Metro Vancouver events on June 3, 2017
June 3, 2017
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Atlanta United FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC will commence their seventh season in Major League Soccer when they host Atlanta United FC
Vancouver | BC Place | Sports
Chali-Rosso Art Gallery: Dance of Time I.
To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, Chali-Rosso Art Gallery brought a spectacular gift to Vancouver in the form of a magnificent, iconic, bronze, Salvador Dali sculpture
Vancouver | Hornby and West Hastings Street | 1:00 am to 11:59 pm | Exhibition | Free
Bike to Work Week - Enter and win great prizes!
HUB Bike to Work Week is May 29th - June 4th, have you signed up yet?
Vancouver | HUB Cycling | 7:00 am to 10:00 am | Active Life / Health | Free
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
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
Ships To Shore: King Of The Sea
A three day family festival where visitors are invited to view one of the world’s largest tall ships and enjoy dockside programs and entertainment
Richmond | Garry Point Park | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival
Hats Off Day
Hats Off Day takes place along Hastings Street between Boundary Road and Gamma Avenue. Join us as our streets get packed with families, friends, neighbours, and merchants!
Vancouver | Hastings Street | 9:30 am to 4:00 pm | Family
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
Doors Open Richmond 2017 Opening Celebration
The 10th annual Doors Open Richmond is a free weekend-long, city-wide public celebration of heritage, culture and arts
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free
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
Walk Richmond - Doors Open/Britannia Shipyard
Explore the historic Britannia Shipyards and walk along the Fraser River to London Heritage Farm as part of Richmond's Doors Open event.
Richmond | The Britannia Shipyard | 10:00 am to 11:00 am | Active Life / Health | Free
Vancouver Art Gallery presents Pictures From Here
The rise of photo-conceptualism in Vancouver has influenced not just contemporary artists across Canada, but contemporary art practices around the world.
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 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
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Pulse
Share a special moment with your little one in a world filled with play, exploration, and discovery. A joyous and stimulating experience for the youngest of audiences, Pulse is a rare opportunity for your baby to experience live theatre
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 10:00 am to 10:30 am | Theatre
Emily Carr: Into the Forest
The Vancouver Art Gallery is home to the finest collection of Emily Carr works in the world. While we are fortunate to have major works from throughout her career, the Gallery’s collection is particularly rich in her forest paintings from the 1930s
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
The Vienna Model: Housing for the 21st-Century City
The Vienna Model exhibition, curated by Wolfgang Förster and William Menking, explores housing in Vienna, Austria, through its portrait of the city’s pathbreaking approach to architecture, urban life, neighborhood revitalization
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
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 Quay | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market
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
Playland at the PNE
Playland opens May 6 with three new family rides! All three rides will accommodate the entire family, so get ready to share even more memories and screams this coming spring and summer.
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family
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
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
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Fred and Friends
With so many stars in one room, you’re going to need sunglasses! For our 40th Festival, we’re bringing back some past festival favourites to help us celebrate!
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 10:30 am to 11:40 am | Music
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: The Canada Show
In an action-packed sixty minutes, The Canada Show takes you on a hysterically historical joy-ride through 50,000 years of Canada
Vancouver | Granville Island - The Revue Stage | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Theatre
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: A Heart in Winter
Get swept away on an epic journey with Gerda, a little girl with big courage as she embarks on an adventure in search of her missing friend. During her travels, her courage and determination are tested
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 11:55 am | Theatre
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Grug and the Rainbow
Get ready to fall in love with the most adorable character from down under! Bursting with curiosity and joy, Grug loves a good adventure! In fact, he loves it so much that he sets off on a quest to capture a rainbow that always seems just beyond his grasp
Vancouver | Performance Works | 11:00 am to 11:35 am | Theatre
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
Marpole Community Day
Join us for a fun day of rides, games, entertainment, food, and more!
Vancouver | Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free
Vice, Dice, and Opium Pipes. Sins of the City Walking Tour
The Vancouver Police Museum's tour takes you on a sinful journey into Vancouver's sinful past. Explore the early vices of our city's citizens, from saloon to brothels, racial tensions turned bloody, gambling dens, and city wide corruption
Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 11:00 am to 12:30 am | History
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
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: National Film Board - Animated Shorts - The Canadian Story
We’ve compiled the best, must-watch National Film Board (NFB) films that tell the Canadian story.
Vancouver | Carousel Studio | 11:30 am to 12:00 am | Film
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Pulse
Share a special moment with your little one in a world filled with play, exploration, and discovery. A joyous and stimulating experience for the youngest of audiences, Pulse is a rare opportunity for your baby to experience live theatre
Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 12:00 am to 12:30 am | Theatre
First Saturday Open Art Studios - Meet Artists in their Studios
We are part of First Saturday Open Studios which means we throw open the doors of the studio on the First Saturday of each month.
New Westminster | 100 Braid St Studios | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free
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
2017 Vancouver Craft Beer Week
VCBW Festival is back at the PNE Fairgrounds June 3rd & 4th, 2017!
Vancouver | PNE Centre Grounds | 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Food / Wine
Walking Tour Vignettes
Travel back in time to the year 1917 with these walking tours. A narrator leads you though the streets of Steveston to see five short historical plays performed.
Richmond | Steveston Museum | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | History
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Afrique en Cirque
You’ll be blown away by Afrique en Cirque’s breathtaking display of daring acrobatics and death-defying feats! Kalabanté will have you gasping in amazement
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm | Family
Vancouver Labour History Walking Tours
Vancouver has a rich and diverse labour history. This guided tour invites you to visit sites of significance to workers' heritage and working class struggle that commemorate the importance of labour unions, individuals, collective actions and much more
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | History
Concrete Culture Clash
Free outdoor street dance workshops in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Concrete Culture Clash is a dance party featuring DJ Arthur Storm and five beginner-friendly streetdance workshops in House, Hip-Hop, Locking, Top Rock, and Waacking
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Dance | Free
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: The Itch of the Golden Nit
Created by the Tate Modern with Aardman Animation, this groundbreaking project involved more than 34,000 school children to create the artwork and conceive the storyline for this delightfully funny 30-minute animated film
Vancouver | Carousel Studio | 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm | Film
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Grug and the Rainbow
Get ready to fall in love with the most adorable character from down under! Bursting with curiosity and joy, Grug loves a good adventure! In fact, he loves it so much that he sets off on a quest to capture a rainbow that always seems just beyond his grasp
Vancouver | Performance Works | 1:30 pm to 2:05 pm | Theatre
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 | 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm | Theatre
Million Dollar Quartet
Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm | Music
Performance with Q&A at Doors Open Richmond
The 10th installment of Doors Open Richmond is a free weekend-long, city-wide public celebration of heritage, culture and the arts.
Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free
What is Going on Inside that Baby's Brain Anyway?
Come join us as we learn practical ways to truly connect and sensitively tune into what your baby is communicating to you
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Family
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Clancy and the Wild Moccasin Dance Sisters
Powwow dances are beautiful expressions of First Nation spirituality, history and culture. Come celebrate this rich cultural treasure with the Clancy and the Wild Moccasin Dance Sisters.
Vancouver | Granville Island - The Revue Stage | 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm | Dance
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: A Heart in Winter
Get swept away on an epic journey with Gerda, a little girl with big courage as she embarks on an adventure in search of her missing friend. During her travels, her courage and determination are tested
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 2:55 pm | Theatre
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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Goh Ballet Les Saisons Fantastiques
Goh Ballet's Children's Division in a special new ballet. Don't miss the Goh Ballets Children's Division in a brand new ballet especially created for them. Also featuring the Jazz and Chinese classes as well as select award-winning Senior Dancers
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Dance
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
Hand To God
The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality
Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Comedy
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: National Film Board - Animated Shorts - The Canadian Story
We’ve compiled the best, must-watch National Film Board (NFB) films that tell the Canadian story.
Vancouver | Carousel Studio | 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Film
The Art of Living Happiness Program by The Art of Living Foundation
The Art of Living Happiness Program Discover the power of the breath, deep meditation, and yoga in the Art of Living Happiness Program. Unleash the happiest version of yourself in just 3 sessions!
North Vancouver | Studio 202 Community for Inspired Living | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: National Film Board - Animated Shorts - The Canadian Story
We’ve compiled the best, must-watch National Film Board (NFB) films that tell the Canadian story.
Vancouver | Carousel Studio | 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Film
Genre Workout by Instant Theatre
Explore the world of genre at Instant Theatre, with a new and different genre work out every month! Expand your skills and knowledge of tropes and forms as our instructors take you through a four hour workshop intensive
Vancouver | Instant Studios | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: RupLoops
Imagine your child’s delight when they realize that they’re part of the show! Don’t miss this fun, interactive and dynamic performance. Through body percussion and beatboxing, Rup demonstrates and teaches how the body is indeed a musical instrument
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm | Music
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Aché Brasil
There’s going to be a dance party and you’re invited! Get ready for an explosion of colour, energy and music that embodies the lively culture and rhythms of Brazil
Vancouver | Granville Island - The Revue Stage | 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm | Dance
Red Light Rendezvous. Sins of the City Walking Tour
Vancouver might have been founded on a barrel of whisky, but it was built on the brothels that lined the muddy streets of Gastown. Explore the history of Vancouver's sex trade with the Vancouver Police Museum's Red Light Rendezvous
Vancouver | Vancouver Police Museum | 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm | History
An evening of Indian Classical Music
Enjoy an evening of Indian Classical Music (Sitar and Tabla)
Burnaby | Royal Palace Banquet Hall | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
2017 Vancouver International Children's Festival: Variety Show
Watch Festival performers cut loose at our annual Variety Show!
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Show
Felly All Ages at Fortune Sound
21-year-old rising rapper Felly brings his “Once I Finish School I’ll Take You On A Tour Tour” to Fortune Sound Saturday June 3rd for an all ages early show
Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 7:00 pm to 9:30 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
Illumination Summer Night Market
Illumination Vancouver International Summer Night Market presents multiple types of attractions suitable for all ages. There are over 300 food and merchandise booths, and more than 20 events or performing shows every week
Richmond | RIchmond Night Market | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Market
Prohibition City - walking tour
From back alley blind pigs to Chinatown opium dens! Mobsters! Opium! Booze! Delve into Vancouver's dirtiest secrets on this scandal filled walking tour.
Vancouver | Cathedral Square, Dunsmuir & Richards streets | 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Exhibition
El Destino
Los Gitanos is a flamenco dance company created by Beverly Mantovani and based in Tsawwassen since 2001
Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 7:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Dance
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 | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy
Richmond Orchestra & Chorus. Canada 150: Music from Coast to Coast
Happy 150th Canada! In 2017 our country will celebrate its 150th birthday. There will be fireworks, birthday cakes, festivals, air shows, and there will be Music! The Richmond Orchestra and Chorus is proud to present Canada 150
Richmond | Fraserview MB Church | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Goh Ballet Presents: The Four Seasons & More
Goh Ballet dancers perform in Vivaldi's Four Seasons Ballet and Quintessence: Joy, Sorrow, Bliss, Despair and Hope
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance
Jazz Waves: Ultimate Jazz Exploration
The WVCAC presents the 17th annual Jazz Waves Festival this summer. Come down to the waterfront for some amazing jazz from the finest local talent
West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Muzewest Concerts presents Boson Mo (violin) and Scott Meek (piano)
Müzewest Concerts is thrilled to present pianist Scott Meek and violist Boson Mo, performing together the works of Bach, Schubert, and contemporary composer Karim Al-Zand
Vancouver | St. Helen’s Anglican Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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
Day Wave with guests
Day Wave is an American indie rock band from Oakland, California, formed in 2015. The band consists solely of Jackson Phillips, with accompanying musicians for live performances
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Eroica! The Music of Beethoven
Bramwell Tovey serves up an all-Beethoven feast, starring Canada’s own Hoebig-Moroz Trio playing Beethoven’s rarely-performed Triple Concerto.
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Tribute To Cannonball & Cleanhead
Here’s a soulful team for you. Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson who basically defined the blues alto sax, joins together with the bopping funk and gospel specialist Cannonball Adderley with a prime time band
Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 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
Charley's Aunt By Brandon Thomas
Vagabond Players Presents: Charley's Aunt By Brandon Thomas. Directed by Dale Kelly
New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Convergence
Join us for EDAM’s Spring Series, featuring new dance works by guest artists Noam Gagnon and Vanessa Goodman, as well as piece by the EDAM Company
Vancouver | Edam Dance | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance
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
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
Hand To God
The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality
Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Million Dollar Quartet
Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session
Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Music
Ivan Decker Live in The Comedy Basement at Goldies
The Comedy Basement Pro/Am Showcase features Vancouver's funniest professional & up-and-coming stand up comics every Saturday at Goldies!
Vancouver | Goldies Pizza | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy
Vancouverites Live Play - "نمایش ونکووری ها"
نمایش ونکووری ها نویسنده و کارگردان: محمد رحمانیان Vancouverites - Live Play
Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Film
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
Light It Up - A Tribute to Major Lazer
Peace is the mission on Sat, June 3rd as CelebsPlayhouse returns with 'Light It Up - A Tribute to Major Lazer'
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
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