Metro Vancouver events calendar - April 2020. Best festivals, concerts, fun things to do, weekend shows, discount tickets, theater, music, and kids free events in Vancouver, BC.
April 1, 2020
Wed
f-Cell HFC 2020
Two of the most successful hydrogen and fuel cell events, f-cell and HFC join together in Vancouver, Canada – the “cradle of fuel cells”
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Member Mornings in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Join us during the month of April for exclusive access to the Garden!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals
Flash Forward Incubator
Student Exhibition and Silent Auction
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:45 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Classical Coffee Concert - Clarinetastik!
Internationally acclaimed Spanish clarinet virtuoso, Jose Franch-Ballester will present some of his most beloved works for the clarinet and piano
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Music
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Out of Concealment
Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom
Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
An Artistic Fraud production: Between Breaths by Robert Chafe
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien during the course of his work pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets saving the lives of over 500 animals
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver International Universities Fair 2020
Come join thousands of students from the Vancouver, BC, area to meet one-on-one with top universities from across the United States, Canada and the world
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Fair
Collage Nights at Alex House
Create a collage with friends. All materials are provided
Surrey | Alexandra House | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Thy Art Is Murder with guests Fit For An Autopsy, Enterprise Earth, Aversions Crown, Une Misère
Thy Art Is Murder are excited to bring their Human Target Tour to Vancouver in the spring of 2020
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Boca del Lupo and Museum of Vancouver: Social Docent
What if we could slow down time, and ask a question that would change how we see each other? What if we could see through many lenses? This exhibit creates a space for clarity, curiosity and mindful engagement
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
An Artistic Fraud production: Between Breaths by Robert Chafe
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien during the course of his work pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets saving the lives of over 500 animals
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020
FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Compañía Rocío Molina (Spain)
The enfant terrible of Flamenco, Rocío Molina brings her masterwork Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) to Vancouver
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
April 2, 2020
Thuf-Cell HFC 2020
Two of the most successful hydrogen and fuel cell events, f-cell and HFC join together in Vancouver, Canada – the “cradle of fuel cells”
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Flash Forward Incubator
Student Exhibition and Silent Auction
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:45 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Watercolour Techniques
In this two-part series aimed at beginners or those looking to refresh their knowledge, Susan will demonstrate watercolour techniques that will make it possible for you to capture an image on paper
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Visual Arts
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Out of Concealment
Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom
Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Cherry Jam Concert
Kick off the Festival Apr 2-3 with our free noon-hour concert at Burrard SkyTrain station concourse featuring local talent and memorable performances
Vancouver | Burrard Skytrain station indoor concourse | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Music | Free
Revival Hour with CBC Music’s “In Concert”
In this CBC Music and Music on Main collaboration, the Revival Hour uncovers long-overlooked composers
Vancouver | Studio One | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Music
International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions
Let's Dance! Join us in learning folk dances set to ethnic music from around the world, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
Surrey | Walnut Road Elementary School | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Tommy Emmanuel wsg Joe Robinson
Tommy Emmanuel, AM is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known for his complex fingerstyle technique, energetic performances, and the use of percussive effects on the guitar
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Entre Nos 2020 Live Tour, Sponsored by HBO Latino, with special guests
HBO Latino’s successful “Entre Nos” comedy series is going on the road for a LIVE 30+ city tour
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian. Opening Reception
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Boca del Lupo and Museum of Vancouver: Social Docent
What if we could slow down time, and ask a question that would change how we see each other? What if we could see through many lenses? This exhibit creates a space for clarity, curiosity and mindful engagement
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
An Artistic Fraud production: Between Breaths by Robert Chafe
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien during the course of his work pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets saving the lives of over 500 animals
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020
FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Compañía Rocío Molina (Spain)
The enfant terrible of Flamenco, Rocío Molina brings her masterwork Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) to Vancouver
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
April 3, 2020
FriInternational Cheerleading Championships 2020
Be A Part Of The Biggest International Cheer & Dance Experience Outside Of The Usa!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Flash Forward Incubator
Student Exhibition and Silent Auction
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:45 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
O Hanami | お花見 2020
Celebrate spring in style with our annual spring festival, O Hanami! The annual spring festival, O Hanami, is a family-friendly celebration of both spring and Japanese culture at the Nikkei National Museum & Centre
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Out of Concealment
Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom
Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Cherry Jam Concert
Kick off the Festival Apr 2-3 with our free noon-hour concert at Burrard SkyTrain station concourse featuring local talent and memorable performances
Vancouver | Burrard Skytrain station indoor concourse | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Music | Free
A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner
Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Theatre
Monster Magnet - Powertrip: A Celebration with guests Nebula, Silvertomb
American rock band, on tour to celebrate their legendary album "Powertrip"
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
One MAGICAL Night CANADA Tour 2020
Don't Miss To Watch … "lizquen" Liza Soberano And Enrique Gil With Marcelito Pomoy, Eric Nicolas And Jm De Guzman.
Vancouver | Fraserview Banquet Hal | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Warriors vs Halifax Thunderbirds
The Vancouver Warriors are a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports
Boca del Lupo and Museum of Vancouver: Social Docent
What if we could slow down time, and ask a question that would change how we see each other? What if we could see through many lenses? This exhibit creates a space for clarity, curiosity and mindful engagement
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble and UBC Symphony Orchestra
Presented by the UBC School of Music. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Bach, Janáček, Haydn and Dominic Woo plays Wieniawski
Bujar Llapaj, conductor; Dominic Woo, violin; WVYB Symphonic Strings, side-by-side players
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
An Artistic Fraud production: Between Breaths by Robert Chafe
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien during the course of his work pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets saving the lives of over 500 animals
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Prolific composer and pianist Joe Hisaishi is the musical mastermind behind the score of numerous films. This symphonic concert celebrates his long and fruitful collaboration with the master of animated cinema, Hayao Miyazaki
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
An Evening with the Monkees
The Monkees are an American rock and pop band originally active between 1966 and 1971, with reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020
FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Compañía Rocío Molina (Spain)
The enfant terrible of Flamenco, Rocío Molina brings her masterwork Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) to Vancouver
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - The Kino Cafe
Karen Flamenco is a progressive learning dance academy which emphasizes performance, stressing technique, strength, individual and artistic expression. The program has a strong foundation in traditional, clasico & modern flamenco dance forms.
Vancouver | Kino Cafe | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance
April 4, 2020
SatBirding by Ear
How can you tell who is singing in the bushes? Ask a park interpreter for tips to identify the bird behind the song
Burnaby | Burnaby Lake Regional Park | Nature / Animals
Member Mornings in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Join us during the month of April for exclusive access to the Garden!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals
International Cheerleading Championships 2020
Be A Part Of The Biggest International Cheer & Dance Experience Outside Of The Usa!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Flash Forward Incubator
Student Exhibition and Silent Auction
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:45 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Active Aging Resource Fair
Attend the Active Aging Resource Fair that connects seniors with local businesses and resources.
Surrey | Guildford Recreation Centre | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Fair | Free
JG Diefenbaker Spring Craft Fair
This 5th annual craft market is back with items from local and handmade vendors, a raffle and silent auction, kids games and more!
Vancouver | Diefenbaker Elementary School | Fair | Free
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
International Make-up Artist Trade Show Vancouver 2020
In Hollywood North, anything is possible. And at IMATS Vancouver, you can network with industry leaders and get inspired by the make-up stars of tomorrow
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Workshop
5th annual Spring Spring Fair & Craft Market
Shop local and handmade! Raffle, silent auction, and carnival games for kids too
Richmond | J. G. Diefenbaker Elementary | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Fair
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Bird Walks in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Take a guided tour through VanDusen and learn about the native bird species that make their home in the garden
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals
Basics of Photography
Get to know the basic functions of your DSLR camera with Melissa in this workshop aimed at beginners
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Workshop
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
O Hanami | お花見 2020
Celebrate spring in style with our annual spring festival, O Hanami! The annual spring festival, O Hanami, is a family-friendly celebration of both spring and Japanese culture at the Nikkei National Museum & Centre
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Out of Concealment
Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
The Franchise Expo 2020
Come to Western Canada's Largest - Own Your Own Business Event!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Eggapalooza in Bridgeview Community Centre
Hop over to Brigdview Community Centre for a fun afternoon and free egg hunt with the Easter Bunny!
Surrey | Bridgeview Community Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Family | Free
Kids’ Movie at the Roundhouse: Christopher Robin
Come to the Performance Centre for a fun, free movie with your neighbours. Fresh popcorn will be available for $1 per bag (cash only)
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Film | Free
Heritage Campus Celebration
Tour the newly renovated heritage buildings and enjoy festivities with the family
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 11:30 am to 3:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Seedy Saturday
Get a great start on this year’s garden at the Stewart Farm’s annual seed and plant sale.
Surrey | Stewart Farm House | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free
Tea Ceremony at O Hanami: ICHIGO ICHIE -期-会
The popular tea ceremony at the O Hanami, ICHIGO ICHIE is coming back! Come and enjoy the art of tea, ICHIGO ICHIE | 一期一会 at the Nikkei Centre during the O Hanami event and celebrate the beauty of Japanese culture!
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Alpine Garden Club of BC - Spring Show & Sale
Join the Alpine Garden Club of BC for their Spring Show and Sale illustrating a variety of plants
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom
Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Conversations with Magic Forms
On select Saturday afternoons throughout the exhibition season, participants are invited to drop in to activate artist duo Leisure’s installation, Conversations with Magic Forms
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Kids
A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner
Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Theatre
Medicinal Salve Workshop
Learn to make natural balms with Deanna Miller from the Katzie First Nation
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop
Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour
While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - Teatro Intimo Del Flamenco
The one-hour production welcomes audiences of all ages with live traditional flamenco music, dance, storylines, puppetry and magic
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance
Ladies Night Out Sip and Shop
Our 2nd Sip and Shop will be held on Saturday, April 4 at Elements Casino!
Surrey | Elements Casino Surrey | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party
Cadillac Cathedral - Chor Leoni
original story by Jack Hodgins; music arranged by Cameron Wilson
Vancouver | York Theatre | 3:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
MIKU EXPO 2020 USA & Canada in Vancouver
MIKU EXPO 5th Anniversary concludes with a USA & Canada tour in Spring 2020!
Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
CRCCS Secret Garden Gala-Charlene Reaveley Children's Charity Society
Join the Charlene Reaveley Children’s Charity for the 9th Annual Secret Garden Gala, the flagship fundraiser to raise funds to support grieving children and their families across BC
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Vegas Golden Knights @ Vancouver Canucks
The regular season game
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Elohim’s the Group Therapy Tour
Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and #FVDED2019 Alumni, Elohim, brings ‘The Group Therapy Tour’ to VENUE on Sat. April 4th, 2020 for an Early All Ages Show w/ guests Bahari & Mehro
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Supermoon Hike and Campfire
Venture into the night under the supermoon, when a full moon is closest to the earth in its orbit. Learn about nocturnal creatures on a hike and then warm up by a cozy wood campfire. Marshmallows provided
Langley | Campbell Valley Regional Park | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Tiger Army - Retrofuture Tour 2020 With Special Guests
A go to band for the avid psychobilly fan since their formation in 1996, and fronted by one of the most recognizable names in the psychobilly movement, Nick 13, Tiger Army are back with their latest record, Retrofuture
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Classic Concert: The Humours of Love
Join Triskellion, featuring harpist Rebecca Blair, singer and flutist Michelle Carlisle and fiddler Rosie Carver, for an evening of beautiful music inspired by the heart
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Pre-show Talk with Valentina Acevedo Montilla
From rock to reggae and cumbia to bolero, La Santa Cecilia, taking its name from the Patron Saint of Music, describe their sound as “a guisado, or stew, blending all those influences into a savory bilingual mix.”
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:15 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture
Boca del Lupo and Museum of Vancouver: Social Docent
What if we could slow down time, and ask a question that would change how we see each other? What if we could see through many lenses? This exhibit creates a space for clarity, curiosity and mindful engagement
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Pleasant Comedy at Our Town
On the first Saturday of every month, nice boy Colin Sharp brings top touring comedians from Vancouver and across the country right into the heart of Mount Pleasant
Vancouver | Our Town | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
La Santa Cecilia
Named after the patron saint of music, La Santa Cecilia is the lively voice of a new bicultural generation in the United States: fully immersed in modern music, with that flows from their Latin American influences and Mexican heritage
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
An Artistic Fraud production: Between Breaths by Robert Chafe
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien during the course of his work pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets saving the lives of over 500 animals
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Prolific composer and pianist Joe Hisaishi is the musical mastermind behind the score of numerous films. This symphonic concert celebrates his long and fruitful collaboration with the master of animated cinema, Hayao Miyazaki
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Singers' Choice
Enjoy our favourite pieces from over the years as well as more recent finds. Includes songs by Morten Lauridsen, René Clausen, Eric Whitacre, Stephen Hatfield and Stephen Chatman, and some surprise works
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020
FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Compañía Rocío Molina (Spain)
The enfant terrible of Flamenco, Rocío Molina brings her masterwork Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) to Vancouver
Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Ali Gatie - One Lisn World Tour
Ali Gatie is a Toronto-based rapper, singer and songwriter
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 5, 2020
SunCARHA Hockey World Cup
The CARHA Hockey World Cup is organized every four years in a select Canadian city, and is an event that attracts participants from all across Canada, the United States, Asia and Europe
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports | Free
International Cheerleading Championships 2020
Be A Part Of The Biggest International Cheer & Dance Experience Outside Of The Usa!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Birding for Beginners
Join us to learn birdwatching basics and strategies for identifying birds. Enjoy an outdoor walk to get to know the birds at the park
Port Coquitlam | Colony Farm Regional Park | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Nature / Animals | Free
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
International Make-up Artist Trade Show Vancouver 2020
In Hollywood North, anything is possible. And at IMATS Vancouver, you can network with industry leaders and get inspired by the make-up stars of tomorrow
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Workshop
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
VSO Day of Music 2020
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is committed to making music and music education accessible and affordable to all and invites the community to take part in its second annual Day of Music on April 5, 2020
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | Music | Free
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Beekeeping for Beginners
Join BC bee expert Brian Campbell for this two-part introduction to honeybees and how to keep a hive of honeybees in an urban environment
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Workshop
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
The Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market runs every Sunday from 10am-2pm on the PNE Fairgrounds
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAChurch: Town Centre
Weekly church services and Sunday School classes by Coquitlam Alliance Church
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Active Life / Health
Jazz in the Mews
Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Out of Concealment
Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
The Franchise Expo 2020
Come to Western Canada's Largest - Own Your Own Business Event!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Cherry Blossom Festival at Richmond
Join us for the 3rd Annual Richmond Cherry Blossom Festival
Richmond | Garry Point Park | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom
Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner
Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Theatre
BC Native Tree ID Walk
Develop your plant ID skills outside in VanDusen’s tree collections. Garden staff Samantha Sivertz will cover identification, ecology, history and cultural significance of some common trees native to British Columbia
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre
Bach, Janáček, Haydn and Dominic Woo plays Wieniawski
Bujar Llapaj, conductor; Dominic Woo, violin; WVYB Symphonic Strings, side-by-side players
West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Music
Early Music Vancouver: Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn: EMV 50th Anniversary Gala Celebration
To celebrate both the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, as well as to mark the 50th anniversary of EMV, and the 30th anniversary of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
An Artistic Fraud production: Between Breaths by Robert Chafe
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien during the course of his work pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets saving the lives of over 500 animals
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Vancouver Recital Society: Pablo Ferrández, cello and Sara Ferrández, viola
Brother and sister Pablo and Sara Ferrández were born into a musical family in Madrid. Both are award-winning artists known for their musicality and charisma, and both are forging their own paths in the music world
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
Singers' Choice
Enjoy our favourite pieces from over the years as well as more recent finds. Includes songs by Morten Lauridsen, René Clausen, Eric Whitacre, Stephen Hatfield and Stephen Chatman, and some surprise works
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020
FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Musical
Cadillac Cathedral - Chor Leoni
with narrator Bill Richardson, arranged by Cameron Wilson
West Vancouver | West Vancouver United Church | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music
April Student Concert at the Place des Arts
Place des Arts’ music students are provided performance opportunities through our student concerts, held throughout the season. All student concerts are free and open to the public
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music | Free
Monster Theatre We Now Know: The Complete History of Science
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Show
Iliza Shlesinger
Writer, producer, comedian, and queen of the Netflix special Iliza Shlesinger comes to Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Sunday 5th April 2020 on her brand new Forever Tour!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
April 6, 2020
MonWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Teen Band Jam
Play in a band? Want to jam with others? If you play guitar, keyboards, drums, other instruments, or sing, THIS is the place to be with your tribe
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Music
Russell Brand - Recovery Live
Recovery Live is funny and profane exploration into personal development and wellness from a comedian who has dedicated himself to spirituality to avoid self-destruction
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
April 7, 2020
TueWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Seniors Day at MOV
The first Tuesday of every month is $5 admission for seniors
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Origin with guests Beneath The Massacre, Defeated Sanity, Wake
Technical Brutal Death Metal from Topeka, Kansas. For 20 years, Origin has engaged a full-blown sensory assault of tight, taut, and technical death metal amplified by flashes of grindcore and groove
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Studio Showing: 12 Minutes Max Studio Showing
12 Minutes Max aims to foster experimentation and the development of new dance works, along with critical feedback and community dialogue. The artists will share and discuss their work in an informal studio showing
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Dance | Free
Burnaby International Folk Dancers Weekly Meetings
We enjoy the fun, the exercise and the challenge, to our heads as well as our feet, of learning traditional dances from cultures throughout the world
Burnaby | Charles Rummel Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
ArtBAR: Spring Floral Arrangements with Sandra Taylor
All artBAR evenings are led by professional artists and include supplies, instruction and one complimentary glass of wine! Our bar is open for the duration of these evening events
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
5th Annual All-Star Stand-Up Comedy Night
It's back!!! Don't miss Presentation House Theatre’s 5th Annual All-Star Stand-Up Comedy Night. Featuring a hilarious lineup of comedians from CBC’s hit radio show THE DEBATERS
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
April 8, 2020
WedMember Mornings in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Join us during the month of April for exclusive access to the Garden!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Musical Mornings: Clarinetastik! with Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet
Musical Mornings is a series of salon-style concerts hosted by internationally acclaimed and celebrated pianists Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Music
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Play, Pie & Pint featuring Professor Banjo
Join us for a mid-week matinee performance followed by a hot savoury pie and beverage of choice in the theatre lobby. A Fun Lunchtime Theatre Experience!
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Music
Collage Nights at Alex House
Create a collage with friends. All materials are provided
Surrey | Alexandra House | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Cowboy Junkies
The Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton, Michael Timmins, Peter Timmins and Margo Timmins
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque
The world famous SuicideGirls are bringing Blackheart Burlesque to the Rickshaw for a performance unlike anything you’ve ever seen!
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Action Bronson - The Great Bambino Tour With guests Mayhem Lauren
Ariyan Arslani, better known by the stage name Action Bronson, is an American rapper, writer, chef, and television presenter. In August 2012, he signed with Warner Bros
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 9, 2020
ThuWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Plenty Warehouse Sale 2020
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Fair
Tots Easter
Bring your pre-schooler for an Easter party just for the wee ones!
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids | Free
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Watercolour Techniques
In this two-part series aimed at beginners or those looking to refresh their knowledge, Susan will demonstrate watercolour techniques that will make it possible for you to capture an image on paper
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Visual Arts
Clarinetastik!
Enjoy this Spanish clarinet virtuoso, Jose Franch-Ballester in combination with the Bergmann Duo
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Music
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
BC Buds
Join us for new play readings and new choreographies that are in development
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions
Let's Dance! Join us in learning folk dances set to ethnic music from around the world, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
Surrey | Walnut Road Elementary School | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Face to Face with guests Sharp Shock
The California punks return to the Rickshaw on their Big Choice 25th anniversary tour
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Chef Meets BC Grape 2020
Don’t Miss Out On The Largest Tasting Of Bc Wines In Western Canada
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Film Screening: Circus Without Borders
Circus Without Borders is a documentary about Guillaume Saladin and Yamoussa Bangoura, best friends and world-class acrobats from remote corners of the globe who share the same dream: To bring hope and change to their struggling communities through circus
Vancouver | The Cinematheque | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
Rick Scott and Nico Rhodes by Evergreen Cultural Centre
What do you get when you combine an infamous dulcimer player with a rising jazz pianist, seasoned expertise with youthful exuberance, old school groove and Broadway chops?
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Live Nation: Herb Alpert & Lani Hall
Herb Alpert and his wife, the Grammy award-winning vocalist Lani Hall, and their gifted band – Michael Shapiro on drums, Hussain Jiffry on bass and Bill Cantos on piano – perform an eclectic set...
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
The Mavericks
The Mavericks are an American country music band that combine Tex-Mex, neotraditional country music, Latin, and rockabilly influences
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 10, 2020
FriWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Plenty Warehouse Sale 2020
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Fair
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Easter Eggspedition in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Calling all Guardians of the Garden! The Easter Bunnies need your help!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner
Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Theatre
BC Buds
Join us for new play readings and new choreographies that are in development
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Friday Night Dance
Drop-in Lessons and Practice Dances
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Verboden Fest 2020: The KVB with ACTORS
Vancouver's premiere darkwave festival celebrates its 5th year! Featuring UK post-punks The KVB, local faves ACTORS, and more
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Vancouver Chamber Choir: St. John Passion
The longevity and success of Bach’s passions are based on their deep grasp of humanity. The range of emotions and the psychological acuity of Bach make the story arresting time after time
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - The Kino Cafe
Karen Flamenco is a progressive learning dance academy which emphasizes performance, stressing technique, strength, individual and artistic expression. The program has a strong foundation in traditional, clasico & modern flamenco dance forms.
Vancouver | Kino Cafe | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance
April 11, 2020
SatEnjoy Super Saturdays at The Aquarium
Come and start the day with us. On the second Saturday of each month, the Vancouver Aquarium holds Super Saturdays for our members
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Point Grey Chrysanthemum Assosciation: Rooted Cuttings Sale
Presented by the Point Grey Chrysanthemum Association
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 9:00 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals | Free
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Plenty Warehouse Sale 2020
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Fair
Eggs-tacular Easter Egg Hunt
Hippity hoppity down to the Roundhouse for our annual Eggs-tacular Easter Egg Hunt, including an egg hunt, face painting, arts and crafts, games, cookie decorating, live animals, and a visit from the Easter Bunny!
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:30 am to 2:15 pm | Kids
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Easter Eggspedition in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Calling all Guardians of the Garden! The Easter Bunnies need your help!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Dahlia Society: Tuber Sale
Join the Vancouver Dahlia Society for their annual tuber sale
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Adult Ukulele Session
Taught in C Tuning by Peter Luongo and members of the Langley Ukulele Association
Langley | Langley Fundamental Elementary | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Music
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Bounce with Bunny
Come out and meet the Easter Bunny! Easter themed interactive games, arts and crafts and Easter Egg Hunt
Vancouver | Mount Pleasant Community Centre | 10:15 am to 12:15 am | Kids
Jazz in the Mews
Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Port Moody - Greater Vancouver Food Truck Fest
We're Back!!!! Our first event of 2020 is coming to Port Moody on April 11th from 11-6 pm! in our 6th year, this is going to be the best ones yet
Port Moody | Inlet Park | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Food / Wine
Old Fashioned Easter
Make your way to the Farm to meet the Easter Bunny and do Easter activities.
Surrey | Historic Stewart Farm | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free
Easter Eggstravaganza by Hamilton Community Centre
Join us for games, crafts, a visit with the Easter bunny and an egg hunt. Parent participation required.
Richmond | Hamilton Community Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Kids
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. The Big Picnic
At The Big Picnic, make new friends while enjoying the blossoms in Queen Elizabeth Park at perhaps Western Canada’s largest picnic celebration!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Park | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free
Ukrainian Easter
Learn about rescue animals and hop around the galleries
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free
A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner
Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Theatre
Easter Bash Swims - Newton Recreation Centre
Come for a swim and enjoy an egg-hunt at a pool near you!
Surrey | Newton Recreation Centre | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Family
Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour
While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - Teatro Intimo Del Flamenco
The one-hour production welcomes audiences of all ages with live traditional flamenco music, dance, storylines, puppetry and magic
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance
BC Buds
Join us for new play readings and new choreographies that are in development
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Whitecaps Fc vs Los Angeles Football Club
The regular season game Major League Soccer
Vancouver | BC Place | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Rave Culture 2020
Rave Culture’s first Canadian edition stops in Vancouver at Pacific Coliseum ft. Steve Aoki, W&W, Timmy Trumpet, Audiotricz & DAIJO
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Caravan World Rhythms: Mohsen Namjoo & Ensemble: Motantan Release Tour
Iconic maverick Iranian musician and composer Mohsen Namjoo returns to Vancouver touring for his latest new recording Motantan (Grandiloquent), to be fully released in March 2020
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
12th Planet Presents: Swamplex Next Level Tour
Dubstep and Drum n Bass producer and DJ, from Los Angeles, California, USA
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Billie Eilish - WHERE DO WE GO WORLD TOUR
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, known professionally as Billie Eilish, is an American singer-songwriter
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon
Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
White Denim with guests
Rock band from Austin, on tour to support their new live album release "In Person" (out Oct 29th)
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Jon and Roy With guests: Scenic Route to Alaska & Wild Romantics
Following sold out dates at the Commodore Ballroom in both 2018 and 2019, Jon and Roy return for a highly anticipated show on Saturday, April 11th
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Zdravko Čolić
Zdravko Čolić is a pop singer, widely considered as one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of former Yugoslavia
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
April 12, 2020
SunWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Plenty Warehouse Sale 2020
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Fair
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Easter Eggspedition in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Calling all Guardians of the Garden! The Easter Bunnies need your help!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Country Club Easter Brunch by Westwood Plateau Golf
Join us for our Annual Easter Brunch. This is always a sold-out event so hurry and grab tickets before they are all gone. All reservations are a 2 hour duration
Coquitlam | Westwood Plateau Golf | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family
Easter Activites
Enjoy a relaxed scavenger hunt between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. where every child collects stamps and will receive a treat!
Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
The Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market runs every Sunday from 10am-2pm on the PNE Fairgrounds
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAChurch: Town Centre
Weekly church services and Sunday School classes by Coquitlam Alliance Church
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Active Life / Health
Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears
When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives
Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
What We Bring With Us
The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Easter Bash Swims - Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex
Come for a swim and enjoy an egg-hunt at a pool near you!
Surrey | Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Family
Easter Bash Swims - Guildford Recreation Centre
Come for a swim and enjoy an egg-hunt at a pool near you!
Surrey | Guildford Recreation Centre | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Family
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Kadavar - North American Tour 2020 With Mantar
Heavy rock band from Berlin, on tour to support their latest release "For The Dead Travel Fast"
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical
April 13, 2020
MonWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Plenty Warehouse Sale 2020
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Fair
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
L’Impératrice – Matahari World Tour 2020
French band set up in 2012 by Charles de Boisseguin. Their music is a vintage space pop and cosmic disco sound. L'Impératrice meaning is "The Empress". It essentially represents the idea of freedom, sensuality, and femininity through music
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Amyl and the Sniffers with guests
Rock band from Australia, on tour to support their self-titled debut release
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
An Evening with Pink Martini
Pink Martini's "little orchestra" draws inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and '50s and crosses genres to make an eclectic, modern sound
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Lea Salonga - Live from Vancouver
Don't miss this performance by international superstar and Broadway legend Lea Salonga
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
April 14, 2020
TueTyr with guests Heidevolk, Trollfest, Metsatöll
Prepare yourselves for a night of pagan fire and folklore as Europe’s folk metal titans return to Vancouver!
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 5:45 am to 11:00 pm | Music
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Burnaby International Folk Dancers Weekly Meetings
We enjoy the fun, the exercise and the challenge, to our heads as well as our feet, of learning traditional dances from cultures throughout the world
Burnaby | Charles Rummel Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Lobby Night - Songstage with Ivan Boudreau by The ACT Arts Centre
Canadian songwriter and musician, Ivan Boudreau, hosts this evening series which features a guest songwriter, followed by an open mic showcase for writers of original music
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
SongBird North - Where Writers Sing and Tell
SongBird North is a bi-monthly showcase that features four exceptional singer/songwriters ranging from renowned veterans to up-and-coming writers
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Canada Women's National Team vs Australia
They’re coming home: Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team will face Australia on Tuesday, April 14th in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver | BC Place | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Royal Canadian Theatre Company: Screwball Comedy By Norm Foster
We are proud to bring you the Western Canadian Premiere of this affectionate and hilarious spoof featuring outrageous characters with the added spice of a mystery!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
April 15, 2020
WedMember Mornings in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Join us during the month of April for exclusive access to the Garden!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Collage Nights at Alex House
Create a collage with friends. All materials are provided
Surrey | Alexandra House | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Workshop | Free
James Taylor & His All-star Band: Coast To Coast Tour
With Special Guest Bonnie Raitt & Her Band
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Royal Canadian Theatre Company: Screwball Comedy By Norm Foster
We are proud to bring you the Western Canadian Premiere of this affectionate and hilarious spoof featuring outrageous characters with the added spice of a mystery!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
April 16, 2020
ThuBC Legal Management Association Conference
The BCLMA is focused on providing you with the professional development, support and networking opportunities you need to enjoy and advance your career in legal management
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Business / Finance
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
The Watercolour Palette: Subtleties of White & Making Colours Sing
Delve deeper into understanding watercolour in this two-part drop-in watercolour series
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Visual Arts
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Art Vancouver 2020
Art Vancouver brings together both rapidly growing creative talent and renowned international artists under one roof. Western Canada's largest contemporary art fair attracts over 10,000 art lovers annually to the Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
The Dance Centre presents Discover Dance! Shot of Scotch Vancouver
According to legend, the roots of Highland dance go back centuries, with warriors imitating epic deeds from Scottish folklore
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Dance
International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions
Let's Dance! Join us in learning folk dances set to ethnic music from around the world, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
Surrey | Walnut Road Elementary School | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Royal Canadian Theatre Company: Screwball Comedy By Norm Foster
We are proud to bring you the Western Canadian Premiere of this affectionate and hilarious spoof featuring outrageous characters with the added spice of a mystery!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
April 17, 2020
FriBC Legal Management Association Conference
The BCLMA is focused on providing you with the professional development, support and networking opportunities you need to enjoy and advance your career in legal management
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Business / Finance
Surrey District Heritage Fair - Student Fair Day
A full-day program of field trips, workshops and other activities for students. Students will be interviewed about their research by a pair of judges
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 8:30 am to 3:00 pm | Fair | Free
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Make It! - Vancouver's Handmade Market
Over 220 of your favourite Makies (and some brand new ones, too!) are bringing their beautiful handmade goodies back to the PNE Forum for our fabulous spring show!
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Art Vancouver 2020
Art Vancouver brings together both rapidly growing creative talent and renowned international artists under one roof. Western Canada's largest contemporary art fair attracts over 10,000 art lovers annually to the Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Luminous Garden Opening Reception
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
Hyperspace Music Festival Night 1: Iron Kingdom with Helion Prime, Dire Peril, & more
Canada's premier melodic/power metal festival returns to The Rickshaw!
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Friday Night Dance
Drop-in Lessons and Practice Dances
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Poliça with guests Wilsen
Affiliated with Minneapolis, Minnesota’s prolific Gayngs collective, dark electropop outfit Polica take on VENUE for an Early 19+ Show with support from WILSEN
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in Concert
Get ready to embark on the penultimate leg of Harry’s journey as Warner Bros. and CineConcerts bring to the screen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™, Part 1
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Tigran Hamasyan Featuring Arthur Hnatek & Evan Marien
Pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan, along with bandmates Evan Marien on bass and Arthur Hnatek on drums, form the ultimate Power Trio as they fuse potent jazz improvisation with the rich folkloric music of Tigran’s native Armenia
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Early Music Vancouver: Schubert Romantic Lied feat. Amarcord Ensemble
Amarcord is a German male classical vocal ensemble based in Leipzig, founded in 1992 by five former members of the Thomanerchor
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Royal Canadian Theatre Company: Screwball Comedy By Norm Foster
We are proud to bring you the Western Canadian Premiere of this affectionate and hilarious spoof featuring outrageous characters with the added spice of a mystery!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Good To Be Bad Tour - 45 Years Of Rock
George Thorogood & The Destroyers are bringing their Good To Be Bad Tour – 45 Years Of Rock to the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver for two shows
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Celine Dion: Courage World Tour
Vocal powerhouse Celine Dion is one of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - The Kino Cafe
Karen Flamenco is a progressive learning dance academy which emphasizes performance, stressing technique, strength, individual and artistic expression. The program has a strong foundation in traditional, clasico & modern flamenco dance forms.
Vancouver | Kino Cafe | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance
Matt Corby
Description Matthew John Corby is an Australian singer-songwriter. He achieved his commercial breakthrough with his fourth EP, Into the Flame, which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and by April 2012, was certified 6× Platinum by ARIA
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 18, 2020
SatBirding Walks
Join a local naturalist and see diverse birds of Surrey. You'll see Surrey’s diverse habitats and get to know your local parks
Surrey | Redwood Park | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Nature / Animals | Free
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Make It! - Vancouver's Handmade Market
Over 220 of your favourite Makies (and some brand new ones, too!) are bringing their beautiful handmade goodies back to the PNE Forum for our fabulous spring show!
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Sakura Days Japan Fair
Sakura Days Japan Fair is a family-friendly event showcasing Japanese culture, food, products and businesses to visitors from throughout the Lower Mainland
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | Free
Surrey District Heritage Fair - Public Fair Day
The Fair is open to the general public. Family-friendly activities are scheduled throughout the day. The day ends with Closing Awards Ceremony attended by special VIP guests
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Fair | Free
Art Vancouver 2020
Art Vancouver brings together both rapidly growing creative talent and renowned international artists under one roof. Western Canada's largest contemporary art fair attracts over 10,000 art lovers annually to the Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom
This event is free and open to the public!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Westminster Savings Family Day - April
Looking for a fun, free, and engaging way to spend time with your family? Join us for a family-friendly tour of our current exhibition and take part in a fun art-making activity!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free
Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour
While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - Teatro Intimo Del Flamenco
The one-hour production welcomes audiences of all ages with live traditional flamenco music, dance, storylines, puppetry and magic
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance
Hyperspace Music Festival Night 2: Unleash The Archers with Silver Talon, VIATHYN, & more
Canada's premier melodic/power metal festival returns to The Rickshaw!
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Ayla Nereo with guest Yaima
Ayla Nereo - a folk artist from San Francisco. Join us for a magnificent evening with Ayla Nereo on her 2020 Spring Tour
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
An Evening with the Residents
The Residents are an American art collective best known for their avant-garde music and multimedia works
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in Concert
Get ready to embark on the penultimate leg of Harry’s journey as Warner Bros. and CineConcerts bring to the screen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™, Part 1
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
~ Buffy Prom 1999 ~
BUFFY PROM 1999! In conjunction with Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewatch podcast, Buffering the Vampire Slayer, it’s time for Prom!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Party
Celine Dion: Courage World Tour
Vocal powerhouse Celine Dion is one of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Lions Gate Sinfonia - The Best of Beethoven
The Best of Beethoven - Lions Gate Sinfonia 2019/20 Season with founding Conductor and Music Director, Clyde Mitchell
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:20 pm | Music
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Cantata Singers Amir Haghighi - The Peaceable Kingdom: Songs of Earth
The Peaceable Kingdom: Songs of Earth is an opportunity to explore our interconnectedness and what actions we can take to support each other on this planet
Vancouver | Blusson Spinal Cord Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Royal Canadian Theatre Company: Screwball Comedy By Norm Foster
We are proud to bring you the Western Canadian Premiere of this affectionate and hilarious spoof featuring outrageous characters with the added spice of a mystery!
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Good To Be Bad Tour - 45 Years Of Rock
George Thorogood & The Destroyers are bringing their Good To Be Bad Tour – 45 Years Of Rock to the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver for two shows
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Kalabanté: Afrique en Cirque
Combining theatre, dance, music, and some utterly astonishing physical feats, Afrique en Cirque is a high-flying, audaciously athletic feast for the senses
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Matt Corby
Description Matthew John Corby is an Australian singer-songwriter. He achieved his commercial breakthrough with his fourth EP, Into the Flame, which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and by April 2012, was certified 6× Platinum by ARIA
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
TRITONAL -Long Way Home- Tour
Tritonal returns to #Vancouver on their “Long Way Home” Tour Saturday, April 18th at the Harbour Event Centre
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
April 19, 2020
Sun2020 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference is the largest, most comprehensive event of its kind in the region, featuring the latest scientific research and management issues relevant to the health of the Salish Sea ecosystem
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Make It! - Vancouver's Handmade Market
Over 220 of your favourite Makies (and some brand new ones, too!) are bringing their beautiful handmade goodies back to the PNE Forum for our fabulous spring show!
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
The Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market runs every Sunday from 10am-2pm on the PNE Fairgrounds
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Sakura Days Japan Fair
Sakura Days Japan Fair is a family-friendly event showcasing Japanese culture, food, products and businesses to visitors from throughout the Lower Mainland
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | Free
CAChurch: Town Centre
Weekly church services and Sunday School classes by Coquitlam Alliance Church
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Active Life / Health
Jazz in the Mews
Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free
Hummingbird Homecoming
Attract birds to your own backyard by understanding what helps them survive
Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | Nature / Animals
Art Vancouver 2020
Art Vancouver brings together both rapidly growing creative talent and renowned international artists under one roof. Western Canada's largest contemporary art fair attracts over 10,000 art lovers annually to the Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition
Historic Theatre: Nicola Campbell and Joseph Dandurand Sharing Children-s Stories
Nicola and Joseph will read from their newly published children’s books A Day With Yayah by Tradewind Books and The sasquatch, the fire, the cedar basket by Nightwood Press
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Performing Arts
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
In the BAG Family Sundays. Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Come and make art! Get your minds humming with a visit to the gallery and then into the studio for family-friendly art projects
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family
Briefs Factory (Australia) Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Brat Kids Carnival
From mischief makers to brats, witness the boys from Briefs in an all out brat-attack just for kids!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Performing Arts
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in Concert
Get ready to embark on the penultimate leg of Harry’s journey as Warner Bros. and CineConcerts bring to the screen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™, Part 1
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Music
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Beethoven. Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano. Gary Hoffman & David Selig
Gary Hoffman is one of the most significant artists of our time, and for many he is simply the best living cellist in the world
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Music
Historic Theatre: Jangle - Shout: HullaVerses Remixer
A literary afternoon delight! Music and words from many of the artists performing throughout the festival, including a selection of Hullabaloo performers featured from our youth events
Vancouver | The Cultch | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Vancouver Recital Society: Steven Isserlis, cello and Connie Shih, piano
When Connie met Steven! (And the VRS played matchmaker). These dynamic artists were first introduced at the VRS’s 1993 Chamber Music Festival, and, as they say, “the rest is history!”
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
Opera on a Sunday Afternoon
The Opera for a Sunday Afternoon series features highlights of various operas, performed by singers who have taken to the stage with Burnaby Lyric Opera
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Opera
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre
Hyperspace Music Festival Day 3: Powerglove with Immortal Guardian, Apprentice & more
Nintendocore pioneers Powerglove return to The Rickshaw for a night of video game heavy metal mastery! With guests, Immortal Guardian, Apprentice, and more TBA
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Simply the Best Talent: Relive the Music 50s & 60s Rock ‘n’ Roll Show
50s & 60s rock opera musical concert with a Broadway feel, with live band, singers, dancers, video and trivia
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Historic Theatre: Sounds Like Fire: Sky Dancer, Janice Jo Lee and M’Girl Music
Heartbreak and the fire of hope & home flame up in these artists’ work. Burning in This Midnight Dream, Sky Dancer’s book (aka Louise Halfe) is described as a “peat fire of poetry.”
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Palaye Royale -The Bastards Tour With guests The Hunna and Arrested Youth
Palaye Royale is a Canadian-American rock band originally formed in Las Vegas, now based in Los Angeles
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
April 20, 2020
Mon2020 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference is the largest, most comprehensive event of its kind in the region, featuring the latest scientific research and management issues relevant to the health of the Salish Sea ecosystem
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Holistic Plant Walk with a Métis Herbalist
Come and explore the Garden as you discover indigenous ways of knowing with Métis herbalist and educator Lori Snyder
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Vancouver Whitecaps Fc vs Real Salt Lake
The regular season game Major League Soccer
Vancouver | BC Place | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
The Black Hole Tour with Lawrence Krauss & host Travis Pangburn
Lawrence Krauss will take you into one of the most jarring scientific discoveries in scientific history: black holes in the cosmos
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture
Milky Chance - Mind The Moon Tour 2020
Milky Chance is a German folk group originating from Kassel. It consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Clemens Rehbein, bassist and percussionist Philipp Dausch and guitarist Antonio Greger
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Joe Rogan: 4/20
Joseph James Rogan is an American stand-up comedian, mixed martial arts color commentator, podcast host, and former actor and television host
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy
April 21, 2020
Tue2020 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference is the largest, most comprehensive event of its kind in the region, featuring the latest scientific research and management issues relevant to the health of the Salish Sea ecosystem
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Buy Social Canada Symposium 2020
Regional Social Procurement Champion Awards and Day of Learning
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 8:30 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
Vancouver-based artist Matilda Aslizadeh’s engaging video and photographic installation Moly and Kassandra (2018) addresses the relationship between culture and resource
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Burnaby International Folk Dancers Weekly Meetings
We enjoy the fun, the exercise and the challenge, to our heads as well as our feet, of learning traditional dances from cultures throughout the world
Burnaby | Charles Rummel Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Sprouts, Microgreens and Baby Greens
Microgreens, sprouts, and baby greens can be grown at home all year round, even in small urban spaces. Learn the difference between these three types of plants, and the required growing conditions for each
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Nature / Animals
Mayday Parade With guests: Grayscale & Point North
Mayday Parade is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida. Their debut EP Tales Told by Dead Friends was released in 2006, and sold over 50,000 copies without any label support
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Fringe and Monster Theatre present: Theatre Under the Gun
Theatre Under the Gun, the 48-hour play creation competition is back! Six Vancouver theatre companies receive an inspiration package, and have only 48 hours to race against the clock and create an original piece of theatre!
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
April 22, 2020
WedMember Mornings in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Join us during the month of April for exclusive access to the Garden!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals
2020 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference is the largest, most comprehensive event of its kind in the region, featuring the latest scientific research and management issues relevant to the health of the Salish Sea ecosystem
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Buy Social Canada Symposium 2020
Regional Social Procurement Champion Awards and Day of Learning
Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 8:30 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
Vancouver-based artist Matilda Aslizadeh’s engaging video and photographic installation Moly and Kassandra (2018) addresses the relationship between culture and resource
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Wednesday Pre-School Storytime!
Join us for Pre-School Storytime on Wednesday mornings!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Kids
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
White Noise by Taran Kootenhayoo
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Oh Wonder - Wear Your Crown Tour With guest Winona Oak
Oh Wonder are a London-based alt-pop duo, consisting of Anthony West and Josephine Vander Gucht. Since releasing their debut album, they have seen international success with their alt-pop singles
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Spooky Action By Lesley Telford / Inverso Productions
Spooky Action brings together thought provoking dance, cutting edge scenography, original composition and engaging narrative to probe the mysterious ways we act on each other’s lives
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
April 23, 2020
ThuWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
The Watercolour Palette: Subtleties of White & Making Colours Sing
Delve deeper into understanding watercolour in this two-part drop-in watercolour series
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Visual Arts
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
VSO School of Music: Sergei Babayan, Piano Masterclass
Hailed as one of the leading pianists of our time, SERGEI BABAYAN – mentor of Trifonov and Argerich collaborator – visits Pyatt Hall to coach four advanced piano students in front of an audience
Vancouver | Pyatt Hall | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Workshop
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Sakura Night
Our annual cherry blossom festival fundraiser celebrates with top local chefs and is your opportunity to savour, celebrate, and support the Festival
Vancouver | Stanley Park Pavilion | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions
Let's Dance! Join us in learning folk dances set to ethnic music from around the world, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
Surrey | Walnut Road Elementary School | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Zucchero D.O.C. World Tour
Italian superstar Zucchero returns to Vancouver, bringing his current D.O.C. Tour which will see him performing all over North America, Australia and Europe in 2020
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Arsonists by Max Frisch
This dark comedy is set in a town that is beset upon by arsonists
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Rahim AlHaj Trio
A virtuoso oud player who uses Iraqi melodies and contemporary stylings to share his experience as a political refugee
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Stage 43 presents The Elephant Man
John Merrick is a horribly deformed young man – a victim of rare skin and bone diseases. Seen as a freak by society, his life changes when young physician, Frederick Treves, agrees to care for him
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hillel Kogan
We Love Arabs dives headlong into the toughest of questions – how can we co-exist within conflict? Somewhere in Tel Aviv, a Jewish choreographer enlists an Arab dancer to help create a work that will overcome fears and carry a message of peace
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
Spooky Action By Lesley Telford / Inverso Productions
Spooky Action brings together thought provoking dance, cutting edge scenography, original composition and engaging narrative to probe the mysterious ways we act on each other’s lives
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
April 24, 2020
FriWindow Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Lyrids Folk Dance Festival
Our seventh Lyrids Folk Dance Festival features Tineke and Maurits van Geel teaching Armenian and Roma dances from different countries (Maurits has done extensive research) mixed with some international top hits
Vancouver | Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Dance
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:45 am to 8:30 pm | Festival
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Choreography Workshop with Hillel Kogan
Israeli choreographer Hillel Kogan brings together the materials of his creations in a process that begins with improvisation
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Dance
TEDx Semiahmoo Secondary
Get your tickets to the first fully student-led TEDx Talk event in Surrey.
Surrey | Semiahmoo Secondary | 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture
Chor Leoni: M’ANAM & Chor Leoni
Chor Leoni welcomes Ireland’s M’ANAM and internationally acclaimed composer and director Michael McGlynn to VanMan for their Canadian debut
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
pARTy@PdA: Cartoons and Cocktails
Join artist Oliver McTavish-Wisden to stretch your storytelling muscles through the joys of comic jamming: collaborative, improv drawing that produces hilarious results!
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party
Vancouver Warriors vs Saskatchewan Rush
The Vancouver Warriors are a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports
CoERASGA: Passages of Rhythms
Merging contemporary dance, Flamenco and Bharatanatyam with each symbiotic cultural tie exudes in the expression of rhythm and movement
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: COSÌ FAN TUTTE - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte, last produced by VO in 2005, is a sharply satirical take on relationships between men and women. Mozart’s opera about fidelity is an intriguing story set to music of impossible beauty
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
The Zombies
The Zombies are an English rock band formed in 1962 in St Albans and led by keyboardist and vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:30 pm to 11:55 pm | Music
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
The Arsonists by Max Frisch
This dark comedy is set in a town that is beset upon by arsonists
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Australia’s Thunder From Down Under: Neon Nights 2020 World Tour
Direct from Vegas – the PERFECT Girl’s Night Outback! Australia’s HOTTEST Export – Thunder From Down Under – hits the stage at the River Rock Show Theatre
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
Destroy Wrestling: Aftershock - A Rickshaw Wrestling Presentation
ive Wrestling, Live Music, and Live Action like you’ve never seen before! Destroy Wrestling returns for another evening of mayhem
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Active Life / Health
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Gold series: Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov
Elim Chan, one of the most vibrant young conductors on the scene today partners with Sergei Babayan, mentor of Trifonov and Argerich collaborator, for an impeccable Mozart
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Listening Lounge - Marc Atkinson Trio with Cameron Wilson
The Marc Atkinson Trio is made up of some of Canada's finest JUNO nominated musicians
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Stage 43 presents The Elephant Man
John Merrick is a horribly deformed young man – a victim of rare skin and bone diseases. Seen as a freak by society, his life changes when young physician, Frederick Treves, agrees to care for him
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hillel Kogan
We Love Arabs dives headlong into the toughest of questions – how can we co-exist within conflict? Somewhere in Tel Aviv, a Jewish choreographer enlists an Arab dancer to help create a work that will overcome fears and carry a message of peace
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
Spooky Action By Lesley Telford / Inverso Productions
Spooky Action brings together thought provoking dance, cutting edge scenography, original composition and engaging narrative to probe the mysterious ways we act on each other’s lives
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - The Kino Cafe
Karen Flamenco is a progressive learning dance academy which emphasizes performance, stressing technique, strength, individual and artistic expression. The program has a strong foundation in traditional, clasico & modern flamenco dance forms.
Vancouver | Kino Cafe | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance
Nearly Neil - Neil Diamond Tribute
Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band is an entirely live musical tribute to Neil Diamond. Everyone on stage is performing live and there are no pre-recorded additions
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Darren Styles
Hard-Dance fans rejoice the debut of Darren Styles performance at Harbour Event Centre
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Jason Ross - 1000 Faces Tour
Jason Elliot Ross, known professionally as Jason Ross, is an American DJ and record producer. Currently living in Los Angeles, California, he is signed to UK-based record label, Anjunabeats
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 25, 2020
SatMember Mornings in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Join us during the month of April for exclusive access to the Garden!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals
BC Fuchsia and Begonia Society: Plant, Bake & Craft Sale
Check out the BC Fuchsia and Begonia Society’s spring sale
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Lyrids Folk Dance Festival
Our seventh Lyrids Folk Dance Festival features Tineke and Maurits van Geel teaching Armenian and Roma dances from different countries (Maurits has done extensive research) mixed with some international top hits
Vancouver | Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Dance
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Healthy Soils for Healthy Gardens
Build up your garden while improving your green thumb with longtime VanDusen Gardener Casey Werfl. Participants will learn all about soils, compost, leaves, digging over garden beds, and amending soils
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Burnaby Mountain Golf Festival
Join the action and fun at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Festival!
Burnaby | Burnaby Mountain Golf Course & Driving Range | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver Career Fair: VFX, Animation, Video Games 2020
visual effects and animation fair
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Fair
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Early Years Festival
Bring the kids to this festival for ages 6 and under focusing on developing a healthy lifestyle.
Surrey | Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free
Jazz in the Mews
Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free
Earth Day Celebration
Join us for this family-friendly event that includes a neighbourhood cleanup, item swap, upcycle crafts and junk disposal by donation
Richmond | Hamilton Community Centre | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Owl Show
Get up close and personal with breathtaking owls at this event presented by the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Art on the Spot
Join us at the Shadbolt Centre for this free event celebrating International Dance Day!
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free
Get Growing at Darts Hill
Be inspired to Get Growing at Darts Hill Garden!
Surrey | Darts Hill Garden Park | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour
While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
A Green Thumb Theatre Production: Still/Falling
The award-winning production, Still/Falling, by Vancouver playwright Rachel Aberle and directed by Patrick McDonald, explores the struggle with anxiety and depression, causing us to fall backwards at times
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera
Cherry Blossom Festival
The coming of cherry blossoms heralds the beginning of spring in Japan and initiates a season of festivities with family and friends
Maple Ridge | Maple Ridge Library | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - Teatro Intimo Del Flamenco
The one-hour production welcomes audiences of all ages with live traditional flamenco music, dance, storylines, puppetry and magic
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance
A Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin
Jonathan Crow, violin; Philip Chiu, piano
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
Chor Leoni: MYVoice at the Chan
Join MYVoice at the Chan for a family-friendly and social media-friendly FREE concert
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music | Free
The Cultch’s Fundraising Gala
Join us at The Cultch for an evening of food, wine, and entertainment – including exciting silent and live auctions!
Vancouver | The Cultch | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Battlefield Fight League
Battlefield Fight League is British Columbia's Premier Mixed Martial Arts Organization
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Sports
Betamaxx & FM Attack with special guests Mecha Maiko, Vandal Moon
A Synthwave Night this Spring with Pittsburgh based artist, Betamaxx, who focuses on music inspired and created by vintage synthesizers and FM Attack, who is known as a pioneer of the synthwave movement
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Miranda Lambert: Wildcard Tour 2020
Miranda Leigh Lambert is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, she finished in third place of the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition which aired on the USA Network
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Chor Leoni: VanMan Choral Summit Concert
VanMan’s Summit Concert features the soul-stirring sound of 300+ men’s voices soaring into the rafters of one of Canada’s finest concert halls
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Fort Night Improv
A stacked cast of Vancouver Improv Comedians are coming to Langley to perform Saturday Nights!
Langley | Bez Arts Hub | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You
A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
The Arsonists by Max Frisch
This dark comedy is set in a town that is beset upon by arsonists
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Caribbean Night in Surrey with The Phase III Steel Drum Band
Party at this Caribbean cultural extravaganza! Hear calypso, R&B, reggae, & more played with joy
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Gold series: Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov
Elim Chan, one of the most vibrant young conductors on the scene today partners with Sergei Babayan, mentor of Trifonov and Argerich collaborator, for an impeccable Mozart
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Stage 43 presents The Elephant Man
John Merrick is a horribly deformed young man – a victim of rare skin and bone diseases. Seen as a freak by society, his life changes when young physician, Frederick Treves, agrees to care for him
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Hillel Kogan
We Love Arabs dives headlong into the toughest of questions – how can we co-exist within conflict? Somewhere in Tel Aviv, a Jewish choreographer enlists an Arab dancer to help create a work that will overcome fears and carry a message of peace
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
Spooky Action By Lesley Telford / Inverso Productions
Spooky Action brings together thought provoking dance, cutting edge scenography, original composition and engaging narrative to probe the mysterious ways we act on each other’s lives
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson
Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Joel Plaskett
William Joel MacDonald Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 26, 2020
SunVBGA Plant Sale Potluck 2020
We are now accepting donations for the 42nd Annual Plant sale!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:30 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Lyrids Folk Dance Festival
Our seventh Lyrids Folk Dance Festival features Tineke and Maurits van Geel teaching Armenian and Roma dances from different countries (Maurits has done extensive research) mixed with some international top hits
Vancouver | Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Dance
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
42nd Annual Plant Sale!
The 42nd annual VBGA Plant Sale returns!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
The Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market runs every Sunday from 10am-2pm on the PNE Fairgrounds
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
CAChurch: Town Centre
Weekly church services and Sunday School classes by Coquitlam Alliance Church
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Active Life / Health
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
CoERASGA: Passages of Rhythms
Merging contemporary dance, Flamenco and Bharatanatyam with each symbiotic cultural tie exudes in the expression of rhythm and movement
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Dance
A Green Thumb Theatre Production: Still/Falling
The award-winning production, Still/Falling, by Vancouver playwright Rachel Aberle and directed by Patrick McDonald, explores the struggle with anxiety and depression, causing us to fall backwards at times
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts
Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera
The Arsonists by Max Frisch
This dark comedy is set in a town that is beset upon by arsonists
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Gold series: Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov
Elim Chan, one of the most vibrant young conductors on the scene today partners with Sergei Babayan, mentor of Trifonov and Argerich collaborator, for an impeccable Mozart
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian: A Photographer's Walking Tour
Join Burnaby-based artist Brad McMurray and curator Jennifer Cane on a one-hour walking tour exploring the Metrotown area and its industrial surroundings, discussing urban landscapes and the New Topographics tradition
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Briefs Factory (Australia) Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Brat Kids Carnival
From mischief makers to brats, witness the boys from Briefs in an all out brat-attack just for kids!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Performing Arts
Stage 43 presents The Elephant Man
John Merrick is a horribly deformed young man – a victim of rare skin and bone diseases. Seen as a freak by society, his life changes when young physician, Frederick Treves, agrees to care for him
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Vancouver Pops Performing Arts Society: Walkin’ on Broadway
Curtain Up! There is nothing quite like the excitement of a Broadway show. From the timeless melodies of The Sound of Music to the catchy rhythms of Guys and Dolls, musical theatre has entertained and moved us for generations
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Friends of Chamber Music: Takács Quartet - complete Bartók string quartets - concert 1
The Takács Quartet is a perennial favourite, offering a window into the Hungarian quartet tradition through its irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre
Misery Signals & Darkest Hour with SECT, Neck of the Woods
Iconic metallers Misery Signals and Darkest Hour are coming to rip up the Rickshaw! Joined by hardcore heavyweights SECT, and local rippers Neck of the Woods
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Australia's Thunder From Down Under April 2020
Australia’s Thunder From Down Under: Neon Nights 2020 World Tour
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
The Coronas
The Coronas are an Irish rock band that originated in Dublin. They release their music through their own independent record label, 3ú Records, and are based between Dublin and London
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 27, 2020
MonGrocery & Specialty Food West 2020
Grocery & Specialty Food West is Canada’s premier western grocery trade show, bringing together retailers and manufacturers from across the nation to discover new innovations, network, and build relationships within the grocery industry
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Food / Wine
Oh Snap! Photography Exhibition
living in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood. Youth learn a different photography skill each week and apply this skill outside while taking pictures
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Tour of the Tropics at Bloedel Conservatory
Starting with a scavenger hunt, students journey around the tropics with a guide to learn about adaptations, meet amazing birds...
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Blueprint Presents: Poolside with guests
Poolside is an American "Daytime Disco" group from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2010 by Jeffrey Paradise and Filip Nikolic, who left the band in 2017
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 28, 2020
TueGrocery & Specialty Food West 2020
Grocery & Specialty Food West is Canada’s premier western grocery trade show, bringing together retailers and manufacturers from across the nation to discover new innovations, network, and build relationships within the grocery industry
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Food / Wine
HR Conference & Expo 2020
The 58th annual HR Conference & Expo is Western Canada’s largest human resources focused event. Come learn more about the UPSIDE of your organization’s greatest resource: PEOPLE.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Oh Snap! Photography Exhibition
living in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood. Youth learn a different photography skill each week and apply this skill outside while taking pictures
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Jazz Jam
Join us at the Shadbolt for a jazz jam session!
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free
Burnaby International Folk Dancers Weekly Meetings
We enjoy the fun, the exercise and the challenge, to our heads as well as our feet, of learning traditional dances from cultures throughout the world
Burnaby | Charles Rummel Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
Design Your Vertical Garden
Urban properties are now smaller, and vertical gardens are popular with city-dwellers looking for gardening opportunities that maximize the use of their space. Join sustainable design expert, Dr. Yael Stav in this 2-part workshop on Vertical Garden Design
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Buckcherry with guests
'90s hard rock icons on tour in support of their newest release, Warpaint
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Exhibition: Speaking From Our Art
Speaking From Our Art is a spectacular celebration of the artistic achievement of the students of Vancouver’s Alternative schools
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | Exhibition
TOPS
TOPS is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, which currently consists of Jane Penny, David Carriere, Riley Fleck, and Marta Cikojevic
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Lobby Night - Celtic Jam with Nigel Tucker by The ACT Arts Centre
You’re invited to an evening of Celtic influenced musical fun with Nigel and his band of merry musicians. Bring your instruments, voice or even just your ears! 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
Presented By Blackout Theatre In Association With Presentation House Theatre: Zoning Out
A single mother from Iran immigrates to Canada with her child. She faces the challenges met by many newcomers in a new country. But her story goes in an unexpected direction when she learns that her child is on the Autism spectrum
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Goodie Mob Soul Food - 25th Anniversary Tour
Soul Food is the acclaimed debut album from American rap group Goodie Mob, released by LaFace Records
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
The Friends of Chamber Music: Takács Quartet - complete Bartók string quartets - concert 2
The Takács Quartet is a perennial favourite, offering a window into the Hungarian quartet tradition through its irresistible blend of virtuosic technique and engaging personality
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
April 29, 2020
WedMember Mornings in VanDusen Botanical Garden
Join us during the month of April for exclusive access to the Garden!
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 8:00 am to 9:00 am | Nature / Animals
HR Conference & Expo 2020
The 58th annual HR Conference & Expo is Western Canada’s largest human resources focused event. Come learn more about the UPSIDE of your organization’s greatest resource: PEOPLE.
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 6:00 pm | Lecture
Oh Snap! Photography Exhibition
living in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood. Youth learn a different photography skill each week and apply this skill outside while taking pictures
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
White Noise by Taran Kootenhayoo
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: COSÌ FAN TUTTE - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte, last produced by VO in 2005, is a sharply satirical take on relationships between men and women. Mozart’s opera about fidelity is an intriguing story set to music of impossible beauty
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera
Rhapsody Of Fire with Celestial Ruin & guests
Italian Symphonic Metal Gods Rhapsody Of Fire Come To Vancouver On Their Dawn Of Victory Canadian Tour!
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Collage Nights at Alex House
Create a collage with friends. All materials are provided
Surrey | Alexandra House | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Workshop | Free
Designing Gardens For the Senses
Go beyond designing a garden that looks good, and create a garden that feels and smells good too! Join Janis in this experiential and interactive class, equipping participants with the tools and understanding to create a sensory haven on your property
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Seun Kuti is the youngest son of legendary Afrobeat godfather Fela Kuti
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Exhibition: Speaking From Our Art
Speaking From Our Art is a spectacular celebration of the artistic achievement of the students of Vancouver’s Alternative schools
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | Exhibition
Presented By Blackout Theatre In Association With Presentation House Theatre: Zoning Out
A single mother from Iran immigrates to Canada with her child. She faces the challenges met by many newcomers in a new country. But her story goes in an unexpected direction when she learns that her child is on the Autism spectrum
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Boca del Lupo: Inner Elder
Inner Elder takes the audience on a journey through laughter and real-life memories of Gemini Award-winning Cree artist Michelle Thrush as she explores her own inner elder
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Arsonists by Max Frisch
This dark comedy is set in a town that is beset upon by arsonists
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Stage 43 presents The Elephant Man
John Merrick is a horribly deformed young man – a victim of rare skin and bone diseases. Seen as a freak by society, his life changes when young physician, Frederick Treves, agrees to care for him
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Coig
Còig is a Canadian folk music group from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Bombay Bicycle Club
Everything Else Has Gone Wrong, their first new album in 6 years
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
April 30, 2020
ThuOh Snap! Photography Exhibition
living in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood. Youth learn a different photography skill each week and apply this skill outside while taking pictures
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia
Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Watercolour Meetups - Spring
Bring your paint, questions, and ongoing projects to our weekly series of meetups hosted by instructor Susan Pearson
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Visual Arts
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Sanaz Mazinani
Toronto-based artist and educator Sanaz Mazinani works primarily in photography and large-scale, photo-based installations
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Lumionous Garden
Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian
Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: To Speak with a Golden Voice
Our featured exhibition To Speak with a Golden Voice will bring a fresh perspective to the legacy of one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary Indigenous artists
Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya
This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz
Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Afterwork series: Bernstein & Gershwin: On the Town
Featuring Wayne Marshall conductor, piano
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Music
International Folk Dancing Drop-in Sessions
Let's Dance! Join us in learning folk dances set to ethnic music from around the world, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
Surrey | Walnut Road Elementary School | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
Exhibition: Speaking From Our Art
Speaking From Our Art is a spectacular celebration of the artistic achievement of the students of Vancouver’s Alternative schools
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | Exhibition
Mudhoney
Mudhoney is an American alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988, following the demise of Green River
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Presented By Blackout Theatre In Association With Presentation House Theatre: Zoning Out
A single mother from Iran immigrates to Canada with her child. She faces the challenges met by many newcomers in a new country. But her story goes in an unexpected direction when she learns that her child is on the Autism spectrum
North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival: Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera
Vancouver Opera’s fourth annual Festival opens with the West Coast premiere of Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera, based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall. Roger Waters is the lyricist and principal composer of the band, Pink Floyd
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera
Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs
A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!
Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
White Noise
A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
Urban Ink: Sedna
Imaginative and creative, Sedna is an Indigenous tale told through magnificent large-scale lantern puppets, and a sweeping musical score transporting the audience through a beautiful telling in a magical outdoor setting
Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Boca del Lupo: Inner Elder
Inner Elder takes the audience on a journey through laughter and real-life memories of Gemini Award-winning Cree artist Michelle Thrush as she explores her own inner elder
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
The Lawyer Show 2020 - Mamma Mia!
The Lawyer Show is a fundraiser for two of Vancouver’s most cherished theatre institutions: Carousel Theatre for Young People and Touchstone Theatre, both registered charities
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts
The Arsonists by Max Frisch
This dark comedy is set in a town that is beset upon by arsonists
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
dream of passion productions presents: A Kid Like Jake
On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools, Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe
Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre
Stage 43 presents The Elephant Man
John Merrick is a horribly deformed young man – a victim of rare skin and bone diseases. Seen as a freak by society, his life changes when young physician, Frederick Treves, agrees to care for him
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Corb Lund: Agricultural Tragic Tour 2020
Corb Lund is a Western and Country singer-songwriter from Taber, Alberta, Canada. He has released nine albums, three of which are certified gold
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music