Metro Vancouver events calendar for October 2025. Best festivals, concerts, fun things to do, Thanksgiving events, kids activities and Halloween haunted houses in Vancouver, BC.

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days Workshop: Card Making

Join us for a relaxed, hands-on Card-Making Workshop, a creative hour to explore your artistic side!

North Vancouver | Memorial Community Recreation Centre (Capilano Room) | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan

This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Building a Community Supporting Literacy and Neurodivergent Families

Join us for an inspiring evening dedicated to supporting parents of children on their literacy and neurodivergent learning journeys.

Vancouver | The Reading Foundation | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | Free

2025 Canadian Championship Final: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Vancouver FC

For the first time in club history, Vancouver Whitecaps FC will face another Metro Vancouver team in a competitive match, as they host Vancouver FC of Langley in the 2025 TELUS Canadian Championship Final on Wednesday, October 1 at BC Place

Vancouver | BC Place | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

The Improv Centre: Twist of Fate

The only thing you can expect is spontaneous scenes, clever quips, and unpredictable comedy at every turn!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days - Yuanji Dancing - Try-it - 55+

Experience a guided mixture of choreographed dance, meditation and qigong originating from Taiwan. Registration required

Richmond | Seniors Centre - Minoru Centre for Active Living | Dance | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days Workshop: Silent Writing Workshops

Join NVRC Artist Resident, Erin MacNair, and other North Shore writers for a silent write-in at the Delbrook Art Studio room, Thursdays 10:00am –1:30pm.

North Vancouver | Delbrook Community Recreation Centre | Workshop | Free

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan

This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Tea & Trumpets present Gershwin & Friends

From the rousing “Strike up the Band” to his iconic “Summertime” from the opera, Porgy and Bess, the music of George Gershwin never fails to touch audiences worldwide

Vancouver | The Orpheum | Music

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Mystic Market at Roedde House Museum

It’s almost time for our much anticipated Annual Halloween Market hosted in our 1893 Victorian house museum!

Vancouver | Roedde House Museum | Market

D. M. Bradford: Reading & Launch By SFU Department of English

Meet poet & translator D. M. Bradford, SFU English's 2025 writer-in-residence. Enjoy readings & a reception on Oct. 2 at SFU Harbour Centre

Vancouver | Room 1400-1430 Joseph & Rosalie Segal Centre, Harbour Centre | 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm | Books | Free

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Culture Days. Richmond Improv Presents: Try it out!

Come join us for our Try Improv Series, where we will be hosting beginner improv workshops.

Richmond | Thompson Community Centre Annex | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Workshop

The Improv Centre: Blockbuster

Have you ever thought you could write a movie better than the actual writer could? Get your chance!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Culture Days: Air Dry Clay Ghosts

Join us for a two-part craft program this Halloween season and make air dry clay ghosts!

Delta | Ladner Pioneer Library | 3:15 am to 4:15 am | Workshop | Free

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium Vancouver 2025

The Black Spaces Symposium is an annual gathering dedicated to empowering African Descent communities by creating inclusive platforms for dialogue, artistry, and action

Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan

This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Bill Reid Gallery: Community Access Day. Exhibition

First Friday of the month Community Access Day

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Culture Days: Needle Felted Mushrooms

Learn simple needle felting techniques and make your own needle felted fungi inspired by one of our local mushroom species. All supplies will be provided for this workshop

North Vancouver | Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Harvest Haus 2025

Vancouver’s Oktoberfest

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

Harvest Haus 2025

The Official Weekend Of Non-stop Bier-drinking, Bratwurst-eating, Lederhosen-wearing And Good Times Is Back!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Improv Centre: I Know What You Did Last Weekend

Prepare to be launched into a laugh-out-loud world of secrets, betrayals, and melodrama inspired by ’90s teen slasher films.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Improv Centre: Theatresports™

Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast-paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Latin Expressions 2025 Opening Night

We're thrilled to launch Latin Expressions 2025 with a night that brings our community together to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month

Vancouver | St. James Community Square | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops presents the Music of Phil Collins & Genesis

Conductor Stewart Chafetz leads the VSO in this rocking tribute concert

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

sugarush: Taylor Swift 'The Life of a Showgirl' Release Party

Taylor Is Back! Taylor’s Brand-new Album The Life Of A Showgirl Is Just Weeks Away! Be Some Of The First To Experience The Record In The Club At Our Album Release Party

Burnaby | The Rec Room | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Celebrity Karaoke Night

Get ready to sing your heart out with celebrity guests at Great Bear Pub!

Burnaby | Great Bear Pub | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

White Rock & South Surrey Culture Crawl

Discover and celebrate the arts, culture and heritage that White Rock and South Surrey have to offer!

Surrey | Venues throughout South Surrey and White Rock | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Festival | Free

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

FACE TO FACE. F2F Tour Vancouver

Dive into an unforgettable weekend of trading card games. From thrilling tournaments to casual play, there's something for everyone

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Culture Days: Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra Open Doors (St Alban's Church)

Join Us for RDYO's Open Doors! Step inside, experience the orchestra, and see what makes our community of young musicians so inspiring!

Richmond | St Alban's Church | 9:30 am to 1:45 pm | Music | Free

Culture Days: Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra Open Doors (St Anne's Church)

Join Us for RDYO's Open Doors! Step inside, experience the orchestra, and see what makes our community of young musicians so inspiring!

Richmond | St Anne's Anglican Church | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Music | Free

Activities for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025

Step into the rich history and vibrant traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site.

Richmond | The Britannia Shipyard | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025. Metro-Con: Fandom Comes Home

2 Days. Dozens Of Stars. One Epic Weekend, Including The Once-in-a-lifteime Battlestar Galactica Reunion.

Burnaby | Hilton, Metrotown | Show

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days. Mapping the City: A collaborative mural

Paint a ceramic tile and add to our ever-growing Mural-Map of Vancouver!

Vancouver | Elm Park Fieldhouse (Patchbay Fieldhouse) | Workshop | Free

Harvest Days 2025

Celebrate the fall season with the return of Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Culture Days Workshop: Spooktacular Art Workshop 10-14yrs

Calling all youth artists. Join us for a fun and festive Halloween Art Workshop where youth can use their imagination to create textured art pieces

North Vancouver | Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre | Workshop | Free

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days. Argonaut II: Guided Vessel Tours

Step aboard a century of maritime history! Come discover the living history of Argonaut II—a vessel that has been part of BC’s maritime story for over 100 years.

Vancouver | Vancouver Maritime Museum | 10:30 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

New West Halloween Market

All Hallows' Eve Craft Market. Shop 2 levels at Sapperton Hall filled with over 60 Halloween loving Vendors offering tons of original, spooky, witchy wares!

New Westminster | Sapperton Pensioners Community Hall | Market

Burnaby Central Railway

This is a fun ride-on-top miniature train

Burnaby | Burnaby Central Railway | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days: Nazanin Shafiee - Ribbon Embroidery and Needlework Workshop

Join artist Nazanin Shafiee for a free ribbon embroidery and needlework demonstration, celebrating cultural heritage, creativity, and the art of slow stitching

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | Workshop | Free

New Home and Condo Expo — Vancouver

The Vancouver New Home and Condo EXPO by NextHome brings over 40 exhibitors together for a two-day weekend event that connects homebuyers with the best builders and developers in the Greater Vancouver area

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Derby Reach Park Day

Experience the natural splendour and historical significance of Derby Reach with family-friendly activities. Learn about Langley Bog and heritage apples on guided walks to the viewing platform and historical sites

Langley | Derby Reach Regional Park | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family | Free

Culture Days: Printmaking Workshop

Drop into our interactive print workshop on Anvil Centre's 4th floor. Use a professional press to craft vibrant, collaborative monoprints. All materials are provided

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop | Free

New West Culture Crawl

Presented by Arts New West, The New West Cultural Crawl is an annual arts & culture festival that celebrates and exhibits the vast creative talents across New Westminster.

New Westminster | different places | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days: North Shore Art Crawl

What started with just two artists and a big idea has blossomed into the incredible North Shore Art Crawl!

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 11:00 am to 7:02 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Mid-Autumn Celebration at Lansdowne Centre

Experience an unforgettable Mid-Autumn Festival at Lansdowne Centre! Travel back in time and immerse yourself in the rich traditions of ancient China with our captivating activities

Richmond | Lansdowne Centre | Family

Vancouver First Saturday Open Studios

First Saturday Open Studios is an opportunity to visit artists at work in their studios located throughout British Columbia. Our goal is to build connections between artists and the public

Vancouver | different places | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Coquitlam Heritage: Mid-Autumn Moon Celebration

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn moon with us through music, food, and activities! Join us at the museum on October 4 from 12pm-3pm to participate.

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Heritage Society | Family | Free

Culture Days Workshop: Abstract Doodling and Colouring Book

Let go of creative rules and expectations through abstract doodling!

North Vancouver | Delbrook Community Recreation Centre | Visual Arts | Free

The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium 2025

Get ready for a day of empowering discussions, networking, and learning at The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium 2025 !

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | Lecture | Free

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Crafting Connections: A Card Making Workshop

Keep in Touch is POMO Museum’s latest exhibition exploring the history and evolution of communication. Humans have long sent messages to one another, whether by clay tablet or text message. One way or another, we like to connect

Port Moody | POMO Museum | Workshop

The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium Vancouver 2025

The Black Spaces Symposium is an annual gathering dedicated to empowering African Descent communities by creating inclusive platforms for dialogue, artistry, and action

Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan

This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Culture Days: Demonstration & Family Capoeira Workshop at The Music Box!

Join master Capoeira instructor, Lobo, and learn the basics of motor coordination, breathing techniques for grounding, and more!

West Vancouver | The Music Box- Upstairs Studio | Dance

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Burnaby: Opera on a Sunday Afternoon

Experience an enchanting afternoon filled with your favorite operatic arias, duets, and trios, performed by the exceptional young talents from the Burnaby Lyric Opera

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

The Gravy Bowl - BC Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders

American Football Meets Flavor And Rivalries Get Messy

Vancouver | BC Place | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Sports

Culture Days: Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival Main Day Events

Join us for the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, a Vancouver favourite!

Vancouver | Slocan Park & Renfrew Community Park | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Culture Days Workshop: Web and Application Design and Development for Artists

Design and build your first website or mobile application!

North Vancouver | Lynn Creek Community Centre | 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Splash Art Auction and Gala for Arts Umbrella

Splash is Arts Umbrella’s annual art auction with proceeds benefiting young people across Metro Vancouver in the visual and performing arts. The 43rd Annual Splash will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

Vancouver | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver | 5:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Sinner's Cabaret

Kami Van Halst presents The Sinner’s Cabaret — a hauntingly glamorous Halloween vaudeville variety show blending heavy metal, horror ballet, drag, and more

Burnaby | The Rec Room Brentwood | Show

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Harvest Haus 2025

Vancouver’s Oktoberfest

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

Austria Vancouver Club Oktoberfest 2025

Austria Club Oktoberfest hosts celebrations with live music, food, and dancing over three evenings September 27th and October 4th & 25th

Richmond | Austria Club | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party

Harvest Haus 2025

The Official Weekend Of Non-stop Bier-drinking, Bratwurst-eating, Lederhosen-wearing And Good Times Is Back!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

The Life of a Showgirl – Taylor Swift Drag Show

Join us at @TheJunctionPub on Saturday, October 4th for an incredible evening of Taylor Swift magic to celebrate her brand new album “The Life of a Showgirl”!

Vancouver | The Junction Pub | Show

Flashlight Mysteries: Nature Unnamed

Escape room-inspired challenges designed for ages 13+

Delta | Deas Island Regional Park | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Comedy Department - Saturday Night Laughs

Best Comedy Night In Vancouver Saturday Night Laughs is an award-winning improv show where you call the shots

Vancouver | The Show Cellar | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

The Improv Centre: I Know What You Did Last Weekend

Prepare to be launched into a laugh-out-loud world of secrets, betrayals, and melodrama inspired by ’90s teen slasher films.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Improv Centre: Theatresports™

Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast-paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops presents the Music of Phil Collins & Genesis

Conductor Stewart Chafetz leads the VSO in this rocking tribute concert

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Sarah Slean

Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and musician with 25 years of broad experience in music

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | Music

A MetroCon After Dark Exclusive! Tap Takeover

Raise a glass and dive into a night of endless fun at Tap Takeover, part of the MetroCon by FanCon After Dark Events

Burnaby | Earls Kitchen + Bar | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

White Rock & South Surrey Culture Crawl

Discover and celebrate the arts, culture and heritage that White Rock and South Surrey have to offer!

Surrey | Venues throughout South Surrey and White Rock | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Festival | Free

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

FACE TO FACE. F2F Tour Vancouver

Dive into an unforgettable weekend of trading card games. From thrilling tournaments to casual play, there's something for everyone

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Vancouver Maritime Museum: Pay What You Can Day

Visit the Vancouver Maritime Museum on the first Sunday of each month and Pay What You Can for admission

Vancouver | Vancouver Maritime Museum | 10:00 am to 2:07 pm | Exhibition

Activities for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025

Step into the rich history and vibrant traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site.

Richmond | The Britannia Shipyard | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025. Metro-Con: Fandom Comes Home

2 Days. Dozens Of Stars. One Epic Weekend, Including The Once-in-a-lifteime Battlestar Galactica Reunion.

Burnaby | Hilton, Metrotown | Show

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Harvest Days 2025

Celebrate the fall season with the return of Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days. Argonaut II: Guided Vessel Tours

Step aboard a century of maritime history! Come discover the living history of Argonaut II—a vessel that has been part of BC’s maritime story for over 100 years.

Vancouver | Vancouver Maritime Museum | 10:30 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

New West Halloween Market

All Hallows' Eve Craft Market. Shop 2 levels at Sapperton Hall filled with over 60 Halloween loving Vendors offering tons of original, spooky, witchy wares!

New Westminster | Sapperton Pensioners Community Hall | Market

HAVAN Fall 2025 Home Design + Reno Show

Discover, design & build! A boutique home show for renos & custom builds at VanDusen. Panels, pros & inspiration await!

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Arts Craft Showcase Exhibition by SPROUT TungMang of Music & Theatre 童萌紙皮兵工廠 X 床單裁縫店

Cardboard, sheets, and various scraps and leftovers can be transformed into exquisite props and costumes

Richmond | Atrium, Richmond Cultural Centre | Workshop

Burnaby Central Railway

This is a fun ride-on-top miniature train

Burnaby | Burnaby Central Railway | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

New Home and Condo Expo — Vancouver

The Vancouver New Home and Condo EXPO by NextHome brings over 40 exhibitors together for a two-day weekend event that connects homebuyers with the best builders and developers in the Greater Vancouver area

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days: Printmaking Workshop

Drop into our interactive print workshop on Anvil Centre's 4th floor. Use a professional press to craft vibrant, collaborative monoprints. All materials are provided

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop | Free

New West Culture Crawl

Presented by Arts New West, The New West Cultural Crawl is an annual arts & culture festival that celebrates and exhibits the vast creative talents across New Westminster.

New Westminster | different places | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days: North Shore Art Crawl

What started with just two artists and a big idea has blossomed into the incredible North Shore Art Crawl!

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 11:00 am to 7:02 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Create & Connect: Monthly Family Fun

On the first Sunday of each month, we throw open our Museum doors to all with Pay-What-You-Can access to our galleries and collections

North Vancouver | Museum of North Vancouver | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days Workshop: Learn to Code for the Modern Artist

Unlock new creative possibilities by learning to code. This workshop is designed for artists who want to learn the fundamentals of coding with the Python programming language. A laptop or mobile device is recommended to practice hands-on

North Vancouver | Lions Gate Community Recreation Centre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Culture Days: Ode to the Pattullo Bridge: Poetry Reading Salon

With Janet Kvammen, City of New Westminster's Poet Laureate, enjoy a casual gettogether to showcase local poets and their work alongside a literary farewell to the Pattullo Bridge

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | Books | Free

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

The Gateway Theatre: To The Moon: Mid-Autumn Celebration

To The Moon: Mid-Autumn Celebration is an event to bring families together to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Richmond community. Join us for a family-friendly concert in the Minoru Chapel, followed by craft lantern making at Gateway Theatre

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Diwali Fest in Surrey 2025

Diwali Downtown Surrey is a celebration of the Festival of Lights and ft. music and dance performances by South Asian artists

Surrey | Surrey City Hall | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Festival | Free

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

POMO Museum: Haunted Trains, Planes & Automobiles

Join the fabulous sister duo behind BC Haunted History for an unparalleled paranormal experience!

Port Moody | POMO Museum | Show

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes

The ‘Caps will look to build on a record-breaking 2024 season

Vancouver | BC Place | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Sports

MetroCon Wrap Party – Celebrate the Finale!

End MetroCon in style at the official Wrap Party, part of the MetroCon by FanCon After Dark Events. Join fans, staff, and special guests for one last unforgettable night of music, mingling, and celebration

Burnaby | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Improv Centre: House Teams

Vancouver’s finest improv performers from around the Lower Mainland are ready to show their stuff in back-to-back showcases! It’s all teams, all talent, all hilarious at the new season of House Teams!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days: Poetry Collage

Visit us in the studio and get creative making your own poetry collage art using a wide variety of recycled images and text. All materials are provided

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days: Cultural Crawl After Party

Wrap up your Culture Crawl experience with a relaxed and creative evening at Anvil Centre with the artists!

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Party | Free

Vessels: A Visual Journey Through Latin America’s Open Veins. Screening and Talkback

Join us for a powerful evening of art, memory, and conversation as we present the Vancouver premiere of Vessels, an animated short film by Cuban artist Yaimel López, with music composition and sound design by Alexandre Klinke.

Vancouver | Reliance Theatre – Emily Carr University of Art + Design | 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm | Lecture | Free

"Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong" a Book Launch event with Musqueam Elder Larry Grant

Spend the evening with Larry Grant sʔəyəɬəq 洪禮興, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Elder as he shares his life story in his new book "Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong"

Vancouver | Hycroft Manor (University Women's Club) | Books

Culture Days. SATELLITE: Harvest Moon

SATELLITE is a free, outdoor ambient music concert series and stargazing event in Elm Park. For this iteration, join Patchbay for a special viewing of the Harvest Moon featuring original spoken word and storytelling performances!

Vancouver | Elm Park Fieldhouse (Patchbay Fieldhouse) | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture | Free

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Something May Come Down on You – Live at Studio 58. Risky Nights (Fall Edition)

An original production created with and performed by fourth term students

Vancouver | Live at Studio 58 in room A010 | 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Culture Days: Writers for Readers

Writers for Readers is Richmond Public Library's writers' festival. Featuring live talks from bestselling BC and local Richmond authors.

Richmond | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse Branch) | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Books | Free

Culture Days Workshop: Persian Dance

Experience the rich, rhythmic world of Persian dance in this lively and engaging Workshop!

North Vancouver | Lions Gate Community Recreation Centre | Dance | Free

Culture Days: Jazz Jam

Hosted by the inimitable Cory Weeds of the Cellar Jazz Society, Jazz Jam features a stellar line-up of local jazz musicians in an improvised evening of music

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | Music | Free

Marathong By Meadow Physical Productions

A sparkling marathon of exciting new burlesque acts—raising money for VIBF's platinum 20th anniversary festival!

Vancouver | The Wise | Show

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Culture Days: SongRise Improv Choir – Sing ~ Explore ~ Connect !

If you love to sing and are ready to step outside the box, join this welcoming circle for a FREE Culture Days event

Vancouver | Kits Neighbourhood House | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Canada Super 60 Cricket at BC Place

Canada's premier cricket event at the iconic BC Place Stadium. Mark the dates – because this October, cricket writes a new chapter in Canada

Vancouver | BC Place | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

Writing Consultations with Selina Boan

This fall, Writer in Residence Selina Boan offers accessible one-on-one consultations to local writers in person and online with the Central Library

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Something May Come Down on You – Live at Studio 58. Risky Nights (Fall Edition)

An original production created with and performed by fourth term students

Vancouver | Live at Studio 58 in room A010 | 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Culture Days - Platinum Players - Try-it - 55+

Sit back, relax and laugh in this upcoming season sneak preview of this group of seniors who love to act. Audience members can join in the reading or simply watch, listen and enjoy.

Richmond | Seniors Centre - Minoru Centre for Active Living | Performing Arts | Free

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Opera Adventures: Rigoletto

Opera is back at the library! Join us for the premiere of Season Four of Opera Adventures, our free live series that brings opera to life through storytelling, conversation, and performance

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library – Central Branch | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Opera | Free

The Improv Centre: Twist of Fate

The only thing you can expect is spontaneous scenes, clever quips, and unpredictable comedy at every turn!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days - Yuanji Dancing - Try-it - 55+

Experience a guided mixture of choreographed dance, meditation and qigong originating from Taiwan. Registration required

Richmond | Seniors Centre - Minoru Centre for Active Living | Dance | Free

Timeless Tales: Trailblazing Phyllis Munday

Celebrate Women's History Month by joining us for a presentation about Phyllis Munday

North Vancouver | MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

Culture Days Workshop: Silent Writing Workshops

Join NVRC Artist Resident, Erin MacNair, and other North Shore writers for a silent write-in at the Delbrook Art Studio room, Thursdays 10:00am –1:30pm.

North Vancouver | Delbrook Community Recreation Centre | Workshop | Free

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Canada Super 60 Cricket at BC Place

Canada's premier cricket event at the iconic BC Place Stadium. Mark the dates – because this October, cricket writes a new chapter in Canada

Vancouver | BC Place | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Coquitlam Heritage - October Book Club: The Finder

Join us for our October book discussion of The Finder by Will Ferguson. Featuring a variety of people, places, and things, the novel follows different characters as they encounter the figure known as the Finder and explore the stories of lost objects

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Heritage Society | Books | Free

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Presentation House Theatre:

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Something May Come Down on You – Live at Studio 58. Risky Nights (Fall Edition)

An original production created with and performed by fourth term students

Vancouver | Live at Studio 58 in room A010 | 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Culture Days: Inay Film Screening and Discussion

Join us for a film screening and panel discussion of the film Inay (2024). From the 1990s, the Live-In Caregiver Program attracted thousands of Filipino women to Canada as migrant workers, enabling them to send money back home and gain permanent residency

Richmond | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse Branch) | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Film | Free

Vancouver Sake Fest '25

Sake Fest returns to Vancouver for another exceptional celebration of Japanese sake and culture, showcasing a wide range of styles and flavour profiles.

Vancouver | Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel by APA | Food / Wine

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Culture Days. DelecTABLE: Burnaby's Food Journeys, Curator’s Tour & Talk

Join Burnaby Village Museum’s Curator, Jane Lemke, and Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa, for an engaging tour and discussion of our new exhibit, DelecTABLE: Burnaby’s Food Journeys

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Culture Days. Richmond Improv Presents: Try it out!

Come join us for our Try Improv Series, where we will be hosting beginner improv workshops.

Richmond | Thompson Community Centre Annex | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Workshop

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

Burnaby: A Perfectly Reasonable Night of Comedy

Step out of the house for an unforgettable evening with Peter Oldring and Pat Kelly (CBC Radio’s This is That) as they reunite with Carolyn Taylor (Baroness von Sketch Show)

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | Comedy

Early Music Vancouver - Beethoven & Haydn: Consone Quartet

Artists: Consone Quartet – Agata Daraškaite and Magdalena Loth-Hill, violins; Elitsa Bogdanova, viola; George Ross, cello

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

The Improv Centre: Blockbuster

Have you ever thought you could write a movie better than the actual writer could? Get your chance!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Global Dance Connections series - The Dance Centre Presents: Co.ERASGA

A visionary world premiere from Co.ERASGA, Eternal Gestures is a trilogy of evocative solo works commissioned Salish-based choreographers Starr Muranko, Michelle Olson and Margaret Grenier, and performed by Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

Culture Days: Air Dry Clay Ghosts

Join us for a two-part craft program this Halloween season and make air dry clay ghosts!

Delta | Ladner Pioneer Library | 3:15 am to 4:15 am | Workshop | Free

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Bake It Spooky with Punk Rock Pastries

Get ready to whip up some frightful delights with Hollie, two-time Food Network Halloween Baking Champion, at her exclusive Halloween Baking Workshops

Burnaby | Punk Rock Pastries | 10:00 am to 8:30 pm | Cooking

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Central Railway

This is a fun ride-on-top miniature train

Burnaby | Burnaby Central Railway | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Canada Super 60 Cricket at BC Place

Canada's premier cricket event at the iconic BC Place Stadium. Mark the dates – because this October, cricket writes a new chapter in Canada

Vancouver | BC Place | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

The 9th Annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival 2025

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists and performers outside of mainstream art institutions. We strive to provide a platform for these artists to share their unique perspectives and artistic visions with the community

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | Festival

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Something May Come Down on You – Live at Studio 58. Risky Nights (Fall Edition)

An original production created with and performed by fourth term students

Vancouver | Live at Studio 58 in room A010 | 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Culture Days: Rage • Love • Compassion • Community

This is a 4-part creative workshop series (extending beyond BC Culture Days) that uses poetry and collage to help participants explore and process complex emotions—anger, sorrow, love—while building a sense of belonging through community art-making

Vancouver | Dorothy Somerset Studios UBC | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Vancouver International Film Festival presents Making It Happen with Jeremy Dawson Producer

Join us for an intimate and dynamic conversation as we celebrate this local hero and explore his remarkable journey through the world of cinema

Vancouver | Annex | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Diwali in Coquitlam 2025

Join us for Diwali in Coquitlam at the Evergreen Cultural Centre! Friday October 10th, 2025 Stay tuned for more information!

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival | Free

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

An Evening with the Bruntletts - North Vancouver

The Bruntletts moved to the Netherlands in 2019, and return to Canada to share their views on Dutch practices of making cities work

North Vancouver | MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Improv Centre: I Know What You Did Last Weekend

Prepare to be launched into a laugh-out-loud world of secrets, betrayals, and melodrama inspired by ’90s teen slasher films.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The 10th Annual Vancouver Spring Show™ presented ‍The Legend of the Nine-Colored Deer

The Vancouver Spring show are thrilled to present The Legend of the Nine-Coloured Deer...

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Burnaby: Guy Davis

Guy Davis is an American blues guitarist, banjo player, and two-time Grammy Award nominee

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | Music

The Improv Centre: Theatresports™

Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast-paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Lea Salonga: Stage, Screen & Everything In Between

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, OL is a Filipino singer and actress

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Global Dance Connections series - The Dance Centre Presents: Co.ERASGA

A visionary world premiere from Co.ERASGA, Eternal Gestures is a trilogy of evocative solo works commissioned Salish-based choreographers Starr Muranko, Michelle Olson and Margaret Grenier, and performed by Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fort Langley Cranberry Festival 2025 Pancake Breakfast

We have a Pancake Breakfast which includes 2 pancakes, 3 sausages, 1 Cranberry Bratwurst and coffee or tea

Langley | Fort Langley Lions Club | Food / Wine

Sensory-Friendly Mornings

Explore Science Your Way – Calm, Comfortable, and Inclusive

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 8:00 am to 11:00 am | Exhibition

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Activities for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025

Step into the rich history and vibrant traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site.

Richmond | The Britannia Shipyard | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Diwali Fest in New Westminster 2025

Celebrate Diwali in New Westminster with dazzling South Asian music & dance performances, creative Diwali arts & crafts, and beautiful henna designs!

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival | Free

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

2025 Cranberry Festival at the Fort Langley

Celebrate the cranberry harvest where traditions meet history! While the village of Fort Langley fills the streets with music, food, and vendors, step inside the walls of Fort Langley National Historic Site for a celebration with a historic twist

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Family

Vancouver (Canada) Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2025

For Lovers of the Strange, Unusual & Bizarre...

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Harvest Days 2025

Celebrate the fall season with the return of Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Bake It Spooky with Punk Rock Pastries

Get ready to whip up some frightful delights with Hollie, two-time Food Network Halloween Baking Champion, at her exclusive Halloween Baking Workshops

Burnaby | Punk Rock Pastries | 10:00 am to 8:30 pm | Cooking

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Canada Super 60 Cricket at BC Place

Canada's premier cricket event at the iconic BC Place Stadium. Mark the dates – because this October, cricket writes a new chapter in Canada

Vancouver | BC Place | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

The 9th Annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival 2025

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists and performers outside of mainstream art institutions. We strive to provide a platform for these artists to share their unique perspectives and artistic visions with the community

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | Festival

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Something May Come Down on You – Live at Studio 58. Risky Nights (Fall Edition)

An original production created with and performed by fourth term students

Vancouver | Live at Studio 58 in room A010 | 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Culture Days. Ivanhoe Pub Oktoberfest

Celebrate the traditional Bavarian folk festival, Oktoberfest, with authentic food, lively music, dancing, drinks, activities, and games

Vancouver | Ivanhoe Pub | Festival | Free

VIFF presents Bringing Monsters to Life with VFX Supervisor Dennis Berardi - Frankenstein

The art of monster-making has come a long way since the gothic laboratories of Mary Shelley’s imagination

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Film

bbno$ Presents Baby’s Bonanza

bbno$ & friends

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | Music

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Comedy Department - Saturday Night Laughs

Best Comedy Night In Vancouver Saturday Night Laughs is an award-winning improv show where you call the shots

Vancouver | The Show Cellar | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

The Improv Centre: I Know What You Did Last Weekend

Prepare to be launched into a laugh-out-loud world of secrets, betrayals, and melodrama inspired by ’90s teen slasher films.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Improv Centre: Theatresports™

Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast-paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

The World of Hans Zimmer – A New Dimension

Experience Cinema’s Most Iconic Scores Live In A Breathtaking Symphony Of Sight And Sound

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | Music

Lea Salonga: Stage, Screen & Everything In Between

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, OL is a Filipino singer and actress

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Activities for Mid-Autumn Festival 2025

Step into the rich history and vibrant traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site.

Richmond | The Britannia Shipyard | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver (Canada) Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2025

For Lovers of the Strange, Unusual & Bizarre...

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Harvest Days 2025

Celebrate the fall season with the return of Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Ink from Elsewhere: Natural Dyes from Invasive Plants. Fall Edition!

This hands-on workshop explores alternative ink-making using invasive plants found across the Lower Mainland

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 11:00 am to 1:30 pm | Workshop

The Making Place. Pastels and Paper Monsters

Join us for The Making Place every Sunday!

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Canada Super 60 Cricket at BC Place

Canada's premier cricket event at the iconic BC Place Stadium. Mark the dates – because this October, cricket writes a new chapter in Canada

Vancouver | BC Place | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

The 9th Annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival 2025

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists and performers outside of mainstream art institutions. We strive to provide a platform for these artists to share their unique perspectives and artistic visions with the community

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | Festival

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Something May Come Down on You – Live at Studio 58. Risky Nights (Fall Edition)

An original production created with and performed by fourth term students

Vancouver | Live at Studio 58 in room A010 | 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Culture Days: Textile Printing Workshop with Artmania

Join textile artist, painter, and photographer Mary Hay for a hands-on screen-printing workshop using Artmania’s curated stencil library.

West Vancouver | The Silk Purse Art Studio | 4:35 pm to 12:00 am | Workshop

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Harvest Days 2025

Celebrate the fall season with the return of Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Canada Super 60 Cricket at BC Place

Canada's premier cricket event at the iconic BC Place Stadium. Mark the dates – because this October, cricket writes a new chapter in Canada

Vancouver | BC Place | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Zahra Ebrahim: Messy Cities

Come hear renowned urbanist Zahra Ebrahim discuss her new co-edited book Messy Cities. She will appear in conversation with urban affairs reporter Frances Bula

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Books | Free

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

UBC Opera Presents: Our 100th Anniversary Celebration

Celebrate the centennial of UBC’s Old Auditorium with an evening of music, laughter, and history.

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | Performing Arts

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Performing the Live Score to ‘Suspiria’

Join us at the Rio Theatre as Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performs a live score to Dario Argento‘s iconic, “giallo,” the phantasmagoric nightmare of a horror icon SUSPIRIA (“the most terrifying movie ever made!”) alongside a screening of the film.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival 2025

This season, VHS is taking over downtown Vancouver!

Vancouver | Cineplex Cinemas International Village | 10:45 am to 10:30 pm | Festival

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Writing Consultations with Selina Boan

This fall, Writer in Residence Selina Boan offers accessible one-on-one consultations to local writers in person and online with the Central Library

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Premiere

In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, best-selling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explores the intersection of art and revolution through the life of Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Pacific Theatre Presents Wakey, Wakey By Will Eno

A remount of PT's acclaimed 2021 production. Nominated for 5 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Walks: Creatures of the Night

What happens in the Park after dark? Join us for a stroll to learn all about the nocturnal animals of the waters, skies, and forest and how they adapt to thrive after the sun has set.

Vancouver | Nature House on Lost Lagoon | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Nature / Animals

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight - 30th Anniversary Screening and Opening Night Party

VHS is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 1995’s greatest and goriest horror film, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Vancouver | Cineplex Cinemas International Village | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

The Dance Centre Presents - Justine A. Chambers and Ryan Tacata: Patterning

Join us for Dance Dialogues – a three-part series of talks where artists and scholars delve into the ideas, practices, and provocations that shape contemporary dance and art-making

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

UBC Opera Presents: Our 100th Anniversary Celebration

Celebrate the centennial of UBC’s Old Auditorium with an evening of music, laughter, and history.

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | Performing Arts

VCT Presents the 2025/26 National Geographic Live Speaker Series Season: From Roots To Canopy

Featuring Nalini Nadkarni - National Geographic Explorer & Ecologist

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | Nature / Animals

The Improv Centre: Twist of Fate

The only thing you can expect is spontaneous scenes, clever quips, and unpredictable comedy at every turn!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Voss Events presents RuPauls Drag Race Werq The World Tour 2025

This year, RuPaul's Drag Race Werq the World is taking you behind the velvet ropes of the most exclusive awards show in herstory

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | Show

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Performing the Live Score to ‘Suspiria’

Join us at the Rio Theatre as Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performs a live score to Dario Argento‘s iconic, “giallo,” the phantasmagoric nightmare of a horror icon SUSPIRIA (“the most terrifying movie ever made!”) alongside a screening of the film.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Sustenance Festival

Sustenance Festival 2025 will focus on complexity and hope in diasporic experiences within land and food systems in public spaces.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:30 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

Vancouver New Music Festival 2025 presents Murmurs of memory

Presented as part of the VNM Festival, Murmurs of Memory is an immersive sound installation that transforms whispered recollections, intimate conversations, and personal reflections into a fluid, evolving auditory landscape

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 9:30 am to 8:30 pm | Festival | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival 2025

This season, VHS is taking over downtown Vancouver!

Vancouver | Cineplex Cinemas International Village | 10:45 am to 10:30 pm | Festival

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

The Gateway Theatre: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B

This sharp and comedic reinvention of the classic detective tale is exactly what you’re looking for this fall.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Premiere

In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, best-selling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explores the intersection of art and revolution through the life of Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Pacific Theatre Presents Wakey, Wakey By Will Eno

A remount of PT's acclaimed 2021 production. Nominated for 5 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Megaphone's Annual Fundraiser: The Evening Edition

Join us as we celebrate our annual Vendor of the Year award recipient and Angel Gates Memorial award winner!

Vancouver | Russian Hall | Charity / Fundraising

Love At First Page

Join four Canadian novelists writing at the intersections of romance, comedy and mental health

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Books | Free

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Museum of Vancouver: Heritage Vancouver Top 10 Watch List 25th Anniversary Celebration

Join us for a special celebration of the Heritage Vancouver Society's Top10 Watch List as it marks its 25th anniversary.

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | History

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Science, Stand-Up, & Song by Dr. Marissa Lithopoulos

A variety show with brilliant scientists, hilarious professional comedians, and music along the way!

Vancouver | Gordon B. Shrum Building | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Improv Centre: Blockbuster

Have you ever thought you could write a movie better than the actual writer could? Get your chance!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver New Music Festival presents Whispered Folds Day 1

Whispered Folds is a metaphor for the overlapping layers of identity, experience, and resonances that are explored in this year’s VNM festival

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Market

The Realm presented by KING SNOW

Follow snowboarding’s new backcountry mega crew through the mountains of Japan, Canada and Norway.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film

The Beaumont Presents – Theatre Of The Damned

This Halloween, The Beaumont Studios Unleashes Theatre Of The Damned — A Raunchy, Blood-splattered Love Letter To Horror Cinema, Where Cult Classics Are Reborn In Live Performance, Soaked In Glitter And Served Up With A Healthy Side Of Beaumont Sass

Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver New Music Festival 2025 presents Murmurs of memory

Presented as part of the VNM Festival, Murmurs of Memory is an immersive sound installation that transforms whispered recollections, intimate conversations, and personal reflections into a fluid, evolving auditory landscape

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 9:30 am to 8:30 pm | Festival | Free

Fin-Tastic Fall Days at the Aquarium

Experience the warmth and wonder of fall under the sea!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Halloween and Trick or Treat at Kingsgate Mall

Visit the mall for a series of events throughout the month including mask making (October 25) and a pumpkin display. There’s also the Dream Horror Haunted House on site but the minimum age is 13

Vancouver | Kingsgate Mall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

HowlOver Halloween at FlyOver Canada

There's still broom for this family friendly Halloween adventure — but get your tickets today!

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada at Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Haunted Sea

Discover what lies beneath the waves in the Haunted Sea! Visit the seasonally spooky installation inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train and Halloween Night Train 2025

Surrey | BEAR CREEK PARK TRAIN& MINI-GOLF | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival 2025

This season, VHS is taking over downtown Vancouver!

Vancouver | Cineplex Cinemas International Village | 10:45 am to 10:30 pm | Festival

Small File Media Festival 2025

The Small File Media Festival returns to The Cinematheque for its sixth year!

Vancouver | The Cinematheque | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Guildford Town Centre: The Maze of Monsters

Who’s ready for the The Maze of Monsters?

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Hopcott Farms: Cranberry Harvest Tour & Longtable Lunch

Enjoy your family style longtable lunch along with a cranberry apple sangria amid beautiful mountain views in the background

Pitt Meadows | Hopcott Farms | 12:00 am to 3:30 pm | Food / Wine

The Gateway Theatre: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B

This sharp and comedic reinvention of the classic detective tale is exactly what you’re looking for this fall.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

ParaTough Cup - Vancouver 2025

Compete in Para sport and have the opportunity to hear athletes and Paralympians share their stories at a fireside chat!

Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Sports

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Premiere

In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, best-selling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explores the intersection of art and revolution through the life of Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Pacific Theatre Presents Wakey, Wakey By Will Eno

A remount of PT's acclaimed 2021 production. Nominated for 5 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Oktoberfest 2025 By Ridge Meadows Hospice Society

Your ticket includes a full traditional German dinner, along with delicious vegetarian options, live music and dancing with the Oktoberators

Maple Ridge | Albion Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

Ghost Walk by Ghostly Vancouver Tours

Ghostly Vancouver Tours offers haunted, historic walking tours of the Lower Mainland. Come join us at WildPlay for a night of spooky storytelling and ghostly discoveries in the wicked woods of WildPlay Maple Ridge!

Maple Ridge | WildPlay Maple Ridge | Active Life / Health

Vancouver Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour

Join us as we tour Vancouver’s ghostly spots, sharing spine-tingling eerie legends. Our Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour will take you along some of the Vancouver’s darkest corners and most mysterious landmarks

Vancouver | Pickup/Dropoff by Canada Place | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Oktoberfest 2025 at Albion Community Hall

Your ticket includes a full traditional German dinner, along with delicious vegetarian options, live music and dancing with the Oktoberators

Maple Ridge | Albion Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

Coquitlam Heritage: Coquitlam Hair Stories

Join us for our opening night of our new exhibit - Coquitlam Hair Stories: From Barber Chair to Hair Care

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Heritage Society | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Exhibition

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Improv Centre: I Know What You Did Last Weekend

Prepare to be launched into a laugh-out-loud world of secrets, betrayals, and melodrama inspired by ’90s teen slasher films.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Improv Centre: Theatresports™

Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast-paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Vancouver New Music Festival presents Whispered Folds Day 2

Whispered Folds is a metaphor for the overlapping layers of identity, experience, and resonances that are explored in this year’s VNM festival

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Market

Fonseca en Vancouver: Tropicalia Tour

Colombian superstar Fonseca returns to Vancouver with his most vibrant tour yet: Tropicalia Tour 2025

Vancouver | The Centre for Performing Arts | Music

The Beaumont Presents – Theatre Of The Damned

This Halloween, The Beaumont Studios Unleashes Theatre Of The Damned — A Raunchy, Blood-splattered Love Letter To Horror Cinema, Where Cult Classics Are Reborn In Live Performance, Soaked In Glitter And Served Up With A Healthy Side Of Beaumont Sass

Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver New Music Festival 2025 presents Murmurs of memory

Presented as part of the VNM Festival, Murmurs of Memory is an immersive sound installation that transforms whispered recollections, intimate conversations, and personal reflections into a fluid, evolving auditory landscape

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 9:30 am to 8:30 pm | Festival | Free

Fin-Tastic Fall Days at the Aquarium

Experience the warmth and wonder of fall under the sea!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Halloween and Trick or Treat at Kingsgate Mall

Visit the mall for a series of events throughout the month including mask making (October 25) and a pumpkin display. There’s also the Dream Horror Haunted House on site but the minimum age is 13

Vancouver | Kingsgate Mall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

HowlOver Halloween at FlyOver Canada

There's still broom for this family friendly Halloween adventure — but get your tickets today!

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada at Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Hopcott Farms: Cranberry Harvest Tour 2025

You’ve all seen the pictures of the beautiful cranberry fields with bright red floating cranberries. Now’s your chance to experience it up close

Pitt Meadows | Hopcott Farms | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

VFS In-Production Bootcamp | Capturing the K-Pop Magic

Actors & Animators: Learn Directly From A Renowned Choreographer & Industry Animators

Vancouver | VFS Film Campus | Workshop

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Haunted Sea

Discover what lies beneath the waves in the Haunted Sea! Visit the seasonally spooky installation inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Richmond Nature Park: Halloween Hoot

Drop in to the Nature Park to view Halloween decorations along the Pond Trail. Pumpkins available for purchase during this family friendly event that runs rain or shine

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Harvest Days 2025

Celebrate the fall season with the return of Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train and Halloween Night Train 2025

Surrey | BEAR CREEK PARK TRAIN& MINI-GOLF | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Coho Commotion

​Each fall, coho salmon complete an epic journey to return to their birthplace, change colour and other aspects of their physical appearance — all in order to mate and make salmon babies.

North Vancouver | Capilano River Regional Park | 10:30 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival 2025

This season, VHS is taking over downtown Vancouver!

Vancouver | Cineplex Cinemas International Village | 10:45 am to 10:30 pm | Festival

The Vancouver Maritime Museum: Buoy, Oh Buoy!

Fun, flair, and fabulousness at the Vancouver Maritime Museum!

Vancouver | The Vancouver Maritime Museum | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Small File Media Festival 2025

The Small File Media Festival returns to The Cinematheque for its sixth year!

Vancouver | The Cinematheque | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival

Family Saturdays with Chinatown Storytelling Centre

Join us on the third Saturday of each month from 11am - 1pm for hands-on activities and learn about Chinatown's vibrant heritage!

Vancouver | Chinatown Storytelling Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Family

Langley City Film Festival

A close-up of a person with long hair, focused on a camera with a large lens, set against a blurred background

Langley | Langley Community Music School | Film

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Guildford Town Centre: The Maze of Monsters

Who’s ready for the The Maze of Monsters?

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Burnaby

After six incredible years on Granville Island, the Day of the Dead Market is expanding to The Amazing Brentwood Mall Plaza for a two-day cultural festival filled with music, art, food, and family fun

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood Mall Plaza | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Festival | Free

Fungi and Fall Leaves: Watercolour Workshop

Join us and our instructor, Jenna Leith, for this beginner-friendly watercolour workshop to learn some basic techniques and use them to bring fungi, leaves, and autumnal elements to life on paper

Vancouver | the Stanley Park Pavilion at the Stanley Park Ecology Society | 12:30 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop

The Gateway Theatre: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B

This sharp and comedic reinvention of the classic detective tale is exactly what you’re looking for this fall.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium 2025 is taking place: Oct 18th, 2025

Join us at The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium 2025 on October 18th, 2025, for a day of empowering discussions and networking

Vancouver | Historic Theatre, The Cultch | Lecture | Free

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium Vancouver 2025

The Black Spaces Symposium is an annual gathering dedicated to empowering African Descent communities by creating inclusive platforms for dialogue, artistry, and action

Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Premiere

In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, best-selling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explores the intersection of art and revolution through the life of Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Multiple dates (Not So) Haunted House Halloween Party by Advanced Self Storage

Come join us at the (Not So) Haunted House Halloween Party by Advanced Self Storage and Cirque des Morts Vaudeville Society

Maple Ridge | Advanced Self Storage Maple Meadows | Party | Free

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Pacific Theatre Presents Wakey, Wakey By Will Eno

A remount of PT's acclaimed 2021 production. Nominated for 5 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Laughter on Pender - Comedy Show with Vivek Mahbubani & Joanna Sio

Bilingual laughs with Vivek Mahbubani and Joanna Sio on culture and life abroad inside the vibrant Chinatown Storytelling Centre

Vancouver | Chinatown Storytelling Centre | 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Comedy

Gulf of Georgia Cannery: One Ocean Film Tour Vol. 5

Enjoy ocean films, Haunted Seas & a tour of Ocean Legacy’s facility and support ocean protection!

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Film

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

R&B Fest Is Coming To Vancouver

R&B Fest Is Coming To Vancouver! Get ready to indulge in the ultimate Old School R&B experience that will leave you dancing all night long!

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | Music

MastersFX Monster Museum

MEET THE MONSTERS! If you love movies, monsters, and special FX makeup as much as we do, then there's no better place for you to visit than the MastersFX Monster Museum!

Burnaby | MastersFX Monster Museum | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

POMO Museum: Movie Night

On October 18 at 5 PM we will be showing “Phantom of The Opera” (1925)! For only $10 (which includes a drink of choice), you can watch a silent film on our Venosta

Port Moody | POMO Museum | Film

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Gastown

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Latin Plaza Hub, Gastown | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

The Midlife Symposium

An inquiry into women’s health, longevity and the (peri)menopause journey. A fundraiser for the BC Women’s Complex Menopause Clinic

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | Active Life / Health

Vancouver Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour

Join us as we tour Vancouver’s ghostly spots, sharing spine-tingling eerie legends. Our Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour will take you along some of the Vancouver’s darkest corners and most mysterious landmarks

Vancouver | Pickup/Dropoff by Canada Place | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs FC Dallas

The ‘Caps will look to build on a record-breaking 2024 season

Vancouver | BC Place | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Sports

North Vancouver Collab West 2025

On October 18, 2025, an artisan woodworking studio in North Vancouver will host the inaugural launch party of CollabWest ‘25

North Vancouver | Reduxwood West studio-turned-gallery | 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Cayford Gala 2025 by Forward Foundation

The 6th Annual Cayford Gala – “Red Carpet Ready” Saturday, October 18, 2025 The Westin Wall Centre Hotel, Richmond, BC

Richmond | Westin Wall Centre - Vancouver Airport Hotel | 6:30 pm to 11:59 pm

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Haunted Hollywood: Lights. Camera. Fright - An immersive Dance and Show After Party

Walk the red carpet—if you dare. The chandeliers glow, the cameras roll, and Hollywood’s darkest scenes are about to come alive in the ultimate Halloween experience

Vancouver | The Pearl | 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Show

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Comedy Department: Canadian Steam

Canadian Steam: They’re Polite, But Not Tonight. Canadian Steam: A Music & Comedy Show w/ Mildly Sexy Lumberjacks

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

The Comedy Department - Saturday Night Laughs

Best Comedy Night In Vancouver Saturday Night Laughs is an award-winning improv show where you call the shots

Vancouver | The Show Cellar | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

The Improv Centre: I Know What You Did Last Weekend

Prepare to be launched into a laugh-out-loud world of secrets, betrayals, and melodrama inspired by ’90s teen slasher films.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Improv Centre: Theatresports™

Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast-paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Vancouver New Music Festival presents Whispered Folds Day 3

Whispered Folds is a metaphor for the overlapping layers of identity, experience, and resonances that are explored in this year’s VNM festival

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Market

The Beaumont Presents – Theatre Of The Damned

This Halloween, The Beaumont Studios Unleashes Theatre Of The Damned — A Raunchy, Blood-splattered Love Letter To Horror Cinema, Where Cult Classics Are Reborn In Live Performance, Soaked In Glitter And Served Up With A Healthy Side Of Beaumont Sass

Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

The Rio Theatre Burlesque & Variety Show

A copious cavalcade of top notch talent and captivating cabaret await at The Rio Theatre Burlesque and Variety Show on Saturday, October 18th!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

The 19th Annual Strachan Hartley Legacy Run

Be part of the 19th Annual Strachan Hartley Legacy Run in North Vancouver — one of the Lower Mainland’s most inspiring community events

North Vancouver | 8:00 am to 3:00 pm | Sports

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Fin-Tastic Fall Days at the Aquarium

Experience the warmth and wonder of fall under the sea!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Halloween and Trick or Treat at Kingsgate Mall

Visit the mall for a series of events throughout the month including mask making (October 25) and a pumpkin display. There’s also the Dream Horror Haunted House on site but the minimum age is 13

Vancouver | Kingsgate Mall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

HowlOver Halloween at FlyOver Canada

There's still broom for this family friendly Halloween adventure — but get your tickets today!

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada at Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Hopcott Farms: Cranberry Harvest Tour 2025

You’ve all seen the pictures of the beautiful cranberry fields with bright red floating cranberries. Now’s your chance to experience it up close

Pitt Meadows | Hopcott Farms | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

VFS In-Production Bootcamp | Capturing the K-Pop Magic

Actors & Animators: Learn Directly From A Renowned Choreographer & Industry Animators

Vancouver | VFS Film Campus | Workshop

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Haunted Sea

Discover what lies beneath the waves in the Haunted Sea! Visit the seasonally spooky installation inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Morning Kintsugi Workshop

Join renowned instructor Yuka Morino for a special workshop on Kintsugi, the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Workshop

Richmond Nature Park: Halloween Hoot

Drop in to the Nature Park to view Halloween decorations along the Pond Trail. Pumpkins available for purchase during this family friendly event that runs rain or shine

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Harvest Days 2025

Celebrate the fall season with the return of Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train and Halloween Night Train 2025

Surrey | BEAR CREEK PARK TRAIN& MINI-GOLF | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival 2025

This season, VHS is taking over downtown Vancouver!

Vancouver | Cineplex Cinemas International Village | 10:45 am to 10:30 pm | Festival

Return of the Salmon

Celebrate the return of our salmon to Kanaka Creek and learn about their incredible journey and life in the spectacular Kanaka Watershed

Maple Ridge | Kanaka Creek Regional Park | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest and Pop Up Shop

The season’s favourite is back. Don your stretchy pants and head over to the Metropolis at Metrotown for a good old-fashioned pie-eating contest, organized by The Pie Hole

Burnaby | Metropolis at Metrotown | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Guildford Town Centre: The Maze of Monsters

Who’s ready for the The Maze of Monsters?

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Burnaby

After six incredible years on Granville Island, the Day of the Dead Market is expanding to The Amazing Brentwood Mall Plaza for a two-day cultural festival filled with music, art, food, and family fun

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood Mall Plaza | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Festival | Free

The Gateway Theatre: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B

This sharp and comedic reinvention of the classic detective tale is exactly what you’re looking for this fall.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Afternoon Kintsugi Workshop

Join renowned instructor Yuka Morino for a special workshop on Kintsugi, the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Workshop

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Premiere

In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, best-selling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explores the intersection of art and revolution through the life of Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

“My journey to Blue Sky” Barry Greenfield

Barry Greenfield is returning to the YALETOWN ROUNDHOUSE, for a musical matinee and book reading, on Sunday, 2pm, on October 19th.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Books

Presentation House Theatre: Lasa ng Imperyo/A Taste of Empire

This adaptation of Jovanni Sy’s A Taste of Empire reimagines this acclaimed play through a fresh female perspective. As the dish is brought to life, so too are the stories embedded within its ingredients

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Museum of Vancouver: Long Live Kings: Drag King Histories

Ever wondered what Vancouver’s Drag King scene looked like? Did you know there is a long history of drag kings before you?

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

MastersFX Monster Museum

MEET THE MONSTERS! If you love movies, monsters, and special FX makeup as much as we do, then there's no better place for you to visit than the MastersFX Monster Museum!

Burnaby | MastersFX Monster Museum | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

Inside The Alchemist Heart: A Guided Tour with Dafne Blanco-Sarlay

Join us for a special guided tour with multidisciplinary artist Dafne Blanco-Sarlay, as she walks us through her powerful solo exhibition, The Alchemist Heart , a deeply personal journey through identity, memory, and the transformative power of art

Vancouver | Historic Theatre Gallery | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Lecture

Vancouver Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour

Join us as we tour Vancouver’s ghostly spots, sharing spine-tingling eerie legends. Our Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour will take you along some of the Vancouver’s darkest corners and most mysterious landmarks

Vancouver | Pickup/Dropoff by Canada Place | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Chan Centre present Ali Sethi

Ali Sethi skyrocketed to fame with “Pasoori,” surpassing 1 billion streams and landing on Time Magazine’s “100 Next” list

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Improv Centre: House Teams

Vancouver’s finest improv performers from around the Lower Mainland are ready to show their stuff in back-to-back showcases! It’s all teams, all talent, all hilarious at the new season of House Teams!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Broadway Barbara LIVE

Broadway Barbara at the Rio Theatre – skip this show, and you better wear soft shoes... because you’ll be kicking yourself for the rest of your days!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Fin-Tastic Fall Days at the Aquarium

Experience the warmth and wonder of fall under the sea!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Halloween and Trick or Treat at Kingsgate Mall

Visit the mall for a series of events throughout the month including mask making (October 25) and a pumpkin display. There’s also the Dream Horror Haunted House on site but the minimum age is 13

Vancouver | Kingsgate Mall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

HowlOver Halloween at FlyOver Canada

There's still broom for this family friendly Halloween adventure — but get your tickets today!

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada at Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Haunted Sea

Discover what lies beneath the waves in the Haunted Sea! Visit the seasonally spooky installation inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

2025 Vancouver Writers Festival

Welcome to the 2025 Vancouver Writers Fest!

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 11:00 pm | Books

Richmond Nature Park: Halloween Hoot

Drop in to the Nature Park to view Halloween decorations along the Pond Trail. Pumpkins available for purchase during this family friendly event that runs rain or shine

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train and Halloween Night Train 2025

Surrey | BEAR CREEK PARK TRAIN& MINI-GOLF | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Guildford Town Centre: The Maze of Monsters

Who’s ready for the The Maze of Monsters?

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Vancouver Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour

Join us as we tour Vancouver’s ghostly spots, sharing spine-tingling eerie legends. Our Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour will take you along some of the Vancouver’s darkest corners and most mysterious landmarks

Vancouver | Pickup/Dropoff by Canada Place | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Oh, Canada!: The Alma Lee Opening Night

In sequential talks, notable Canadian authors will illuminate, through their eyes, who we are—and who we could be, if we commit to protecting this country and making it better

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Fin-Tastic Fall Days at the Aquarium

Experience the warmth and wonder of fall under the sea!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Halloween and Trick or Treat at Kingsgate Mall

Visit the mall for a series of events throughout the month including mask making (October 25) and a pumpkin display. There’s also the Dream Horror Haunted House on site but the minimum age is 13

Vancouver | Kingsgate Mall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

HowlOver Halloween at FlyOver Canada

There's still broom for this family friendly Halloween adventure — but get your tickets today!

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada at Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Haunted Sea

Discover what lies beneath the waves in the Haunted Sea! Visit the seasonally spooky installation inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

2025 Vancouver Writers Festival

Welcome to the 2025 Vancouver Writers Fest!

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 11:00 pm | Books

Richmond Nature Park: Halloween Hoot

Drop in to the Nature Park to view Halloween decorations along the Pond Trail. Pumpkins available for purchase during this family friendly event that runs rain or shine

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train and Halloween Night Train 2025

Surrey | BEAR CREEK PARK TRAIN& MINI-GOLF | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Guildford Town Centre: The Maze of Monsters

Who’s ready for the The Maze of Monsters?

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

The Gateway Theatre: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B

This sharp and comedic reinvention of the classic detective tale is exactly what you’re looking for this fall.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Art Workshops: Hand Made Marks - Exploring Gesture with Inks

Inspired by the current exhibition in the gallery, we’ll explore gestural abstract art by creating our own mark-making tools from a variety of materials

West Vancouver | FERRY BUILDING GALLERY | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Workshop

Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Premiere

In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, best-selling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explores the intersection of art and revolution through the life of Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Pacific Theatre Presents Wakey, Wakey By Will Eno

A remount of PT's acclaimed 2021 production. Nominated for 5 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour

Join us as we tour Vancouver’s ghostly spots, sharing spine-tingling eerie legends. Our Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour will take you along some of the Vancouver’s darkest corners and most mysterious landmarks

Vancouver | Pickup/Dropoff by Canada Place | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

The Improv Centre: Spontaneous Combustion

Step into our improv laboratory as Mainstage veterans team up with our House Teams players for a night of unpredictable comedy! Expect a hilarious chain reaction of improv scenes where anything can happen. Witness comedy in its rawest, most reactive form!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

UBC Museum of Anthropology and Granville row galleries

Join gallery staff for a day of art and cultural exploration! We will start with a one-hour curator’s tour of the Nuxálk Strong exhibition at the world-class Museum of Anthropology, followed by a visit to galleries on south Granville

Vancouver | 9:30 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

Fin-Tastic Fall Days at the Aquarium

Experience the warmth and wonder of fall under the sea!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Halloween and Trick or Treat at Kingsgate Mall

Visit the mall for a series of events throughout the month including mask making (October 25) and a pumpkin display. There’s also the Dream Horror Haunted House on site but the minimum age is 13

Vancouver | Kingsgate Mall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

HowlOver Halloween at FlyOver Canada

There's still broom for this family friendly Halloween adventure — but get your tickets today!

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada at Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Haunted Sea

Discover what lies beneath the waves in the Haunted Sea! Visit the seasonally spooky installation inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

2025 Vancouver Writers Festival

Welcome to the 2025 Vancouver Writers Fest!

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 11:00 pm | Books

Richmond Nature Park: Halloween Hoot

Drop in to the Nature Park to view Halloween decorations along the Pond Trail. Pumpkins available for purchase during this family friendly event that runs rain or shine

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train and Halloween Night Train 2025

Surrey | BEAR CREEK PARK TRAIN& MINI-GOLF | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

21st Annual Inclusion Art Show & Sale at Roundhouse Community Centre

Celebrate Community Inclusion Month with us at BC’s largest disability art show!

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 7:30 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Latin American Heritage Month Festival 2025: Granville Island

Latin American Heritage Month Uniting people through cultural heritage, values, and shared customs

Vancouver | Ocean Artworks Pavilion, Granville Island | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Festival

Guildford Town Centre: The Maze of Monsters

Who’s ready for the The Maze of Monsters?

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Writing Consultations with Selina Boan

This fall, Writer in Residence Selina Boan offers accessible one-on-one consultations to local writers in person and online with the Central Library

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm | Workshop | Free

The Gateway Theatre: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B

This sharp and comedic reinvention of the classic detective tale is exactly what you’re looking for this fall.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Premiere

In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, best-selling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explores the intersection of art and revolution through the life of Italian photographer and activist Tina Modotti

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Pacific Theatre Presents Wakey, Wakey By Will Eno

A remount of PT's acclaimed 2021 production. Nominated for 5 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Haunted Village

Step into a world of enchantment and intrigue at Burnaby Village Museum’s Haunted Village: Legends, Tales and Other Stories. Journey through some of the most captivating, spooky, and timeless tales and legends from around the globe

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

UBC: Craft and Connect

Come and make a friendship bracelet or a DIY Fidget, connect with other students and learn about Free Campus Wellness Resources. Free Snacks provided

Vancouver | Brock Commons South, Compass Hub (Room 3001) | 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Felting Nature: Turkey Tail Mushrooms

Do you find yourself admiring the beautiful and ornate mushrooms emerging during the fall season? Join us for a beginner-friendly needle-felting workshop to create colourful turkey tail mushrooms — perfect as a gift, ornament, toy, or decoration!

Vancouver | Nature House on Lost Lagoon | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Vancouver Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour

Join us as we tour Vancouver’s ghostly spots, sharing spine-tingling eerie legends. Our Haunted Halloween Trolley Tour will take you along some of the Vancouver’s darkest corners and most mysterious landmarks

Vancouver | Pickup/Dropoff by Canada Place | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

The Critical Hit Show: A #DNDLive Improvised Epic Fantasy Spooktacular!

The live, smash hit epic comedy THE CRITICAL HIT SHOW returns to the Rio Theatre’s stage on Wednesday, October 22 for more monstrous mirth, merriment, and snacks!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Firehall Theatre: VACANT LOT

Based on the Japanese play “Sarachi”, by contemporary Japanese theatre artist Shogo Ota, a long-married couple visit the vacant lot where their house once stood

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

The Improv Centre: Twist of Fate

The only thing you can expect is spontaneous scenes, clever quips, and unpredictable comedy at every turn!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Beaumont Presents – Theatre Of The Damned

This Halloween, The Beaumont Studios Unleashes Theatre Of The Damned — A Raunchy, Blood-splattered Love Letter To Horror Cinema, Where Cult Classics Are Reborn In Live Performance, Soaked In Glitter And Served Up With A Healthy Side Of Beaumont Sass

Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

Fin-Tastic Fall Days at the Aquarium

Experience the warmth and wonder of fall under the sea!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Halloween and Trick or Treat at Kingsgate Mall

Visit the mall for a series of events throughout the month including mask making (October 25) and a pumpkin display. There’s also the Dream Horror Haunted House on site but the minimum age is 13

Vancouver | Kingsgate Mall | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

HowlOver Halloween at FlyOver Canada

There's still broom for this family friendly Halloween adventure — but get your tickets today!

Vancouver | FlyOver Canada at Canada Place | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

Get ready for Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood, the ultimate Halloween festival for families! From October 6th to 31st, the entire centre transforms into a spooky celebration filled with festive fun, entertainment, and community activities for all ages

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival 2025

Latin American Heritage Month (LAHM) Festival is an annual celebration in Vancouver that highlights the rich cultural diversity, traditions, and contributions of Latin American communities.

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Haunted Sea

Discover what lies beneath the waves in the Haunted Sea! Visit the seasonally spooky installation inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

2025 Vancouver Writers Festival

Welcome to the 2025 Vancouver Writers Fest!

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 11:00 pm | Books

Vancouver Fall Home Show 2025

The Vancouver Fall Home Show is a vibrant marketplace where you can shop in-person with REAL people for home-related products and services..

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre - West Building | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

Richmond Nature Park: Halloween Hoot

Drop in to the Nature Park to view Halloween decorations along the Pond Trail. Pumpkins available for purchase during this family friendly event that runs rain or shine

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Capilano Suspension Bridge: Canyon Frights

Looking for Halloween activities in Vancouver that the whole family can enjoy? Then look no further! Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train and Halloween Night Train 2025

Surrey | BEAR CREEK PARK TRAIN& MINI-GOLF | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

21st Annual Inclusion Art Show & Sale at Roundhouse Community Centre

Celebrate Community Inclusion Month with us at BC’s largest disability art show!

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 7:30 pm | Visual Arts | Free