What to do in Vancouver on October 29 2016

Lonsdale Artisan Farmers' Market: North Vancouver

We have been lucky in having some of the best organic and conventional farmers in B.C. attend the market plus great bakers, jam makers, honey gathers, and salsa makers.

North Vancouver | The East Plaza of Lonsdale Quay | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market

Halloween carnival & ghostly graveyard

Join us for this fun, hair-raising event, and get into the spooky spirit!

Vancouver | Coal Harbour Community Centre | Kids

Halloween Carnival - West Point Grey CC

Join us for some thrills and chills at our annual Halloween Carnival!

Vancouver | West Point Grey Community Centre | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids

Cameron Recreation Complex: Halloween Howler

Join us for some spooky Halloween fun at Cameron Complex

Burnaby | Cameron Recreation Complex | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids | Free

Lulu Island Wastewater Halloween Open House

Come and explore the mysterious (and sometimes spooky) world of wastewater treatment.

Richmond | Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family | Free

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

Halloween Howl

A spooktacular event including themed games, crafts, pumpkin patch, and children's entertainment. Everyone is encouraged to come in costume.

Vancouver | False Creek Community Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Kids

Halloween Carnival - Hastings Community Centre

Come and celebrate Halloween with festive arts and crafts, themed carnival games, face painting, balloon twisting, and a bouncy castle.

Vancouver | Hastings Community Centre and Templeton Park Pool | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Kids

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 | 11:00 am to 11:50 pm | Festival

Pumpkin Power

Come in costume to do crafts, design your own take-home Jack-o'-Lantern, and enjoy pumpkin cookies. Halloween fun at the Surrey Museum

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 11:30 am to 2:00 pm | Kids | Free

Exhibition: callresponse

Artist: Christi Belcourt, Maria Hupfield, Ursula Johnson, Tania Willard, Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory and their guest respondents: Isaac Murdoch, Esther Neff, IV Castellanos, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Marcia Crosby, Tanya Tagaq

Vancouver | Grunt Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Art on the Spot. This is Halloween

Join us at Shadbolt Centre for this free art event!

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Family | Free

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

Halloween Activities. Heritage Family Day: Haunted Farm

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

Surrey | Historic Stewart Farm | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Canada 150 Tulip Planting

Help plant 1000 tulips to celebrate our nation’s upcoming 150th birthday!

Surrey | Holland Park | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Ghouls & Goblins Skate at Bill Copeland

Join us for this spine-tingling day at the Ghouls & Goblins skate event at Bill Copeland.Halloween Howler

Burnaby | Bill Copeland Sports Centre | 12:30 am to 3:00 pm | Family

Bibbity Bobbity Boo & Trick/Treat Halloween - Creekside Community Recreation Centre

Get ready to have a ghoulish good time, with Halloween games, crafts, and an age-appropriate haunted house.

Vancouver | Creekside Community Recreation Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Kids

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 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 | South Surrey Indoor Pool | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Kids

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 | South Surrey Arena | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Family

Historical Halloween Adventure

Make a paper Halloween basket, trick or treat on Britannia's boardwalk and visit the historic houses for a non-edible treat.

Richmond | Britannia Shipyards | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Kids | Free

Halloween Carnival

Dress your kids up in their favourite costumes and bring them to this annual family event.

Vancouver | Kerrisdale Community Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Kids

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 | Guildford Recreation Centre | 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Kids

Guided Nature Walks. Bear Creek Park

Get to know Surrey's nature parks through a series of free guided walks this October!

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

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 | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Theatre

The Flick

A Close-Up On Three Cinema Misfits

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 5:15 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

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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

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 | Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Kids

Sultans of the Street by Anusree Roy

Four children from different worlds – two who want new kites and two with the simple wish to attend school – are trapped in a world of begging on the streets of Kolkata, India.

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Kids

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

Spooktacular Halloween Family Skate

Skate under special lighting to a mix of fun music, including some Halloween tunes!

Richmond | Minoru Arenas | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Sports

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 | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre

Halloween Activities. Free Family Movie Matinee

Trick or treat! Join us for many festive events in Surrey to celebrate Halloween. Join us for a free Halloween themed movie and treats with your family and friends.

Surrey | Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Family | Free

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 | 3:00 pm to 5:20 pm | Theatre

The Royal Canadian Theatre Company Series: It Was a Dark & Stormy Night

Silly spoof of the classic Hollywood ‘old, dark, house’ thrillers

Maple Ridge | Act Arts Centre | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Theatre

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 | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Theatre

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

Autumn Lights Lantern Making Workshop

Make a lantern before attending the Autumn Lights Lantern Parade.

Richmond | Cambie Community Centre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Dan Arnold

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.

Richmond | River Rock Casino Resort | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Music