Metro Vancouver events on June 25, 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

Scotiabank Charity Challenge. Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5k

Vancouver | Vancouver | 7:30 am to 0:00 am | Active Life / Health

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

Arts 2017: Reflections on Canada

The Arts Council of Surrey presents the 33nd juried exhibition showcasing the diverse talents of established and emerging visual artists from across the Lower Mainland

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Chakradance - Connecting to the Divine Goddess Within

Imagine being courageous, confident, free, empowered, balanced and able to trust and express yourself fully. Are you looking for alternative methods to help yourself?

Langley | 200th st and Hwy#1 | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

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

Anatomy Trains in Motion

Presented by Karin Gurtner: Anatomy Trains in Motion is a course specifically designed for modern movement teachers and therapists, who want to expand their professional horizon and expertise in structural integration through movement

Vancouver | Meridian Pilates Studio | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

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

Sweet Side of Swing Northwest

Designed to serve both men and women equally, this unique WCS weekend focuses less on the patterns and more on the conversation and technique of the dance that is so often neglected.

Richmond | Executive Plaza Hotel | 10:00 am to 4:00 am | Dance

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

North Delta Family Day

Join us for North Delta Family Day on June 25!

Delta | North Delta Community Park | Family | Free

2017 Canada Berries Gospel Music Festival

2017 Canada Berries Gospel Music Festival will be one of the largest gatherings event holding around the time of Canada Day in Richmond, BC. It is the centralization of Christianity, and it is a massive celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday

Richmond | 12791 Blundell Rd | 11:00 am to 8:00 pm | Festival

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

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

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

North Shore Jazz: Soulstream

With three JUNOs, one Grammy, and five West Coast Musician of the Year nominations among them, this collective dubbed, “Vancouver’s hottest house band” by The Province, is a local marvel.

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley Village | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Music | Free

Family Sunday: June Session

Join us for large collaborative drawings with artist Sean Karemaker at this month’s Family Sunday. Sean’s unique drawing style utilizes pen and ink to develop intricate drawings that tell a story

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Meditation classes last Sunday of each month

I will be offering mediation classes the last Sunday of each month. Sessions are 90 minutes long. Students will learn the basics of meditation and its purpose(s)

Langley | 200th st and Hwy#1 | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Hand To God

The irreverent comedy with a wicked personality

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

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

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

UBC Opera - Ariadne Auf Naxos

A rich patron has commissioned a new opera from a brilliant young composer based on the Greek myth of Ariadne and has invited his friends to dinner for the premiere

Vancouver | UBC Old Auditorium | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera

Alma - The Story of the Girl Who Glowed

East Van Opera cordially invites you to join us in our inaugural production; "Alma", by composer Allison Cociani. Experience an evening of opera, ballet, and burlesque!

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Opera

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

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

Love Speaks #29

Love Speaks is a series of performances (running for five years now!) celebrating Iranian art and artists, featuring poetry and music presented by a variety of performers

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

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

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Kandace Springs

Every so often a new singer emerges who’s able to assimilate multiple musical touchstones and still come off sounding remarkably fresh and unburdened by the past. Kandace Springs is one of those artists.

Vancouver | VSO School of Music | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Music

Kenny Barron: A Night Of Solo Piano

Called “the most lyrical piano player of our time” by Jazz Weekly, Kenny Barron cut his teeth in the 1960s with Dizzy Gillespie’s band, and went on to work with Yusef Lateef, Stan Getz, Charlie Haden, John Scofield, and other masters of jazz.

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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 9:15 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

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Tommy Emmanuel

William Thomas "Tommy" Emmanuel AM is an Australian guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer, best known for his complex fingerstyle technique, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Jenn Bojm & Khingfisher

Opening for Tommy EmmanuelThe delicate, hushed duo of Jenn Bojm & Khingfisher was recently named one of Vancouver’s Best Bands by The Georgia Straight.

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

North Shore Jazz: Roy Forbes

Roy Charles Forbes is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, whose music bears heavy influences from classic American genres of acoustic blues and traditional country

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

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: RE-BOP! A Tribute To Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Three of Canada’s most dynamic jazz vocalists, Matthew Smith, Carman J. Price and Kate Hammett-Vaughan, pay tribute to the legendary vocal trio of Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks & Annie Ross.

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Y57: Unplugged

Y57 Media proudly presents annual fundraiser for Vancouver Co-op Radio

Vancouver | Cafe Deux Soleils | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Omar Souleyman plus Hyenas DJ's

Omar Souleyman is a musician from the village of Tell Tamer near the city of Ra's al-'Ayn in the northeastern region of Syria

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Phronesis

Phronesis are a three-piece jazz band from London. Formed by Danish bass player Jasper Høiby in 2005, the piano trio is completed by British pianist Ivo Neame and Swedish drummer Anton Eger

Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Kandace Springs - Late Event

Every so often a new singer emerges who’s able to assimilate multiple musical touchstones and still come off sounding remarkably fresh and unburdened by the past. Kandace Springs is one of those artists.

Vancouver | VSO School Of Music | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Nick Fraser Trio with Tony Malaby and Kris Davis

New York tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby (Mark Helias, Fred Hersch) is “one of the most distinctive artists of his time" (AllAboutJazz), while Canadian-born, New York-based pianist Kris Davis’s resolutely individual artistry offers “uncommon creative advent

Vancouver | The Ironworks | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: LSD Trio

If you happen to like hard swingin saxophone trio jazz a la Sonny Rollins - this is for you. Sonny himself is actually one of our fans. Trio LSD is one of the hardest working and hardest swingin saxophone trios around Europe

Vancouver | The Ironworks | 11:59 pm to 1:30 am | Music