic
The Embroidered Cancer Comic is an artist’s look at love and prostate cancer.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage
Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 7:30 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous
A Showgirl, her Soul-Searching Yearnings, & Secret Demons.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature
A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 7:45 pm to 8:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Co.ERASGA presents Collected, Traces and Still Here
Co.ERASGA’s 16th season presents the company’s newest ensemble creation choreographed by critically acclaimed Vancouver choreographer, Alvin Erasga Tolentino.
Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Reality Curve Theatre: Bug the play
Love, fear, paranoia, conspiracy theories, twisted psychological motives and a slow descent into insanity. Pulitzer prize winning author Tracy Letts crafts a riveting, lurid thriller about two damaged people trying to make a connection.
Vancouver | The Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Marrow
Two estranged sisters—a witchcraft historian and a bulimia survivor—delve into their conflicted past. Fiercely divided, they attempt to reconcile their differences. But a secret connects them in a way they never imagined.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 8:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. Rosanna Terracciano
Rosanna Terracciano. Lauded for her experimental approach to flamenco, Terracciano fuses traditional & contemporary dance with short film.
Vancouver | Centro Flamenco | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | Festival
Nirvanish
Nirvanish is a tribute to Nirvana that strives to replicate the audio integrity of Nirvana's recorded work while capturing the electric fury that the group was known for on stage.
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nether
The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:15 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Festival
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Steph Tolev
Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, that currently lives in Los Angeles.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Burn Job
Fringe staple TJ Dawe returns with a story about growing up in Burnaby, LSD, and a breathing technique that brings you into a psychedelic state.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:45 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne
In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 9:40 pm to 10:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch
Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 10:00 pm to 11:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society
Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 10:15 pm to 11:05 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck
Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 10:15 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel:The Impossible Concert
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 10:20 pm to 11:20 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up
Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 10:45 pm to 11:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Insults, injury, and Anne Boleyn’s head are tossed around as the the six wives return to battle it out in purgatory once again. And when Henry arrives…well, you just have to see it.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 10:45 pm to 11:55 pm | Family
September 16, 2016
Fri
TCRG hosts International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs - Vancouver
Watch some of the most talented skaters in world compete for women’s flat track roller derby’s highest honor in the 2016 International WFTDA D1 Playoffs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Sports
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Leading From Beside: Community-Engaged Dance Symposium
Join us to explore the many faces of community-engaged dance through panel discussions, workshops, performances, dialogue circles, and more.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts
The West End Sex Workers Memorial Event
The City of Vancouver is proud to support a public event in honour of a diverse community of sex workers who lived and worked in the West End from the mid-1960s to 1984.
Vancouver | St. Paul's Anglican Church | 11:00 am to 1:30 pm | Workshop
Vancouver's Original Greek Food Festival
As the street festival season begins... here's one of the originals!
Vancouver | The Hellenic Community | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel:The Impossible Concert
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Festival
North Vancouver’s Shipyards Night Market
You won't want to miss this years Shipbuilders' Night Market on Friday Nights !!
North Vancouver | Shipyards Night Market | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Market
Back to School Pool Party
Make a splash at Guildford Recreation Centre to celebrate the new school year
Surrey | Guildford Recreation Centre | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Kids
The Vancouver Police Museum: Vice Dice Opium Pipes
Walk the beat and see what it was like to be a cop over a century ago, when Vancouver was a seething hub of sex, drugs, corruption and organised crime.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:10 pm | Festival
Bike The Night
Come join us for Bike the Night! Experience nocturnal Vancouver at its best - by bike.
Vancouver | Kitsilano | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Hidden Stories
Theatre Terrific and Aboriginal Front Door collaborate to create the sensory sister to last year’s Being Animal.
Vancouver | Sculpture Grove | 6:00 pm to 6:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne
In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine
Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Journeys in the Right Direction, Guiding Youth Home
Help raise money for Surrey youth of the All Nations Youth Safe House
Surrey | Riverside Signature Banquet Hall | 6:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up
Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society
Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 6:45 pm to 7:35 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck
Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 6:45 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch
Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Rossi Gang and Los Duendes - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Silk Road Melody
Silk Road Melody is a musical epic performed by the Guangdong National Orchestra of China at the Orpheum
Vancouver | Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:05 pm to 8:05 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival
Vetta Chamber Music: Beethoven!
This all Beethoven concert features Vancouver’s best chamber musicians performing much loved sonatas and the famous “Ghost” Trio.
Vancouver | West Point Grey United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Suburban Motel: Featuring Loretta
Loretta is the kind of girl you would do anything for. Dave and Michael are in love with her. Dave wants to take her shopping. Michael wants to make her a star! A porn star. What is a woman to do in a man’s world.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Certified
Join the irreverent fun in this hilarious and heart aching romp, as comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Steph Tolev
Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, that currently lives in Los Angeles.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Comedy
Vancouver Fringe Festival: James Jordan Vaudevillian
This all ages vaudeville variety show with magic, juggling, royalty-free music, and brilliant comedy has been headlining comedy clubs and festivals all over the world!
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Co.ERASGA presents Collected, Traces and Still Here
Co.ERASGA’s 16th season presents the company’s newest ensemble creation choreographed by critically acclaimed Vancouver choreographer, Alvin Erasga Tolentino.
Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall
Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Reality Curve Theatre: Bug the play
Love, fear, paranoia, conspiracy theories, twisted psychological motives and a slow descent into insanity. Pulitzer prize winning author Tracy Letts crafts a riveting, lurid thriller about two damaged people trying to make a connection.
Vancouver | The Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre
至尊四大天王 模仿秀 Top Four Heavenly Kings - Tribute Show
亞太區最強 "至尊四大天王" 模仿秀 世界巡迴慈善演唱會2016 "Top Four Heavenly King" World Tour Charity Concert 2016
Coquitlam | The Molson Canadian Theatre at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival presents: Mercedes Amaya "La Winy" (Mexico); With ¡ARTE! Flamenco (Saskatoon) at the Playhouse.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: William vs The World
The epic adventure of a geek and his cactus who just want to be left alone.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Digital & Interactive Art Preview Night
Come and view youth digital art projects and new interactive artwork at UrbanScreen
Surrey | Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Nerdfucker
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 8:20 pm to 9:20 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: NeOn
I know someone who has never been the main character of their life. She believed in other people’s happiness, but not hers. NeOn questions how you commit to the practice of love.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Frank: To Be Frank
World-renowned! The Rat Pack’s 17th member! America’s most entertaining entertainer invites you to partake in his interactive live “life retrospective.”
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:30 pm to 9:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Generation Hot: Program A
Generation Hot is a group of fiercely courageous young artists responding to the climate crisis through new performances.
Vancouver | Anderson Street Parking Lot | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In the Blue of Evening
A stunning and fantastical epic journey whisking us from a living room to the high seas!
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:45 pm to 9:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Had Sex Until My Heart Stopped
Cheating death and finding love in the modern age. Cameron MacLeod’s true stories of flat lining, deadly food allergies, and awkward sexual escapades will have you on the edge of your seat.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:45 pm to 11:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Bella Culpa
From nine-time award winning company, A Little Bit Off comes a slapstick comedy that follows two peculiar servants in an Edwardian manor as they bustle around, trying in vain to complete all of their chores.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:50 pm to 9:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Ocean
Twelve-year-old environmentalist Lenny has his lucky pouch around his neck and the eczema behind his knees is hardly even itchy.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Women of Lockerbie
After a terrorist’s bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a battle begins between the women in the town and US officials over the clothing of the victims.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:15 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
Mat Zo
London bred Mat Zo makes his highly anticipated Vancouver return Friday, September 16th for the 'MAD Tour' at Celebrities Nightclub!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Orbweaver
She loves bright, lively things like candles and starlight. He is Death’s very own personal assistant. Not your usual boy meets girl story.
Vancouver | Revue Stage | 10:05 pm to 11:20 pm | Festival
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Steph Tolev
Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, that currently lives in Los Angeles.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 10:30 pm to 11:45 pm | Comedy
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Girl Who was Raised by Wolverine
A dystopic future; resources are depleted, overpopulation is destroying the earth. The culling approaches—one person in three will be killed, for “the greater good.”
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:35 pm to 11:25 pm | Festival
September 17, 2016
Sat
TCRG hosts International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs - Vancouver
Watch some of the most talented skaters in world compete for women’s flat track roller derby’s highest honor in the 2016 International WFTDA D1 Playoffs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Sports
2016 Vancouver Area Walk for Children with Apraxia of Speech
Walk will be held at The Fridge
Richmond | The Fridge at Fraserview Church | 9:00 am to 12:00 am | Charity / Fundraising
Burnaby Artisan Farmers' Market
We have great farmers, both conventional and Organic with a great selection of prepared food vendors and local crafters.
Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Farmers’ Market: Trout Lake
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Trout Lake | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Focus on Seniors Forum - Financial Awareness
Join us for this free information session about financial awareness
Surrey | Fleetwood Community Centre | 9:00 am to 2:30 pm | Business / Finance | Free
Lonsdale Artisan Farmers' Market: North Vancouver
We have been lucky in having some of the best organic and conventional farmers in B.C. attend the market plus great bakers, jam makers, honey gathers, and salsa makers.
North Vancouver | The East Plaza of Lonsdale Quay | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Leading From Beside: Community-Engaged Dance Symposium
Join us to explore the many faces of community-engaged dance through panel discussions, workshops, performances, dialogue circles, and more.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts
Farm Gate Sale
Join us at Loutet Farm every Saturday to support our social enterprise, pick up your farm-fresh produce from our neighbourhood farmers, and meet your neighbours!
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Market
4th Annual Vancouver Modern Architecture + Design Society Home Tour
Kicking off the Fall 2016 Session, MADS Home Tours visits Vancouver, BC to explore the most unique modern residential spaces in the area.
Vancouver | West 22nd Street | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
The Vancouver Police Museum: Vice Dice Opium Pipes
Walk the beat and see what it was like to be a cop over a century ago, when Vancouver was a seething hub of sex, drugs, corruption and organised crime.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Exhibition
Sam Cave - UBC Farmers Market
Free Show And Healthy Food! Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.
Vancouver | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm | 11:00 am to 7:04 pm | Music | Free
Celebrate Fall
Visit Kensington Prairie Community Centre to ring in the new season with a variety of activities!
Surrey | Kensington Prairie Recreation Centre | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Kids | Free
Pie in the Plaza
Take a bite out of BC's Largest Blueberry Pie and celebrate farming and food in Surrey
Surrey | City Hall Plaza, City Hall | 11:00 am to 3:30 pm | Family | Free
YOGA for Scoliosis - Part II (Vancouver)
West Vancouver | Om Prem Yoga Studio | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Vancouver's Original Greek Food Festival
As the street festival season begins... here's one of the originals!
Vancouver | The Hellenic Community | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
Coquitlam 125: Community Heritage Picnic
Step back in time at Blue Mountain Park for a 1925-themed community picnic
Coquitlam | Blue Mountain Park | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Women of Lockerbie
After a terrorist’s bomb destroys Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a battle begins between the women in the town and US officials over the clothing of the victims.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 12:30 am to 1:45 pm | Festival
GardenSmart Workshop: Food as Medicine
Food As Medicine: Summer Edition. Nourishing the mind, body and spirit with local summer harvests
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Workshop
Surrey Youth Fest 2016
Be part of the City of Surrey's Youth Fest 2016
Surrey | Guildford Recreation Centre | 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Kids | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: NeOn
I know someone who has never been the main character of their life. She believed in other people’s happiness, but not hers. NeOn questions how you commit to the practice of love.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Hidden Stories
Theatre Terrific and Aboriginal Front Door collaborate to create the sensory sister to last year’s Being Animal.
Vancouver | Sculpture Grove | 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Nerdfucker
The spectators are early, her lover is late, and the players are due any minute.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Frank: To Be Frank
World-renowned! The Rat Pack’s 17th member! America’s most entertaining entertainer invites you to partake in his interactive live “life retrospective.”
Vancouver | Performance Works | 2:30 pm to 3:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Ocean
Twelve-year-old environmentalist Lenny has his lucky pouch around his neck and the eczema behind his knees is hardly even itchy.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Marrow
Two estranged sisters—a witchcraft historian and a bulimia survivor—delve into their conflicted past. Fiercely divided, they attempt to reconcile their differences. But a secret connects them in a way they never imagined.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm | Festival
AGM 2016 & Green Party Upate
Annual General Meeting and elections - 3:00 pm
West Vancouver | Gleneagles Community Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Lecture
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In the Blue of Evening
A stunning and fantastical epic journey whisking us from a living room to the high seas!
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 3:00 pm to 3:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Bella Culpa
From nine-time award winning company, A Little Bit Off comes a slapstick comedy that follows two peculiar servants in an Edwardian manor as they bustle around, trying in vain to complete all of their chores.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Festival
The Vancouver Police Museum: Red Light Rendezvous
Take a walk on the West Coast's wild side with The Vancouver Police Museum's Sins of the City tours.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
14th Annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
Still Moon Arts Society is excited to announce that the 14th annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival will take place on September 17th, to celebrate the nature and beauty of Renfrew Ravine and Still Creek!
Vancouver | Renfrew Park, Slocan Park | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as F**k!
Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 4:10 pm to 5:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: James Jordan Vaudevillian
This all ages vaudeville variety show with magic, juggling, royalty-free music, and brilliant comedy has been headlining comedy clubs and festivals all over the world!
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Insults, injury, and Anne Boleyn’s head are tossed around as the the six wives return to battle it out in purgatory once again. And when Henry arrives…well, you just have to see it.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:10 pm | Family
Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage
Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 5:00 pm to 6:10 pm | Festival
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. Free Flamenco Class
Join us for a free introductory flamenco class at the Marcuse Studio in the Scotiabank Dance Centre! Please register to guarantee your spot!
Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre, Marcuse Studio | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen
From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:45 pm to 6:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 5:45 pm to 6:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Falling Awake
Death and other common experiences... coffee, lightning, flash floods, and a pinch of salt.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 5:45 pm to 6:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nether
The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Marduk with support Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, Necronomicon, Kafirun, Hissin
Marduk was formed by Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson in order to form the “most blasphemous band in the world”.
Vancouver | Imperial | 6:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Advice to Love/Hate You (and everything in between)
It doesn’t matter who you are or how you identify, we all go through relationships. This is a flexible love story where the audience gets to offer their advice to help a relationship flourish.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Perpetual Wednesday
Walter and Bruce, con artists extraordinaire, while disguised as magicians, killed an audience member during their infamous bullet-catch act! Or did they?
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 6:25 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Drake: Summer Sixteen Tour
Grammy® Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist Drake will launch the Drake Summer Sixteen Tour with Future and special guests in support of his brand new album
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Artists' Talk & Opening Reception
Kick off the fall with an art party celebrating still life!
Surrey | Surrey Art Gallery | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Burn Job
Fringe staple TJ Dawe returns with a story about growing up in Burnaby, LSD, and a breathing technique that brings you into a psychedelic state.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:45 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!
Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 6:50 pm to 7:50 pm | Festival
ReSounding Ryerson Fundraising Concert 2016
Four of Vancouver’s foremost choirs - are performing at Ryerson United Church, a beloved Kerrisdale venue, on September 17th
Vancouver | Ryerson United Church | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Nautical Miles and Tonye Aganaba - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Airbourne at Commodore Ballroom
Airbourne with guests
Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Cuban Cruises
This year 2016 we will have 3 Cuban Cruises with Live Cuban Salsa band in one of the floors plus our costumers can buy the traditional cuban dishes on board The Boat will be the M.V. Abitibi.
Vancouver | Plaza of Nations | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Bard on the Beach: Othello
Othello is man blessed with power, respect and love - until lago's evil manipulation leads him to a fatal act off jealousy.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Steph Tolev
Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, that currently lives in Los Angeles.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Comedy
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Waiting for Garbo
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garbo meets Brecht meets Beckett in this comic, musical-ish stomp in an about-to-close garbage dump.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Festival
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Charles Bradley’s remarkable, against-all-odds rise has been well documented: how he transcended a bleak life on the streets and struggled through a series of ill-fitting jobs before finally being discovered by Daptone's Gabriel Roth.
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music
Co.ERASGA presents Collected, Traces and Still Here
Co.ERASGA’s 16th season presents the company’s newest ensemble creation choreographed by critically acclaimed Vancouver choreographer, Alvin Erasga Tolentino.
Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
2016 Fundraising Event in Scotiabank Dance Centre
Our annual fundraising event will take place September 17th 2016. See our newest full-length show and enjoy a post-performance social with cocktails, food, silent auction, entertainment and some surprises.
Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Reality Curve Theatre: Bug the play
Love, fear, paranoia, conspiracy theories, twisted psychological motives and a slow descent into insanity. Pulitzer prize winning author Tracy Letts crafts a riveting, lurid thriller about two damaged people trying to make a connection.
Vancouver | The Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre
至尊四大天王 模仿秀 Top Four Heavenly Kings - Tribute Show
亞太區最強 "至尊四大天王" 模仿秀 世界巡迴慈善演唱會2016 "Top Four Heavenly King" World Tour Charity Concert 2016
Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. Mercedes Amaya "La Winy" with Flamenco Rosario opener
Flamenco Rosario - Flamenqueando (flamenco-ing) – the word refers to the action of dancing flamenco, but expresses the pure joy of dancing, singing and playing in flamenco culture.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Love, Lust & Lace
Witness the raunchy pursuit of primal desires in this farcical masque commedia dell’arte piece. You will indulge in the dynamic intrigues of the heart as you follow Il Capitano and Columbina’s trials in love.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:15 pm to 9:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo
Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.
Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 8:35 pm to 9:35 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Certified
Join the irreverent fun in this hilarious and heart aching romp, as comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:45 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters
Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 9:01 pm to 10:28 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fat Sex
Comedy, spoken word, and song with a smart satirical twist from an international slam champion with two decades of experience bringing audiences world-over to a glorious climax!
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 9:15 pm to 10:14 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical
Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f**k up.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 9:15 pm to 10:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature
A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 9:30 pm to 10:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 (High Tea) and 2015 (In The Dark), 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 9:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher
A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 9:45 pm to 10:55 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: William vs The World
The epic adventure of a geek and his cactus who just want to be left alone.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Sea Wall
Alex’s life seems perfect. But underneath his love for his wife and child, there is a deep abyss. A moving monologue about fatherhood, family, and things that cannot be undone.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential
Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Steph Tolev
Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, that currently lives in Los Angeles.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 10:30 pm to 11:45 pm | Comedy
September 18, 2016
Sun
Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as F**k!
Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 2:15 am to 3:20 pm | Festival
TCRG hosts International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs - Vancouver
Watch some of the most talented skaters in world compete for women’s flat track roller derby’s highest honor in the 2016 International WFTDA D1 Playoffs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Sports
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Gift Expo
During Fashion Week at the FX Metro Market!
Vancouver | PNE Forum | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | Show
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Ambleside Artisan Farmers' Market
We are very lucky to have such a great variety of organic and conventional farmers at this location.
West Vancouver | Between 15th & 16th Street | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Market
Kits Wedding Show
Join us on September 18th, 2016 for the first Kits Wedding Show! An intimate, boutique wedding show hosted at the newly restored Kits House Community Hall, situated in the heart of Kitsilano.
Vancouver | Kits House | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
YOGA for Scoliosis - Part II (Vancouver)
West Vancouver | Om Prem Yoga Studio | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Vancouver's Original Greek Food Festival
As the street festival season begins... here's one of the originals!
Vancouver | The Hellenic Community | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up
Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck
Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Festival
GardenSmart Workshop: Perennial Food Garden
Growing a Perennial Food Garden. It’s autumn! Time to plan your garden for next year.
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Workshop
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo
Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.
Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch
Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous
A Showgirl, her Soul-Searching Yearnings, & Secret Demons.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne
In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Falling Awake
Death and other common experiences... coffee, lightning, flash floods, and a pinch of salt.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 1:45 pm to 2:40 pm | Festival
Sharon and Bram
Sharon and Bram shows are exciting events for the entire family and the renowned duo joins together with the audience in laughter, whilst singing songs set to familiar folk-inspired tunes.
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Kids
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society
Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage
Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:00 pm to 3:10 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Hidden Stories
Theatre Terrific and Aboriginal Front Door collaborate to create the sensory sister to last year’s Being Animal.
Vancouver | Sculpture Grove | 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Recital Society: Ksenija Sidorova
From Latvia the ambassador of the accordion - Ksenija Sidorova - performs classical music in this afternoon concert.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!
Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Perpetual Wednesday
Walter and Bruce, con artists extraordinaire, while disguised as magicians, killed an audience member during their infamous bullet-catch act! Or did they?
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance
From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical
Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f**k up.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 3:30 pm to 4:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Advice to Love/Hate You (and everything in between)
It doesn’t matter who you are or how you identify, we all go through relationships. This is a flexible love story where the audience gets to offer their advice to help a relationship flourish.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen
From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 3:35 pm to 4:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters
Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 4:00 pm to 4:58 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Marrow
Two estranged sisters - a witchcraft historian and a bulimia survivor—delve into their conflicted past. Fiercely divided, they attempt to reconcile their differences. But a secret connects them in a way they never imagined.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel:The Impossible Concert
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 4:05 pm to 5:05 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential
Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Burn Job
Fringe staple TJ Dawe returns with a story about growing up in Burnaby, LSD, and a breathing technique that brings you into a psychedelic state.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fat Sex
Comedy, spoken word, and song with a smart satirical twist from an international slam champion with two decades of experience bringing audiences world-over to a glorious climax!
Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:15 pm to 6:14 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature
A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:15 pm to 6:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher
A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:15 pm to 6:25 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Suburban Motel: Featuring Loretta
Loretta is the kind of girl you would do anything for. Dave and Michael are in love with her. Dave wants to take her shopping. Michael wants to make her a star! A porn star. What is a woman to do in a man’s world.
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 5:45 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Naad Festival of Music, Dance & Film 2016
Discover a fabulous fusion of Indian and Western music and more
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)
Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical
Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.
Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival
Drake: Summer Sixteen Tour
Grammy® Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist Drake will launch the Drake Summer Sixteen Tour with Future and special guests in support of his brand new album
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Generation Hot: Program A
Generation Hot is a group of fiercely courageous young artists responding to the climate crisis through new performances.
Vancouver | Anderson Street | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Girl Who was Raised by Wolverine
A dystopic future; resources are depleted, overpopulation is destroying the earth. The culling approaches - one person in three will be killed, for “the greater good.”
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 6:30 pm to 7:20 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!
He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival
Thrice
Thrice with guests La Dispute & Nothing, Nowhere
Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 10:35 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Apres Skii DJs - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar
Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!
Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation
Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.
Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Orbweaver
She loves bright, lively things like candles and starlight. He is Death’s very own personal assistant. Not your usual boy meets girl story.
Vancouver | Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Had Sex Until My Heart Stopped
Cheating death and finding love in the modern age. Cameron MacLeod’s true stories of flat lining, deadly food allergies, and awkward sexual escapades will have you on the edge of your seat.
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival
Bard on the Beach: Pericles
This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.
Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Famous Haydell Sisters Comeback Tour
Since their last record flopped in 1993, fans of the biggest sister act in country music history have been awaiting their return.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann
From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.
Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk
Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.
Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival
Reality Curve Theatre: Bug the play
Love, fear, paranoia, conspiracy theories, twisted psychological motives and a slow descent into insanity. Pulitzer prize winning author Tracy Letts crafts a riveting, lurid thriller about two damaged people trying to make a connection.
Vancouver | The Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough
In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. La Musica Del Flamenco
A musical evening featuring Mercedes Amaya Company artists, guitarist Santiago Enciso, singer Jose “Cachito” Diaz along with Musical Director and guitarist Victor Kolstee.
Vancouver | Centro Flamenco | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Sam Cave
Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.
Richmond | Richmond Night Market | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Sigur Ros
Icelandic experimental rock band Sigur Rós bring their North American tour to Vancouver.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea
Having SOLD OUT in 2014 and 2015, 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever”
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:45 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret
Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.
Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 8:45 pm to 9:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: James Jordan Vaudevillian
This all ages vaudeville variety show with magic, juggling, royalty-free music, and brilliant comedy has been headlining comedy clubs and festivals all over the world!
Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Sam Cave - Richmond Night Market
Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.
Richmond | Richmond Night Market | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | Free
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fringe Awards Night
Celebrating the Best of the Fest!
Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival
Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine
Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?
Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival
September 19, 2016
Mon
Vancouver, B.C. Leadership Excellence Course & Executive Coaching
Dramatically improve your leadership skills with 3 days of intense training.
Richmond | Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Business / Finance
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Gift Expo
During Fashion Week at the FX Metro Market!
Vancouver | PNE Forum | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | Show
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Creative Weaving with Debra Sparrow
What if our community stories were actually woven together? Vancouver Arts Colloquium Society cordially invites you to co-design and co-create a blanket that will reflect our community’s multicultural heritage.
Vancouver | Dunbar Community Centre Association | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Workshop | Free
Red Green's I’m Not Old, I’m Ripe!
Red Green's brand new show for 2016 “I’m Not Old, I’m Ripe!”
Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Dolly Parton: Pure & Simple Tour
As one of the hottest concert tickets of the summer, Parton’s legion of fans are destined to sell out the shows quickly.
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Writers Fest: A Field Guide to Lies: Daniel Levitin
Living in the digital age, we are saturated with more information than ever before – and more than our brains can process.
Vancouver | UBC | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Latin America Independence Day Party
Performance by Grupo America
Burnaby | World Dance Co. | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance
Sigur Ros
Icelandic experimental rock band Sigur Rós bring their North American tour to Vancouver.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
September 20, 2016
Tue
Vancouver, B.C. Leadership Excellence Course & Executive Coaching
Dramatically improve your leadership skills with 3 days of intense training.
Richmond | Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Business / Finance
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Tai Chi & Chai Tea for Seniors
Enjoy a free gentle exercise followed by delicious chai tea and brunch
Surrey | Guildford Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health | Free
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Kwantlen St. Farmers Market
The Kwantlen St. Farmers Market offers all the goodness of a farmers market, with live entertainment, kids workshops, artisan foods and crafts, food trucks and chef demos using the freshest local produce.
Richmond | Kwantlen St. Farmers Market, Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Market | Free
Sam Cave - Kwantlen St. Market
Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.
Richmond | Kwantlen polytechnic university Richmond Campus | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Music | Free
September 21, 2016
Wed
Vancouver, B.C. Leadership Excellence Course & Executive Coaching
Dramatically improve your leadership skills with 3 days of intense training.
Richmond | Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Business / Finance
State of the Practice: Leading from Beside
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Mundy Park Field House Opening
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the Mundy Park Field House.
Coquitlam | Mundy Park Field House | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family
Farm Gate Sale
In need of mid-week fresh veggies?
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market
Skillshare Workbee
Our skillshare workbees are the perfect volunteer opportunity for folks who want to learn about gardening through informal workshops and knowledge sharing.
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop
Coquitlam 2016: 55+ BC Games, Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony honours our provincial and community dignitaries and athletes from around the province.
Coquitlam | Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Word Vancouver 2016. The Emerald
Poetry in Transit 20th - Anniversay Celebration
Vancouver | 555 Gore Avenue | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival | Free
Soul of Shaolin
The Soul of Shaolin is a breathtaking new Chinese martial arts spectacle.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre
TheatreSports™
Relying on razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of performers are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Comedy
Tini(g)Tipon
Co.ERASGA proudly present The Gathered Voices and the Artists of “Tini(g)Tipon”
Vancouver | Scotiabank Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Ok Tinder – Swipe Right Comedy
The good, bad and the laughable of Vancouver’s dating scene. Enjoy this show at half-price with Half Price Hilarity.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy
September 22, 2016
Thu
55+ Lifestyle Show
Come soak in the INSPIRATION at our 2016 Vancouver 55+ Lifestyle Show. This year’s location at the PNE grounds offers easy access by car or public transit.
Vancouver | PNE Forum | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Interior Design Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre
Make the Vancouver Convention Centre your destination as top designers and artists come together at IDS Vancouver, (formerly IDSwest).
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Free Community Lunch
Free Community Lunch at St. Andrew's United Church.
North Vancouver | St Andrew's United Church | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Food / Wine
Necklace of HOpe: Walk Series from HOpe Centre
Necklace of HOpe, is a 45 min walk from HOpe Centre, towards Brand Blvd and up towards 19th Street, back down through Grand Blvd, and along 15th Street, back to the HOpe Centre.
North Vancouver | Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Downtown Farmers Market
We’re thrilled to announce that the Downtown Farmers Market at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market | Free
Word Vancouver 2016. Banyen Books & Sound
Enjoy a presentation and book signing at Banyen Books & Sound as well as readings
Vancouver | 3608 West 4th Avenue | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival | Free
Pick Plus! One Woman Sex and the City: A Parody of Love, Friendship and Shoesat Performance Works
From “Fringe god” TJ Dawe and Kerry Ipema, this tribute takes audiences through a laughter-infused version of all six seasons of the beloved show.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 6:45 pm to 7:50 pm | Theatre
Object Knowledge - Inside MOV's Collection
Join us for an insider's perspective of the Museum of Vancouver's collection, presented by MOV Curatorial Associate, Jillian Povarchook.
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | History
Word Vancouver 2016. The Cottage Bistro
Enjoy a presentation and book signing at Banyen Books & Sound as well as readings and an open mic session at The Cottage Bistro.
Vancouver | The Cottage Bistro | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival | Free
The Big Picture - An Improvised Movie
Experience all your favourite movies in one hilarious mashup this summer as we pay tribute to the mega movie.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
Vancouver Writers Fest: An Evening with Bev Sellars
Join award-winning author Bev Sellars to celebrate the launch of her highly anticipated new book, Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival.
Vancouver | Norman Rothstein Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Kevin Foxx
From the smash success of his funny and irreverent radio show, on Toronto’s hit radio station CFRB to nightly shows at comedy clubs and corporate stages, Kevin Foxx is simply one of the funniest and most versatile performers working in North America today
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Comedy
Tritonal - Painting With Dreams Tour
New album, a brand new stage production, and most important, all of our Tritonians of British Columbia under one roof!!!!
Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Firecracker!
Dynamite Ladies. Explosive Comedy. Our all-female show featuring some of the best improvisers in Canada.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:20 pm | Comedy
Destructo with Makonnen, GANZ & Sita Abellan
HARD godfather Destructo returns to Vancouver for the #RenegadeTour2016 alongside ILoveMakonnen GANZ & Sita Abellán.
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
September 23, 2016
Fri
Interior Design Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre
Make the Vancouver Convention Centre your destination as top designers and artists come together at IDS Vancouver, (formerly IDSwest).
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver International Travel Expo 2016
Vancouver International Travel Expo is Vancouver’s only trade and consumer travel expo.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Writers Fest: Bev Sellars in Conversation
Join bestseller author Bev Sellars for a discussion about the history of Indigenous activism in Canada and her new book, Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival.
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Lecture | Free
North Vancouver’s Shipyards Night Market
You won't want to miss this years Shipbuilders' Night Market on Friday Nights !!
North Vancouver | Shipyards Night Market | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Market
1st Annual Seniors Carnival
Feeling festive? Come celebrate the 1st Seniors Carnival at Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre!
Surrey | Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Active Life / Health
The Vancouver Police Museum: Vice Dice Opium Pipes
Walk the beat and see what it was like to be a cop over a century ago, when Vancouver was a seething hub of sex, drugs, corruption and organised crime.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
Word Vancouver 2016. Christianne’s Lyceum
An Evening of Faerie Magic Presented by Christianne’s Lyceum. With Tiffany Stone, Kallie George, Danika Dinsmore, and Christianne Hayward. Historic Joy Kogawa House
Vancouver | 3696 West 8th Avenue | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival | Free
Pick Plus! One Woman Sex and the City: A Parody of Love, Friendship and Shoesat Performance Works
From “Fringe god” TJ Dawe and Kerry Ipema, this tribute takes audiences through a laughter-infused version of all six seasons of the beloved show.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 6:45 pm to 7:50 pm | Theatre
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Bard on the Beach: Romeo and Juliet
A classic staging of the world's greatest romantic tragedy, with its story of young star-crossed lovers who inspire us as they break our hearts.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre
Colin Mochrie at The Improv Centre
Improv Legend Colin Mochrie, Vancouver TheatreSports™ alumnus, and star of Whose Line is it Anyway, returns this September to Vancouver TheatreSports™ (VTSL).
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Show
Huun Huur Tu - Tuvan Throat Singers
Caravan World Rythms is once again excited to bring the Tuvan folk music legends Huun Huur Tu back to Vancouver, after a 5-year absence! With special guests opening act, The Ryuzen Trio featuring Alcvin Ramos.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Word Vancouver 2016. Historic Joy Kogawa House
Sober Second Thoughts with Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall Presented by Historic Joy Kogawa House with the support of the Canada Council and the BC Arts Council.
Vancouver | Historic Joy Kogawa House | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival | Free
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Kevin Foxx
From the smash success of his funny and irreverent radio show, on Toronto’s hit radio station CFRB to nightly shows at comedy clubs and corporate stages, Kevin Foxx is simply one of the funniest and most versatile performers working in North America today
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Comedy
The Legend Of Zelda Symphony Of The Goddesses
Now touring the United States and Canada, Symphony of the Goddesses brings Zelda fans and symphony goers alike an entirely new, exciting multimedia experience presenting over 30 years of music from The Legend of Zelda franchise as never before.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Baker's Dozen: 12 Angry Puppets
A wickedly witty adult puppet comedy mystery
Surrey | Surrey City Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Theatre
Pick Plus! Peter Vs Chris at Performance Works
Three time Canadian Comedy Award winning duo Peter n’ Chris (Just for Laughs) are butting heads!
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:45 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Tritonal - Painting With Dreams Tour
New album, a brand new stage production, and most important, all of our Tritonians of British Columbia under one roof!!!!
Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Colin Mochrie at The Improv Centre
Improv Legend Colin Mochrie, Vancouver TheatreSports™ alumnus, and star of Whose Line is it Anyway, returns this September to Vancouver TheatreSports™ (VTSL).
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 10:50 pm | Show
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Kevin Foxx
From the smash success of his funny and irreverent radio show, on Toronto’s hit radio station CFRB to nightly shows at comedy clubs and corporate stages, Kevin Foxx is simply one of the funniest and most versatile performers working in North America today
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 10:30 pm to 11:45 pm | Comedy
September 24, 2016
Sat
TEDxWestVancouverED 2016
Our theme this year is “The Forest through the Trees.”
West Vancouver | The Kay Meek Centre | 8:00 am to 0:00 am | Kids
Burnaby Artisan Farmers' Market
We have great farmers, both conventional and Organic with a great selection of prepared food vendors and local crafters.
Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Farmers’ Market: Trout Lake
Popular among chefs, home cooks, and local gastronomes, farmers’ markets have become an integral part of Vancouver’s food landscape.
Vancouver | Trout Lake | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Bushiroad World Championships Vancouver
Are you as great as the Top 8? Take on America and join players from around the globe in the 2016 Bushiroad World Championship Qualifiers.
Richmond | Executive Airport Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre | 9:30 am to 7:00 pm | Sports | Free
Interior Design Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre
Make the Vancouver Convention Centre your destination as top designers and artists come together at IDS Vancouver, (formerly IDSwest).
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver International Travel Expo 2016
Vancouver International Travel Expo is Vancouver’s only trade and consumer travel expo.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lonsdale Artisan Farmers' Market: North Vancouver
We have been lucky in having some of the best organic and conventional farmers in B.C. attend the market plus great bakers, jam makers, honey gathers, and salsa makers.
North Vancouver | The East Plaza of Lonsdale Quay | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Etsy Vancouver Market 2016: Made In Canada
Etsy Vancouver is a creative enterprise that brings committed, creative and enthusiastic Vancouver based Etsy sellers together to arrange events, share knowledge and their experiences about selling in Vancouver.
North Vancouver | The Pipe Shop Building | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Market
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Community Garden Build!
We're building our new garden, and we invite you to join us!! Join us as we build a new educational, healing, community growing space from the ground up
Vancouver | West 57th & East Boulevard | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Farm Gate Sale
Join us at Loutet Farm every Saturday to support our social enterprise, pick up your farm-fresh produce from our neighbourhood farmers, and meet your neighbours!
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Market
Art's Scarecrow Festival
Get spooky at Art's Nursery's Annual Scarecrow Festival
Surrey | Art's Nursery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival
The Vancouver Police Museum: Vice Dice Opium Pipes
Walk the beat and see what it was like to be a cop over a century ago, when Vancouver was a seething hub of sex, drugs, corruption and organised crime.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Exhibition
Word Vancouver 2016. The HiVE
Free professional development sessions on a variety of literary topics and the Pandora’s Collective Literary Awards Gala!
Vancouver | HiVE Vancouver | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Festival | Free
2016 Mid-Century Modern House Tour
Join us to explore the iconic West Coast architectural movement: Mid-Century Modernism. Inspired by the innovative Modernist style, Mid-Century Modernism embraces clean lines and a close relationship with nature.
Vancouver | Vancouver streets | 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
GardenSmart Workshop: Season Extension
Season Extension: Do-It-Yourself Mini Hoop Houses & Cloches
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Workshop
Word Vancouver 2016. Carnegie Community Centre
Free professional development sessions on a variety of literary topics and the Pandora’s Collective Literary Awards Gala!
Vancouver | Carnegie Community Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Festival | Free
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Theatre
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
The Vancouver Police Museum: Red Light Rendezvous
Take a walk on the West Coast's wild side with The Vancouver Police Museum's Sins of the City tours.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Pick Plus! Peter Vs Chris at Performance Works
Three time Canadian Comedy Award winning duo Peter n’ Chris (Just for Laughs) are butting heads!
Vancouver | Performance Works | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival
CNIB Night Steps
Join us for CNIB Night Steps, a fun 5km fundraising walk under the stars
Surrey | Holland Park | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Simply Spirits & Ciders Festival
Sip and savour artisan crafted spirits, cocktails and an array of refreshing ciders at this new Tri-City Festival being hosted in support of The Ride to Conquer Cancer.
Port Moody | City Hall Galleria/Inlet Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine
The Big Picture - An Improvised Movie
Experience all your favourite movies in one hilarious mashup this summer as we pay tribute to the mega movie.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
Colin Mochrie and Vancouver TheatreSports League
Colin Mochrie, Vancouver TheatreSports™ alumnus, and star of Whose Line is it Anyway, returns this September to Vancouver TheatreSports™ (VTSL) at The Vogue Theatre for two laugh-packed performances.
Vancouver | Vogue Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
Word Vancouver 2016. CBC Studio 700
Free professional development sessions on a variety of literary topics and the Pandora’s Collective Literary Awards Gala!
Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival | Free
Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!
Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
VSO Masterworks: The Rite of Spring
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's season opener - The Rite of Spring with pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Music
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Kevin Foxx
From the smash success of his funny and irreverent radio show, on Toronto’s hit radio station CFRB to nightly shows at comedy clubs and corporate stages, Kevin Foxx is simply one of the funniest and most versatile performers working in North America today
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Comedy
EBI - Jane Javani World Tour
A singular voice in Persian pop music, Ebi, is finally bringing his highly successful world tour, "Jane Javani," to Vancouver.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:45 pm | Music
Colin Mochrie and Vancouver TheatreSports League
Colin Mochrie, Vancouver TheatreSports™ alumnus, and star of Whose Line is it Anyway, returns this September to Vancouver TheatreSports™ (VTSL) at The Vogue Theatre for two laugh-packed performances.
Vancouver | Vogue Theatre | 9:30 pm to 10:50 pm | Comedy
TheatreSports™
Relying on razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of performers are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 10:45 pm | Comedy
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Kevin Foxx
From the smash success of his funny and irreverent radio show, on Toronto’s hit radio station CFRB to nightly shows at comedy clubs and corporate stages, Kevin Foxx is simply one of the funniest and most versatile performers working in North America today
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 10:30 pm to 11:45 pm | Comedy
Improv After Dark
Things heat up with this edgy 60 minutes of non-stop, fast-paced no-holds-barred comedy for grown-ups.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 0:15 am | Comedy
September 25, 2016
Sun
International Aquarium Congress
The Congress is the most important and recognized international event within the aquarium and marine science industry.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building) | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Kidney Walk North Shore
The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Branch is holding its annual Kidney Walk to raise funds and awareness of organ donation that will help support the work of The Kidney Foundation.
West Vancouver | Ambleside Beach | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Bushiroad World Championships Vancouver
Are you as great as the Top 8? Take on America and join players from around the globe in the 2016 Bushiroad World Championship Qualifiers.
Richmond | Executive Airport Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre | 9:30 am to 7:00 pm | Sports | Free
Interior Design Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre
Make the Vancouver Convention Centre your destination as top designers and artists come together at IDS Vancouver, (formerly IDSwest).
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Etsy Vancouver Market 2016: Made In Canada
Etsy Vancouver is a creative enterprise that brings committed, creative and enthusiastic Vancouver based Etsy sellers together to arrange events, share knowledge and their experiences about selling in Vancouver.
North Vancouver | The Pipe Shop Building | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Market
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Ambleside Artisan Farmers' Market
We are very lucky to have such a great variety of organic and conventional farmers at this location.
West Vancouver | Between 15th & 16th Street | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Market
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
2nd Annual Sunday Soul Brunch
We're doing it again! Join us on September 25th for a great event - the Sunday Soul Brunch.
Vancouver | The Emerald | 10:30 am to 1:00 pm | Food / Wine
World Rivers Day
This year, 2016, will be the 12th anniversary of World Rivers Day & 36th annual Rivers Day in BC.
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel | 11:00 am to 4:30 pm | Family | Free
Word Vancouver 2016
Join us during the last week of September for our 22nd annual festival! This is Word Vancouver, Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading.
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Festival | Free
National Forest Week: Free Riverview Tree Tour
Celebrate National Forest Week and join Dana Slocum, a City of Coquitlam Urban Forestry Technician, on a free tree tour of the Riverview Grounds Arboretum.
Coquitlam | Riverview Hospital Grounds | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Family Sunday - Fantastical Forests
Families can draw and colour their own fantasy forest, inspired by the work of Rick Leong.
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts
VSO Masterworks: The Rite of Spring
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's season opener - The Rite of Spring with pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:10 pm | Music
Fall 2016 Soundwalks. Automation: Trains and Blades
A Soundwalk is a silent group walk led along a planned route to experience a location’s ambiance and underlying rhythms.
Vancouver | Britannia Library | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Lecture | Free
Eid Al-Ghadeer Dinner Celebration presented by Muslim Youth in Motion, Az-Zahraa Youth Comittee, and AHYO
We are celebrating the greatest day of the year with Hajj Abathar Al-Halwachi and Sh. Hassanain Rajabali.
Burnaby | Michael J. Fox Theatre | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Lecture
Pick Plus! The New Conformity at Performance Works
The New Conformity at Performance Works by Cause & Effect Circus
Vancouver | Performance Works | 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm | Festival
Richmond Night Market
Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.
Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Rookie Night
Rookie Nights feature our Rookie League players, who have all successfully completed improv training via the Improv Comedy Institute.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
Pick Plus! God Is A Scottish Drag Queen IV at Performance Works
Vancouver’s favourite deity returns with an all new show! God, dressed in a floral power suit is back to skewer everything from politics to the platypus in an unforgettable new hour of comedy!
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
St. Paul & The Broken Bones with guests Seratones at The Commodore Ballroom
From Alabama soul/R&B band, on tour to support their latest release "Sea of Noise"
Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
6x01 - "The Savior"
Confirme sua presença para a estréia da sexta temporada
Richmond | Storybrooke, Steveston | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
Millencolin
Millencolin (Epitaph Records) with Such gold
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
少林武魂 The Soul Of Shaolin
"The Soul Of Shaolin Martial Arts", performed by a professional group of warrior monks hailed from Shaolin Temple in China with many years of training.
Richmond | River Rock Show Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
September 26, 2016
Mon
International Aquarium Congress
The Congress is the most important and recognized international event within the aquarium and marine science industry.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building) | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
VSO Masterworks: The Rite of Spring
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's season opener - The Rite of Spring with pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Music
Mexican Fiesta
Come enjoy music & drinks. Performance by Grupo America
Burnaby | World Dance Co. | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Dance
September 27, 2016
Tue
International Aquarium Congress
The Congress is the most important and recognized international event within the aquarium and marine science industry.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building) | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Share your vision and the future of Northeast False Creek
Come learn more about the Northeast False Creek planning process and share your vision for the future of the area at a drop-in open house.
Vancouver | VPL Central | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Kwantlen St. Farmers Market
The Kwantlen St. Farmers Market offers all the goodness of a farmers market, with live entertainment, kids workshops, artisan foods and crafts, food trucks and chef demos using the freshest local produce.
Richmond | Kwantlen St. Farmers Market, Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Market | Free
Community Garden Build!
We're building our new garden, and we invite you to join us!! Join us as we build a new educational, healing, community growing space from the ground up
Vancouver | West 57th & East Boulevard | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Jazz Jam
Join us at the Shadbolt for a jazz jam session!
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap with special guests Coast Modern
Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Stranger to Hard Work
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to open its 34th season with the work of one of Canada’s fiercest and funniest females, Cathy Jones. A Canadian cultural icon, Jones returns to the stage with her third one-woman show, Stranger To Hard Work
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Show
The Twitch
Now The Twitch has gone totally global, and can be heard anywhere on this planet called Earth!
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
September 28, 2016
Wed
International Aquarium Congress
The Congress is the most important and recognized international event within the aquarium and marine science industry.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building) | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Stranger to Hard Work
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to open its 34th season with the work of one of Canada’s fiercest and funniest females, Cathy Jones. A Canadian cultural icon, Jones returns to the stage with her third one-woman show, Stranger To Hard Work
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:45 pm | Show
Farm Gate Sale
In need of mid-week fresh veggies?
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market
Family Friendly Workbees
Workbees for kids and families! We love getting kids out to the farm and into our gardens. Help us spread the word about some upcoming Family–Friendly Workbees.
North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Family
Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Trump Card - Winner Takes All
VTSL ups the ante with its own improvised election – who's going to win it... will it be the joker?
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Show
Brown: Kamal Al-Solaylee
The Vancouver Writers Fest presents: Brown: Kamal Al-Solaylee in Conversation With Charlie Smith
Vancouver | Revue Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Hatebreed - The Concrete Confessional Tour
Hatebreed with guests DevilDriver and Devil You Know
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:30 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
Lindsey Stirling - Brave Enough Tour 2016
Lindsey Stirling is one of the biggest artist development breakthrough stories in recent years.
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music
Cowboy Junkies
Join us at the Lounge on September 28 featuring the Cowboy Junkies!
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Stranger to Hard Work
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to open its 34th season with the work of one of Canada’s fiercest and funniest females, Cathy Jones. A Canadian cultural icon, Jones returns to the stage with her third one-woman show, Stranger To Hard Work
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Show
Ok Tinder – Swipe Right Comedy
The good, bad and the laughable of Vancouver’s dating scene. Enjoy this show at half-price with Half Price Hilarity.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy
September 29, 2016
Thu
Global Cardio-Oncology Summit 2016
The Global Cardio-Oncology Summit 2016 is co-hosted the Canadian Cardiac Oncology Network and the International CardiOncology Society.
Vancouver | Hyatt Regency | 7:00 am to 4:30 pm | Active Life / Health
International Aquarium Congress
The Congress is the most important and recognized international event within the aquarium and marine science industry.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building) | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Free Community Lunch
Free Community Lunch at St. Andrew's United Church.
North Vancouver | St Andrew's United Church | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Food / Wine
Discover Dance! Shiamak's Bollywood Jazz
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! noon hour series starts a new season with a colourful, high-energy performance of Bollywood dance.
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Dance
Downtown Farmers Market
We’re thrilled to announce that the Downtown Farmers Market at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Market | Free
Harvest Haus
In the mecca of downtown Vancouver, join us for two of the most gluttonous and gratifying weeks of the year as we transform the Queen Elizabeth Plaza into a mini Munich festival.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Tsai Chin 蔡琴
Tsai Chin 蔡琴 is a pop and folk singer from Taiwan.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Music
Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Trump Card - Winner Takes All
VTSL ups the ante with its own improvised election – who's going to win it... will it be the joker?
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Show
Helen & Edgar
A story of Savannah told by celebrated raconteur Edgar Oliver
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:35 pm | Theatre
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
Studio 58/Langara College presents: Angels In America
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play in 1993, Angels In America has become a seminal work of the North American canon.
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Theatre
LANY
LANY - The Kinda Tour with Transviolet
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Stranger to Hard Work
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to open its 34th season with the work of one of Canada’s fiercest and funniest females, Cathy Jones. A Canadian cultural icon, Jones returns to the stage with her third one-woman show, Stranger To Hard Work
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Show
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Paul Myrehaug
Paul began his comedy career in Alberta Canada and now is an internationally toured comedian with appearances on television, radio, festivals and world renowned comedy competitions.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX, Century Plaza Hotel & Spa | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
Firecracker!
Dynamite Ladies. Explosive Comedy. Our all-female show featuring some of the best improvisers in Canada.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:20 pm | Comedy
September 30, 2016
Fri
Global Cardio-Oncology Summit 2016
The Global Cardio-Oncology Summit 2016 is co-hosted the Canadian Cardiac Oncology Network and the International CardiOncology Society.
Vancouver | Hyatt Regency | 7:00 am to 4:30 pm | Active Life / Health
International Aquarium Congress
The Congress is the most important and recognized international event within the aquarium and marine science industry.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building) | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Picasso: The Artist and His Muses
Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things
Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Genders West Conference
Our 3rd Annual Diverse Genders and Sexual Orientation Conference!
West Vancouver | Gleneagles Community Centre | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Lecture
Culture Days in Canada at Burnaby Art Gallery
Join us and celebrate Culture Days in Canada in Burnaby.
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
North Vancouver’s Shipyards Night Market
You won't want to miss this years Shipbuilders' Night Market on Friday Nights !!
North Vancouver | Shipyards Night Market | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Market
The Vancouver Police Museum: Vice Dice Opium Pipes
Walk the beat and see what it was like to be a cop over a century ago, when Vancouver was a seething hub of sex, drugs, corruption and organised crime.
Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
Harvest Haus
In the mecca of downtown Vancouver, join us for two of the most gluttonous and gratifying weeks of the year as we transform the Queen Elizabeth Plaza into a mini Munich festival.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Plaza | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Culture Days in Canada. Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Join us and celebrate Culture Days in Canada in Burnaby.
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
City Drinks at Casa Mia
A special evening in one of Vancouver's premier heritage mansions
Vancouver | Casa Mia | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Gatsby's Night Out at the Orpheum
In celebration of Culture Days we welcome you to put on your flapper dresses, cuffed trousers, and two-toned shoes and head over for a charming evening full of free spectacular events.
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance | Free
Psychic TV
Psychic TV with their new album with guests
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Frankie Cena - Benefit Concert for the BC Boys Choir
As a singer, model, and television presenter, Frankie Cena has loved the spotlight from a very young age.
Burnaby | Michael J. Fox Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Music
Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Trump Card - Winner Takes All
VTSL ups the ante with its own improvised election – who's going to win it... will it be the joker?
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Show
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman has created a "New Romantic" style through a repertoire which combines his 'trademark' originals with classics and pop standards.
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Music
Helen & Edgar
A story of Savannah told by celebrated raconteur Edgar Oliver
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:35 pm | Theatre
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust: A Vancouver Celebration
Last year’s re-imagining of the Rolling Stones’ Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! featuring some of Vancouver’s best musicians was such a hit that we had to do an encore.
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre Grosvenor Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Paul Myrehaug
Paul began his comedy career in Alberta Canada and now is an internationally toured comedian with appearances on television, radio, festivals and world renowned comedy competitions.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Pacific Theatre presents: A Good Way Out
Joey is a hardworking mechanic who operates as the front man for a biker gang. He joined for protection, but a few bad decisions have him looking for an escape that may not exist.
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
Studio 58/Langara College presents: Angels In America
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play in 1993, Angels In America has become a seminal work of the North American canon.
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Theatre
Earth Sea Sky - Music of our Natural World
Vancouver Chamber Choir and Jon Washburn, Conductor. Music celebrates nature in a million ways and a million pieces.
Vancouver | Ryerson United Church | 8:00 pm to 9:35 pm | Music
Magic Mike Ladies Night
You have seen the amazing Hollywood blockbuster Movie “Magic Mike“...
New Westminster | The Columbia | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Dance
Stranger to Hard Work
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to open its 34th season with the work of one of Canada’s fiercest and funniest females, Cathy Jones. A Canadian cultural icon, Jones returns to the stage with her third one-woman show, Stranger To Hard Work
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Show
inFlux
Friends (old and new) socialize at a previous inFlux event. Gather at the Gallery for a night of performance, socializing, and DIY artmaking
Surrey | Surrey Art Gallery | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Vancouver International Film Festival: Dolores
Vancouver International Film Festival 2016, some of the best cinema from around the world.
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 9:15 pm to 10:45 pm | Film
TheatreSports™
Relying on razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of performers are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 10:45 pm | Comedy
the Comedy MIX presents Headliner: Paul Myrehaug
Paul began his comedy career in Alberta Canada and now is an internationally toured comedian with appearances on television, radio, festivals and world renowned comedy competitions.
Vancouver | the Comedy MIX | 10:30 pm to 0:30 am | Comedy
Improv After Dark
Things heat up with this edgy 60 minutes of non-stop, fast-paced no-holds-barred comedy for grown-ups.
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 0:15 am | Comedy