Metro Vancouver events on June 18, 2017

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

Canada 150: Our Home & Native Bloom

Throughout June, City Hall Plaza will blossom forth with a tribute to the biodiversity and beauty of Richmond’s native plants.

Richmond | Richmond City Hall | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | Free

Poirier Street Farmers Market

The Poirier Street Market hosts a diversity of vendors and products from May through October. Each week a wide variety of vendors gather to showcase their products – made, baked, grown, or raised in BC

Coquitlam | Dogwood Pavilion | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Market

Lafarge Lake Annual Free Fishing Day

Come to Lafarge Lake for a free family-friendly day of fishy fun and prizes during BC’s free fishing weekend - when anglers can fish BC’s waters without a licence. The Lake is stocked for the day and volunteers are available to teach fishing techniques

Coquitlam | Lafarge Lake | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Family | Free

Kitsilano Farmers Market

Every Sunday from May - October, the parking lot of Kitsilano Community Centre bustles with 50+ farms and producers bringing Vancouver's west side the finest and freshest food in the city

Vancouver | Kitsilano Community Centre | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

Good Day and Good Night

The beloved Bee Stage returns with a brand new play for little ones under three.

Vancouver | The Bee Stage at Carousel Theatre for Young People | 10:00 am to 10:45 am | Kids

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

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

Mt Pleasant Farmer's Market

We'll be at Mt Pleasent with some fresh tempeh!

Vancouver | 2300 Guelph St | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market | Free

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

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

Point Grey Fiesta

The Point Grey Fiesta is the community’s annual start-of-summer event for families and friends. Starting with a Saturday parade on West 10th avenue, the Saturday celebration continues in Trimble Park with stage performances, activities and exhibitors.

Vancouver | Trimble Park | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | Free

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

Happy Birthday Canada! 150th

Presented by Richmond Arts Centre

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 11:00 am to 3:15 pm | Show

Father's Day Open House

All Aboard for Father's Day at the Farm! Dads can be hard to buy for! Skip the present this Father’s Day and take Dad out for a memorable date at Historic Stewart Farm

Surrey | Stewart Farm House | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Ambleside Artisan Farmers' Market

​We are very lucky to have such a great variety of organic and conventional farmers at this location. We also have a good selection of prepared foods including baking, syrups, jams, jellies, honey, salsas, anti pastas and much more.

West Vancouver | Ambleside Park | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Market

Father's Day

A Day Out for Dad and the rest of the family, too!

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 11:00 am to 4:30 pm | Family

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

Good Day and Good Night

The beloved Bee Stage returns with a brand new play for little ones under three.

Vancouver | The Bee Stage at Carousel Theatre for Young People | 11:30 am to 12:15 am | Kids

Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum

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

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | 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

Medicine Wheel Ceremony

People from varying backgrounds and spiritual traditions are invited to gather to celebrate the beginning of a new season in a beautiful outdoors setting

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

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

The SuperDad Show

Give the ‘ol man’ some belly laughs as improvisers poke fun at all the foibles and complexities of what it means to be a father toda

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Comedy

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing

The search for perfect love and la dolce vita triggers mischief, misunderstandings and laughter, as Shakespeare’s great romantic comedy lands in 1950s Italy.

Vancouver | Vanier Park - BMO Mainstage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Show

Hand To God

The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality

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

It's the Thought That Counts

Come to The Happening Dance Studio's year end production of "It's the thought that counts."

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

VSO School of Music: Orpheum Showcase

The grande finale of the VSO School of Music: Orpheum Showcase Concert includes a special version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Opera On A Sunday Afternoon

Join us for one of a four-concert series produced by the Burnaby Lyric Opera

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Opera

Canada's 150th with Anne

Presented by Richmond Arts Centre

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Show

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 11:00 pm | Market

舞彩雲霞 2017 Colours of Dance

Hosted by 溫哥華河石亞洲娛樂 River Rock Asian Entertainment

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Arts Umbrella Dance Company: Recital

Join us for Arts Umbrella’s end-of-the year Dance Performance when we celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of all of our young dancers over the past 10 months

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

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

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 9:15 pm | Comedy

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing

The search for perfect love and la dolce vita triggers mischief, misunderstandings and laughter, as Shakespeare’s great romantic comedy lands in 1950s Italy.

Vancouver | Vanier Park - BMO Mainstage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Secrets of Eternity – اسرار ازل

A collaboration of members of Vancouver’s Vashaan and Diba Persian music ensembles. This is a two-part concert in the traditional modes of Dashti and Nava and it will be the Canadian debut of Iranian vocalist, Mahbobeh Golzari.

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music

Coastal Jazz: Hip Pocket Plays Grant Green

Adam Rohrlick electric guitar, Tilden Webb piano, Brent Gubbels acoustic bass, and Joel Fountain drums.

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

Wolves In The Throne Room

Wolves In The Throne Room return to VENUE on Sunday, June 18th with guests Marissa Nadler & King Woman

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Descent Summer of Goth

The heat of summer will not burn away our devotion. We will not fade away under the light of the day but stand strong in contrast. As the sun begins to set, get dressed in your Gothic alternative best and join your scene for a night of dancing and culture

Vancouver | Red Room Ultra Bar | 9:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music