Metro Vancouver events on January 20, 2017

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 11:00 pm | Family | Free

Know Show

The KnowShow provides a perfect platform for industry leading brands and Canadian retailers to connect and do this business.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Business / Finance

Canada Responds to the Holocaust, 1944-45

Canada Responds to the Holocaust, 1944-45 explores interactions between Canadians in Europe and survivors of the Holocaust at the close of the Second World War and in the immediate postwar era

Vancouver | Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | History

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

You know that world-famous Public Market in your backyard? It's time for you to enjoy the spoils! Take charge of your local status with this special edition of the Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

Vancouver | Edible Canada | 9:30 am to 11:30 am | Food / Wine

Lunar New Year at Oakridge Centre

Come celebrate Lunar New Year at Oakridge Centre with LunarFest craft workshops, live performances, and loads of fun activities for the whole family!

Vancouver | Oakridge Centre | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

Hong Kong: Heroes of the Dark Years

Discover the relatively unknown but inspiring stories of Chinese Canadians who were heroes during the battle, the occupation and the liberation of Hong Kong during WWII

Vancouver | Chinese Canadian Military Museum | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | History

Meryl McMaster, Confluence

The Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to present Confluence, a touring exhibition organized by the Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa and curated by Heather Anderson.

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC offers a rich and rare window into the visual culture of Papua New Guinea’s Sepik region with In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver in the Seventies

Vancouver in the Seventies zooms in on key themes and moments from Vancouver’s coming of age: a time of protest, political upheaval, economic prosperity, and cultural blossoming

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures

We wear clothing not only to keep us warm, but to express our beliefs, social status and political identity. This stunning exhibition showcases more than 130 handmade textiles from around the globe, drawn from the largest collection in Western Canada

Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Stare at Vancouver Art Gallery

Drawn from the gallery’s permanent collection, the exhibition will feature work by artists such as Roy Arden, Bernd and Hilla Becher, John Coplans, Barbara Probst and Mark Ruwedel among others

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

We Come to Witness: Sonny Assu in Dialogue with Emily Carr

Sonny Assu continues his ongoing body of work Interventions on The Imaginary, creating a new series of digital tags on a body of Emily Carr paintings selected from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Coming Home: Traditions of Chinese New Year. Exhibition 万家团圓: 春节传统展

Family is at the core of Chinese New Year, and the rituals and customs of this traditional celebration are expressed through colourful symbols and lively stories that awaken the senses

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

Juxtapoz x Superflat at Vancouver Art Gallery

Juxtapoz x Superflat is a manifesto for new creative practices that can no longer be adequately described by the traditional categories of art and production

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures

The title of the exhibition, Ambivalent Pleasures, refers to the complex nature of pleasure in the early 21st century as we become increasingly aware of the social, economic and environmental costs of our desires, habits and patterns of living

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Vuja De. New paintings by Claire Sarfeld

I enjoy creating work in which I’m not limiting myself in my creative endeavors. I push the picture plane to create layers and shapes, unconventional horizon lines, and find moments of clarity, to achieve an overall sense of discovery. -Claire Sarfeld

New Westminster | Douglas College | 10:00 am to 7:30 pm | Exhibition

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Mess

Caroline-Horton-Mess-1Josephine is putting on a play – Boris and Sistahl help. It’s about anorexia. But don’t let that put you off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones).

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 10:30 am to 11:45 am | Theatre

Judy Chartrand: What a Wonderful World

Judy Chartrand: What A Wonderful World features the remarkable ceramics of Judy Chartrand

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Creative Journeys

An exhibition presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport to mark the 20th anniversary of Bill Reid's iconic sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Artist Talk: Bridget Moser. Ideas Series

Bridget Moser (Things A Person Is Supposed To Wonder) is among a wave of visual artists practicing experimental comedy, incorporating humour and standup tropes into their performance practice.

Vancouver | BAF Studio | 11:00 am to 12:30 am | Lecture | Free

Yaohan Centre Chinese New Year Event

To welcome the Year of the Rooster, we proudly present a series of celebrations which include flower market, Chinese lion dance, firecrackers, green picking, stage games and god of fortune and more

Richmond | Yaohan Centre | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family

Three Cities: Prayer and Protest. Opening Exhibition

Artist: Mere Phantoms: Maya Ersan & Jaimie Robson. Three Cities: Prayer and Protest is a shadow-based installation that investigates sites of tension, controversy, and contact within three cosmopolitan environments.

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

Amie Siegel: Quarry

Amie Siegel's moving image work Quarry (2015) proceeds from the vast underground caverns of a Vermont marble quarry to the material’s high-end destination: the opulent sales galleries for Manhattan's newest residential skyscrapers.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Strong Female Character

Group exhibition featuring Mandy Tsung, Bronwyn Schuster and Sherri Rogers. Strong Female Character looks at feminine identity, both past and present, as defined within Western culture.

Vancouver | Hot Art Wet City | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Critical Ideas: Adaptation In Performance. Ideas Series

Performance has always borrowed from other media and in theatre there is nothing like a familiar story retold.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Craft Beer and Tacos Brewery Tour

Hop on tour with Vancouver Brewery Tours to experience the greatest pairing mankind has ever seen, Craft Beer and Tacos!

Vancouver | Waterfont Station | 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

You know that world-famous Public Market in your backyard? It's time for you to enjoy the spoils! Take charge of your local status with this special edition of the Granville Island Market Tour - Unlocked for Locals

Vancouver | Edible Canada | 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine

Live Music Friday

Enjoy live music and beer every Friday from 5pm to 8pm at Green Leaf Brewing Co.

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Music | Free

Global Game Jam Vancouver

Are you ready to jam? Global Game Jam Vancouver is back for 2017! Come and join us January 20-22, 2017, in the UBC Life Sciences Institute atriums

Vancouver | Life Sciences Institute | 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Ocean Wise Pop-Up With Chef Ned Bell at Vancouver Aquarium

Forget the fish 'n' chips. During Dine Out Vancouver Festival, award-winning executive chef Ned Bell will transform the Café at the Vancouver Aquarium into a one-of-a-kind bistro dining experience you won't want to miss

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine

Vancouver Canucks vs. Florida Panthers

The regular season game

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Sports

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Secret Supper Soiree

A sold out event every year, Vancouver's culinary road trip is back! Hop on board your private classic 1930s trolley and be whisked off to secret locations for your mouth-watering canapé creations, beverages and dinner

Vancouver | Pacific Central Station | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | Food / Wine

Tapped: A Craft Beer, Wine & Cider Event

An Annual Fundraiser Presented by Fighting Chance Productions Society

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Mere Phantoms: Garden of Earthly Delights Performance

CSA Space, grunt gallery and PUSH Festival are pleased to co-present a performance by the Montreal-based duo, Mere Phantoms, entitled Garden of Earthly Delights.

Vancouver | CSA Space | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Mess

Caroline-Horton-Mess-1Josephine is putting on a play – Boris and Sistahl help. It’s about anorexia. But don’t let that put you off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones).

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm | Theatre

Canadian Guitar Quartet

The Canadian Guitar Quartet has toured throughout the Americas and Europe, going from one standing ovation to the next, establishing a reputation as one of the finest guitar ensembles in the world.

Surrey | White Rock Baptist Church | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

UBC Theatre: Love and Information By Caryl Churchill

A scientist dissects a brain. Someone tells the police. Another puts an elephant on the stairs. Over 100 vibrant characters in a series of vignettes search for meaning in their lives; through sex, death, feeling, thinking, taxidermy, and karaoke

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Macbeth

Third World Bunfight brings us a free adaptation of Verdi’s opera - and by free, we mean daring, radical and uninhibited in its transformations.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera

Early Music Vancouver: Yo Soy la Locura: Spanish Music from around the time of Cervantes

Locura & Tormenti (madness and torments) features intimate 17th century Spanish and Italian songs about love and heartbreak by composers including Monteverdi, Quevedo, Strozzi and Sanz.

Vancouver | The Christ Church Cathedral | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

The Little Mermaid

Based on the animated 1989 Disney film, The Little Mermaid the musical follows Ariel, an intelligent and strong willed young mermaid who longs to leave her ocean home in search of her destiny in the world above.

Chilliwack | HUB International Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical

Magic Series: Shawn Farquhar’s Cabaret of Wonders - V

Join an extraordinary gathering of magicians!

Chilliwack | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

We Know Nothing About Art: A Comedy Show

Do you love art? Does art confuse you? Have you ever though that art historians could just be making everything up on the spot?

Vancouver | Hot Art Wet City | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Steel Panther at Commodore Ballroom

Steel Panther is an American comedy rock/glam metal band from Los Angeles, California, mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics, as well as their exaggerated on-stage personae that parody the stereotypical 1980s "glam metal" lifestyle.

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

The Fighting Season

Inspired by his father’s deployment in Afghanistan, Sean Harris Oliver’s searing new play investigates the Afghan war through the eyes of a Canadian field medic, a doctor, and a recovery room nurse.

Vancouver | The Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

The (Post) Mistress

Marie-Louise is an effervescent, charismatic postal worker in the fictional town of Lovely who seems to know everything about everyone–and is eager to share all the gossip with you.

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre

As I Lay Dying

The evocative and absurd southern gothic masterpiece

Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Nether by Jennifer Haley

The Nether made its Vancouver premiere at this year’s Fringe Festival and was a favourite amongst critics. A detective story that explores the nature of virtual realms, fantasy and morality.

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Theatre

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2017: Ocean Wise Pop-Up With Chef Ned Bell at Vancouver Aquarium

Forget the fish 'n' chips. During Dine Out Vancouver Festival, award-winning executive chef Ned Bell will transform the Café at the Vancouver Aquarium into a one-of-a-kind bistro dining experience you won't want to miss

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Sweat Baby Sweat. Jan Martens (Belgium/Netherlands)

A man and a woman: that’s what you get in Jan Martens’ brilliant piece of dance. Onstage, dancers Kimmy Ligtvoet and Steven Michel enact a story of love with their bodies, complemented by music and projected text

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Dance

Concord Floral

Steady yourself - this show packs a theatrical and emotional punch

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

The Boys are Back in Town! New York’s infamous all-male ballerinas return with a fresh batch of highbrow hilarity following Vancouver’s 2015 sold out smash hit!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance

The Bad Plus

The Bad Plus have been playing together for over a decade and their genre bending music has avoided easy categorization from the beginning.

North Vancouver | Capilano University | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Guys We Fucked: The Experience

JFL NorthWest Presents: Guys We Fucked: The Experience. Like Guys We Fucked: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast? Ever thought what a dope-ass guest you would make?

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

2017 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Dynasty Handbag (Jibz Cameron)

Rowdy, raunchy and queer as folk, Dynasty Handbag is a blazing stage presence. Here she presents a batch of “golden oldies”—a veritable mixtape of songs from a roster of wholly invented artists.

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Tanya Lee Davis

Tanyalee Davis is a 3 foot 6 inch standup comedian who inspires, enlightens, and entertains her audiences while headlining at comedy clubs, colleges, and comedy festivals throughout North America, the UK, and other parts of the world

New Westminster | The Columbia | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Magic Series: Shawn Farquhar’s Cabaret of Wonders - V

Join an extraordinary gathering of magicians!

Chilliwack | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:45 pm | Show

Alexander X Hyphy X UBC Surf: The People NorthWest and Friends

The Alexander Gastown, Hyphy, and UBC Surf have partnered to bring you a welcome back party for the ages!

Vancouver | Alexander Gastown | 10:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Hyphy Fridays at Alexander Gastown

You are invited to join us every Friday. Alexander Friday's powered by Hyphy every Friday with residents DJ Marvel + Jolin Ras.

Vancouver | Alexander Gastown | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Brennan Heart

Fabian Bohn known by his stage name Brennan Heart is a Dutch DJ and producer of Hardstyle.

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Cagematch: Ultimate Comedy Showdown by Instant Theatre

Cagematch pits the fiercest and most hilarious improvisers against each other to determine who has the best improv in the city

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy