Metro Vancouver events on October 23, 2016
October 23, 2016
Sun
4th Annual Pacific Coast Female Hockey Classic
The Richmond Ravens Minor Hockey Association are proud to host the 4th Annual Pacific Coast Female Rep Hockey Classic this October, with the majority of games played at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 8:00 am to 5:30 pm | Sports
Taste of Yaletown 2016
We are proud to bring you the 12th year of the tastes, treats, sips and sights of Yaletown with the Taste of Yaletown festival.
Vancouver | Yaletown | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine
Southsiders Appreciation Party
Join us for the end of year party!
Vancouver | The Belmont Bar | 9:00 am to 12:00 am | Food / Wine
Once Upon a Pumpkin
Drop in to learn about Halloween's origin in nature.
Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free
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
Drive Basketball Fall Tournament 2016
Basketball Tournament
Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sports
Fibre Arts Market
Check out Semiahmoo Arts' Fibre Art Market, featuring artisans from various fibre arts disciplines.
Surrey | South Surrey Recreation Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
UBCEA October Captain's Draft
Welcome to the Captain's Draft! By signing up you are placed into a pool of players. Captains will be elected and will take turns picking players for their teams until all teams are filled.
Richmond | WangYu Cyber Cafe | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
The Vancouver Writers Fest. Odes: Sharon Olds in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
Sharon Olds’ book of poetry Stag's Leap was one of 2012’s sensations. It won the Pulitzer Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:45 am | Festival
The Vancouver Writers Fest: New Shoots
Over 30 years ago, the Vancouver School Board and UBC’s Creative Writing Program joined together to foster creative writing in the city’s public schools—thus, New Shoots was born.
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 10:30 am to 11:45 am | Festival
Salmon Come Home
Join the City of Coquitlam and the Hoy/Scott Creek Watershed Society to welcome the salmon home on October 23, 2016.
Coquitlam | The Hoy Creek Fish Hatchery | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free
The Vancouver Writers Fest: The Sunday Brunch
The Sunday Brunch is a hallmark of the Festival, one of the first events to sell out, and for very good reason: mimosas, croissants and coffee, not to mention readings by six fine authors whose work you may or may not have encountered
Vancouver | Performance Works | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Festival
Works from Suzo Hickey: A Small Dominion
A solo exhibition of new paintings by Suzo Hickey.
Vancouver | The Cultch Gallery | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition
If not for dreams: The 9th annual Oppenheimer Park community art show
A showcase of artwork from the Oppenheimer Park community that features painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture, carving, textile, mixed media and video works.
Vancouver | Gallery Gachet | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts
The Morning AFTER (Hip-Hop Brunch Party)
2000’s Throwback Party - Dress up as your favorite Old School HipHop Artist!
Vancouver | The Opus Hotel / La Pentola Resto | 12:30 am to 6:30 pm | Dance
Family Sunday: Animal Prints
What is your favourite story featuring an animal or mythical beast?
Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts
The Signature of All Things
Join us in the Garden’s Discovery Room for the opening of a month-long exhibition of original artwork created by the Open Book Art Collective and inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel, The Signature of All Things.
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
Halloween Activities. Halloween Skate
Trick or treat! Join us for many festive events in Surrey to celebrate Halloween. Grab your wand or broom and head out to one of our fun haunted public skates!
Surrey | Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Family
The Vancouver Writers Fest. Emerge. The Writer's Studio's Class of 2016
Join us as we launch emerge 16 with refreshments and lively "egg-timer" student readings of exactly three minutes each. Yes, we will time them.
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 1:30 pm to 3:20 pm | Festival
Vagabond Players Presents: Body and Soul
Written by Vagabond Players very own Elizabeth Elwood, this world premiere of Body and Soul is set in a heritage home in the Queen’s Park area of New Westminster!
New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Bakersfield Mist
A Comedy About Discovering Art In Unexpected Places
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Comedy
Fight Night
Looking south and feeling frustrated? Fight Night’s your chance to blow off some steam just days before the US election… Five contenders. Five rounds. Your vote. Only one will survive.
Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:25 pm | Theatre
VSO Masterworks: The Heart’s Jewel - Stefan Jackiw plays Mendelssohn
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Masterworks series presents: The Heart's Jewel, violinist Stefan Jackiw plays Mendelssohn at the Orpheum
Vancouver | Orpheum Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:10 pm | Music
Mamahood: Turn & Face the Strange
The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to present Nicolle Nattrass’ brilliant one-woman show Mamahood: turn and face the strange
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre
Take 5
Over 80 minute it’s an emotional classic carney ride through and around 5 eclectic, emphatic, funny plays.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 3:00 pm to 4:25 pm | Theatre
The Vancouver Writers Fest: The Afternoon Tea
For those who enjoy a little indulgence on the weekend, this is the event for you. Sleep in, go for an autumnal stroll, then make your way down to Granville Island for freshly baked treats and authors galore.
Vancouver | Performance Works | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Festival
Halloween Activities. Halloween Howl Pool Parties
Trick or treat! Join us for many festive events in Surrey to celebrate Halloween. Come practice your tricks and treats with us and have a good time in the pool!
Surrey | Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family
Aidan Miller
Aidan Miller is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at York University in Toronto, majoring in jazz piano and free improvisation.
Richmond | River Rock Casino Resort | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music
Wild Things
Follow a trail of jack-o'-lanterns and meet the creatures that make Halloween fun and a little bit scary!
Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Nature / Animals
PNE: Fright Nights
Western Canada’s Scariest Haunt. It’s our favourite time of fear. Experience the freaky, terrifying and much less cheerful doppelganger of Playland, Fright Nights, select nights through October 31.
Vancouver | The Playland | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show
Demilich, Hooded Menace, Vastum, Temple of Abandonment
Death metal sultans Demilich release the gates to hell on Sunday, October 23rd at the Red Room Ultra Bar.
Vancouver | Red Room Ultra Bar | 7:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Sounds of Asia
Featuring Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble and the Vancouver Oriental Philharmonic Choir in the intimate Annex.
Vancouver | The Orpheum Annex | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Five actors play over 40 comical characters, filling the stage with suspects, allies, and heirs in this zany whodunit based on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic.
Chilliwack | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre
The Imperial: Bad Suns With Guests Coin
Rock band from Southern California, on tour to support their latest release “Disappear Here”
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Hidden - A Site-Specific Horror Adventure
ITSAZOO presents Hidden - a bone-chilling site-specific horror event.
Vancouver | The Wolf and Hound Pub | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show
Eric Moo and Samuel Tai
World Vision Canada proudly presents this year’s highly anticipated iconic concert series featuring Asia’s Power Duo - Eric Moo and Samuel Tai
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:50 pm | Music