Metro Vancouver events on April 30, 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

Art in the City 2016

Come and buy a variety of art mediums from our largest selection of original visual art - drawings, paintings, photography, giclee’s of originals, etc at our 11th annual Art In The City event!

Vancouver | West End Community Centre Association | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | 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

Superimposition

Presented by Turning Point Ensemble and The Nu:BC Collective in partnership with the Chan Centre

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Telus Studio Theatre | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth

Telling an adventure story set in the 1930s, The Intergalactic Nemesis mashes up comic-book and radio-play formats into a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience, a new art form, the Live-Action Graphic Novel.

Vancouver | The York Theatre | 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Theatre

The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth

Telling an adventure story set in the 1930s, The Intergalactic Nemesis mashes up comic-book and radio-play formats into a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience, a new art form, the Live-Action Graphic Novel.

Vancouver | The York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Bombino

Live Nation & Caravan World Rhythms are excited to present Bombino with guests Last Good Tooth

Vancouver | Imperial | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Music

Trivia Night #4 | Fundraiser for the Vancouver International Children's Festival

The Vancouver International Children’s Festival presents: Trivia Night #4 | Fundraiser for the Adopt-a-Class Program

Vancouver | Loungeworks Showroom | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

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

Vancouver Opera: Evita

Winner of 7 Tony Awards™ including Best Musical, Evita is the story of the charismatic and controversial Eva Perón, whose beauty and ambition vaulted her from poverty to power as the First Lady of Argentina.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Opera

VSO Masterworks: Faust Plays Bartok

Renowned violinist Isabelle Faust performs Bartok with Kazuyoshi Akiyama conducting a concert that includes Dvorák’s Seventh Symphony.

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

Vancouver New Music presents eighth blackbird and Sleeping Giant: Hand Eye

Hand Eye brings together a musical dreamteam: multi-Grammy-winning ensemble eighth blackbird, and superstar composer sextet Sleeping Giant unite for an evening length work fizzing with the alchemy of twelve strong personalities.

Vancouver | The Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music

An Evening with Todd Rundgren

Rundgren Radio presents An Evening With Todd Rundgren concert at Vancouver Playhoue.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

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

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