Metro Vancouver events on June 1, 2016

Vancouver International Childrens Festival

Head down to Granville Island for the Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Vancouver | Granville Island | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Kids

Michiko Suzuki: Hope Chests

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

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Opera Opulenza: Cavalleria Rusticana

Opera Opulenza is excited to present the story of Cavalleria Rusticana, a journey through Old World beauty, brutality, love, betrayal and death.

Richmond | Minoru Chapel | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Music

Forbidden Fruit

An evening featuring Fruit Beers, Fruit Wheat Beers, Belgians, and Sours from 20 BC Craft Breweries!

Vancouver | Devil's Elbow Ale and Smoke House | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

The Lumineers - The Cleopatra World Tour

An amalgam of heart-swelling stomp-and-clap acoustic rock, classic pop, and front-porch folk, bring their world tour to Vancouver.

Burnaby | Deer Lake Park | 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Music

Wild Wednesdays

Discover your wild neighbours and explore Green Timbers Park.

Surrey | Surrey Nature Centre at Green Timbers Park | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Brand New

on tour With mewithoutYou & Greater Pyrenees

Vancouver | Vogue Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:20 pm | Show

Vancovuer Police Museum speaker series - Dissecting the history of the City Morgue

We bring our 2016 Speaker Series, “Behind Locked Doors”, well and truly home, with a presentation on a locked door concealing the beating heart of the Vancouver Police Museum.

Vancouver | The Vancouver Police Museum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Opera Opulenza: Cavalleria Rusticana

Opera Opulenza is excited to present the story of Cavalleria Rusticana, a journey through Old World beauty, brutality, love, betrayal and death.

Richmond | Minoru Chapel | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music

Lamb of God

Having travelled the globe with countless world tours and millions of albums sold, all-the-while overcoming countless hurdles ranging from personal demons to vocalist Randy Blythe’s 2013 trial in Prague.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:25 pm | Music

Jake Touzel

Jake Touzel with Special Guests Cale Michael and Kazhmer.

Vancouver | The Roxy Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Rock Paper Scissors on The Portside

Where else can you crush, cover and cut your way to victory in Gastown on a Wednesday night. Don’t miss Gastown’s newest and most extreme experience.

Vancouver | The Portside Pub | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy

Wit by Margaret Edson

Brilliant and exacting, renowned Professor Vivian Bearing approaches her cancer therapy with the same academic rigor she applied to her studies.

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

Induction

EDAM's next choreographic series will introduce three new works: by Amber Funk Barton, Anne Cooper and Tom Stroud/Peter Bingham.

Vancouver | EDAM Studio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance