Metro Vancouver events on September 18, 2016

Vancouver Fringe Festival: "Ze": Queer as F**k!

Catapulted by a series of unlikely experiences, Michelle/Ryan stumbles through an expanding parade of LGBTQI, etc. identities in search of a definitive sense of zir own queer pride.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 2:15 am to 3:20 pm | Festival

TCRG hosts International WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs - Vancouver

Watch some of the most talented skaters in world compete for women’s flat track roller derby’s highest honor in the 2016 International WFTDA D1 Playoffs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Sports

State of the Practice: Leading from Beside

State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting a current theme in community-engaged art and social practice.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Centre, Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver Gift Expo

During Fashion Week at the FX Metro Market!

Vancouver | PNE Forum | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | Show

Picasso: The Artist and His Muses

Known for his enormous contribution to the canon of great art in the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881—1973) is one of the masters of Modernism.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts

Ambleside Artisan Farmers' Market

We are very lucky to have such a great variety of organic and conventional farmers at this location.

West Vancouver | Between 15th & 16th Street | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Market

Kits Wedding Show

Join us on September 18th, 2016 for the first Kits Wedding Show! An intimate, boutique wedding show hosted at the newly restored Kits House Community Hall, situated in the heart of Kitsilano.

Vancouver | Kits House | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show

Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things

Rick Leong: The Transformation of Things with Winifred Lee, Li Desheng, Ping-Kwong Wong

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

YOGA for Scoliosis - Part II (Vancouver)

West Vancouver | Om Prem Yoga Studio | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Vancouver's Original Greek Food Festival

As the street festival season begins... here's one of the originals!

Vancouver | The Hellenic Community | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Give It Up

Morgan Brayton has it all! Okay, well, she has questions about it all. Where is her husband Scott Baio? When is SNL going to call?

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: My Stroke of Luck

Can the good doctor become a good patient? My Stroke of Luck shares Diane’s journey of medical catastrophe and recovery—not only as the physician she is, but as a single mom to a frightened teenaged son.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Festival

GardenSmart Workshop: Perennial Food Garden

Growing a Perennial Food Garden. It’s autumn! Time to plan your garden for next year.

North Vancouver | Loutet Farm | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Workshop

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Space Hippo

Scientists weren’t lying. Earth is really dying. Space Hippo, you’re the only one that can undo what we’ve done. Together we can stop the Sun. Sail across the universe. Help us save the planet Earth.

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Badmatch

Cocaine, diarrhea, a Canucks’ riot, and the Grouse Grind. What could they possibly have in common?

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Windy Wynazz: Rich & Famous

A Showgirl, her Soul-Searching Yearnings, & Secret Demons.

Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: V. R. Dunne

In 1934 a small group of workers decided to fight for a better life. Their actions were a pivotal event in 20th century American labour history.

Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Falling Awake

Death and other common experiences... coffee, lightning, flash floods, and a pinch of salt.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 1:45 pm to 2:40 pm | Festival

Sharon and Bram

Sharon and Bram shows are exciting events for the entire family and the renowned duo joins together with the audience in laughter, whilst singing songs set to familiar folk-inspired tunes.

Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Kids

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Wild/Society

Rabbit wants to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics.

Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: One Good Marriage

Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She’s an English teacher; he’s a high-school librarian.

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:00 pm to 3:10 pm | Festival

Bard on the Beach: Pericles

This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.

Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Hidden Stories

Theatre Terrific and Aboriginal Front Door collaborate to create the sensory sister to last year’s Being Animal.

Vancouver | Sculpture Grove | 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm | Festival

Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!

Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Recital Society: Ksenija Sidorova

From Latvia the ambassador of the accordion - Ksenija Sidorova - performs classical music in this afternoon concert.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Charlatan!

Travis Bernhardt, creator of the award winning magic shows Unpossible! and Lies!, returns to tell fortunes, lift curses, and speak to the dead.

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Perpetual Wednesday

Walter and Bruce, con artists extraordinaire, while disguised as magicians, killed an audience member during their infamous bullet-catch act! Or did they?

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Hip.Bang! presents The History of Romance

From Hip.Bang!, creators of 2015 hit WHITE PANTS, comes The History of Romance. Touching on everything from Romeo and Juliet to modern dating, this show will make you laugh like a child who has just learned about ice cream.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. How to Adult: The Musical

Four 20-somethings trying to get their shit together in present-day Vancouver. It’s time to adult the f**k up.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 3:30 pm to 4:40 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Advice to Love/Hate You (and everything in between)

It doesn’t matter who you are or how you identify, we all go through relationships. This is a flexible love story where the audience gets to offer their advice to help a relationship flourish.

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Ballad Of Frank Allen

From Australian fringe-favourite Shane Adamczak comes a bizarre new buddy-comedy about a man who lives in another man’s beard.

Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 3:35 pm to 4:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Mrs. Barbour's Daughters

Mary is facing eviction and is beset by memories of life in a family which for 100 years has been influenced, for good and bad, by Mrs. Barbour, leader of a rent strike in 1915.

Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 4:00 pm to 4:58 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Marrow

Two estranged sisters - a witchcraft historian and a bulimia survivor—delve into their conflicted past. Fiercely divided, they attempt to reconcile their differences. But a secret connects them in a way they never imagined.

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Piaf and Brel:The Impossible Concert

Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope, and love. They lived lives of drama and passion.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 4:05 pm to 5:05 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Leash Your Potential

Drawing on 15+ years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, Ryan will teach you how to succeed in a modern corporate bureaucracy, where outdated notions like talent, competence, and hard work are irrelevant.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation

Australia’s favourite silly psychic detective is back. All new comedy, magic, and crime. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun. Based on a Dashiell Hammett story.

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Burn Job

Fringe staple TJ Dawe returns with a story about growing up in Burnaby, LSD, and a breathing technique that brings you into a psychedelic state.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fat Sex

Comedy, spoken word, and song with a smart satirical twist from an international slam champion with two decades of experience bringing audiences world-over to a glorious climax!

Vancouver | The Revue Stage, Granville Island | 5:15 pm to 6:14 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: In The Trenches: A Double Feature

A delightful duet of original comedies! Witness an apocalyptic war zone become a slapstick extravaganza as three clown soldiers take cover in an abandoned trench.

Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 5:15 pm to 6:25 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Dance Teacher

A riveting story about a complex and broken individual who has chosen the dark path of manipulation and power.

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 5:15 pm to 6:25 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Suburban Motel: Featuring Loretta

Loretta is the kind of girl you would do anything for. Dave and Michael are in love with her. Dave wants to take her shopping. Michael wants to make her a star! A porn star. What is a woman to do in a man’s world.

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 5:45 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

Naad Festival of Music, Dance & Film 2016

Discover a fabulous fusion of Indian and Western music and more

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (A Comedy)

Jon Bennett’s dad always wanted his son to be an author… like Banjo Patterson.

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Carry On: A Musical

Set in the YVR baggage claim, Carry On: A Musical examines the convergent lives of weary wanderers and the baggage they bring with them.

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Peripeteia

Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances or a turning point.

Vancouver | Granville Island - Ron Basford Park Stage | 6:30 pm to 7:25 pm | Festival

Drake: Summer Sixteen Tour

Grammy® Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist Drake will launch the Drake Summer Sixteen Tour with Future and special guests in support of his brand new album

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Generation Hot: Program A

Generation Hot is a group of fiercely courageous young artists responding to the climate crisis through new performances.

Vancouver | Anderson Street | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Girl Who was Raised by Wolverine

A dystopic future; resources are depleted, overpopulation is destroying the earth. The culling approaches - one person in three will be killed, for “the greater good.”

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 6:30 pm to 7:20 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. Trump: The Musical!

He’s going to build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it!!! It’s going to be HUGE!!!

Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm | Festival

Thrice

Thrice with guests La Dispute & Nothing, Nowhere

Vancouver | The Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 10:35 pm | Music

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Apres Skii DJs - Free at the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar

Welcome to the Big Rock Brewery Fringe Bar, the Festival’s social hub. Now located at Ocean Art Works, in front of Ocean Concrete and next to the Creekhouse on Granville Island!

Vancouver | Ocean Art Works | 7:00 pm to 1:30 am | Festival

Richmond Night Market

Similar to previous years, the annual gathering will feature seemingly endless rows of food vendors (offering hundreds of things to eat and drink), merchandise stalls, gaming stations, and live entertainment.

Richmond | nearby Bridgeport Station | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Manipulation

Join prOphecy sun, Cause & Effect Circus, and Moth Orbit Object Theater for a night of physical and digital manipulation.

Vancouver | Emily Carr University's Intersections Digital Studios | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk

Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.

Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Orbweaver

She loves bright, lively things like candles and starlight. He is Death’s very own personal assistant. Not your usual boy meets girl story.

Vancouver | Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Had Sex Until My Heart Stopped

Cheating death and finding love in the modern age. Cameron MacLeod’s true stories of flat lining, deadly food allergies, and awkward sexual escapades will have you on the edge of your seat.

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm | Festival

Bard on the Beach: Pericles

This fast-paced, thrilling tale, set in an ancient mythical world, follows a prince's arduous quest to find love and the meaning of life.

Vancouver | Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Bard on the Beach: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Bard's hit 2012 production is back and it's time again for music, flirting, fun - and fairies!

Vancouver | Vanier Park, Kits Point at the Foot of Whyte Avenue | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Famous Haydell Sisters Comeback Tour

Since their last record flopped in 1993, fans of the biggest sister act in country music history have been awaiting their return.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:45 pm to 8:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival. I Forgot To Fly Today - Trent Baumann

From the creator of The Birdman, award winning, sold out seasons, standing ovations, and following ten international tours! Imaginative comedy finding the weight of the world may just float on a cloud.

Vancouver | Granville Island, Near Railspur Park | 7:45 pm to 8:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Walk the Talk

Our eccentric guide walks you through several living and one dying mini-exhibition of various multi-disciplinary artistes from Asia, New York, and yes, even our own ‘hoods.

Vancouver | Fringe Info Centre | 8:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Festival

Reality Curve Theatre: Bug the play

Love, fear, paranoia, conspiracy theories, twisted psychological motives and a slow descent into insanity. Pulitzer prize winning author Tracy Letts crafts a riveting, lurid thriller about two damaged people trying to make a connection.

Vancouver | The Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Not Enough

In an effort to finally grow the F up, Megan embarks on a last-ditch gambit: a 10-day silent meditation.

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. La Musica Del Flamenco

A musical evening featuring Mercedes Amaya Company artists, guitarist Santiago Enciso, singer Jose “Cachito” Diaz along with Musical Director and guitarist Victor Kolstee.

Vancouver | Centro Flamenco | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

Sam Cave

Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.

Richmond | Richmond Night Market | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Sigur Ros

Icelandic experimental rock band Sigur Rós bring their North American tour to Vancouver.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Vancouver Fringe Festival: 2 for Tea

Having SOLD OUT in 2014 and 2015, 14-time Best of Fest winning British comedy duo James & Jamesy come with the show that propelled them to being “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever”

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:45 pm to 9:45 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: The Secret

Why do we keep secrets? And why would you keep just one? Join comedian Chelsey Stuyt on a quest to unlock the reason why she tells her mother everything—everything except that one little thing.

Vancouver | The Carousel Theatre | 8:45 pm to 9:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: James Jordan Vaudevillian

This all ages vaudeville variety show with magic, juggling, royalty-free music, and brilliant comedy has been headlining comedy clubs and festivals all over the world!

Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

Sam Cave - Richmond Night Market

Sam Cave is a 20 year old soul singer, songwriter and guitarist from the outback of Australia.

Richmond | Richmond Night Market | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | Free

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Fringe Awards Night

Celebrating the Best of the Fest!

Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival: Everything is Fine

Take one naive and reckless teenager, add a desolate highway and a cold winter afternoon. The result?

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella | 9:45 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival