Metro Vancouver events on December 11, 2016

Breakfast with Santa Presented by Lonsdale Quay Market

Christmas time would not be complete without a visit from Santa. Let him know what is on your holiday wishlist on Sunday December 11th

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 8:30 am to 10:30 am | Family | Free

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

Got Craft Holiday Edition

Get ready for the ultimate Christmas shopping weekend at the Got Craft Holiday Edition

North Vancouver | The Shipyards | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Market

Breakfast with Santa - West Point Grey Community Centre

Santa Claus is coming to town and will make a special stop to have breakfast with us at Aberthau Mansion!

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

Vancouver Bach Family Of Choirs: Ryerson Church Service with the Toccatas

The Toccatas lend their voices to celebrate advent with the Ryerson church congregation

Vancouver | Ryerson United Church | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Music | 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

Make It Vancouver

Vancouver's largest independent art, fashion & craft extravaganza is back for 4 days!

Vancouver | PNE Forum | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Christmas Train at Bear Creek Park

Visit with Santa & receive a candy cane, children do activities on our platform and take a train ride through the Christmas forest

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

A Day for the Birds

Drop in for a tour of the wildlife garden and learn how to make a garden habitat for bird.

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Brock House Holiday Brunch Buffet

Join us at Brock House Restaurant for our annual Holiday Brunch Buffet!

Vancouver | Brock House Restaurant | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

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

On Camera Acting Class with Joel Cottingham by Instant Theatre

Want to ace that commercial audition? How about snag yourself a killer agent? The film and TV industry in Vancouver is hotter than it's ever been, so now is the time to polish your skills and get to work

Vancouver | Instant Studios | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson

Vancouver | The Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids

Heritage Christmas Weekends. Make a Christmas card.

Get your holiday magic at the Historic Stewart Farm's Heritage Christmas Weekends. Make a scented pomander and a Christmas card.

Surrey | Historic Stewart Farm | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Nutcracker

The Nutcracker presented by Seymour Dance.

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Dance

Vancouver Bach Family Of Choirs. Concerts in the Community: Christmas Caroling

Oakridge Centre Christmas Caroling

Vancouver | Oakridge Centre | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Music | Free

Royal City Youth Ballet: The Nutcracker

Experience the magic of The Nutcracker this holiday season with RCYB’s full length ballet, featuring a cast of 100+ dedicated and enthusiastic dancers, under the artistic direction of Dolores Kirkwood, OBC.

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Dance

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 | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Kids

An Afternoon with Santa

This free event will have activities including holiday themed games, arts and crafts. Cookie decorating and gourmet hot chocolate stations will be a treat for the whole family.

Surrey | Newton Recreation Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Skate with Santa. Surrey Sport & Leisure Arena

Celebrate the Christmas season and visit an arena in Surrey for a skate with Santa!

Surrey | Surrey Sport & Leisure Arena | 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Family

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 | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Mary Poppins

A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical

Vancouver Bach Family Of Choirs: Chorales sing at Aberdeen Centre

Another longstanding tradition of the VBCC, we are thrilled to be returning to the Aberdeen centre this year

Richmond | Aberdeen Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Music | Free

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 | 2:00 pm to 4:20 pm | Opera

Meredith Willson's: The Music Man

The rousing classic about a charming con man and his seventy-six trombones.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical

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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Comedy

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 | 2:00 pm to 3:10 pm | Family

A Christmas Carol

Ba-humbug indeed! Dufflebag Theatre returns to The Centre with the seasonal classic A Christmas Carol.

Chilliwack | HUB International Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Kids

Ballet BC Presents Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballets: Nutcracker

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet captures the imagination with this charming Canadian retelling of the beloved holiday classic, the Nutcracker.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Dance

Christmas Presence

Join our eclectic gathering of musicians and actors for a night of music, stories, poems, and readings for the holiday season.

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

Alice in Wonderland

Affordable, family friendly fun in the midst of the holiday season! Outlandish creatures and quizzical conversations fill the stage as Alchemy Theatre brings you one of the most imaginative tales ever written

Vancouver | Studio 1398 on Granville Island | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson

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

The Day Before Christmas

Surviving the perfect holiday disaster

Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Comedy

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

The Nutcracker Suite

Join the Vancouver Pops Symphony, with guest conductor Dr. Jonathan Girard, for the must see concert event of the season. The Vancouver Pops will be teaming up with the 45th Ave Jazz Band to bring you Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Music

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

Nutcracker

The Nutcracker presented by Seymour Dance

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance

Royal City Youth Ballet: The Nutcracker

Experience the magic of The Nutcracker this holiday season with RCYB’s full length ballet, featuring a cast of 100+ dedicated and enthusiastic dancers, under the artistic direction of Dolores Kirkwood, OBC.

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance

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

Holiday Heights at Bloedel Conservatory

Experience a winter wonderland inside the Bloedel Conservatory with magical lights, festive music, a holiday scavenger hunt and much more

Vancouver | Bloedel Floral Conservatory | 4:00 pm to 9:00 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

Carol Ships Parade of Lights Dinner Cruise

The Carol Ships Parade of Lights began more than 50 years ago with a single boat decorated with Christmas lights in Coal Harbour.

Vancouver | Just East of Edgewater Casino | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

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

Carol City light tour nights-Suggested tour routes. Inner harbour tour

Providing a traditional carol ship...Carol Ships Parade of Lights is a community event that has become one of the premier attractions during the December holiday season

Vancouver | Canada Place | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Show

Carol City light tour nights-Suggested tour routes. Outer harbour

Providing a traditional carol ship...Carol Ships Parade of Lights is a community event that has become one of the premier attractions during the December holiday season

Vancouver | Granville Island | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

As You Read It: A Shakespeare Reading Party

As You Read It is a free bi-weekly event for Shakespeare fans to gather and keep building on their Bardic knowledge.

Vancouver | Instant Studios | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Black Bear Band Winter Concert

Enjoy an evening of music and fun with the Black Bear Band at our annual Winter Concert.

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Music

Winter Harp at Westacres

Join Winter Harp’s original narrator Alan Woodland with Lori Pappajohn and fellow musicians on harps, cello, violin, medieval instruments, percussion and singing in the most intimate Winter Harp concert you will ever attend.

Maple Ridge | Westacres | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

VSO: A Traditional Christmas

It is the Holiday music tradition: The VSO’s Traditional Christmas concerts, featuring host Christopher Gaze, EnChor, the UBC Opera Ensemble, and the VSO’s new Assistant Conductor, William Rowson.

Vancouver | St. Andrew's Wesley United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Music

Rookie Night

Rookie Nights feature our Rookie League players, who have all successfully completed improv training via the Improv Comedy Institute

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

Streetfight Improv! by Instant Theatre

An Improv Comedy Battle Royal

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Comedy

Shane Thomas Jolie & Seb Mark Paulse, Redbird, Matt Cairns, Kazhmere

Live Acts CanadShane Thomas Jolie & Seb Mark Paulse with guests Redbird, Matt Cairns and Kazhmere, Sunday December 11th at Studio Records

Vancouver | Studio Records | 7:45 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Classic

White Rock | Peninsula Productions | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

The Geekenders Present: The Rocky Horror Show

On June 16, 1973, director Jim Sharman debuted a musical that would warp time, space, and sweet transvestites for ever… The Rocky Horror Show.

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Christmas Presence

Join our eclectic gathering of musicians and actors for a night of music, stories, poems, and readings for the holiday season.

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

Audio/Video

Audio/Video is improv inspired by the worlds of film and music. Improvised films? Got it. Extreme close ups? Totally. Sing alongs? Better believe it.

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Kitsilano 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

Vancouver | Fairview Pub | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Show