Metro Vancouver events on October 28, 2016

October 28, 2016

Fri

Dried Flower Arrangers’ Show and Sale

Dried Flower Arrangers’ Show and Sale - all items available for purchase!

Vancouver | VanDusen Visitor Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals

13th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Welcome to the 13th Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and twelve days of music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, processions, spoken word, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, public art, mixed

Vancouver | The Downtown Eastside | 10:30 am to 11:00 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

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

Luminary Award Soirée 2016

Join us Friday, October 28th at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Last year, our community came together to raise over $370,000 to support the exceptional work of Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland.

Vancouver | The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver | 5:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Halloween Activities. Pumpkin Carving

Trick or treat! Join us for many festive events in Surrey to celebrate Halloween. Create your own Jack O' Lantern - for free! Join us for a fun night of Halloween crafts and pumpkin carving.

Surrey | Cloverdale Recreation Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Family | Free

VanDusen Glow in the Garden

Experience an unforgettable Halloween walk in the woods at VanDusen Botanical Garden.

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family

Hidden - A Site-Specific Horror Adventure

ITSAZOO presents HIDDEN - a bone-chilling site-specific horror event.

Vancouver | The Wolf and Hound Pub | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Show

Halloween Club Crawl 2016! Studio on Granville Street

The Vancouver tradition continues! Join us for the biggest annual Halloween Club Crawl, guaranteed to sell out again this year! Hundreds of buses, Thousands of partiers, do not miss this epic night!

Vancouver | Studio on Granville Street | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Halloween Club Crawl 2016! Blarney Stone

The Vancouver tradition continues! Join us for the biggest annual Halloween Club Crawl, guaranteed to sell out again this year! Hundreds of buses, Thousands of partiers, do not miss this epic night!

Vancouver | Blarney Stone | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Halloween Club Crawl 2016! The Pit Pub at UBC

The Vancouver tradition continues! Join us for the biggest annual Halloween Club Crawl, guaranteed to sell out again this year! Hundreds of buses, Thousands of partiers, do not miss this epic night!

Vancouver | The Pit Pub at UBC | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show

Burnaby Village Museum: Haunted Village

Explore the Burnaby Village Museum in the dark of night. Dress as your favourite fairy tale character and come along to join the fun.

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Halloween Activities. Halloween Family Dance

Trick or treat! Join us for many festive events in Surrey to celebrate Halloween.

Surrey | Fleetwood Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Family

Bonsor's Big Boo!

Join us for some friendly frightening family fun at Bonsor!

Burnaby | Bonsor Recreation Complex | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Family

Student Night

CPABC Richmond/South Delta Chapter is hosting our 2016 Fall Student Night event on October 28th 2016.

Richmond | Executive Hotel Airport Plaza Richmond | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

The Darkness Haunted House

Prepare to be a little bit scared at this annual tradition.

Richmond | South Arm Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Show | Free

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 | Cloverdale Arena | 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm | Family

Haunted Halloween at Sunset Community Centre

Visit our spooky Halloween Haunted Houses and enjoy trick or treating, crafts,and other fun activities.

Vancouver | Sunset Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Naad Festival of Music, Dance & Film 2016

Discover a fabulous fusion of Indian and Western music and more

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts

Exhibition: callresponse

Opening: October 28, 2016 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm at grunt gallery; with performances throughout the day

Vancouver | Grunt Gallery | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

The Pianist: A Concert Catastrophe

A mix of classical clowning and contemporary circus, this spectacularly catastrophic solo comedy is centered on, in, under, and around the magnificent grand piano.

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Theatre

Science World After Dark: Night School Nightmare

It’s time once again for our annual murder mystery adult science night.

Vancouver | Science World | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Trump Card - Winner Takes All

VTSL ups the ante with its own improvised election - who's going to win it... will it be the joker?

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Show

Friday Night Live

Lynn Valley's only improv comedy variety show is perfect for all ages.

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley Community Room | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy

Danny Bhoy - Commonwealth Comedian

Danny Bhoy is a Scottish comedian who has performed in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Sweden and the United States

Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy

Planet Luv Masquerade Singles Halloween Party

The Belmont Presents... Planet Luv Hosted by Anthony Cece

Vancouver | The Belmont Bar | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Food / Wine

TGIFF - The Halloween Party

Trick or Treat? Scary or Sweet? What is your flavour this Halloween? Come show off your best costume at our next TGIFF: The Halloween Party at our Richmond Studio!

Richmond | Tantra Fitness Richmond | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Ballet Rocks & Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Be captivated by dance set to legendary rock and classical music

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

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

Suitcase Stories by Maki Yi

With only her tiny suitcase in tow, Maki leaves her home in South Korea and takes off for Canada, simply because her brother had a map of Toronto.

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

Pearl: A Multimedia Explosion of Light, Sound and Movement

Pearl is a major Broadway show evoking the life of Pearl S. Buck, the first woman to win a Pulitzer in 1932, who lived part of her life in China.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance

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

The Flick

A Close-Up On Three Cinema Misfits

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 11:15 pm | Theatre

Bakersfield Mist

A Comedy About Discovering Art In Unexpected Places

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

Ages of the Moon

Lonesome Moon Productions, with the support of Presentation House Theatre, is proud to present Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Sam Shepard’s affecting, darkly funny and gruffly poignant play, Ages of the Moon.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Naked and Famous. With XYLO & The Chain Gang of 1974

LA-based electronic pop band, on tour to support their latest release “Simple Forms”

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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 | 8:00 pm to 9:25 pm | Theatre

Dwight Yoakam

Grammy Award winner Dwight Yoakam will be bringing his string of chart-topping hits to the Molson Canadian Theatre at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver on Friday, October 28, 2016.

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Halloween Youth Skate

Skate with friends under special lighting and to the tunes of an on-site DJ.

Richmond | Minoru Arenas | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Sports

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.

Coquitlam | Evergreen Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:20 pm | Theatre

DanceHouse: Jessica Lang Dance

DanceHouse presents acclaimed American modern dance troupe Jessica Lang Dance in a mixed program

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance

The Lost Operas of Mozart

City Opera Vancouver presents The Lost Operas of Mozart: music no one knows, from the best-known composer in the world.

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Opera

Dlux Friday: Hip Hop Resurrection

LCU Nightlife and DLUX Fridays present one of the best seasonal parties in the city; Halloween Hip-Hop Resurrection

Vancouver | Caprice Nightclub | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music | Free

Dan Arnold Band

To say that Dan Arnold has an impressive resume for an artist that seemingly came out of nowhere 3 years ago would be an understatement.

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Vicky Sjohall

Vicky’s first love in music is performing. She has a captivating stage presence and a powerful voice, with an energy that is pure & infectious.

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Will Sparks #StereotypeFridays Halloween

Bounce king Will Sparks takes us on a trip to the upside down for this very special Halloween edition of #StereotypeFridays

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

RUN560 HALLOWEEN

TWISTED & FIVESIXTY present RUN560 HALLOWEEN

Vancouver | FiveSixty Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music