Metro Vancouver events on December 4, 2015

Christmas at FlyOver Canada

Join Santa on a magical flight across Canada and on to the North Pole!

Vancouver | Flyover Canada | 0:00 am to 0:00 am | Family

Heritage Christmas

Festive lighting and decorations greet you at the entrance of the Village to give you a small glimpse of the spectacular display of history and lights awaiting inside.

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel | 0:00 am to 0:00 am | Family | Free

District Foyer Gallery: David Young and Frances Solar

David Young: Photography and Frances Solar: Copper Weaving

North Vancouver | District Hall | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

World Diabetes Congress 2015

The International Diabetes Federation brings the World Diabetes Congress to Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 7:30 pm | Active Life / Health

Mark Ollinger: Perceptually Uniform

The fabric must be made of something deeper. It is this something that I have striven to capture within these works.

North Vancouver | City Atrium Gallery | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Holiday Hooray!

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Tiny Tots! Holiday Hooray!

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse Theatre | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Music

Bright Nights Christmas Train in Stanley Park Vancouver

During the holiday season, the Bright Nights Christmas Train and Stanley Park Train Plaza sparkle with three million twinkling lights.

West Vancouver | Stanley Park | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family

Holidays at Vancouver Aquarium

Celebrate the holidays at Vancouver Aquarium and experience everyone's favourite holiday guest, Scuba Claus, as he makes his annual dive in the Strait of Georgia exhibit and visits the beluga whales in Canada’s Arctic gallery

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Winter Gift Gallery

We have assembled a wonderful group of artists to help inspire your holiday shopping.

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Market | Free

Rachel Gourley: Contained

These polymer “Doodles” were designed to be seen in a natural landscape setting where they pose the question, “Are they real or are they not”

Vancouver | Crafthouse | 10:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition

Capilano Canyon Lights

Glittering lights, towering heights and festive nights - Canyon Lights returns for its 10th season!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Christmas Market

Enjoy old world traditions at the Vancouver Christmas Market on the Queen Elizabeth Plaza

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Tiny Tots! Holiday Hooray!

VSO Tiny Tots presents children's entertainment - Holiday Hooray

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 11:30 am to 12:15 am | Musical

Feel Good Fridays at Brentwood

The perfect place to kick off your weekend is Feel Good Fridays at Brentwood

Burnaby | Brentwood Town Centre | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Stop Podcasting Yourself presents A Yet to be Titled Art Show

To celebrate the 400th episode of local comedy podcast Stop Podcasting Yourself, we’re hosting an art show dedicated to Canadian comedians!

Vancouver | Hot Art Wet City | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Show

Anonymous Art Show 2015

A great fundraiser and group exhibition that enables the community to support emerging artists.

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

North Shore Table Tennis Club

Come and drop in for some fun playing ping pong

North Vancouver | Gloria Dei Church | 2:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Sports

Cirque du Soleil - KOOZA

KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: it combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning.

Vancouver | Concord Pacific Place | 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Show

Festival of Lights at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Experience the Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Garden.

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Murder Ballad

A love triangle gone wrong, MURDER BALLAD tells the story of Sara and her two lives, the former a hard-drinking party girl, and the current a hardworking mother of one married to a NYU Literature professor.

Vancouver | Odd Fellows Lodge | 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Flee

Electric Company Theatre and Studio 58 are excited to present the site-specific cabaret Flee: a darkly humorous tale blending theatre and live music.

Vancouver | The Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Carol Ships Parade of Lights - False Creek opening

Providing a traditional Carol Ship and shoreside celebration of lights during the holiday season for the benefit and enjoyment of our community and our visitors.

Vancouver | False Creek | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

Banff Mountain Film Festival

National Geographic & The North Face present: The Banff Centre Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2015 brought to you by the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Chapter

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Film

Dark Sisters at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre

It is a fascinating and tough story digging into contemporary issues with newer music sounds

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jack & the Beanstalk

Catch the Panto spirit with this family-friendly musical comedy!

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen

Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen is a fresh holiday musical for the whole family. Feeling underappreciated at the North Pole, Mrs. Claus discovers a magical recipe for drawing families together.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

A Christmas Story, The Musical

The Musical Misadventures of a Boy with a Dream

Vancouver | Stanley Alliance Industrial Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:15 pm | Musical

Peter and the Starcatcher

The Peter Pan prequel for all of us who never grew up

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Christmas Queen 2: You Better Watch Out

VTSL's popular holiday show sees the Christmas Queen drop in to Santa's Workshop and create a little chaos

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

It's a Wonderful Life

The holiday heart-warmer returns

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Peter n' Chris and the Kinda OK Corral

Canadian Comedy Award-Winning sketch troupe Peter n' Chris are back with a brand new, hilarious, wild-west adventure!

North Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Dr Lonnie Smith & The Jill Townsend Big Band

Dr. Lonnie Smith plays the Hammond organ like no one else in this concert that also features the big, big band sound of The Jill Townsend Big Band.

Vancouver | Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Social Studies

A new Canadian play by Trish Cooper about a South Sudanese “Lost Boy” adopted by a well-intentioned Winnipeg family. This rich comedy takes on Canadian values and cultural differences, yielding hilarious results.

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

A Christmas Carol: On the Air

Pacific Theatre goes back on the air, giving Scrooge’s beloved holiday tale new life through the charm and magic of a 1940’s-style live radio show.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Christmas in the Orpheum - Renaissance, Baroque & Carols

Nothing says Christmas more than choirs

Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Mike Vecchione

A semi-finslist on NBC's Last Comic Standing. Mike has appeared on the Tonight Show starring Jay Leno and has his own on Comedy Central

Vancouver | Century Plaza Hotel & Spa | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

TheatreSports™

Razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of performers are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches.

Vancouver | Vancouver TheatreSports League | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Improv After Dark: Comedy that never sleeps

Things heat up with this edgy 60 minutes of non-stop, fast-paced no-holds-barred comedy for grown-ups.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy