Metro Vancouver events on April 22, 2016

Abbotsford Tulip Festival

Come visit the Abbotsford Tulip Festival for a day of family fun!

Abbotsford | 36737 North Parallel Road | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival

Art by Surrey Secondary School Students

Artwork by Surrey secondary school students fills the halls of the lobby this spring.

Surrey | Surrey Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Michiko Suzuki: Hope Chest

Explore Michiko Suzuki's elegant printed silk tents at the Burnaby Art Gallery.

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Visual Arts

Works from Jacqueline Karista and Laurel Swenson

The Gallery At The Cultch presents: Works from Jacqueline Karista and Laurel Swenson.

Vancouver | The Gallery at The Cultch | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Arts Alive 2016

The Burnaby Art Gallery is pleased to present the annual Arts Alive showcase at the historic Ceperley Mansion.

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Visual Arts

Hullabaloo All Star Slam

The Rio is Proud to host; Hullabaloo All Star Slam feat. Janet Rogers, Lishai Peel, and Winona Linn

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 12:30 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture

Happy Hour - A Future We Can't Afford? Young City Makers and the cost of Vancouver.

Join us for an evening of drinks, free-wheeling discussion and a participatory Video Booth (fun!) to find out what ‘Vancouver’s lifeblood’ really thinks about affordability in Vancouver.

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Smooth as Silk: VICO at Sound of Dragon Music Festival

The Sound of Dragon Society and Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra collaborate again to present the opening concert of the 2016 Sound of Dragon Music Festival at the Roundhouse.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Music

Throne and Games – A Chance of Snow

VTSL’s improvisers will go to ‘The Wall’ to give patrons an exceptionally entertaining evening of improv comedy.

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

PI Theatre: The Invisible Hand

A timely political thriller: When playing the stock market means life or death…

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Dirty Old Woman

From a completely sold-out run at the Vancouver Fringe, Dirty Old Woman returns, even funnier!

Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 8:50 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Chamber Choir: The Chamber Choir & The Iseler Singers

Every few years Vancouver's and Toronto's famous professional choirs join forces in one city or the other — this time, it's in Vancouver.

Vancouver | Ryerson United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

A Good Mother by Kathy Parsons

A script-in-hand staging, in the tradition of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Cultivation.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Earth Day 2016: Voices of Elders

Kwi Awt Stelmexw and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, with support from the City of Vancouver, invite you to a Coast Salish celebration honouring the 46th Annual Earth Day.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Chick Corea and Bela Fleck: Two

Master songwriters, musicians and bandleaders Chick Corea and Bela Fleck come together for a thrilling, genre-busting evening of piano and banjo duets.

Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Mozart and Shakespeare

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra present Mozart and Shakespeare in Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music

Don't Dress For Dinner

Mistress and mayhem served with a twist

Richmond | Gateway theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Facing East

A Co-Production between Fighting Chance Productions and Nathan Gardner in association with Sean Bryan, Deborah Barrigan and Danny Brooke.. World Premiere

Vancouver | Jericho Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical

The Chamber Choir & The Iseler Singers – Two Great Choirs

Vancouver Chamber Choir – The Chamber Choir & The Iseler Singers – Two Great Choirs

Vancouver | Ryerson United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Vancouver TheatreSports League presents TheatreSports™

THEATRESPORTS® is high-action short form improv full of comic vengeance!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 10:45 pm | Comedy

FVDED FRIDAYS AT M.I.A.

Every Friday M.I.A. gets #FVDED with International DJ’s & Producers supported by local residents.

Vancouver | M.I.A. Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Improv After Dark

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

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