Metro Vancouver events calendar for January 2018. Best festivals, concerts, fairs, fun things to do, New Year's Day events, kids activities, free entertainment in Vancouver, BC.
January 1, 2018
Mon
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Polar bear scuba dive
Start off the new year scuba! All energized for the new year and cant wait to get back in the water? Join us for a couple chilled boat dives Howe Sound? What better way to start off thenew year?
Vancouver | Vancouver Diving Locker | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas
North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium
Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Heritage Christmas
A Season of Old-fashioned Fun and Spectacular Light Displays
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
Bound By Sound Presents: Sunshine In The Dark (NYD 2018 Rave)
Bound By Sound presents Sunshine In The Dark (NYD 2018 Rave) with stellar DJ's from near and far!
Vancouver | 333 Clark | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert
This holiday season, the spirited romance of operetta, the glamour of ballroom dance, and the delicate beauty of ballet will waltz you into a triumphant New Year
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Music
Christmas Musical Panto - Cinderella
Cinderella ~ Our Annual Christmas Pantomime. With plenty of catchy musical numbers and considerable audience participation, Metro Theatre’s Cinderella is the story of how an underdog uses her courage to go after what she wants.
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Moving Forward
Join me for a workshop of personal and partner exploration. I offer an approach that stems from our feeling and intuiting side of our brain. A sensation first, that given time, and space can become a thought or idea
Vancouver | Unity Yoga Teahouse | 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Polar Bear Shim Sham
Dance! Freeze! Dance! But mostly, freeze. This is exactly what it sounds like. Let's start off the year on the right foot, then left, then right twice!
Vancouver | English Bay | 3:30 pm to 3:33 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 4:00 pm to 5:50 pm | Film
VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Polar Bear Toonie Skate
Join us for ice skating, face painting, crafts and games
Burnaby | Bill Copeland Sports Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family
January 2, 2018
TueFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas
North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium
Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Sylvia Tait: Journey
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: Andrew Dadson
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Heritage Christmas
A Season of Old-fashioned Fun and Spectacular Light Displays
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
School Life by Vancouver International Film Festival
This observational documentary follows a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers at Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland.
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 4:00 pm to 5:40 pm | Film
VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Canucks vs. Ducks at Rogers Arena
Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
Dirty Little Secrets Improv Show Vancouver
Admit it! Watch a cast of Vancouver's top improvisors in a night of exploring YOUR anonymous secrets on the fabulous XY stage on Davie Street
Vancouver | XYYVR | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
January 3, 2018
WedFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas
North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium
Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Sylvia Tait: Journey
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: Andrew Dadson
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Community Skate at PNE Agrodome
Bring your family and your skates for a fun day of skating!
Vancouver | PNE Agrodome | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Heritage Christmas
A Season of Old-fashioned Fun and Spectacular Light Displays
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Robert Jess Roth
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Musical
VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 Double Bill at the Rio Theatre
This is the one you've been begging us for, Vancouver! Join us for back-to-back screenings of Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut followed by Denis Villeneuve's BLADE RUNNER 2049 on Wednesday, January 3.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
Theatre Replacement - East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
The Panto is back with an outrageous take on Snow White
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
January 4, 2018
ThuFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas
North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium
Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Sylvia Tait: Journey
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: Andrew Dadson
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Heritage Christmas
A Season of Old-fashioned Fun and Spectacular Light Displays
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
Tea & Trumpets - A Baroque Celebration
Celebrate the beauty of Baroque, with music by Johannes Sebastian Bach, Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Handel’s Water Music
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Music
Theatre Replacement. East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
The Panto is back with an outrageous take on Snow White
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family
VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Paul Anthony’s Talent Time: Anti-S.A.D. Beach Party
When the weather is at it’s worst, we will gather and fight Seasonal Affective Disorder with an old fashioned BBQ! We are hoping to get a BBQ food truck out front and then bring in food samples for you all to taste
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
Christmas Musical Panto - Cinderella
Cinderella ~ Our Annual Christmas Pantomime. With plenty of catchy musical numbers and considerable audience participation, Metro Theatre’s Cinderella is the story of how an underdog uses her courage to go after what she wants.
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Iranian Film (VANIF) presents Asphyxia with English Subtitles
The latest film from Iranian director Fereydoun Jeyrani evokes the spirit of Hitchcock as it weaves a complex tale of marital infidelity, dark power relationships and the lengths to which love and obsession drive people
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film
January 5, 2018
FriFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas
North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium
Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Sylvia Tait: Journey
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Yoga-sing! by Harmony House Yoga Training and Education Center
For anyone with an interest in yoga and singing
Vancouver | St Paul's Anglican Church | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Active Life / Health
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: Andrew Dadson
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Community Skate at PNE Agrodome
Bring your family and your skates for a fun day of skating!
Vancouver | PNE Agrodome | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Heritage Christmas
A Season of Old-fashioned Fun and Spectacular Light Displays
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
Theatre Replacement. East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
The Panto is back with an outrageous take on Snow White
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family
VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
All My Relation 1st Annual Tournament
Help AMR get to All Native! AMR Basketball Tournament January 5th-7th, 2017
Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Ghost Spring opening reception & performances
A two-person show by Dilara Akay and Derya Akay looking at funeral practices within their own family in Turkey, passing down information...
Vancouver | grunt gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
The Trumpet 2018 Prophetic Conference by Vancouver Revival Centre
VRC presents The Trumpet 2018 Prophetic Conference - The Blessings of 341
Pitt Meadows | Vancouver Revival Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture
Theatre Replacement - East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
The Panto is back with an outrageous take on Snow White
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Barracuda: The Essential Tribute to Heart
Backing the ladies are 4 professionally seasoned musicians with a dedication to detail, heard in the subtle nuances and rock solid delivery of their performance
White Rock | Blue Frog Studios | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Chapel UBC
On January 5th UBC is coming together for the new semester's Chapel time. We're excited to worship & pray together as we continue to lift high the name of Jesus on campus and believe for God to move.
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Sinbad, the Pirates and the Island of the Dinosaur
Sparkling, magical, family fun awaits when we join Sinbad and his wacky crew in an hilarious adventure on the high seas
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Misery By William Goldman
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Christmas Musical Panto - Cinderella
Cinderella ~ Our Annual Christmas Pantomime. With plenty of catchy musical numbers and considerable audience participation, Metro Theatre’s Cinderella is the story of how an underdog uses her courage to go after what she wants.
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
The Geekenders and Kitty Glitter Presents Lord of the Schwings: A Tolkien Burlesque Night
The Geekenders and Kitty Glitter are proud to bring back “Lord of the Schwings: A Tolkien Burlesque Night” to The Rio Theatre stage on January 5. This is a silly, sexy evening filled with all your favourite Hobbits, Elves, Wizards, and Creatures
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Tony DeSare - A Sinatra Celebration
Called “two parts Frank Sinatra and one part Billy Joel,” crooner and pianist Tony DeSare takes on the legend of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself in the first London Drugs VSO Pops for 2018
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Friday Night Live
Stories. Music. Life. Every Friday night is something different- a chance to gather the community, share something amazing and go out into the night having witnessed creativity in action
North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
First Friday party
New year new things first Friday party is taking over
Surrey | Peacock Bar & Grill | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party
La Strada by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Winner of the first ever Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (an award that Fellini would win four times in all), La Strada is the heartbreaking story of an intellectually-undeveloped, innocent young woman, Gelsomina, sold to circus strong man Zampano
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film
Raqs on the Drive and Helwa Dancer Auditions
Rahel's small bi-monthly, bellydance showcase Performances by Rahel, members of the Helwa Dancers as well as select high level students of Rahel's
Vancouver | Cafe Deux Soleils | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance
Dance thru the decades with March Hare Show Band
March Hare Band play corporate show, but lucky us, they'll be playing both Fri & Sat right after New Years!
North Vancouver | Two Lions Public House | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Stereotype Fridays by Celebrities Nightclub
Stereotype Fridays returns on Fri, Jan 5th with local favorites Marcus James, Adam Pearce & Luke Boyle-Stafford for a night of music without stereotypes!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party | Free
Fistful of Kicks : An Improvised Kung-Fu Spectacular
Fistful of Kicks: An Improvised Kung-Fu Spectacular. Join us for Fistful of Kicks, our improvised kung fu spectacular!
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy
January 6, 2018
SatSun Run Leader InTraining Day
Whether you're a runner or walker of any level, the Vancouver Sun Run InTraining Program will help you reach your fitness & health goals in a safe and supportive environment!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:00 am to 12:00 am | Sports
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Professionalizing Your Doula Practice
Professionalize your practice, gain your clients' trust, and be more effective as your grow your professional doula business
Vancouver | Revolution Health | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Business / Finance
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas
North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium
Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Sylvia Tait: Journey
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Paint Anything - Drop in Painting
Visit our studio in downtown Langley for a relaxed painting experience
Langley | Zealous Art | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
One Trilogy Marathon to Rule Them All: The Lord of the Rings
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, January 6 for a daylong movie marathon event featuring Peter Jackson‘s LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy (Extended Edition!): Back-to-back, on the big screen, and in its entirety
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:30 pm | Film
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
First Saturday Open Art Studios - Meet Our Artists in their Studios
We are part of First Saturday Open Studios which means we throw open the doors of the studio on the First Saturday of each month
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
First Saturday Open Art Studios - Meet Artists in their Studios
We are part of First Saturday Open Studios which means we throw open the doors of the studio on the First Saturday of each month.
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Exhibition: Andrew Dadson
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
In Search of Fellini by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
In this semi-autobiographical feature debut, coscripted by actress Nancy Cartwright, Ohio girl Lucy falls in love with the films of Federico Fellini, and heads to Italy to meet the maestro
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Film
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Robert Jess Roth
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical
Misery By William Goldman
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Christmas Musical Panto - Cinderella
Cinderella ~ Our Annual Christmas Pantomime. With plenty of catchy musical numbers and considerable audience participation, Metro Theatre’s Cinderella is the story of how an underdog uses her courage to go after what she wants.
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Theatre Replacement. East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
The Panto is back with an outrageous take on Snow White
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family
La Strada by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Winner of the first ever Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, La Strada is the heartbreaking story of an intellectually-undeveloped, innocent young woman, Gelsomina, sold to circus strong man Zampano
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 2:55 pm to 4:55 pm | Film
Foundation Training
Foundation Training is a series of exercises designed to bring us back to our natural postures and movement patterns
Maple Ridge | Epic Yoga & Fitness | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Sinbad, the Pirates and the Island of the Dinosaur
Sparkling, magical, family fun awaits when we join Sinbad and his wacky crew in an hilarious adventure on the high seas
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Theatre
VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
All My Relation 1st Annual Tournament
Help AMR get to All Native! AMR Basketball Tournament January 5th-7th, 2017
Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
The Antifascists Film & Organizing Discussion
An open event for like-minded individuals and groups to watch the 2017 documentary 'The Antifascists', and a chance to analyze what far-right and varying groups exist in our midst
Vancouver | Spartacus Books | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
Roma città aperta by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Rome Open City. Christened “the father of modern film” by Cahiers du cinema, Roberto Rossellini cracked open cinema with the revelatory Rome Open City in 1945
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Film
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Bowie Ball 2018
Third annual celebration of the life and music of David Bowie for the benefit of the Canadian Cancer Society. Over 20 local bands and solo artists! Prizes for best costume! Face-painting! Random acts of creativity and connection!
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
The Trumpet 2018 Prophetic Conference by Vancouver Revival Centre
VRC presents The Trumpet 2018 Prophetic Conference - The Blessings of 341
Pitt Meadows | Vancouver Revival Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture
Shamanic Breathwork Ceremony at Ancient Fire
Breathwork is an active meditation in the form of a sacred ceremony, that gives us the opportunity to go within ourselves and find the truth of who we are.
Vancouver | Ancient Fire | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Theatre Replacement - East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
The Panto is back with an outrageous take on Snow White
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Light in Winter Concert #1 – Shari Ulrich Trio
Or Shalom's "Light in Winter" Concert Series starts off 2018 with The Shari Ulrich Trio. Come join us in the warmth of friends for this event
Vancouver | Or Shalom Synagogue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Lighta! Sound Annual Post-NYE Megabash
Lighta! Sound presents our infamous annual post-New Years Eve extravaganza....this year relocated to the magnificent Imperial at 319 Main Street. How will this year be different, you may ask?
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Bat Sabbath with Dead Quiet and We Hunt Buffalo
The Cobalt proudly presents: Bat Sabbath (Cancer Bats performing a full Black Sabbath set) with Dead Quiet and We Hunt Buffalo
Vancouver | The Cobalt | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music
A Persian Night with Vancouver Opera Orchestra
A feast for ears, and eyes. A spectacular show to remember for years. Vancouver Opera Orchestra conducted by Maestro Shardad Rohani. Performing pieces from prominent Iranian composers at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Salsa & Latin Dance Night
Featuring Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music with Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Dance
Tony DeSare - A Sinatra Celebration
Called “two parts Frank Sinatra and one part Billy Joel,” crooner and pianist Tony DeSare takes on the legend of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself in the first London Drugs VSO Pops for 2018
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
The Capricorn Party!
Are you a Capricorn? are you tired of having your day overshadowed by the season, or worse, having all your guests burnt out from too much eggnog? come down to the Commercial Drive Legion for a proper Capricorn bash!
Vancouver | Commercial Drive Legion | 9:00 pm to 2:00 am | Party
Passion Portal - Enchanted Forest Party
Enter the Passion Portal, into a multi-room, enchanted forest theme party, full of sensual & electric dance vibes galore, showcasing local DJs & producers, with circus and ...
Vancouver | Hindenburg | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Dance
Dance thru the decades with March Hare Show Band
March Hare Band play corporate show, but lucky us, they'll be playing both Fri & Sat right after New Years!
North Vancouver | Two Lions Public House | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Off Key: The Improvised Musical
We bring the music. You bring the noise. Off Key performs original musicals based on audience suggestions. The catch? The script, lyrics, and music are all improvised on the spot.
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy
January 7, 2018
SunFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas
North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium
Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Hastings Park Farmers Market
Located within a thriving community close to the highway and the Second Narrows Bridge, the Hastings Park Farmers Market is a perfect place to stop and shop.
Vancouver | Hastings Park | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Sylvia Tait: Journey
Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: Andrew Dadson
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Robert Jess Roth
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical
2-hour Infant/Child CPR at Epic Yoga
This 2-hour course focuses on CPR and choking for infants and children, as well as accident prevention for once babies become mobile
Maple Ridge | Epic Yoga & Fitness | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Shamanic Breathwork Ceremony at Ancient Fire
Breathwork is an active meditation in the form of a sacred ceremony, that gives us the opportunity to go within ourselves and find the truth of who we are.
Vancouver | Ancient Fire | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Classical Kids - Mozart's Magnificent Voyage
This concert features Mozart's young son, Karl, who longs to be taken from his boarding school to spend more time with his famous father.
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Music
Opera Zone at Kerrisdale CC
Enjoy an afternoon of listening to arias sung by Gerard Satamian and others, accompanied by a piano
Vancouver | Kerrisdale Community Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Opera | Free
Spettacolo by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Once upon a time there was a tiny hill town in Tuscany that found a remarkable way to confront their issues - they turned their lives into a play
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 2:50 pm to 5:00 pm | Film
VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017
Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
All My Relation 1st Annual Tournament
Help AMR get to All Native! AMR Basketball Tournament January 5th-7th, 2017
Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Great Movies at Britannia
The Britannia Great Movies Series happens every Sunday evening from 6-9pm in the 55+ Centre. All our welcome to come and enjoy a movie and free popcorn!
Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
ACRO 101: Winter Series - 4 Week Progressive with Matt Fernandes
With a new series comes a complete new set of advance postures, washing machines, and exciting counter balances!
Vancouver | Karma Teachers | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Melissa Livingstone
Melissa Livingstone is a Singer/Songwriter from Kelowna BC, Canada
Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
The Trumpet 2018 Prophetic Conference by Vancouver Revival Centre
VRC presents The Trumpet 2018 Prophetic Conference - The Blessings of 341
Pitt Meadows | Vancouver Revival Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture
"Alcohol Free” Family Event Night – Birds on a Wire Paint & Sip Night
We’ve had a number of requests for “dry” paint nights so that young adults and families can attend. We are delighted to offer our Birds on a Wire this month
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Visual Arts
Red Cedar Painting by: Emily Carr - Paint & Sip Night
We couldn’t think of a better way to provide a unique to BC experience except to have artist/teacher Iris Mes-Low create a painting based on one of Emily Carr’s paintings
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts
Misery
The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Las Divas and the Sunday Jam!
This is a weekly event we host at the Pressbox Pub in the Atrium Inn, Vancouver. Any music style is welcome and we have seen a lot of great local talent
Vancouver | The PressBox Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Giora Zinger Standup Comedy show. גיורא זינגר - סטנדאפ - ״הקומיניסט״
גיורא זינגר - מופע סטנדאפ בונקובר
Vancouver | Yuk Yuk's Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
The Night of the Shooting Stars by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arr
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 8:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Film
Cagematch: Ultimate Comedy Showdown
Cagematch pits the fiercest and most hilarious improvisers against each other to determine who has the best improv in the city. For 15 years, Cagematch is an underground hotbed of talent where improvisers pull out all the stops
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
January 8, 2018
MonFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Movement Culture & Tua o Te Arai Performance Workshop
This 5-day intensive is designed as an open level creative workshop for the professional performing artists and researchers in dance, theatre and visual arts.
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Welcome Week Spring 2018
Join us for our multi-campus, week long welcome back event! The KSA's 2018 Spring Welcome Week will be Jan 8-11th at Langley(8th), Surrey(9th), Richmond (10th) and Tech(11th) Campuses
Surrey | Kwantlen Student Association | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Libera Nos (Deliver Us) by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
This chilling documentary looks at Catholic Church’s surprisingly still common act of performing exorcisms by following Franciscan Father Cataldo Migliazzo
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Film
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Veloce come il vento by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
After her father dies, responsibility for a younger brother and the family’s debt-plagued auto-racing business falls on the shoulders of 17-year-old Giulia
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Film
La città delle donne (City of Women) by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Federico Fellini’s epic 1980 fantasia introduced the start of the Maestro’s delirious late period
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 8:45 pm to 11:30 pm | Film
The Second Floor - Karaoke Mondays Launch
Brand new karaoke night downtown! Mondays at Second Floor Eatery + Bar
Vancouver | Second Floor Eatery + Bar | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
January 9, 2018
TueFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Movement Culture & Tua o Te Arai Performance Workshop
This 5-day intensive is designed as an open level creative workshop for the professional performing artists and researchers in dance, theatre and visual arts.
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond
This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Welcome Week Spring 2018
Join us for our multi-campus, week long welcome back event! The KSA's 2018 Spring Welcome Week will be Jan 8-11th at Langley(8th), Surrey(9th), Richmond (10th) and Tech(11th) Campuses
Surrey | Kwantlen Student Association | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Spettacolo by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Once upon a time there was a tiny hill town in Tuscany that found a remarkable way to confront their issues - they turned their lives into a play
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 2:50 pm to 5:00 pm | Film
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Noor Dance Winter Session - Vancouver
These courses will be taught by Dani and Maki. Each level will get a few weeks with each instructor. You will learn 1 choreography per session. There will be an optional performance opportunity at the end of session
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Movies in the Morgue - A Simple Plan
“Movies in the Morgue” will return this fall and we’re adding a theme this year…
Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
Lobby Nights. Songstage with Ivan Boudreau
Canadian musician and songwriter, Ivan Boudreau, hosts the evening with special guest songwriters followed by an open mic showcase for writers of original music. Songstage is presented with The Songwriters Association of Canada
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
Lights! Improvised Sketch Comedy Show
Comedy on the Edge of Insanity start Karaoke to follow.
Vancouver | XYYVR | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Misery
Successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued from a car crash by his “Number One Fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up in her secluded home in the mountains of Colorado
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Story Slam - January 2018
Ten storytellers share original stories! $5 cover includes a ballot to vote for your favorites. $150 in cash prizes up for grabs. New participants always welcome
Vancouver | Cottage Bistro | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Books
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
The Music of Silence by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Andrea Bocelli gets the biopic treatment in this lush, respectful film from Il Postino director Michael Radford. Bocelli, here lightly disguised as “Amos”, wanted to sing opera for as long as he can remember.
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Film
Big Boi with guests The Cool Kids
Antwan André Patton, better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and record producer, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo Outkast alongside André 3000
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
January 10, 2018
WedFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Movement Culture & Tua o Te Arai Performance Workshop
This 5-day intensive is designed as an open level creative workshop for the professional performing artists and researchers in dance, theatre and visual arts.
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Welcome Week Spring 2018
Join us for our multi-campus, week long welcome back event! The KSA's 2018 Spring Welcome Week will be Jan 8-11th at Langley(8th), Surrey(9th), Richmond (10th) and Tech(11th) Campuses
Surrey | Kwantlen Student Association | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Better Balance Workout for Seniors
This is a gentle class for all levels, focused on balance and mobility for fitness and for preventing falls
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 12:45 am | Active Life / Health
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
1900 by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
A rare opportunity to see Bertolucci’s massively ambitious political saga, set on a farm in the Po Valley between 1900 and 1945, in its full, five hour plus form. The film chronicles the fortunes of two young men, one the son of a landowner, the other a w
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 12:30 am to 3:30 pm | Film
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers - two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Performing Arts
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Robert Jess Roth
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Musical
Afro-Futurism Trading Card Workshop Series for Black Youth
Join multi-disciplinary artist Ruby Smith Díaz in advance of Black Futures month for the creation of Afro-Futurism Trading Cards!
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Open Mic Jam with Karen Fowlie and Copper Cove Road Band
This Is The Official Advance Sign Up List For The January 10 Open Mic Jam
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Padre Padrone by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
The Tavianis most important work is Padre Padrone (aka Father, Master), based on a memoir by the academic linguist Gavino Ledda about his harsh upbringing as the son of a psychologically and physically abusive peasant farmer in postwar Sardinia
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
Alcohol Free PNW Forest Ridge Paint Night
We’re delighted to announce another brand new exclusive to 100 Braid St painting! This Forest Ridge scene really captures the beauty of the Pacific Northwest
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts
Almond Blossoms by: VanGogh - Paint & Sip Night - Snacks Included
As part of our famous artist paint night series our teacher Iris Mes Low is creating a painting based on VanGogh’s Almond Blossoms painting
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts
Winter 2018 Bellydance classes with Tamara
Start the year off with a technique intensive 6 week session with Tamara. We will be working with taking the basics to the next level, expanding your technical repertoire and focusing on smooth transitions through the evolution of movements
Burnaby | Dancin Stars | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
January 11, 2018
ThuFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Movement Culture & Tua o Te Arai Performance Workshop
This 5-day intensive is designed as an open level creative workshop for the professional performing artists and researchers in dance, theatre and visual arts.
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Welcome Week Spring 2018
Join us for our multi-campus, week long welcome back event! The KSA's 2018 Spring Welcome Week will be Jan 8-11th at Langley(8th), Surrey(9th), Richmond (10th) and Tech(11th) Campuses
Surrey | Kwantlen Student Association | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Una giornata particolare (A Special Day ) by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Italian cinema dream team Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni are cast against glamorous type and deliver two of the finest performances of their careers in this moving, quietly subversive drama from Ettore Scola
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 2:15 pm to 5:15 pm | Film
Taste BC 2018
Get ready for the province's biggest wine tasting on January 11th 2018 at the Pan Pacific Vancouver
Vancouver | Pan Pacific Vancouver | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Vancouver Unreal Engine 4 Meetup
Come and hang out with other UE4 devs, programmers, designers, artists, and animators!
Vancouver | EXP Restaurant + Bar | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Dr Jennifer Lofkrantz - Local Responses to Boko Haram
Managing a Crisis, with Dr Jennifer Lofkrantz from the American University of Nigeria
Vancouver | SFU Vancouver | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture
Lasciati andare (Let Yourself Go) by IFF Italian Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival
Elia (Toni Servillo, The Great Beauty) is a Jewish psychoanalyst from a purely Freudian school of thought. Due to his austere and detached manner, he is reputed for immediately generating awe in his patients
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
CAG Exhibition Preview: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Commencing 2018, the Contemporary Art Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in a public institution by Canadian artist Brent Wadden
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
David Bowie 2nd Annual Tribute
David Bowie 2nd Annual Tribute Thursday, January 11 at the Biltmore Cabaret
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
The Fated Five and Dance Evolution
A show about a group of teenagers who venture into the woods and end up sucked into a world of horror!
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
Steelin' In The Years
Steelin’ In The Years gathers together some of the most accomplished West Coast musicians, all of whom possess a common affection for the music of Steely Dan
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Corb Lund & Ian Tyson
An Evening of Conversation, Stories, & Song
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:45 pm | Music
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
January 12, 2018
FriFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Movement Culture & Tua o Te Arai Performance Workshop
This 5-day intensive is designed as an open level creative workshop for the professional performing artists and researchers in dance, theatre and visual arts.
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lift Cannabis Expo
Canada’s cannabis capital invites you to the 2018 Lift Expo
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Robert Jess Roth
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical
Canadiana Night 2018 by Pacific Life Bible College
Come join us for our Canadiana Event on Friday, January 12! We will be celebrating Canadian style with a trip to Mount Seymour.
Surrey | Pacific Life Bible College | 4:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
200Hr Inclusive Teacher Training at just yoga in Jan 2018
This 200hr Yin/Yang Hatha + Yin vocational hands-on training honours body inclusivity & trauma-sensitive teacher training practices, and will combine the foundational poses of Hatha Yoga practice with the quiet poses of Yin Yoga practice
Vancouver | Just Yoga Vancouver | 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Active Life / Health
JHC YA Winter Retreat
Hey everyone, we are going on a Retreat to the Camp Luther Mt. Seymour Chalet. Join us for a weekend of relaxation, Hot Chocolate, Board Games, sitting by the fire, eating plenty of food, skiing, hiking, movies or whatever you'd like to do to relax
North Vancouver | Mt Seymour | 5:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
BLUE by Vancouver International Film Festival
Nothing is as important to life on this planet as our oceans. ...
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film
Steve Gunn and Julie Byrne
Co-headlining show featuring American singer-songwriters, on tour to support their latest releases
Vancouver | St. James Community Square | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
BOOM by Chief Sepass Theatre
The music, politics and idols of the Baby Boom Generation, all performed by one man, in this explosive must see show!
Langley | Chief Sepass Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Bridging The Divide: ContraPoints, Theryn Meyer, Blaire White!
Dialogue is vital and lacking in this ever divided world we find ourselves in. Join us for an evening of political dialogue that will focus on the political diversity of our guests, and their experiences in this climate
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture
Old New Year with David Gvinianidze. Старый Новый Год в Ванкувере
Творчество Давида Гвинианидзе хорошо знакомо любителям музыки. Он не только невероятно талантливый и яркий исполнитель, но и активный популяризатор классической музыки
New Westminster | The Columbia | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Railway Sunset by: Hopper Paint & Sip Night - Snacks Included
In Edward Hopper’s painting Railroad Sunset, a signal tower stands starkly against undulating green hills and the spectacular colors of sunset
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts
January Exhibitions Opening Reception at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Steelin' In The Years
Steelin’ In The Years gathers together some of the most accomplished West Coast musicians, all of whom possess a common affection for the music of Steely Dan
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Bach to the Future: The Legacy of the Art of the Fugue - The Diderot Quartet
In this programme, Diderot String Quartet performs excerpts from The Art of the Fugue with Mendelssohn’s rarely heard Fugue for string quartet, op. 81/4, a beautiful nod to Bach, and his beloved String Quartet No. 2, op. 13
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Film Night - Tree of Wooden Clogs
presented by the Port Moody Film Society
Port Moody | Inlet Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Cinema in Concert with China Broadcasting Film Symphony Orchestra
Relive the magic of the movies with live orchestral accompaniment at Cinema in Concert, featuring Beijing's 80-member China Broadcasting Film Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Puzzle Helix {{ Mind of a Snail + Only a Visitor }}
Shadow puppetry duo Mind of a Snail and the talented musicians in Only A Visitor are combining their creative powers to concoct an illuminating feast for the eyes and ears!
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Kitty Nights Presents: A Live Rock Tribute to David Bowie
In honour of both the day of his birth and the day of his passing, Kitty Nights presents a new version of their sell-out 2014 Live Band Burlesque Tribute to the incomparable David Bowie
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
MRG Concerts Presents: Syml
With a keen grasp on textural and emotive songwriting, Fennell combines bare piano, minimalist synth and string-scapes with ethereal vocals to take the listener on a journey through the senses
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Friday Night Live
Stories. Music. Life. Every Friday night is something different- a chance to gather the community, share something amazing and go out into the night having witnessed creativity in action
North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Wolf Parade with Charly Bliss
Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, of musicians from British Columbia
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Munt / Thee Magic Circle / The Poolsharks
Live At Stylus Records: Thee Magic Circle The Poolsharks & MUNT
Vancouver | Stylus Records | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Softest Hard at Happy Ending Fridays
DJ/producer affiliated with Skrillex's OWSLA imprint, Softest Hard makes her Happy Ending Fridays debut January 12th with residents Rico Uno, Yurie & LeChance
Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Party | Free
January 13, 2018
SatShort Campbell River get away
No need to take a Friday off work. We will get out for a quick dip to Campbell River. Meet us Saturday morning at 5 am to get on the first ferry and we will make sure you are home for supper Sunday night.
Vancouver | Vancouver Diving Locker | 5:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sports
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Paint Anything - Drop in Painting
Visit our studio in downtown Langley for a relaxed painting experience
Langley | Zealous Art | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Lift Cannabis Expo
Canada’s cannabis capital invites you to the 2018 Lift Expo
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Fertility & Adoption Expo
Connect with and learn from Canada’s leading experts in fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and more!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
41st Annual Wedding Fair
Wedding Fair is the largest, most respected and sought after wedding show in British Columbia by exhibitors and brides
Vancouver | The Westin Bayshore | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Fair
Gluten Free Expo - Vancouver
Welcome to Canada’s largest Gluten Free event! Discover, sample, and save on hundred’s of Gluten Free Products while learning experts help you thrive with special dietary needs and food allergies on stage
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Intro to Watercolours
Explore luminous watercolours methods. Learn how to mix colours and apply washes
Port Coquitlam | Colours Artists Supplies and Framing | 10:30 am to 1:30 pm | Visual Arts
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Cineplex Family Favourites - Saturdays
Join us on Saturday mornings at 11am for Cineplex Family Favourites. Watch a family favourite film each week for only $2.99
Vancouver | Cineplex Theatres | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Robert Jess Roth
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical
Ghost Spring opening reception & performances
A two-person show by Dilara Akay and Derya Akay looking at funeral practices within their own family in Turkey, passing down information from one generation to the next
Vancouver | grunt gallery | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts
Chakra Balancing for 2018: Yoga & Sound Healing
Join sound healer Cindy Babyn and Yoga instructor Sandi Bain for a restorative yoga & sound healing session to start your new year right!
Maple Ridge | Epic Yoga & Fitness | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers - two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 4:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
BLUE by Vancouver International Film Festival
Nothing is as important to life on this planet as our oceans. ...
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Film
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
JHC YA Winter Retreat
Hey everyone, we are going on a Retreat to the Camp Luther Mt. Seymour Chalet. Join us for a weekend of relaxation, Hot Chocolate, Board Games, sitting by the fire, eating plenty of food, skiing, hiking, movies or whatever you'd like to do to relax
North Vancouver | Mt Seymour | 5:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
5th Annual SPFK Winter Classic
5th Annual SPFK Winter Classic Charity Hockey Game. Come out and support your favorite Sunday Funday players taking part in a fun game in support of SPFK and Make A Wish Foundation of BC & Yukon
Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Sports
Creating Healthy Habits in the Kitchen
Kick off your New Year with this healthy cooking class by Chef & Holistic Nutritionist Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition
Langley | Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Cooking
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Rainbow (Whacky) Bowling
The 2nd annual Bowling Event for the LGBT community.... No experience required!
Burnaby | Old Orchard 5 Pin Bowling Center | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party
Cacao Ceremony and Kundalini Dance at Ancient Fire
Cacao is a sacred plant medicine that is celebrated as the food of the gods and has been used in Shamanic ceremonies by the natives of Central and South America for thousands of years
Vancouver | Ancient Fire | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health
The Radical: Saturday Night Improv!
The Radical returns to North Vancouver for more Saturday Night Improv at the historic Anne MacDonald Hall in front of the Presentation House Theatre. Get ready for a fast-paced nigh of big laughs all inspired by your suggestions!
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
The ACT Arts Centre & BC CITT Presents: Line 49 & Guests
It is a concert where aspiring techs have a chance to run the equipment after learning the ins and outs from professionals in the fields of Lighting and Sound
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Tinder Tales: Live in the Comedy Basemen
Professional/Amateur Daters, Storytellers, Comedians & everyday people confess their most outrageous and hilarious Tinder Tales and other online dating stories live on stage, in the basement of a pizza place
Vancouver | The Comedy Basement at Goldies | 7:30 pm to 11:55 pm | Comedy
Private to Public Journey of the String Quartet - The Eybler Quartet
What we now recognize as the string quartet spent most of its early years in the drawing room, and only in the 19th century did established groups begin presenting public concerts with any regularity
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Rogue Folk Club: Connie Kaldor
Connie Kaldor is a Juno award winning artist who has sung for royalty (Joni Mitchell, the Queen) and is a member of the Order of Canada. Her touring has taken her across North America and around the world
Vancouver | Rogue Folk Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Salsa & Latin Dance Night
Featuring Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music with Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Dance
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Puzzle Helix {{ Mind of a Snail + Only a Visitor }}
Shadow puppetry duo Mind of a Snail and the talented musicians in Only A Visitor are combining their creative powers to concoct an illuminating feast for the eyes and ears!
Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Behind the Keys - VBC's Annual Fundraiser
Back by popular demand, our annual fundraiser finds a new home at the Vancouver Playhouse. Join our maestro, Leslie Dala, “behind the keys” for an intimate evening of song and solo piano
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Otto Tausk conducts Brahms and Dvořák
Music Director Designate Maestro Otto Tausk returns to the VSO, conducting a beautiful program of classics, including one of the greatest symphonies of them all, a work that emerged triumphantly from under the shadow of Beethoven’s mighty Ninth Symphony
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Audien
Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun, better known under his stage name Audien, is an American DJ, record producer and musician
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Cairo Knife Fight with guests Spidercracker
Cairo Knife Fight is a super duo formed by Nick Gaffaney, one of New Zealand's top session drummers, and George Pajon Jr., who has toured as the guitarist for Black Eyed Peas (and now Fergie)
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Project Pablo, D. Tiffany, and DJ D.Dee
Vancouver! We've got more good news to report. Project Pablo and D. Tiffany are coming home and we've organized a little get together on our favourite dance floor in the city to celebrate the occasion.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art and Leisure | 11:00 pm to 5:00 am | Music
January 14, 2018
SunShort Campbell River get away
No need to take a Friday off work. We will get out for a quick dip to Campbell River. Meet us Saturday morning at 5 am to get on the first ferry and we will make sure you are home for supper Sunday night.
Vancouver | Vancouver Diving Locker | 5:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sports
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Hastings Park Farmers Market
Located within a thriving community close to the highway and the Second Narrows Bridge, the Hastings Park Farmers Market is a perfect place to stop and shop.
Vancouver | Hastings Park | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lift Cannabis Expo
Canada’s cannabis capital invites you to the 2018 Lift Expo
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Fertility & Adoption Expo
Connect with and learn from Canada’s leading experts in fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and more!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
41st Annual Wedding Fair
Wedding Fair is the largest, most respected and sought after wedding show in British Columbia by exhibitors and brides
Vancouver | The Westin Bayshore | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Fair
Gluten Free Expo - Vancouver
Welcome to Canada’s largest Gluten Free event! Discover, sample, and save on hundred’s of Gluten Free Products while learning experts help you thrive with special dietary needs and food allergies on stage
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Play date with Moana
Come join us for a play date with Moana!! Tickets are $30 /child and includes a 2 hour play date full of crafts, songs, stories and more
Pitt Meadows | Little Savages Consignment | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Kids
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Wallenberg Day 2018
Join us on January 14 as we honour whistleblower Alayne Fleischmann who exposed massive criminal fraud against the general public
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm | Film
Dark Harvest Premiere at the Rio Theatre
Join us for the World Premiere of Dark Harvest here at The Rio Theatre
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 1:45 pm to 4:00 pm | Film
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Otto Tausk conducts Brahms and Dvořák
Music Director Designate Maestro Otto Tausk returns to the VSO, conducting a beautiful program of classics, including one of the greatest symphonies of them all, a work that emerged triumphantly from under the shadow of Beethoven’s mighty Ninth Symphony
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Music
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts
Dance Allsorts: Lorita Leung Chinese Dance Company
Join Canada’s acclaimed Lorita Leung Dance Company for a professional and visually stunning showcase of Chinese dance including Classical, Folk, Ethnic and Contemporary styles.
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Dance
Kasandra Flamenco Ensemble: Solo Flamenco
Solo Flamenco presents flamenco in its purest traditional form, the cuadro. A cuadro is a flamenco group that includes a dancer, guitarist, singer and percussionist
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Dance
Tara Erraught
The Vancouver Recital Society presents Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) and James Baillieu (piano) in an afternoon concerta at the Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
Parker + Parker
Magnetic, easy-going, and delightfully articulate, Canadian pianist Ian Parker captivates audiences wherever he goes
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers - two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 4:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
JHC YA Winter Retreat
Hey everyone, we are going on a Retreat to the Camp Luther Mt. Seymour Chalet. Join us for a weekend of relaxation, Hot Chocolate, Board Games, sitting by the fire, eating plenty of food, skiing, hiking, movies or whatever you'd like to do to relax
North Vancouver | Mt Seymour | 5:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Public to Private: A Musical Banquet with the Eybler Quartet
The Eybler Quartet, for the benefit of Early Music Vancouver, offers an intimate evening of musical treats woven together with the delights of the table at the Dockside Restaurant of the Granville Island Hotel
Vancouver | Granville Island Hotel | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music
Great Movies at Britannia
The Britannia Great Movies Series happens every Sunday evening from 6-9pm in the 55+ Centre. All our welcome to come and enjoy a movie and free popcorn!
Vancouver | Britannia Community Services Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film | Free
BLUE by Vancouver International Film Festival
Nothing is as important to life on this planet as our oceans. ...
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film
The 5th International Advertising Model Contest
Stage One Academy Inc.
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Cagematch: Ultimate Comedy Showdown
Cagematch pits the fiercest and most hilarious improvisers against each other to determine who has the best improv in the city. For 15 years, Cagematch is an underground hotbed of talent where improvisers pull out all the stops
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
January 15, 2018
MonFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
in Yoga & Meditation
Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on stimulating the connective tissues of the body with the intention of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Voice and Piano Masterclass with Tara Erraught and James Baillieu
Internationally acclaimed sorpano Tara Erraught and award-winning pianist James Baillieu offer a joint voice and piano masterclass as part of VAM’s 2017/18 Distinguished Artist Series
Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music | Free
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
My Story - Tell Me More
These live events are like no other! It's all about real people telling their authentic stories of overcoming adversity, accomplishing achievements, and experiencing great adventures.
Vancouver | XYYVR | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Show
Kay Meek Play Reading Series. People Like Us by Sandi Johnson and Certified by Jan Derbyshire
Each night a different play is read by a cast of professional actors followed by a talk back and discussion with the Playwright. Two one-person monologues each followed by a short discussion
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers with Megan Lynch Chowning
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers are making some of the most distinctively elegant yet driving music to be heard anywhere today, and they’re delivering it with a unique blend
Vancouver | AnzaClub Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and 40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and bluetooth technology have in common?
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Film
Kundalini Dance - The 4 Elements
Dance to celebrate who you are as an individual and as part of the whole. Embrace your depth and align with the frequency of ecstatic wholeness and interconnectedness. Dance for freedom, unity and whole-being integration
Vancouver | Dharmalab | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Parenting Workshop by Vancouver Hebrew Academy and Chabad of Richmond
The Safety Kid is a comprehensive child abuse prevention program. The goal of this workshop is to empower parents with the knowledge and skills to create an environment for every child that is safe from the chance of dangers of abuse
Richmond | Chabad of Richmond | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Workshop
Otto Tausk conducts Brahms and Dvořák
Music Director Designate Maestro Otto Tausk returns to the VSO, conducting a beautiful program of classics, including one of the greatest symphonies of them all, a work that emerged triumphantly from under the shadow of Beethoven’s mighty Ninth Symphony
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
January 16, 2018
TueFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond
This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Film Series. The Making of Justice
The Making of Justice is a movie about seven prisoners working on the scenario for a crime film together with Sarah Vanhee
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Film
Noor Dance Winter Session - Vancouver
These courses will be taught by Dani and Maki. Each level will get a few weeks with each instructor. You will learn 1 choreography per session. There will be an optional performance opportunity at the end of session
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Kay Meek Play Reading Series. We Could Be Clouds by Gary Mok
Each night a different play is read by a cast of professional actors followed by a talk back and discussion with the Playwright
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh Festival: Frédérick Gravel - Some Hope for the Bastards
For the musically adventurous and visually attuned, Frédérick Gravel offers a music-dance spectacle to savour - an unholy hybrid of the highbrow and the high-octane
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
李玉剛十年經典演唱會 Li Yugang Grand Gala For 10 Years
Renown singer & performer Li Yugang is coming to the River Rock Show Theatre on January 16, 2018! This one and only concert is a celebration of his decade of classics
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Golden Ears Writers
If your artistic medium is the written word, join Golden Ears Writers for a series of adult events and workshops designed to build and nurture our local writing community
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books | Free
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers - two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
Stage Time - Open Improv Jam
Calling all performers for Stage Time - come get some!
Vancouver | XYYVR | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Red Fang - Rickshaw Theatre
Cut it short with Red Fang as they return to Vancouver celebrating their Only Ghosts album at the Rickshaw Theatre with We Hunt Buffalo
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
Black Boys
A raw, intimate, and timely exploration of queer male Blackness. Three individuals seek a deeper understanding of themselves, of each other, and of how they encounter the world, subverting the ways in which gender, sexuality, and race are performed
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts
Tuesdays at Celebrities #CelebsTues
All year round, Tuesdays are packed with party animals
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
January 17, 2018
WedFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Know Show Fall/Winter 2018
KnowShow is an engaging B2B marketplace where leading lifestyle fashion brands unveil their seasonal products to Canadian Retailers
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Gentle Yoga
Start your day with this gentle yoga practice; relieve tension held in hips, spine and shoulders to deeply relax your body
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Better Balance Workout for Seniors
This is a gentle class for all levels, focused on balance and mobility for fitness and for preventing falls
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 12:45 am | Active Life / Health
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers - two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Performing Arts
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Afro-Futurism Trading Card Workshop Series for Black Youth
Join multi-disciplinary artist Ruby Smith Díaz in advance of Black Futures month for the creation of Afro-Futurism Trading Cards!
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Lezervations Vancouver - Volume XIV
Welcome in 2018 with your favourite queer women's dinner party!
Vancouver | Nicli Antica Pizzeria | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine
Make Brioche!
In this class we will show you how all the basics to make Brioche! This magic dough is more than a sweet bread!
Vancouver | Kensington Community Center | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Cooking
Kay Meek Play Reading Series. Sex, Drugs & Age, the last taboo by Colleen Ann Fee
Age is our last taboo. We resist aging by all possible means. Sex, Drugs & Age, the last taboo physically dramatizes the hazards of mixing sex and drugs with age
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Inside/Out - Neworld Theatre
This is a show in the finest tradition of the prison memoir—as riveting as fiction, but with the authenticity of documentary.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Macaulay Point by: Emily Carr - Paint and Sip Night - Snacks Included
We couldn’t think of a better way to provide a unique to BC experience except to have artist/teacher Iris Mes-Low create a painting based on one of Emily Carr’s paintings
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Visual Arts
North Shore International Winter Film Series
The North Shore International Film Series is presented by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council in cooperation with the Toronto International Film Festival
North Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
Winter 2018 Bellydance classes with Tamara
Start the year off with a technique intensive 6 week session with Tamara. We will be working with taking the basics to the next level, expanding your technical repertoire and focusing on smooth transitions through the evolution of movements
Burnaby | Dancin Stars | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance
Beth White + Reece and Dustin + The Ship Of
Mid Week Crisis is back full steam and this time we have an early show with Happy Hour!
Vancouver | LanaLou's | 7:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Dance Centre presents Nicola Gunn
The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: Nicola Gunn - Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
Comedy Woman в Ванкувере
Шпильки, шутки и подкаблучники: юбилейный концертный тур Comedy Woman "10 лет на шпильках" 17 Января в Ванкувере!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
Black Boys
A raw, intimate, and timely exploration of queer male Blackness. Three individuals seek a deeper understanding of themselves, of each other, and of how they encounter the world, subverting the ways in which gender, sexuality, and race are performed
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
January 18, 2018
ThuFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Know Show Fall/Winter 2018
KnowShow is an engaging B2B marketplace where leading lifestyle fashion brands unveil their seasonal products to Canadian Retailers
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Heal Documentary
This documentary takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have a huge impact on our health and ability to heal
Vancouver | Jewish Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Film
BLUE by Vancouver International Film Festival
Nothing is as important to life on this planet as our oceans. ...
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film
Daniel Champagne Live at Wise Hall & Lounge!
Vancouver recently described as 'the finest guitar player of his generation' - the Australian born & Nashville based virtuoso brings his world tour and brand new album 'Fault Lines' back to Canada
Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Kay Meek Play Reading Series. Fling by Melody Anderson
Fling examines sexual identity, love, loss, memory, and the peeling away of family secrets
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
SFU Philosophers’ Café
“Imagine the impossible and discuss the improbable” with SFU’s Philosophers’ Café. Guest moderators host informal public discussions on various topics, stimulating dialogue and passionate exchange of ideas
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free
Story Story Lie X-Rated Edition at The Rio Theatre
A Game Show that's full of it! Can you spot the liar? Five brilliant performers tell tales too strange to be true, as they attempt to trick the audience, and try to discredit each other.
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Show
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Inside/Out - Neworld Theatre
This is a show in the finest tradition of the prison memoir—as riveting as fiction, but with the authenticity of documentary.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts
The Moore Decision, 5 years later. Guest speaker Rick Moore
The Moore Case 5 years later. Is there a "ramp" for dyslexic students? Please join Dyslexia BC and our guest speaker Rick Moore who will talk about the Landmark Moore case
Coquitlam | Canada Safeway | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: MDLSX - Motus (Italy)
Gender-fluid rebel Silvia Calderoni does a powerhouse star turn in this show by Italian theatre company Motus. The performer’s own life story is crossbred with fiction, producing a work of genre blending and gender bending
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories - Opening Reception
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
New Music Festival - Standing Wave
Vancouver's cutting-edge new music group Standing Wave takes the Orpheum stage to perform exciting contemporary compositions
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
The Dance Centre presents Nicola Gunn
The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: Nicola Gunn - Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
Hippo Campus with guest Sure Sure
American rock band, on tour to support their latest EP release “warm glow”
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
Black Boys
A raw, intimate, and timely exploration of queer male Blackness. Three individuals seek a deeper understanding of themselves, of each other, and of how they encounter the world, subverting the ways in which gender, sexuality, and race are performed
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Matoma: One In A Million Tour
Known for his dynamic productions, Norwegian producer Matoma brings the 'One In A Million Tour' to The Commodore Ballroom with support from Elephante!
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
January 19, 2018
FriFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Know Show Fall/Winter 2018
KnowShow is an engaging B2B marketplace where leading lifestyle fashion brands unveil their seasonal products to Canadian Retailers
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Drawing Vegetables
This one-day workshop explores how to draw some seasonal vegetables: squash, root veggies, winter greens, and more!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Visual Arts
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Free Cap Classics Concert
Cap Classics Concerts take place throughout the fall and spring terms. Admission is free!
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 11:45 am to 12:45 am | Music | Free
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 12:30 am to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Critical Ideas: Theatre & Institutional Spaces
Critical Ideas brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Lecture | Free
Lit circle - book club! Wonder R. J. Palacio
Hey guys, if you like reading and discussing novels with your pals we have a club for you! Come on out and read some cool books with us. General chats about books
Surrey | The Youth Space of South Surrey | 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Books | Free
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up
Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us for a joyous Welcoming of Shabbat, with a potluck meal at 6:00pm followed by a Kabbalat Shabbat service at 7:30, augmented with Or Shalom musicians
Vancouver | Or Shalom Synagogue | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Smooky Margielaa
Stay 100 with ASAP Rocky protege Smooky MarGielaa as he takes over Venue for an all ages show with Illy Miniachi & ACdatyoungnigga
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
New Orleans' Dinner
What better way to ring in the New Year than with a lavish 4 course New Orleans' Dinner with Chef Kristoff Gillese?!
Maple Ridge | Golden Ears Cheesecrafters | Cooking
UBC Thunderbirds v Lethbridge Pronghorns
UBC Thunderbirds v Lethbridge Pronghorns
Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Goldstepz at The Biltmore Cabaret
with special guests: Reggie James, Casta Troy
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Music
Kay Meek Play Reading Series. Sad Clown by David King
Forty-eight hours after his wife went missing, the husband is visited by an eccentric fellow who claims to have been sent by the missing wife to console him
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Dine Out Vancouver Festival: Grand Tasting
It's showtime! We kick off Dine Out Vancouver Festival's 16th season in style with a Grand Tasting Event in Vancouver’s historic Orpheum
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Inside/Out - Neworld Theatre
This is a show in the finest tradition of the prison memoir—as riveting as fiction, but with the authenticity of documentary.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: MDLSX - Motus (Italy)
Gender-fluid rebel Silvia Calderoni does a powerhouse star turn in this show by Italian theatre company Motus. The performer’s own life story is crossbred with fiction, producing a work of genre blending and gender bending
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Lonely - Celebrating The Music of Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison with hits of The Traveling Wilburys and Everly Brother
White Rock | Blue Frog Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
New Music Festival - New Music for Old Instruments: After Bach
New meets old as the Pacific Baroque Orchestra performs Bach's timeless classic Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and the world première of Maestro Bramwell Tovey's newest work, based on that famous concerto
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Humans - The Feels Tour
Humans bring The Feels Tour to the Imperial Vancouver on Friday, January 19th in celebration of their newest EP The Feels out on Jan 26th
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Radio Rewrite: The Music of Jonny Greenwood, Steve Reich, Olivier Messiaen & Christopher Butterfield
Turning Point Ensemble invites you to join us for an evening concert as part of the 2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Vancouver | Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
The Dance Centre presents Nicola Gunn
The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: Nicola Gunn - Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
Converge with Sumac & Cult Leader
American metal band, on tour to support their latest release "The Dusk In Us"
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Revelry and Resistance: A Drag Extravaganza
The Pride Collective at UBC presents: Revelry and Resistance: A Drag Extravaganza!!! UBC Pit Pub
Vancouver | The Pit Pub UBC | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | Dance
Steven Wright
Academy Award-winning comedian, Steven Wright, performs at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
Black Boys
A raw, intimate, and timely exploration of queer male Blackness. Three individuals seek a deeper understanding of themselves, of each other, and of how they encounter the world, subverting the ways in which gender, sexuality, and race are performed
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts
Murder by the Book by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King
Crisp, witty, exchanges of dialogue fill this inventive British thriller...
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Friday Night Live
Stories. Music. Life. Every Friday night is something different- a chance to gather the community, share something amazing and go out into the night having witnessed creativity in action
North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Pale Red / BB / Bored Decor
$5 - PWYC - no one turned away for lack of funds
Vancouver | Stylus Records | Music
It's Just Drag!: Starring Shea Coulee & Chi Chi Devayne
TFD and Live Nation Present: It's Just Drag!
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Dickie Beau: Unplugged
Versatile, vivacious and flamboyant, Dickie Beau is a drag artist extraordinaire, whose lip-synch playback performances have helped update the drag show tradition
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Performing Arts | Free
Krane: Fallout Tour with MYRNE
With a dynamic mix of hard beats and melodic trap, Oakland producer Krane returns to Vancouver for the Fall Out Tour at Venue for EMBRVCE Fridays with MYRNE
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Dyro at Celebrities Nightclub
Dutch electro standout Dyro makes his way back to Vancouver at #StreotypeFridays!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
January 20, 2018
SatTEDxLangleyED 2018: The Future of Learning
We are pleased to announce our fourth annual TEDxLangleyED conference! This conference brings together a collection of inspiring and innovative speakers sharing their ideas on the future of education
Langley | Chief Sepass Theatre | 8:30 am to 3:00 pm | Lecture
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
A New Year Winter Market
Beat those after the holiday blah's with our cute little Market! Meet vendors that will provide you with a cute pick me up, or help you with your New Year's Resolution!
Surrey | Sullivan Hall Surrey | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Museum Book Club: January Meeting
This month’s book will be From Bombs to Books: The Remarkable Stories of Refugee Children and their Families at an Exceptional Canadian School by David Starr, in preparation for our Canada 150 exhibition, opening in February
New Westminster | New Westminster Museum & Archives | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Books | Free
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Paint Anything - Drop in Painting
Visit our studio in downtown Langley for a relaxed painting experience
Langley | Zealous Art | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Vive les voyageurs French-Canadian Festival
Enliven a grey January weekend with the unique folklore and culture of the voyageurs and fur traders who lived at 19th-century Fort Langley
Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rustic Sign DIY Workshop
Gunner & Cash will be hosting a Rustic Sign DIY Workshop at Please at Loving Locals Make + Mingle Market
Abbotsford | Highstreet | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Workshop
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Cineplex Family Favourites - Saturdays
Join us on Saturday mornings at 11am for Cineplex Family Favourites. Watch a family favourite film each week for only $2.99
Vancouver | Cineplex Theatres | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Lookout - Andy Field (England)
Here is a work by UK artist Andy Field that bridges generations and offers a look into our city’s future through the people who will inherit it. Participants arrive at a location with a wide city vista
Vancouver | Harbour Centre | 11:30 am to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts | Free
Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter
This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy
Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Coast Salish Stories & Beading Demo featuring Helen Carr
We are honored to have First Nation educator Kwantlen Elder Helen Carr at the Deer Lake Gallery. Allowing public the opportunity to experience and learn about the local Coast Salish culture and history through activities and presentation
Burnaby | Deer Lake Gallery | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 12:30 am to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Ideas Series -Youth Assembly
The Youth Assembly is a one-day performing arts conference by and for young people. Whether you’re curious or passionate about pursuing careers in the performing arts, you can explore various areas of interest through workshops, presentations and conversa
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 12:30 am to 5:30 pm | Lecture | Free
DTES Artist Resource Fair
Carnegie Centre and Vancouver Foundation are thrilled to host an informal, friendly, social event for artists to connect with community resource providers. You do not need to prepare or provide anything special to be a part of the event
Vancouver | Carnegie Community Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Fair
UBC Thunderbirds Men's Hockey v Lethbridge Pronghorns
UBC Thunderbirds Men's Hockey v Lethbridge Pronghorns
Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Sports
Kay Meek Play Reading Series. Modern Gothic by Charles Whelton
Jamie has contracted with an agency to provide him with medical assistance in dying. When they send over an inept assistant, but no doctor, he is understandably upset
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts
Yoga for Anxiety Workshop
In this workshop you will learn very effective self-regulation techniques and mindfulness practices that are guaranteed to bring ease. These practices are extremely valuable in our often over scheduled, competitive, plugged in life
Vancouver | Studio 245 | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts
CAG Talk. T'ai Smith: Dissecting Textiles
Join us for an informal seminar on the gallery floor by T’ai Smith, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory at UBC, where she will address a history of textiles as objects of material and metaphorical dissection
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop | Free
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers - two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 4:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up
Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Connecting Curlfriends Pizza & Pajama Party
Hey Curlfriends! Are you ready for the Pizza & Pajama Party? Join us for Party! We will enjoy photography, gift bags, food, snacks and great company in Surrey
Surrey | Connecting Curlfriends | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party
Ghost Spring opening reception & performances
A two-person show by Dilara Akay and Derya Akay looking at funeral practices within their own family in Turkey, passing down information...
Vancouver | grunt gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
ECCW Ballroom Brawl IX
Quickly becoming one of the Commodore Ballroom’s hottest regular events, the Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling returns with Ballroom Brawl IX on Saturday, January 20
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
Kay Meek Play Reading Series. Bluebell Time by Max Wyman
Bluebell Time is a one-act memory play featuring a mother and son in England during the 30’s, 40’s and further into the 20th Century. It is Max Wyman’s first public venture into playwriting
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Inside/Out - Neworld Theatre
This is a show in the finest tradition of the prison memoir—as riveting as fiction, but with the authenticity of documentary.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: MDLSX - Motus (Italy)
Gender-fluid rebel Silvia Calderoni does a powerhouse star turn in this show by Italian theatre company Motus. The performer’s own life story is crossbred with fiction, producing a work of genre blending and gender bending
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Performing Arts
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Fair Warning Tribute to Van Halen with OC/DC Tribute to AC/DC
Fair Warning are Western Canada's premier 80's hard rock nostalgia act
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Choreography Showcase 21
Vancity Project is a choreography showcase created by Choreographer/Dancer Adam Mckinnon. Vancity Project gives choreographers and dancers a chance to put out there their choreography and perform in front of industry professionals
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 7:15 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Singing Our Stories: Living Tradition
Join Rhythm 'n' Roots and Roots 'n' Wings and our special guests Robin Layne and Liam MacDonald for an evening of beautiful music
Vancouver | Unity of Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
International Guitar Night 2018
Simply the best guitar showcase in the world. After the resounding success of last year’s show, the Massey is thrilled to again present the critically acclaimed International Guitar Night
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Lonely - Celebrating The Music of Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison with hits of The Traveling Wilburys and Everly Brother
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
New Music Festival - Cobalt Clouds and Clear Blue Seas
Music that responds to the beauty and power of the sea and the sky, including Anna Clyne's luxuriant Prince of Clouds, Jocelyn Morlock's radioactive Cobalt, and John Estacio's heroic, Triton-inspired Trumpet Concerto
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Radio Rewrite: The Music of Jonny Greenwood, Steve Reich, Olivier Messiaen & Christopher Butterfield
Turning Point Ensemble invites you to join us for an evening concert as part of the 2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Vancouver | Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Theatre series. Misery
Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre
Cartoon Cabaret
Your favourite cartoon characters come to life like you’ve never seen before!
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show
Salsa & Latin Dance Night
Featuring Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music with Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Dance
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Stage43 Presents: The Fantasticks
A funny, romantic musical about a boy, a girl and their parents who try to keep them apart - the longest running musical in the world!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Elvis Elvis Elvis
Shawn Kush is not your average Elvis Tribute Artist. He portrays Elvis so well that he was once accused of using an actual photo of the King himself on his posters
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Dickie Beau: Unplugged
Versatile, vivacious and flamboyant, Dickie Beau is a drag artist extraordinaire, whose lip-synch playback performances have helped update the drag show tradition
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
BØRNS
LA-based rock musician/singer-songwriter returns to Vancouver
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Hot Brown Honey. Briefs Factory
Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of empowerment in the smash-hit that took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
Black Boys
A raw, intimate, and timely exploration of queer male Blackness. Three individuals seek a deeper understanding of themselves, of each other, and of how they encounter the world, subverting the ways in which gender, sexuality, and race are performed
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts
Murder by the Book by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King
Crisp, witty, exchanges of dialogue fill this inventive British thriller...
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Pipeline Project
A provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC. Three actor writers – two Indigenous and one white – come together to create a play about the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
The Rock Band Called Time
with Killer Deal and Strange Curse
Vancouver | SBC Restaurant | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Torrey Pines - Clyde Petersen (USA)
Not for the square, the squeamish or the small-minded, this is a hilarious, whip-smart and altogether lovely show for everyone else...
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
CLUTCH with DJ Eddie Martinez - Whistler Pride Kickoff Party
TFD Presents is proud to bring you The Whistler Pride + Ski Festival 2018 KICK OFF PARTY!
Vancouver | XYYVR | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party
Bowie Weekend Edition :Skylar Love Stilla Del Stamp Ilona Berlin
Bowie Kicks Off 2018 With The 1st Weekend Edition Saturday January 20th in Celebrities Underground with DJs Skylar Love Del Stamp Daniel Stilla & Hosted By Ilona Verley Berlin M Stiller
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Dance
Volvox - Minimal Violence - Nancy Dru
Modern Music for Modern Times. This night will technologically advance you. With a deep knowledge and wisdom from the past. A brilliant and creative future emerges.
Vancouver | Open Studios | 10:00 pm to 4:00 am | Music
Cedric Gervais at Celebrities
Grammy Award-winner and our good friend Cedric Gervais makes his return at #CelebsPlayhouse!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
SUAVE’ Cunny British Birthday Celebration
Konektion Ent & Cunny British Presents Suave’ Cunny British Birthday Celebration
Surrey | Peacock Bar & Grill | 10:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party
Wasted Penguinz & Friends by Solid
As we hit the blue month of the year, we thought we give back something very special to our #SolidFamily. Saturday, January 20th we've got the mighty duo Wasted Penguinz hit the stage at the Harbour Event Centre
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
January 21, 2018
SunFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Hastings Park Farmers Market
Located within a thriving community close to the highway and the Second Narrows Bridge, the Hastings Park Farmers Market is a perfect place to stop and shop.
Vancouver | Hastings Park | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vive les voyageurs French-Canadian Festival
Enliven a grey January weekend with the unique folklore and culture of the voyageurs and fur traders who lived at 19th-century Fort Langley
Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
FLEUR Luxury Wedding Show & Forum
Presented by Aly Armstrong Event Planning & Design and hosted by the brand new JW Marriott Parq Vancouver Hotel, FLEUR will be the city’s first wedding show to bring together elite industry professionals and celebrity influencers
Vancouver | JW Marriott Parq Vancouver | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Show
Puppy Patrol Play date
Come join us for a play date with the Puppy Patrol! Tickets are $30 /child and includes a 2 hour play date full of crafts, songs, stories and more
Pitt Meadows | Little Savages Consignment | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Kids
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Biggest Little Bridal Show
This high end show will be showcasing multiple different vendors. Including Photo/Video, Decor/Floral, Cake, Hair & Makeup, DJ, Limo, Favours, Jewelry, Stationary
Pitt Meadows | Pitt Meadows Golf Club | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
CAG Exhibition Brent Wadden: Two Scores - Tour in French
Join CAG Learning & Public Programs Assistant, Michelle Martin for a FREE tour of the current exhibitions in French
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 11:05 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Lookout - Andy Field (England)
Here is a work by UK artist Andy Field that bridges generations and offers a look into our city’s future through the people who will inherit it. Participants arrive at a location with a wide city vista
Vancouver | Harbour Centre | 11:30 am to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts | Free
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 1:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
Family Day at Place des Arts
Welcome in the new year with a brand new Family Day!
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Family | Free
L'Elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Donizetti’s stirring love story and hilarious comedy. Featuring Ying Fang, one of the most gifted sopranos of her generation, making her role debut as Adina
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera
Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts
Easy Moroccan Vegetarian Dinner
If you are short of ideas to cook an easy, delicious vegetarian dinner, this class is for you! Moroccan cuisine is not short of flavor, we will show a few easy dishes that you would want to make over and over!
Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Cooking
Strawberry & Tea Student Concert
VAM’s monthly series features students from a variety of programs celebrating all levels of musical learning. Join the VAM community in its tradition of music topped with a serving of tea and strawberries!
Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music | Free
Play date with Batman
Come join us for a play date with Batman!! Tickets are $30 /child and includes a 2 hour play date full of crafts, songs, stories and more
Pitt Meadows | Little Savages Consignment | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Kids
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Inside/Out
This is a show in the finest tradition of the prison memoir—as riveting as fiction, but with the authenticity of documentary.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: MDLSX - Motus (Italy)
Gender-fluid rebel Silvia Calderoni does a powerhouse star turn in this show by Italian theatre company Motus. The performer’s own life story is crossbred with fiction, producing a work of genre blending and gender bending
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts
New Music Festival - Intimate NMF Cabaret
We asked some of our favourite performers to reveal the music that makes them tick!
Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Chinese Lantern Festival
Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival
Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up
Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Girls' Night Out Beginner Knitting Class
New Year, New Skill!! Back by popular demand to start the year off off right! Learn to make your very own one-of-a-kind head wrap using all natural local materials! Only 6 spots available for this small, hands on and fun workshop!!
Vancouver | Wild Crafted Wool | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Workshop
نمایش آتن ــ مسکو Athens- Moscow Live play Public
Olga and Massa are sisters from Russia living in Greece. The arrival of sibling Irena ignites their suspicions of one another. Note: This performance will be performed in Farsi language
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Theatre
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Trivia with IQ 2000 at The Biltmore Cabaret
Accept no imitations! IQ 2000 brings you the best Trivia Nights in Vancouver!
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Above the Hospital
Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital
Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
K. Flay with guests Sir Sly
Kristine Meredith Flaherty, known professionally as K.Flay, is an American singer and songwriter from Wilmette, Illinois
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
DVSN presents Morning After World Tour 2018
dvsn is a Canadian R&B duo, composed of Daniel Daley and Nineteen85. They are signed to OVO Sound
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Cagematch: Ultimate Comedy Showdown
Cagematch pits the fiercest and most hilarious improvisers against each other to determine who has the best improv in the city. For 15 years, Cagematch is an underground hotbed of talent where improvisers pull out all the stops
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
January 22, 2018
MonAME BC Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference
We invite you to join us at one of the world’s premier technical mineral exploration conferences, AME’s Mineral Exploration Roundup 2018 will take place January 22-25, in beautiful Vancouver, BC
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Young People’s Concerts. Monster Theatre Company: Shakespeare’s Dream
Monster Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Theatre
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
in Yoga & Meditation
Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on stimulating the connective tissues of the body with the intention of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Through the Child's Eyes Workshop Series with Dr. Vanessa Lapointe
The Langley Infant Development Programme is proudly presenting a 3-part workshop series: Through the Child’s Eyes with Dr. Vanessa Lapointe, R. Psych
Langley | Fraser River Presentation Theatre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop
Kundalini Dance - The 4 Elements
Dance to celebrate who you are as an individual and as part of the whole. Embrace your depth and align with the frequency of ecstatic wholeness and interconnectedness. Dance for freedom, unity and whole-being integration
Vancouver | Dharmalab | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Gems #4 Tulip Fever
Ireland/PG-13/2016 Biography, Drama, Romance Director: Aisling Walsh Starring Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
New Music Festival - Dawn to Dusk: From Aurora to Winter Sky
Featuring the world première of Marcus Goddard's Violin Concerto for Rachel Barton Pine and new work by Jocelyn Morlock, Dawn to Dusk journeys
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Songs of Insurrection
Frederic Rzewski’s Songs of Insurrection with: Daan Vandewalle, piano
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
January 23, 2018
TueAME BC Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference
We invite you to join us at one of the world’s premier technical mineral exploration conferences, AME’s Mineral Exploration Roundup 2018 will take place January 22-25, in beautiful Vancouver, BC
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Young People’s Concerts. Monster Theatre Company: Shakespeare’s Dream
Monster Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Theatre
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond
This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Pinwheel Education Series: Indigenous Youth Mental Health
Kelty Mental Health Resources is a provincial resource centre that provides mental health and substance use information, resources, and support to children, youth and their families who reside in BC
Vancouver | Kelty Mental Health | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Project Power
At Project Power, our speakers will share tools that lead them to their personal power and the major influence this had on their lives. You will learn how to take action in many ways, so that you can achieve your goals in 2018
Vancouver | Hycroft Manor | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Film Series. The Walkers, Legend Lin Dance Theatre, The Eternal Tides
Filmed for over 10 years, this epic documentary presents the story of renowned Taiwanese choreographer Lin Lee-chen and her Legend Lin Dance Theatre
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Film
Noor Dance Winter Session - Vancouver
These courses will be taught by Dani and Maki. Each level will get a few weeks with each instructor. You will learn 1 choreography per session. There will be an optional performance opportunity at the end of session
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Recital: Carol Sawyer & Friends
Musical Repertoire from the Natalie Brettschneider Archive Presented in collaboration with NOW Society and in conjunction with the exhibition "Carol Sawyer: The Natalie Brettschneider Archive"
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts | Free
CAG X The Foreshore: Dignity and Access
Carmen Papalia and Joulene Tse Parent will discuss issues of cultural accessibility and human rights in the city, including Tse’s ongoing research on the history of Indigenous workers on the waterfront
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Life Drawing in the Gallery
The ACT Art Gallery is offering a unique guided approach to figure drawing during Roger Luko’s exhibition Line Paint Clay
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
The Balanced Sessions 1.0
The Balanced Sessions is a series of health and wellness workshops designed to give everyone attending an evening of movement, food and drink, networking and education
Vancouver | RYU Apparel Inc. | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Celtic Jam with Nigel Tucker
Come join Nigel and his band of merry musicians in the spirit of the Celtic muse. Bring your instruments, voice or even just your ears as no experience is necessary and only the love of music required
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free
Voices of The Pacific Rim
An exclusive fundraising event that will celebrate and feature world-renowed artists from China, Japan, Korea, Canada and the United States
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Canucks vs. Kings at Rogers Arena
Vancouver Canucks vs. Los Angeles Kings
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Love me like I love you - Люби меня, как Я тебя!
Удивительно лиричная и нежная история о двух любящих сердцах, которые в связи с парадоксальным стечением обстоятельств теряют друг друга на четверть века
New Westminster | The Columbia | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Wellness workshop - How to eat move and be healthy!
With all the latest food and exercise trends plaguing your social media feed, it becomes confusing and overwhelming on how you should eat and move for your body
Burnaby | RYU Apparel | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Pause & Affect: A Monthly Course for Women. Lesson 3 The feminine Shabbat
The Sabbath is to the week what the line break is to poetic language. It is the silence that forces you to return to what came before to find its meaning
Richmond | Chabad of Richmond | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason with guests Code Orange & Toothgrinder
Meshuggah is a Swedish heavy metal band from Umeå, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up consists of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Theatre series: Misery
The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hot Brown Honey
Hot Brown Honey turns tradition on its head, packing a potent punch of Hip Hop politics, dance, poetry, comedy, circus, striptease and song
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Songs of Insurrection
Frederic Rzewski’s Songs of Insurrection with: Daan Vandewalle, piano
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Tuesdays at Celebrities #CelebsTues
All year round, Tuesdays are packed with party animals
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
January 24, 2018
WedAME BC Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference
We invite you to join us at one of the world’s premier technical mineral exploration conferences, AME’s Mineral Exploration Roundup 2018 will take place January 22-25, in beautiful Vancouver, BC
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Young People’s Concerts. Monster Theatre Company: Shakespeare’s Dream
Monster Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Theatre
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Gentle Yoga
Start your day with this gentle yoga practice; relieve tension held in hips, spine and shoulders to deeply relax your body
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: It’s Dark Outside - The Last Great Hunt (Australia)
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | Performing Arts
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Better Balance Workout for Seniors
This is a gentle class for all levels, focused on balance and mobility for fitness and for preventing falls
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 12:45 am | Active Life / Health
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Afro-Futurism Trading Card Workshop Series for Black Youth
Join multi-disciplinary artist Ruby Smith Díaz in advance of Black Futures month for the creation of Afro-Futurism Trading Cards!
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Blind Cinema - Britt Hatzius (England/Germany)
From theatre artist Britt Hatzius, here’s a chance to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Audience members are seated in a theatre, with a row of children behind them, and together they experience a movie
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 5:00 pm to 5:40 pm | Film
French Gastronomy Series: East Country Pâtés by Valentine Kitamura
Introducing a cooking class series that will take you on a culinary tour of France! Every class brings you to a different region of France
Vancouver | The Uncommon Cafe | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Cooking
Femopolis: Cities for women, by women, with women
Guest Speaker: Jennifer Fix
Richmond | Wilson School of Design at KPU | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | Free
Essentials of Landscape Design
Spring is just around corner, so it’s time to start thinking about garden design
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
The Comedy Magic of Rod Boss
January 24th will be an evening of Award winning Comedy Magic presented by Rod Boss. A rare opportuniity to see Rod perform live at the Chief Sepass Theatre in Ft. Langely
Langley | Chief Sepass Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Show
Celebrating Robbie Burns
Join us for a fun-filled evening of Scottish music, dance and poetry in celebration of Scotland’s National Bard, Robert Burns
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Music
Harnessing Inner Power with Samantha Skelly - West 4th
Come join us for an evening of diving deep with Samantha Skelly from Hungry For Happiness
Vancouver | RYU Apparel Inc | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health
North Shore International Winter Film Series
The North Shore International Film Series is presented by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council in cooperation with the Toronto International Film Festival
North Vancouver | Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
Film Screening: Birth of a Family
Screening will be followed by a conversation with director Tasha Hubbard and two of the siblings featured in Birth of a Family
Vancouver | SFU Woodward's Goldcorp Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film | Free
Club 49th Anniversary
All Levels Dance
Burnaby | Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavillion | 7:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Meeting - Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe (Australia)
In this riveting display, Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe share the stage with 64 robotic percussion instruments. The gadgets chime, tap, click and shuffle while the humans move and speak in response
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
Winter 2018 Bellydance classes with Tamara
Start the year off with a technique intensive 6 week session with Tamara. We will be working with taking the basics to the next level, expanding your technical repertoire and focusing on smooth transitions through the evolution of movements
Burnaby | Dancin Stars | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Adam Sandler plus surprise special guests
A successful actor, writer, producer and musician, Sandler's films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide and include box office hits such as "Grown Ups," "Just Go With It," "Bedtime Stories," "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Show
VSO Chamber Players - Mozart, Plus
The extraordinary musicians of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra step off the Orpheum stage and into the intimate, state-of-the-art Pyatt Hall in the VSO School of Music to perform some of the greatest chamber music ever written
Vancouver | Vancouver Symphony School of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band's line-up includes founder Josh Homme, alongside longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita, and recent addition Jon Theodore
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Theatre series: Misery
The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Yung Lean & The Sad Boys
Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, better known by his stage name Yung Lean, is a Swedish singer from Stockholm
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
John Maus at The Biltmore Cabaret
John Maus is a truly enigmatic musician. Broadly cut from the synth pop cloth, he’s fashioned the frosty minimalism of its fabric into a cloak of infinite meaning, genuine grace and absurdist humor over the course of three defining albums since 2006
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Hot Brown Honey
Hot Brown Honey turns tradition on its head, packing a potent punch of Hip Hop politics, dance, poetry, comedy, circus, striptease and song
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
I’m Not Here. Theatre Club
Doireann is here and she wants to check if a few things are working. She’s going to be doing a couple of songs, a couple of poems, and maybe a few stories. She’s going to be doing a duet with her brother. He’s not here. She’s here. You’re here
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
RUTS debuts The Devil Room
Reuptrippyshit Debuts The Devil Room At Celebrities Nightclub
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 11:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Dance
January 25, 2018
ThuKrav Maga Force
Krav Maga Force™ Is a modern self-defense system designed to address and defend against present day street assaults and confrontations
Richmond | Premier Martial Arts | 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
AME BC Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference
We invite you to join us at one of the world’s premier technical mineral exploration conferences, AME’s Mineral Exploration Roundup 2018 will take place January 22-25, in beautiful Vancouver, BC
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Compassionate Inquiry - Vancouver
Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world
Vancouver | Unity of Vancouver | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Young People’s Concerts. Monster Theatre Company: Shakespeare’s Dream
Monster Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Theatre
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada
Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery
Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Serendipity Tea Party New Year 2018
Happy 2018! Time to reconnect and share our intentions for the new year ahead
Vancouver | U & I Thai | 10:30 am to 1:30 pm | Party
For the Birds
With a dash of humour, Sarah Hagen returns with a concert that brings the joy of classical music inspired by birds and birdsong to the Classical Coffee Concert series
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: It’s Dark Outside - The Last Great Hunt (Australia)
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | Performing Arts
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: It’s Dark Outside. The Last Great Hunt
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 12:30 am to 1:15 pm | Performing Arts
St. Francis Xavier Canadian Relic Pilgrimage: VAN (All Saints)
This is a remarkable opportunity to venerate this famous first class relic, which rarely leaves the Church of the Gesu in Rome. Come pray with this great saint and be inspired by his miraculous ministry
Coquitlam | Catholic Christian Outreach | 12:30 am to 11:30 pm | Lecture
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Nathalie Casemajor: Seminar On Cultural Mediation
Cultural mediation is an increasingly common mode of intervention in the socio-cultural field. To make the critical experience of it is to put it to the test, in its theories and practices
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Lecture | Free
75th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Join us at the Rio Theatre for our annual Golden Globe Awards Party - Live and Free! As always, we will roll out the red carpet and encourage everyone to dress up like the #EastVan star that they are. Get ready for trivia, prizes, good times and more
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show | Free
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Blind Cinema - Britt Hatzius (England/Germany)
From theatre artist Britt Hatzius, here’s a chance to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Audience members are seated in a theatre, with a row of children behind them, and together they experience a movie
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 5:00 pm to 5:40 pm | Film
Lind18: Francis Fukuyama on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order
The focus for the Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies series in Winter Term 2, 2018 at UBC Vancouver is "The Unravelling of the Liberal Order." The series will run from January to March, 2018.
Vancouver | UBC Old Auditorium | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Lecture | Free
Cosmic Nights: Beyond our Universe
Is there anything beyond the universe? What came before the Big Bang? These are questions that don’t have answers, but we have theories! This installment of Cosmic Nights we delve into theories of the Multiverse!
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Crazy 8s DGC-BC 19th Anniversary Screening & Fundraiser
Featuring a selection of classic Crazy8s films along with more recent ones!
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Goblin art show
Forest Goblins first art show! There will be a collection of art, other rad artists, music, performances, drinks and also prints of my art. This show will be run by RAW artists
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Meeting - Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe (Australia)
In this riveting display, Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe share the stage with 64 robotic percussion instruments. The gadgets chime, tap, click and shuffle while the humans move and speak in response
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
Canucks vs. Sabres at Rogers Arena
Vancouver Canucks vs. Buffalo Sabres
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Salish Singing & Drumming Spring 2018 Workshops
Learn traditional Salish social songs, drumming and dance with instructor Russell Wallace. Workshops are free and open to everyone!
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop | Free
Lil Xan: Total Xanarchy Tour
Get betrayed with LIL XAN as he brings his Total Xanarchy Tour to VENUE with Steven Cannon $C for an all ages show
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
The Pipeline Project
The Pipeline Project is a provocative and personal account of the ongoing cultural battles over pipelines in BC
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
L'Elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Donizetti’s stirring love story and hilarious comedy. Featuring Ying Fang, one of the most gifted sopranos of her generation, making her role debut as Adina
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
VSO Chamber Players - Mozart, Plus
The extraordinary musicians of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra step off the Orpheum stage and into the intimate, state-of-the-art Pyatt Hall in the VSO School of Music to perform some of the greatest chamber music ever written
Vancouver | Vancouver Symphony School of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Reel Causes: Luk’Luk’I
Reel Causes is thrilled to present an encore screening of the VIFF and TIFF festival favourite Luk’Luk’I, directed by Wayne Wapeemukwa
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Film
Live with Desiree Dawson
Come see Desiree at an intimate live performance
Vancouver | Buckets Ice Cream | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Theatre series: Misery
The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hot Brown Honey
Hot Brown Honey turns tradition on its head, packing a potent punch of Hip Hop politics, dance, poetry, comedy, circus, striptease and song
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Flesh Eaters with guests Petunia & The Vipers
The Rickshaw presents the FleshEaters (featuring John Doe and DJ Bonebrake of X, Dave Alvin and Bill Bateman of The Blasters, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, and The Legendary Punk Poet Chris D.) with guests Petunia & The Vipers
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Ruined by Lynn Nottage
Mama Nadi’s bar both protects and profits off the bodies of the women who have become casualties of a long and brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
尹光開心大時代同你籌款演唱會 Wan Kwong Happy Together Charity Concert
廟街歌王尹光將於1月25日來到列治文河石大劇院! 尹光的曲風鮮明，歌詞貼近民心，深受粉絲的喜愛~ 他的每一場show都充滿著歡樂的笑聲~ 是次演唱會為了中僑基金會籌款。想做善事又想過一個開心的晚上，就馬上到Ticketmaster購票吧! 門票即將公開發售。
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
I’m Not Here. Theatre Club
Doireann is here and she wants to check if a few things are working. She’s going to be doing a couple of songs, a couple of poems, and maybe a few stories. She’s going to be doing a duet with her brother. He’s not here. She’s here. You’re here
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Murder by the Book by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King
Crisp, witty, exchanges of dialogue fill this inventive British thriller...
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Shmulik's Kumzits
Join Rabbi Shmulik every last Thursday of the month for a fun social event
Vancouver | Community Kollel | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Party
Trash Emo Night
Trash Emo Night is back in the Special Projects Space with DJs JP Valdes, Coconut Bun & Friends playing all your favourite emo anthems!
Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music | Free
Tekhnotron / Psychic Pollution / Maskara / V. Vecker
The Cobalt is a dark nostalgic, funky underground venue think brick, dark wood beams, chandeliers, candles-- hosting a wide verity of events from live music and pinball tournaments to art showings and dance parties with drag kings and queens
Vancouver | The Cobalt | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Sick at Heart Vol 2: A Group Art Show
Join us for Sick at Heart Vol 2, a group art show series taking place at Fortune Sound Club's Special Projects Space
Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Show | Free
January 26, 2018
FriKrav Maga Force
Krav Maga Force™ Is a modern self-defense system designed to address and defend against present day street assaults and confrontations
Richmond | Premier Martial Arts | 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
6th Annual Swing Summit Winter Retreat 2018
Welcome to the Sixth Annual 2018 Swing Summit Winter Retreat
Abbotsford | Suburban Swing Abbotsford | 7:30 am to 11:00 pm | Dance
Compassionate Inquiry - Vancouver
Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world
Vancouver | Unity of Vancouver | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Missions Fest 2018
Missions Fest Vancouver is part of Missions Fest International and highlights global mission opportunities, showcases over 230 international Christian organizations, and features world class speakers within the context of over 100 seminars
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Young People’s Concerts. Monster Theatre Company: Shakespeare’s Dream
Monster Theatre’s version of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Theatre
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada
Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery
Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: It’s Dark Outside - The Last Great Hunt (Australia)
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:15 am | Performing Arts
Trout Lake Family Concert
Children friendly - open gym - family concert hosted by Trout Lake Community Centre!
Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Music
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 12:30 am to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Critical Ideas: Object-Oriented Performance Practices
Critical Ideas brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Lecture | Free
KDocs Presents: Girl Unbound
This is the story of a young woman, known as Genghis Khan, who is doing that today...
Surrey | Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film | Free
RDSP parent information night
An opportunity for you to treat yourself to dinner and have an opportunity to come and hear about RDSPs and ask all of your burning questions. I have arranged for Calvin Warneke Investment Funds Advisor From Worldsource Financial Management Inc
Surrey | Ricky's Family Restaurants | 5:45 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture
Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up
Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Gallery Opening: Into the Arctic
Join Vancouver Civic Theatres and the Vancouver Maritime Museum for the public gallery opening of Cory Trépanier’s exhibit, Into the Arctic. The evening will also feature live entertainment, light snacks, and a cash bar
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
A Special Pre-Tu B'Shevat Family Shabbat Dinner
Join us for a fun and delicious dinner celebrating Tu B'Shevat
Vancouver | Community Kollel | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Family | Free
Hip-Hop Dance Classes
Hip Hop Dance Classe(s) ft. Rare Candies Dance Team
Vancouver | 1745 W 4th Ave | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Jeremy Tardif Band Live at the Shed
Come out Friday January 26th to party with us and the Jeremy Tardif Band
Langley | The Water Shed Arts Cafe | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Tyler the Creator with Vince Staples & Taco
Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known by his stage name Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, record producer, and music video director
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 6:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
La Belle Provence Dinner Class
Relax and let the scents and flavours of la belle Provence whisk you off to France. Where the herbs are grown fresh and the food is tantalizing, Chef Kristoff exceeds expectations in his art of french cuisine
Maple Ridge | Golden Ears Cheesecrafters | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking
Davey Boy Smith Jr Seminar
2 hour Seminar with current New Japan Wrestling Star Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Surrey | All Star Wrestling | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports
Sleeping Beauty Dreams
A contemporary look at this classic tale, Mexico City's Marionetas de la Esquina's humorous storytelling and whimsical puppetry awaken this sleeping princess as never before
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:35 pm | Theatre
Hollow Twin with guests Porteau and Little Crow
Hollow Twin is dark folk rock based in Vancouver, BC. The band is fronted by Emmalee Watts and Becky Wosk who bonded over their old souls and love of classic mu…sic (Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Heart)
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: It’s Dark Outside - The Last Great Hunt
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Meeting - Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe (Australia)
In this riveting display, Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe share the stage with 64 robotic percussion instruments. The gadgets chime, tap, click and shuffle while the humans move and speak in response
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
Divers Social - Cave Exploration and Diving in Mexico
Divers of Vancouver, We have invited Natalie L Gibb, cave explorer, to speak on January 26th, 2018. This will be a diver's social. We will have a reception and drinks on either side of an incredible presentation about the underworld of Mexico
Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Endings - Tamara Saulwick (Australia)
Amidst a vast black space, a light traces the outlines of objects and bodies: an old-style record player, a reel-to-reel recorder, a singer and his guitar, and creator and performer Tamara Saulwick
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Comic Strippers
The Comic Strippers - A Male Stripper Parody And Improv Comedy Show. A Show for all genders 19+ only
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
The Vancouver Chamber Choir. Rivers of Light: Choral Explorations I with Timothy Shantz
Our guest conductor for this concert is Timothy Shantz from Calgary, where he is the music director of Spiritus Chamber Choir and Luminous Voices, as well as Chorus Master for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Vancouver | Dunbar Ryerson United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Theatre series: Misery
The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hot Brown Honey
Hot Brown Honey turns tradition on its head, packing a potent punch of Hip Hop politics, dance, poetry, comedy, circus, striptease and song
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Ruined by Lynn Nottage
Mama Nadi’s bar both protects and profits off the bodies of the women who have become casualties of a long and brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Jitters By David French
Backstage nerves hit a Hilarious high note. Four actors, a director, a playwright, and one grand dream of Broadway-bound success.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
MGB (Matt Mitchell/Gordon Grdina/Jim Black)
Complex, intricate, idiosyncratic, and rockin'—those are the adjectives that best describe this cross-border collaboration between Vancouver guitarist Gordon Grdina, and New York’s Matt Mitchell piano, and Jim Black drums
Vancouver | Western Front | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Tribute to Django Reinhardt
Blending swing and Roma musical traditions into jazz melodies made Belgian-born Django Reinhardt a legend in Europe and eventually, around the world
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
I’m Not Here. Theatre Club
Doireann is here and she wants to check if a few things are working. She’s going to be doing a couple of songs, a couple of poems, and maybe a few stories. She’s going to be doing a duet with her brother. He’s not here. She’s here. You’re here
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Murder by the Book by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King
Crisp, witty, exchanges of dialogue fill this inventive British thriller...
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Joseph Keckler
Vocal virtuoso, charming raconteur, master prose stylist—Joseph Keckler is all the above and more. This artistically ambidextrous performer can boast so many talents it’s a wonder he’s so modest
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts
Friday Night Live
Stories. Music. Life. Every Friday night is something different- a chance to gather the community, share something amazing and go out into the night having witnessed creativity in action
North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Passion Pit
Passion Pit has announced plans for a 2018 North American headline tour to start the new year
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: HinkyPunk - Fakeknot (Canada)
Striking, subversive and gorgeous to behold, Ralph Escamillan’s dance spectacular has its creator decked out in “sequin skin”—a layer of shiny ornamentation that serves to mask and reveal all at once
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Performing Arts
LUSH
TURU Presents LUSH. A night focused on the smooth, melodic and emotive side of underground electronic music
Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party
12th Planet #StereotypeFridays
Dubstep pioneer and leader of SMOG Records, 12th Planet makes his return to Vancouver for the ‘Sooo Sick Tour’!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Deorro by Solid
Panda Funk mastermind Deorro makes his Vancouver return at the Harbour Event Centre!
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Talk Felty To Me: Season's End
Goodbye Sesame Street, hello Commercial Drive! Who needs skin when you've got felt?
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy
January 27, 2018
SatKrav Maga Force
Krav Maga Force™ Is a modern self-defense system designed to address and defend against present day street assaults and confrontations
Richmond | Premier Martial Arts | 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
6th Annual Swing Summit Winter Retreat 2018
Welcome to the Sixth Annual 2018 Swing Summit Winter Retreat
Abbotsford | Suburban Swing Abbotsford | 7:30 am to 11:00 pm | Dance
Boobs & Berries Beach Bonanza!
Looking for a tropical beach getaway this winter? Join Boobs & Berries for our Beach Bonanza! We've got an indoor beach for our party, so it'll be fun in the sand with the heat cranked! Bring your beach wear!
Richmond | 6pack Indoor Beach Volleyball | 8:30 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Missions Fest 2018
Missions Fest Vancouver is part of Missions Fest International and highlights global mission opportunities, showcases over 230 international Christian organizations, and features world class speakers within the context of over 100 seminars
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Flea Market
Clean out your cupboards or find yourself a great bargain!
Burnaby | Confederation Community Centre | 9:30 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada
Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery
Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Paint Anything - Drop in Painting
Visit our studio in downtown Langley for a relaxed painting experience
Langley | Zealous Art | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Aquarium Diver's Weekend 2018
For the last three years, GUE-BC has been an attendee of Diver's Weekend sponsored by the Vancouver Aquarium. It is a great opportunity for divers to meet people associated with the dive industry
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Cineplex Family Favourites - Saturdays
Join us on Saturday mornings at 11am for Cineplex Family Favourites. Watch a family favourite film each week for only $2.99
Vancouver | Cineplex Theatres | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
CAG Family Day - Textile Collage
On the last Saturday of each month, the CAG invites all ages to drop-in for short exhibition tours and free art-making activities that respond to our current exhibitions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Sheepskin Tanning
Join us for a weekend of epic skilling-up and deep nature immersion in this sheepskin tanning workshop
Langley | Laurica Farm | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Workshop
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 12:30 am to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts
Carnaval Toonie Skate
Come celebrate French culture with ice skating at Bill Copeland!
Burnaby | Bill Copeland Sports Centre | 12:30 am to 3:00 pm | Sports
Sleeping Beauty Dreams
A contemporary look at this classic tale, Mexico City's Marionetas de la Esquina's humorous storytelling and whimsical puppetry awaken this sleeping princess as never before
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:35 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Choreographic Study with Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe
The relentless counting robotic percussion that governs movement to extreme levels of detail and accuracy in MEETING is the departing point for this master class in finely tuned physical and mental agency
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop
Ghost Spring opening reception & performances
A two-person show by Dilara Akay and Derya Akay looking at funeral practices within their own family in Turkey, passing down information from one generation to the next
Vancouver | grunt gallery | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Addressing White Supremacy, Fascism & Oppression in the DTES
We stand with reconciliation, reparations, equity, autonomy, self governancy and justice for all indigenous peoples.
Vancouver | Carnegie Community Centre | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Lecture
Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Jitters
Backstage nerves hit a Hilarious high note. Four actors, a director, a playwright, and one grand dream of Broadway-bound success.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Ruined
Mama Nadi’s bar both protects and profits off the bodies of the women who have become casualties of a long and brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Last Great Hunt. It’s Dark Outside
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Endings. Tamara Saulwick (Australia)
Amidst a vast black space, a light traces the outlines of objects and bodies: an old-style record player, a reel-to-reel recorder, a singer and his guitar, and creator and performer Tamara Saulwick
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Performing Arts
Theatre series. Misery
The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre
Sleeping Beauty Dreams by Amaranta Leyva
A contemporary look at this classic tale, Mexico City's Marionetas de la Esquina's humorous storytelling and whimsical puppetry awaken this sleeping princess as never before
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 4:00 pm to 5:35 pm | Theatre
Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up
Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Place des Arts: A Celebration of Robbie Burns Supper and Concert
Join us for our annual celebration of Scotland's National Bard, Robbie Burns!
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Peking Duk
Grab your mates & join us when Aussie Duo, Peking Duk, take over Venue for a special LIVE performance!
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: It’s Dark Outside - The Last Great Hunt
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:00 pm to 7:45 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Meeting - Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe (Australia)
In this riveting display, Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe share the stage with 64 robotic percussion instruments. The gadgets chime, tap, click and shuffle while the humans move and speak in response
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Endings - Tamara Saulwick (Australia)
Amidst a vast black space, a light traces the outlines of objects and bodies: an old-style record player, a reel-to-reel recorder, a singer and his guitar, and creator and performer Tamara Saulwick
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
Hollywood Harv Live: Bakwaas - Outrageous Desi Comedy
River Rock Casino Resort & A-Town Presents: Bakwaas - Outrageous Desi Comedy
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
UNITE Full Moon Celebration
Join Shine & Kristall & community for an evening of connection, playfulness, & joy! The fun begins around 7pm with community connection, music, & amazing food
Vancouver | Near Jericho Beach | 7:07 pm to 1:11 am | Party
L'Elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)
Donizetti’s stirring love story and hilarious comedy. Featuring Ying Fang, one of the most gifted sopranos of her generation, making her role debut as Adina
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
Stephen Fearing - Every Soul’s a Sailor Tour with guest Oh Susanna
Stephen Fearing is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. In addition to his solo career, Fearing was one of the founding members of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, along with Colin Linden and Tom Wilson
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Wallows
North American Winter Tour 2018
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Lions Gate Sinfonia: Mozart's Birthday!
What a coincidence it is for Sinfonia to perform an All-Mozart concert on Wolfgang’s 262nd birthday!
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 6:50 pm | Music
First Aid Kit With Guests Van William
Folk duo from Sweden return to Vancouver
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:55 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Good Lovelies with special guest Desirée Dawson
Juno winners the Good Lovelies (Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough, Sue Passmore) showcase their distinctive folk-pop style. With winsome songwriting and impeccable vocals, the three best friends deliver a winning performance with just a pinch of sass!
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
One-Page Score Project with the Plastic Acid Orchestra
A series of new, one-page, graphic scores come to life in the hands of the Plastic Acid Orchestra and guest conductor Giorgio Magnanensi
Vancouver | Pyatt Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music
Theatre series: Misery
The suspenseful thriller based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Kitty Nights' 10th Anniversary Spectacular!
Kitty Nights Burlesque celebrates an outstanding 10 years of fabulous, award-winning entertainment in Vancouver! Special surprises are in store as we look back on a DECADE of incredible fun!
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Show
Hot Brown Honey
Hot Brown Honey turns tradition on its head, packing a potent punch of Hip Hop politics, dance, poetry, comedy, circus, striptease and song
Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Annual USA/Canada Night! - Laser Tag & Sushi
Join us as we spend a yet another wonderful Saturday night with Jewish students from the Rohr Center for Jewish Life-Chabad in Bellingham, serving Western Washington University!
Richmond | Planet Lazer | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party
Salsa & Latin Dance Night
Featuring Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music with Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:30 am | Dance
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events - Pi Theatre
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Ruined by Lynn Nottage
Mama Nadi’s bar both protects and profits off the bodies of the women who have become casualties of a long and brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Jitters By David French
Backstage nerves hit a Hilarious high note. Four actors, a director, a playwright, and one grand dream of Broadway-bound success.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
The Comic Strippers
The Comic Strippers a male stripper parody and improv comedy show. Your favourite comedy bodies are back with a new show, more moves and even quicker wits. A Show for all genders… 19+ only
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show
I’m Not Here. Theatre Club
Doireann is here and she wants to check if a few things are working. She’s going to be doing a couple of songs, a couple of poems, and maybe a few stories. She’s going to be doing a duet with her brother. He’s not here. She’s here. You’re here
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Murder by the Book by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King
Crisp, witty, exchanges of dialogue fill this inventive British thriller...
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
SHIT
What about the women with the foul mouths and the weathered faces? What about the women who spit, fight, swear, hurt, and steal? What do they have to say?
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Musically Speaking - Fantastique!
Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts an exciting concert that features the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra on stage with the VSO to perform the incredible Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
The Day Trippers by Blue Light Sessions and JumpAttack Records
The Day Trippers are a Vancouver based Beatles tribute band that transport you back to the touring days of the early 1960s. The band embodies the exuberance of the early 1960’s spirit that the Beatles brought to the stage
Vancouver | Blue Light Studio | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Galaxion : 80s Dance & Gamer Party
Galaxion only happens once or twice a year ... invite everyone you know and re-share this event!
Vancouver | Hindenburg | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Joseph Keckler
Vocal virtuoso, charming raconteur, master prose stylist—Joseph Keckler is all the above and more. This artistically ambidextrous performer can boast so many talents it’s a wonder he’s so modest
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts
Matt Mays with guest Dustin Bentall
Matt Mays is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and New York City
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Virtu
Receiving support from the likes of Dyro, Gareth Emery, Thomas Gold, to name a few, VIRTU brings his infections melodies to Venue for his Vancouver Debut!
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music | Free
Beautiful Swimmers - All Night Long!
Vancouver. Good news! Our favourite DJ duo will be returning to Vancouver for an All Night Long set in the Celebrities Underground
Vancouver | Celebrities Underground | 10:00 pm to 2:30 am | Music
Yan Zombie - Shiny Things - PUAR - Dj Cure - TRU
The Deeps presents Yan Zombie
Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 10:00 pm to 3:30 am | Party
Noncompliant at Open Studios
Proper is proud to present Noncompliant at Open Studios
Vancouver | Open Studios | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Shakespeare After Dark - The Bard Improvised And Twisted
Shakespeare After Dark is the highbrow fusion of Shakespeare served with a side of improvisational mischief
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Theatre
January 28, 2018
SunKrav Maga Force
Krav Maga Force™ Is a modern self-defense system designed to address and defend against present day street assaults and confrontations
Richmond | Premier Martial Arts | 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
6th Annual Swing Summit Winter Retreat 2018
Welcome to the Sixth Annual 2018 Swing Summit Winter Retreat
Abbotsford | Suburban Swing Abbotsford | 7:30 am to 11:00 pm | Dance
Free Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Missions Fest 2018
Missions Fest Vancouver is part of Missions Fest International and highlights global mission opportunities, showcases over 230 international Christian organizations, and features world class speakers within the context of over 100 seminars
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Hastings Park Farmers Market
Located within a thriving community close to the highway and the Second Narrows Bridge, the Hastings Park Farmers Market is a perfect place to stop and shop.
Vancouver | Hastings Park | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada
Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery
Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature
MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Aquarium Diver's Weekend 2018
For the last three years, GUE-BC has been an attendee of Diver's Weekend sponsored by the Vancouver Aquarium. It is a great opportunity for divers to meet people associated with the dive industry
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
All Dressed in White Bridal Show
All Dressed in White Bridal Show is a refreshing alternative to the traditional bridal show, showcasing a handpicked collection of unique vendors for the creative and stylish couple
Surrey | Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel | 10:00 am to 2:30 pm | Show
דלת הקסמים- מחזמר לילדים Magic Door - Musical for children
דלת הקסמים- מחזמר לילדים ממיטב שירי נורית הירש הילדה מיכל מנסה להשיג מתנה מקורית ומיוחדת ליום ההולדת של אמה, ויוצאת למסע לממלכת הצלילים בעזרת חבריה- דמויות משיריה של נורית הירש, אותם היא פוגשת בדרך.
Vancouver | Israeli Culture Jccgv | 11:00 am to 12:30 am | Kids
Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Workshop: Sensitizer with Britt Hatzius
A workshop in sensitizing our senses. In guiding and being guided, it follows some of the premises of Britt Hatzius‘s Blind Cinema in its collaborative effort in imagination, shared trust and how we might join in someone else’s experience of perceiving di
Vancouver | The Post at 750 | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Workshop
Playdate with Elsa
Come join us for a play date with Elsa! Tickets are $30 /child and includes a 2 hour play date full of crafts, songs, stories and more
Pitt Meadows | Little Savages Consignment | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Kids
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Sheepskin Tanning
Join us for a weekend of epic skilling-up and deep nature immersion in this sheepskin tanning workshop
Langley | Laurica Farm | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Workshop
Sleeping Beauty Dreams
A contemporary look at this classic tale, Mexico City's Marionetas de la Esquina's humorous storytelling and whimsical puppetry awaken this sleeping princess as never before
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:35 pm | Theatre
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Hyack Festival Association 2018 President's Tea
The tea will be hosted by 2018 Hyack President Bryn Ward
New Westminster | Dunwood Place Lounge | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 1:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Jitters
Backstage nerves hit a Hilarious high note. Four actors, a director, a playwright, and one grand dream of Broadway-bound success.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events
From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting
Vancouver | Russian Hall | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts
I’m Not Here. Theatre Club
Doireann is here and she wants to check if a few things are working. She’s going to be doing a couple of songs, a couple of poems, and maybe a few stories. She’s going to be doing a duet with her brother. He’s not here. She’s here. You’re here
Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Last Great Hunt. It’s Dark Outside
This all-family show, from Australia’s The Last Great Hunt, takes the Western genre and turns it on its head, recasting the lone hero as a lonely old man with dementia
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm | Performing Arts
Murder by the Book by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King
Crisp, witty, exchanges of dialogue fill this inventive British thriller...
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Endings. Tamara Saulwick (Australia)
Amidst a vast black space, a light traces the outlines of objects and bodies: an old-style record player, a reel-to-reel recorder, a singer and his guitar, and creator and performer Tamara Saulwick
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Performing Arts
VSO Chamber Players - Mozart, Plus
The extraordinary musicians of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra step off the Orpheum stage and into the intimate, state-of-the-art Pyatt Hall in the VSO School of Music to perform some of the greatest chamber music ever written
Vancouver | Vancouver Symphony School of Music | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music
Playdate with Ariel
Come join us for a play date with Ariel!! Tickets are $30 /child and includes a 2 hour play date full of crafts, songs, stories and more
Pitt Meadows | Little Savages Consignment | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Kids
CAG Sunday Afternoon Tours
Join CAG Visitor Coordinator, Jocelyn Statia for a free tour of the current exhibitions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
SHIT by Patricia Cornelius
What about the women with the foul mouths and the weathered faces? What about the women who spit, fight, swear, hurt, and steal? What do they have to say?
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Sleeping Beauty Dreams by Amaranta Leyva
A contemporary look at this classic tale, Mexico City's Marionetas de la Esquina's humorous storytelling and whimsical puppetry awaken this sleeping princess as never before
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 4:00 pm to 5:35 pm | Theatre
Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up
Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Good Lovelies
Winners of the 2010 Juno Award for Roots Album of the Year and 4-time winners at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, the Good Lovelies have been busy making waves worldwide
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Ian Maksin unique cello
Get your dose of pure magic with world-acclaimed cellist, composer and multi-lingual vocalist Ian Maksin during his West Coast touch-and-go on his world tour!
Vancouver | Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Venus and Adonis
Players and Singers' Venus and Adonis is a gender-playful production of the earliest surviving British opera. This ground-breaking work was composed in 1683 by John Blow, with Anne Kingsmill as librettist
Vancouver | The Ballroom at Hycroft | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
Hamed Homayoun Live In Vancouver
Iranian-born Seyyed Hamed Mahmoodzadeh, known as Hamed Homayoun, started music lessons at an early age, and quickly mastered the guitar and piano
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Cagematch: Ultimate Comedy Showdown
Cagematch pits the fiercest and most hilarious improvisers against each other to determine who has the best improv in the city. For 15 years, Cagematch is an underground hotbed of talent where improvisers pull out all the stops
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
January 29, 2018
MonFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada
Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery
Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Indigenous Social Media Literacy by First Sky Media Group
In this four hour introduction to indigenous social media content and management, we will open the conversation on ethics, appropriation, voice, campaigns and approaching effective communications through modern social media applications
Vancouver | 87 E Pender Street | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Workshop
in Yoga & Meditation
Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on stimulating the connective tissues of the body with the intention of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Yaohan Centre Chinese New Year Flower Market
A visit to the Yaohan Centre Flower Markets during this time of the year is a great way to get into the spirit of Chinese New Year
Richmond | Yaohan Centre Flower Markets | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family
Parent Advocacy What you NeedToKnow 2 support your child with LD
Parent Advocacy for Dyslexia and other learning Disabilities hosted by LDAFS and Dyslexia BC. Q and A session after the seminar
Surrey | Surrey Public Library | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
INDIE Monday Film Series: The Big Sick
Based on a true story, Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (playing himself) and grad student Emily Gardner (Zoe Kazan) fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film
Canadian Health Care Challenges Through the Jewish Lens
Please join us for an informative evening with a panel of medical experts
Vancouver | Community Kollel | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Braiding Sweetgrass: Spartacus Book Club
This January, the Spartacus Book Club will be discussing "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Vancouver | Spartacus Books | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books
Loving Vincent
On July 27, 1890, a gaunt figure stumbled down a drowsy high street at twilight in the small French country town of Auvers. The man was carrying nothing; his hands clasped to a fresh bullet wound leaking blood from his belly...
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:15 pm | Film
Kundalini Dance - The 4 Elements
Dance to celebrate who you are as an individual and as part of the whole. Embrace your depth and align with the frequency of ecstatic wholeness and interconnectedness. Dance for freedom, unity and whole-being integration
Vancouver | Dharmalab | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Film
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, singer, and musician
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
North Shore Classics - Fantastique!
Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts an exciting concert to perform the incredible Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz, and VSO Principal Oboe (and Music Director of the VYSO) Roger Cole soloing in the Oboe Concerto of Richard Strauss
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Venus and Adonis
Players and Singers' Venus and Adonis is a gender-playful production of the earliest surviving British opera. This ground-breaking work was composed in 1683 by John Blow, with Anne Kingsmill as librettist
Vancouver | The Ballroom at Hycroft | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
January 30, 2018
TueFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada
Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery
Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Brain and Body Workout for Boomers and Beyond
This class, designed by Kinesiologists and Occupational Therapists, is an evidence-based program to improve both physical and brain conditioning
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
Yaohan Centre Chinese New Year Flower Market
A visit to the Yaohan Centre Flower Markets during this time of the year is a great way to get into the spirit of Chinese New Year
Richmond | Yaohan Centre Flower Markets | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Teacher's Night Out - January 2018
Enjoy free access to explore our engaging exhibit galleries during Teachers' Night Out! Access quality resources and network with colleagues at this evening just for you
Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free
The Full Light of Day. Work in development open rehearsal
See work in development at this open rehearsal January 30, 2018. The Full Light of Day will premiere at the Vancouver Playhouse in January 2019
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Film Series. History History History
At the centre of Deborah Pearson’s show is a Soviet-sponsored sports comedy. Released in the 1950s, it became tied to a political uprising that made a mark on world history
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Film
Noor Dance Winter Session - Vancouver
These courses will be taught by Dani and Maki. Each level will get a few weeks with each instructor. You will learn 1 choreography per session. There will be an optional performance opportunity at the end of session
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
Life Drawing in the Gallery
The ACT Art Gallery is offering a unique guided approach to figure drawing during Roger Luko’s exhibition Line Paint Clay
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
Canucks vs. Avalanche at Rogers Arena
Vancouver Canucks vs. Colorado Avalanche
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
SHIT
What about the women with the foul mouths and the weathered faces? What about the women who spit, fight, swear, hurt, and steal? What do they have to say?
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Theatre
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, singer, and musician
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Show
Topdog/Underdog
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
The Wombats With guests Blaenavon and Future Feats
The Wombats are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Matthew Murphy, drummer Dan Haggis and bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen and has been since its inception
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 11:55 pm | Music
Dublin Oldschool. Project Arts Centre (Ireland)
Join Jason, a wannabe DJ on a chemically enhanced trip through the streets of Dublin. Somewhere between the DJs, decks, and drug busts, he stumbles across his brother Daniel, an educated, homeless addict, living on the streets
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Tuesdays at Celebrities #CelebsTues
All year round, Tuesdays are packed with party animals
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
January 31, 2018
WedFree Ice Skating at Robson Square
This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun
Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Exhibitions at Place des Arts
Drop by for fine art, inspiration and a glass of wine at the opening reception for three new shows: Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
The A.S.S Class with Michelle Kuhnreich
The Absolutely Sleek & Solid (A.S.S.). Class is a journey through the elongation and toning of your lower body muscles
West Vancouver | RYU Apparel Inc | 9:30 am to 10:30 am | Active Life / Health
Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City
A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Transference - exhibition
Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Come Soar Over China at FlyOver Canada
Flight of the Dragon is back at FlyOver Canada for a limited time! During this special feature, guests will first follow a mythical dragon as they soar over some of China’s most spectacular landscapes and scenery
Vancouver | FlyOver Canada | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family
Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories
Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Gentle Yoga
Start your day with this gentle yoga practice; relieve tension held in hips, spine and shoulders to deeply relax your body
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Industry Series. Morning Briefing
The essential session to get up to speed with the PuSh Assembly Industry Series. Meet our international delegations and visiting artists gathered for the final week of the Festival
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Lecture
Yaohan Centre Chinese New Year Flower Market
A visit to the Yaohan Centre Flower Markets during this time of the year is a great way to get into the spirit of Chinese New Year
Richmond | Yaohan Centre Flower Markets | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family
Better Balance Workout for Seniors
This is a gentle class for all levels, focused on balance and mobility for fitness and for preventing falls
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 12:45 am | Active Life / Health
CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores
Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Memory - History - Story Exhibition
This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning.
North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
SHIT by Patricia Cornelius
What about the women with the foul mouths and the weathered faces? What about the women who spit, fight, swear, hurt, and steal? What do they have to say?
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Theatre
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Industry Series. Keynote: Marcus Youssef
Bombast! Apocalypse! Clickbait! Live Performance in the Endless End Days
Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm | Performing Arts
Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks
A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...
Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Jitters
Backstage nerves hit a Hilarious high note. Four actors, a director, a playwright, and one grand dream of Broadway-bound success.
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Reassembled, Slightly Askew
An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou
Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Industry Series. Pitch Session
Eight selected applicants give a 10-minute pitch of their new and upcoming projects to an audience of producers, artistic directors, festival curators, presenters and programmers
Vancouver | CBC Studio 700 | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Lecture
Afro-Futurism Trading Card Workshop Series for Black Youth
Join multi-disciplinary artist Ruby Smith Díaz in advance of Black Futures month for the creation of Afro-Futurism Trading Cards!
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Games Night
Join your fellow campus gamers on Wednesday January 31 for a night of board games and fun! Select "going" on this event to be entered to win a board game of your choice (up to the value of $50)
Vancouver | UBC Bookstore | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Party | Free
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Blind Cinema - Britt Hatzius (England/Germany)
From theatre artist Britt Hatzius, here’s a chance to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Audience members are seated in a theatre, with a row of children behind them, and together they experience a movie
Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 5:00 pm to 5:40 pm | Film
Women's Maker Meet Up
We have noticed in MakerLabs HQ that we have a lack of female members here making and we would love to change that because women are amazing!
Vancouver | MakerLabs | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop | Free
Essentials of Landscape Design
Spring is just around corner, so it’s time to start thinking about garden design
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop
2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Foxconn Frequency (no. 3): For three visible Chinese performers
Wildly eccentric and marked by an infectious sense of play, this is a deconstructive take on piano pedagogy, manufacturing ethics, and the relationship between labour and sound
Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
New Year, New Goals - Goal Setting Workshop Thurlow
Have you started your goals for 2018? Do you need to be held accountable for the goals you set? Do you want to accomplish your 2018 goals? if you answered yes to all of those questions then join us in store for a goal setting, keeping, and accountability
Vancouver | 805 Thurlow Street | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Winter 2018 Bellydance classes with Tamara
Start the year off with a technique intensive 6 week session with Tamara. We will be working with taking the basics to the next level, expanding your technical repertoire and focusing on smooth transitions through the evolution of movements
Burnaby | Dancin Stars | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance
Gallery Sessions - George T Montebruno
Coming from a family of music lovers and musicians, and being the youngest of 7 siblings, George grew up in Montreal surrounded by music at all times. From Classical to The Beatles
New Westminster | Centennial Lodge The Gallery at Queen's Park | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music
Downtown Public Space & Public Life Study (Winter Edition)
Volunteer for the Places for People Downtown. Public Space & Public Life Study
Vancouver | UBC Robson Square | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: King Arthur's Night
Neworld Theatre brings us theatre at its most transformative. This production is a work of radical upheaval, in which the King Arthur legend is made fresh for our eyes. Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere—they’re all present in this tale of love, honour and war
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:50 pm | Theatre
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90’s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek within us all
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Specials - Classical Mystery Tour: The Music of the Beatles
The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
The Critical Hit Show: A #DNDLive Comedy Experience
The live, smash hit epic comedy returns for another round of monthly medieval merriment (and snacks!) - it’s the critical hit show!
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
Ruined by Lynn Nottage
Mama Nadi’s bar both protects and profits off the bodies of the women who have become casualties of a long and brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Dublin Oldschool. Project Arts Centre (Ireland)
Join Jason, a wannabe DJ on a chemically enhanced trip through the streets of Dublin. Somewhere between the DJs, decks, and drug busts, he stumbles across his brother Daniel, an educated, homeless addict, living on the streets
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
SHIT
What about the women with the foul mouths and the weathered faces? What about the women who spit, fight, swear, hurt, and steal? What do they have to say?
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Full Moon Gathering by Adri Creative
Come gather and set intentions with the Full Moon. We'll be exploring how to work with the magic of the Full Moon to let go of what no longer serves us through journaling and simple meditation
North Vancouver | Distrikt Movement | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Active Life / Health
Ice Skating Night/Soirée Patinoire
Bonsoir à tous ! UBC FRSA présente : Soirée patinoire ! Hello everyone ! UBC FRSA presents : Ice Skating Night !
Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Sports | Free
RUTS debuts The Devil Room
Reuptrippyshit Debuts The Devil Room At Celebrities Nightclub
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 11:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Dance