Metro Vancouver events on December 6, 2016
December 6, 2016
Tue
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
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
Rudolph's Playtime at Willingdon
Children make friends, sing seasonal songs and have fun creating festive crafts at this popular holiday themed playtime.
Burnaby | Willingdon Community Centre | 9:30 am to 11:30 am | Kids
Life Program: A Supportive Cancer Care Workshop
Connect with others touched by cancer at Life Program, a supportive cancer care workshop
Surrey | Canadian Cancer Society Surrey | 10:00 am to 3:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
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
EXchanges 9th Series 2016
Co.ERASGA is pleased to announce: EXCHANGES 2016 Training and Master Classes with Hiroaki Umeda
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Workshop
MaccaBeatles: VTT’s Annual Hanukkah Concert
Vancouver Talmud Torah presents MaccaBeatles: VTT's Annual Hanukkah Concert
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 12:30 am to 2:00 pm | Music
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 in Williams Park
The annual Christmas in Williams Park in Langley is a FREE family and community event. View the spectacular show of lights as you drive or walk through the park.
Langley | Williams Park | 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free
6th Annual Violence Against Women Candlelight Vigil
Light a candle to remember women who have died and suffered from violence
Surrey | Holland Park | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Innovate 2016
UBC Alumni, UBC Applied Science and UBC Medicine present Innovate 2016 five thought provoking speakers at the Playhouse
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health
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
MaccaBeatles: VTT’s Annual Hanukkah Concert
Vancouver Talmud Torah presents MaccaBeatles: VTT's Annual Hanukkah Concert
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Porter Robinson & Madeon. Shelter Live Tour
"Shelter" is a song by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson and French electronic music producer Madeon.
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
The Dandy Warhols: Distortland Tour at Commodore Ballroom
The Dandy Warhols is an American rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström.
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Mary Poppins
A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical
The Vancouver Writers Fest Presents: Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson Vancouver Writers Fest - Testimony Book Tour
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir: Sounds of Christmas
Join the celebrated Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir for their annual Christmas concert, with nearly eighty male voices singing in glorious four-part harmony
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 2:27 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
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
A Christmas Carol In Gay Apparel
An Original Comedy by the Leaping Thespians. Back by popular demand, this production is a beloved holiday tradition within the LGBTQ community, and is for anyone who loves a laugh.
Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
The Fictional’s Hot Improv Tuesdays
The Fictionals Comedy Co. present award-winning improv comedy every Tuesday night at Cafe Deux Soleils
Vancouver | Cafe Deux Soleils | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
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
Wild Child with guests
Wild Child doesn’t want a place to hide. Song after song, town after town, they’ll wear their hearts on their sleeves, addicted to the rush that only comes when thousands of strangers know all your secrets and sing them back to you, because they’re their
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Port Coquitlam Ladies Night f/Playboyz - 50 Shades Darker
The Canadian Playboyz are Canada’s premier and most popular Revue. We are the only cross country touring Revue . We come through every province and look forward to having you at one of our events
Port Coquitlam | Cat & Fiddle Sports Bar & Restaurant | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Show