Metro Vancouver events on December 1, 2016

Robson Square Ice Rink

This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun. Robson Square’s outdoor skating rink is open, so celebrate winter in style with skating in the heart of downtown Vancouver

Vancouver | Robson Square Ice Rink | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Peak of Christmas. Visit Vancouver's North Pole

Celebrate the magic of the season with Grouse Mountain’s annual Peak of Christmas celebration.

North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family

Country Christmas Magic Delights at Timberline Ranch

The Timberline Ranch Country Christmas is a unique–yet traditional–family-oriented Christmas experience complete with lit trees, interactive scenes, and music.

Maple Ridge | Timberline Ranch | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family

Golden Panda International Short Film Festival. Forum

This is an annual celebration of global emerging filmmaking talents, the 4th Golden Panda International Short Film Festival (GPIFF)

Vancouver | Rosewood Hotel Georgia | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Film

Baking Time

Presentation House Theatre and Oily Cart presents Baking Time - a fantastic feast for the senses for 3-6 year olds, and their friends and families.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 9:30 am to 11:00 am | Kids

Fire Ball

Communities across BC are promoting inclusion and celebrating diversity and bringing awareness to the strengths and abilities of people with intellectual disabilities.

New Westminster | Community Art Space | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Christmas at the Cannery - Festival of Trees

The Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society and Steveston Merchants Association present this year’s Festival of Trees inside the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site.

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Celebrate Christmas at FlyOver Canada

FlyOver Canada will transform into a magical winter wonderland this Christmas season. Guests will have fun helping Santa Claus search for his missing elves during an exhilarating flight across Canada and on to the North Pole.

Vancouver | Canada Place | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

H.E. Bergman & Season's Greetings

Join us for the new exhibition of H.E. Bergman & Season's Greetings at the Burnaby Art Gallery.

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

The 7th Annual Vancouver Christmas Market

The Vancouver Christmas Market has grown & is in a new location for 2016: the Jack Poole Plaza at Canada Place.

Vancouver | Jack Poole Plaza | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Market

Corbin Union: Inversus Mundi

Miruna Dragan, Jason De Haan, Kris Lindskoog, Warren McLachlan, Karly Mortimer, Jeremy Pavka, Kylie B. Ward: Inversus Mundi

Vancouver | Unit/Pitt Projects | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Baking Time

Presentation House Theatre and Oily Cart presents Baking Time – a fantastic feast for the senses for 3-6 year olds, and their friends and families.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 12:45 am to 1:15 pm | Kids

Impossible Worlds

Award winning Vancouver Island based photographer Lisa Graham established Seadance Photography in 2009 and specializes in underwater portraits with an artistic flair.

New Westminster | The Plaskett Gallery | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel: Heritage Christmas

The holiday experience began the moment you arrived! Festive lighting and decorations greeted you at the entrance of the Village to gave you a small glimpse of the spectacular display of history and lights awaiting inside.

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel | 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Family | Free

Bright Nights Train and Plaza in Stanley Park

The Vancouver Park Board in conjunction with the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund presents the 19th Annual Bright Nights in Stanley Park. Give generously at the front gate.

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family

Canyon Lights at the Capilano Suspension Bridge

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s popular holiday event, Canyon Lights is back.

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Enchant Christmas Light Maze & Market

The World’s Largest Christmas Light Maze is coming to Vancouver, BC, November 2016. Eat, drink, explore and shop - experience the wonder of Enchant.

Vancouver | between the Cambie Street Bridge and Olympic Village | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family

VanDusen Festival of Lights

Make memories at VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1 to January 2.

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

2016 Holiday Hi-Light Festival

8th Annual Hi-Light Festival. Month-long Christmas celebration will feature brilliant light display, live entertainment, and festive activities for the whole family

North Vancouver | Park & Tilford Gardens | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Christmas Market @ Lonsdale Quay

Do you hear what I hear? It’s time to Kick Off the Holiday Season at the Christmas Market at Lonsdale Quay!

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Market | Free

Woodward's Community Singers 2016 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | PHS Woodward | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Yule Duel

Yule Duel is a street carolling competition taking place on the streets of Gastown.

Vancouver | Gastown Business Improvement Society | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free

Kingswood Pub Wild Game Dinner & Rum Tasting

Come try meats from around the world, and meet people in the process! Grab a seat at our Long Table for a variety of wild game fixings.

Richmond | Kingswood Pub | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

Karaoke Christmas Lights - The Ultimate Christmas Tour

3 Hrs of Christmas Family Fun featuring Stanley Park’s Bright Nights Display and Van Dusen Botanical Garden’s Festival of Lights

Vancouver | Canada Place | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Open Mic Night

Green Leaf's bi-weekly Open Mic is back! Every 2 weeks, Green Leaf Brewing Co. host an Open Mic Night on Thursdays.

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

Wang Duo: Calligrapher for the Ages

Join us for the opening of Leave Your Mark - Wang Duo: Calligrapher for the Ages.

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

East Van Panto: Little Red Riding Hood

Recommended for a general audience. As an advisory to adults who might bring young people, The Cultch recommends East Van Panto: Little Red Riding Hood for ages 5 and up.

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:10 pm | Family

Reel Causes: Last Men Standing

On World AIDS Day, Reel Causes is thrilled to partner with Positive Living BC to present the Vancouver Premiere of the poignant new documentary Last Men Standing.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm | Film

VO: Hansel and Gretel

For VO’s new production, in an abridged version to appeal to younger audiences, the master artisans of Old Trout Puppet workshop have created an enchanting fairy-tale world of visual surprises.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:50 pm | Opera

The Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir: Christmas concert #1 with Johnston Heights Secondary

We are kicking off our Christmas concert series at the White Rock Baptist Church

Surrey | White Rock Baptist Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Winter Orchestral Festival: VAM Pre-Junior Strings & Junior Symphony

It’s a celebration! Five ensembles come together in a three-concert festival highlighting the breadth of VAM’s orchestral offerings.

Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Music | Free

Frank Townsley: Texture in Watercolour

Like painting in watercolour? Learn some techniques in this Thursday Artist Talk by Frank Townsley to add texture to your work.

Surrey | Surrey Art Gallery | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Music of the Masters

“Papa” Haydn produced dozens of scores of works for String Quartet, while a very youthful Rossini penned a half dozen sonatas (eliminating the viola and adding bass).

Vancouver | VSO School Of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Avenue Q

Irreverently witty and outright uproarious, Avenue Q is the musical story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate who arrives in New York City looking for love, a job, and his purpose in life.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

The Day Before Christmas

Surviving the perfect holiday disaster

Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Pinocchio: The Panto

Join a cast of incredible characters in this family-friendly musical comedy!

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Family

CREEPS

Join Realwheels Theatre for an evening of savage wit and uncompromising truth-telling as they present CREEPS, the award-winning dark comedy by David E. Freeman that changed Canadian theatre forever.

Vancouver | The Cultch Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre

Small Stage salon series volume 5

New works with a unique range of dancers and musicians who are experimenting with new ideas and forms of technology to inspire innovative work.

Vancouver | The Emerald | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Holy Mo: a Christmas Show

Folly, Guff, and Buffoona are back! And this time, it’s Christmas.

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

Studio 58/Langara College presents: Troilus And Cressida

Shakespeare’s most experimental drama receives a modern spin in Kevin Bennett’s interpretation of this part love story, part war drama where passion and violence are inextricably linked.

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre

Seven Tyrants Theatre presents Topdog/Underdog

This landmark drama is a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Winner of the TONY and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences with its effortless wit and humour

Vancouver | PAL Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Pray For NYX Release Party

Lazy Weekend presents "Pray For NYX Release Party" Featuring Mathias, The People Of The North West and MPH December 1st @ Studio Records

Vancouver | Studio Records | 8:15 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

M1 & DJ Mikeflo of Dead Prez

M1 & DJ Mike Flo return to Vancouver for their much awaited show at Fortune Sound featuring Sena Dagadu hailing from Hungary, Budapest. Her music style is a fusion of R&B, Soul and Afro beat.

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music