Metro Vancouver events on May 27, 2017

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. DC United

Vancouver Whitecaps FC will commence their seventh season in Major League Soccer when they host DC United

Vancouver | BC Place | Sports

49th Annual BC Elementary School Championships

49th annual BC Elementary School Championship at Collier Throwing Centre and Minoru Park Oval

Richmond | Minoru Track | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm | Sports | Free

Meditation and the Joy of Living Cultivating Awareness, Compassion, and Wisdom in Everyday Life

Meditation enables us to discover a lasting contentment that is not subject to the fluctuating conditions of our lives, and to nurture the qualities of wisdom and compassion that naturally manifest from awareness itself.

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Trout Lake Farmers Market

This is where you’ll find the vendors who have been doing it since the beginning; what started as 14 farmers ‘squatting’ at the Croatian Cultural Centre back in 1995 has grown into Vancouver’s most well-known and beloved market

Vancouver | John Hendry Park | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market | Free

Farmers' Market

Burnaby's Farmers' Market is the place to find locally grown conventional and organic produce, prepared foods and crafts every Saturday from May 6 until October 28, 2017

Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall Parking Lot | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

New Forms Matter

The Sculptors’ Society of BC celebrates how traditional and contemporary sculptural practices intersect by exploring bronze, stone, wood, fibre, and mixed media.

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Ladner May Days

Ladner May Days has been a community favourite for 120 years! Enjoy rides, refreshments and the parade.

Delta | Memorial Park | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family

Walk Richmond - Fraserwood Trail

Enjoy an invigorating walk along the South Arm of the Fraser River in the Hamilton area of East Richmond. The route travels towards the Alex Fraser Bridge and passes by a marina, houseboats, woodlots and Fraserwood Park

Richmond | Fraserwood Park | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Active Life / Health | Free

Pro Arte Centre Professional Program Auditions

Pro Arte Centre is pleased to announce the dates and times of the upcoming auditions for the 2017-18 Professional Training Programs.

North Vancouver | Pro Arte Centre | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Dance

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law

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

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia

Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms, especially calligraphy, hold across the many unique cultures of Asia

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

Michael Bednar: The Fraser, Living River

Large-format photographs documenting the importance of the Fraser River to Richmond by Michael Bednar an award-winning travel and documentary photographer

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Omnis Temporalis

Omnis Temporalis is a multiform collaborative project that combines artistic genres by drawing together the cartoon work by renowned Canadian cartoonist Seth with original music and performance by Vancouver-based composer Mark Haney

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum

The sustainability focused Kids Gallery is all about fun. Check out the latest theme: food!

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Lonsdale Artisan Farmers’ Market

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 | Lonsdale Artisan Farmers’ Market | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market

Eleanor Hannan, Barbara Heller & Bettina Matzkuhn: Connections

Using the ancient language of textiles - three artists Barbara Heller, Eleanor Hannan and Bettina Matzkuhn have produced a body of work created through a collaboration with a member of Nature Vancouver

Vancouver | Crafthouse | 10:30 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Surrey International Children's Festival

Celebrate the arts at Surrey International Children’s Festival! Surrey International Children's Festival features ticketed performances from Australia, South Korea and Canada.

Surrey | Bear Creek Park / Surrey Arts Centre | 10:30 am to 7:30 pm | Kids

Art! Vancouver

Art! Vancouver is a first-class international art fair that features some of the finest artwork from artists and galleries across Canada, and around the world

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Fair

Sound and Energy Healing Workshop w/Matthew & Jhaimy Alvarez-Acosta

Sound and Energy Healing Workshop - an intimate workshop to unlock healing tools and techniques for optimal health and well-being with Andean Wisdomkeeper Jhaimy Alvarez-Acosta and Sound-Healer Matthew Kocel

North Vancouver | Munay Space | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Workshop

Richmond Canada 150 Pioneer Luncheon

Have you lived in Richmond for 50 years or more? The Pioneer Luncheon will be a special event hosted by the City of Richmond to recognize the contributions of the city’s long term residents who helped shape the community.

Richmond | Richmond City Hall | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Orchid Show

View orchids up close and learn how to care for these unique flowers. Hosted by the Richmond Orchid Club

Richmond | Richmond Nature Park | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals

West of Main Art Walk

Our Littlest Artists’ Work on Display During the West of Main Art Walk

Vancouver | Arts Umbrella Granville Island | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

Xi xanya dzam – Celebrating our Amazing Artists

Xi xanya dzam is the Kwak'wala word which describes the gifted people who create works of art, and is the title of our upcoming exhibition

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

The 2017 Richmond Carvers Society Annual Woodcarving Show

We encourage all carvers, members and non-members, to submit exhibits and to come and see the quality of carving produced.

Richmond | Steveston Community Centre | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show | Free

Art in the Garden 2017

The 18th annual Art in the Garden tour is a two-day, self-guided, spring tour of beautiful North Shore gardens.

North Vancouver | North Shore Gardens | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Song of the Open Road

Vikky Alexander, Robert Arndt, Gerard Byrne, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, Kelly Jazvac, Kelly Lycan, Niamh O’Malley, Dawit L. Petros, Greg Staats, Lisa Tan

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

The Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper

Join us for the exhibition The Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper.

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Free Family Day - Through the Window

On the last Saturday of each month, the CAG invites all ages to drop-in for short exhibition tours and free art-making activities that respond to our current exhibitions

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Darby's Rare Brews & BBQ 2017

Every year we work with some of the best breweries in BC to showcase BC's brewing talent and feature some amazing locally sourced BBQ from our Chef Simon McLeod

Vancouver | Darby's Pub | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Food / Wine

Cadence - Essence of Dance Year End Recital

Showcasing performances in ballet, jazz, contemporary, acro, hip hop and much more! Featuring the Ignite Youth Company and musical guests!

Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance

Centennial+50 Sculpture

The Art Gallery at Evergreen’s biggest exhibition to date, Coquitlam, Canada, celebrates Canada’s 150th anniversary and Coquitlam’s place in it.

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Official Canadian Launch Party World's 1st Patented & Natural Carb Manager

Mark your calendars for the sweetest and most hype celebration to kick-start a better version of you!! Get the full dose on one of the most important launches in recent history!

Burnaby | Element Vancouver Metrotown | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Do You Understand Your Toddler?

Come learn how to understand your toddler's behaviour and help them with overwhelming emotions.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Family

Free Dance + Poetry Workshop

Participate in a series of free dance (creative movement) and poetry workshops until May 27, 2017, with professional artists from diverse backgrounds

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Arts Umbrella Dance Company: Season finale

Arts Umbrella Dance Company’s Season Finale is the culmination of months of exploration and rehearsal of bold and innovative works created for AUDC dancers by leading International and Canadian choreographers

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Dance

Coastal Jazz: Cool School: Get Hip To Jazz: Trumpeter Bria Skonberg

She'll play, and she encourages others to bring their instruments to join in on the workshop.

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music | Free

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm | Music

Hand To God

The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality

Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Comedy

Outside Mullingar

A pair of introverted misfits, Rosemary and Anthony’s families have lived on neighbouring farms as far back as anyone can remember, where they battle over property lines and childhood stories but never what matters most.

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

North Vancouver LoLo Food Tour

During the 2.5 hour tour, you will be able to learn about the historic ship building industry and early settlers to the area as you savor a delicious culinary experience. The tour includes 10 stops featuring 7 market vendors

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Food / Wine

Drone Day 2017 // Vancouver

Quiet City, Sawdust Collector & Vancouver New Music present: Game of Drones

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm

Ali Wong

Alexandra "Ali" Wong is an American actress, stand-up comic, and writer.

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 6:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Show

The Shins

The Shins are an American indie rock band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 1996. The Shins appear in support of their most recent album Heartworms.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Sing You Home - RYHC 15th Anniversary and Canada 150 Concert

This is an exciting 15th Anniversary concert for the RYHC in conjunction with the Canada 150 bringing together the talented choristers in the Richmond Youth Honour Choir and the musicians in the Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra.

Richmond | Fraserview Church Mennonite Brethren | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

We Call It Home - Our final concert of the season!

For our final performance of the season The Richmond Singers, directed by Natasha Neufeld, present "We Call It Home", with special guests, Sweet Scarlet

Richmond | Broadmoor Baptist Church | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Girlpool With Special Guests Supermoon and Snail Mail

Girlpool is a folk punk band from Los Angeles, California. Its members are Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

The Fins with The Cheezdogz +Illetram

Every Saturday night in the Projection Room, it's a dance party!

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Children of God

A new musical by Corey Payette, World Premiere, Produced by The Cultch with The National Arts Centre English Theatre (Ottawa), Raven Theatre and Urban Ink Productions

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Theatre

A Year in Motion 2017

Presented by: Lorita Leung Chinese Dance Company

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Western World

Laugh without limits as improvisers play ‘Hosts’ to our audience ‘Guests’ in an improvised parody inspired by HBO's Westworld

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

Celebration by Higher Ground Women's Ensemble

Higher Ground Women's Ensemble is proud to present their 14th annual spring concert! In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, this year’s spring concert is a celebration of Canadian composers!

West Vancouver | Mulgrave School | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Arts Umbrella Dance Company: Season finale

Arts Umbrella Dance Company’s Season Finale is the culmination of months of exploration and rehearsal of bold and innovative works created for AUDC dancers by leading International and Canadian choreographers

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Dance

Jazz Waves: Jennifer Scott Trio

Jazz & blues singer-songwriter extraordinaire Jennifer Scott opens Jazz Waves 2017 with her signature emotive, powerful singing & insightful storytelling

West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Hamed Nikpay And Stage Group Live In Concert

Hamed Nikpay - vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, song writer

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Five Alarm Funk

Sweat Album Release Tour 2017 with guests. "SWEAT is a powerhouse of funk and fusion. We wanted to create a dance party record front to back."

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

Yesteryear - heartwarming Canadian comedy

North Vancouver Community Players presents Yesteryear by Joanna McClelland Glass at The Theatre at Hendry Hall North Vancouver

North Vancouver | North Vancouver Community Players | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus Presented by The North Shore Light Opera Society. Die Fledermaus will be our 70th Annual production.

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Global Dance Connections 8: Wen Wei Dance

The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series - Wen Wei Dance. Dialogue

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Dance

Coastal Jazz: Bria Skonberg

Juno Award nominated vocalist/trumpeter Bria Skonberg is a specialist in classic American hot jazz who expands on the vocabulary with original material and arrangements.

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Salsa & Latin Dance Night

Featuring Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music with Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Dance

The Empire Strips Back: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Adventure

Vancouver’s favourite ‘nerdlesque’ troupe, the Geekenders, return to East Van’s Rio Theatre with a revamped version of their smash hit production The Empire Strips Back: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Adventure

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show

The Hunger Room by Scott Button

The Hunger Room is a dark thriller that explores loneliness, disconnection and violence. A crisis takes over a suburban high school when a mysterious stalker begins delivering notes written in blood to targeted female students

Vancouver | The PAL Studio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Cabezas De Cera

Cabezas de Cera are a genre-bending musical duo hailing from Mexico City whose style can only be described as a fusion of progressive rock, jazz and experimental music

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music

Hand To God

The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality

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

Outside Mullingar

A pair of introverted misfits, Rosemary and Anthony’s families have lived on neighbouring farms as far back as anyone can remember, where they battle over property lines and childhood stories but never what matters most.

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

VSO Pops: Sophisticated Ladies

Sophisticated songs with Sy Smith, Montego Glover and Capathia Jenkins. Celebrate music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Music

Tim Nutt

Tim Nutt is a comic who can’t be judged by his cover. Long-haired, bearded and “rough around the edges”, audiences expect Nutt’s material to match.

New Westminster | Lafflines Comedy Club | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy

TheatreSports™

Relying on razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of performers are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches. Using audience suggestions to fuel scenes, teams must create totally improvised situations on the spot

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Bingo Players at Celebrities

A staple amongst the dance music community, the infamous Bingo Players make their Vancouver return on Saturday, May 27th at #CelebsPlayhouse

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Shakespeare After Dark: Improv with a Buzz

Shakespeare After Dark is the highbrow fusion of Shakespeare served with a side of improvisational mischief

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

Nite*Moves at the Biltmore Cabaret

House party jams for the young, restless, and bored Every Saturday at the Biltmore Cabaret with your resident DJ’s Can I Live Harvey Harvey ++ special guests

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 2:00 am | Music | Free

Ok Tinder - Swipe Right Comedy

Our 17+ show is 60 minutes of fast-paced, no-holds-barred comedy looking at the good, bad and the laughable of Vancouver’s dating scene

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 0:15 am | Comedy