Metro Vancouver events on June 26, 2017
June 26, 2017
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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
Unbounce Call to Action Conference
The Unbounce Call to Action Conference is carefully curated to teach you next-level, actionable digital marketing tactics you can utilize the very next day
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lecture
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
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
Chor Leoni Men's Choir presents Manely/Fun
Combine fabulous tunes, the energy of the lions, a top-notch band, and a favourite Vancouver summer venue and you’ve got the effervescent recipe for MANELY/FUN, Chor Leoni’s popular season-closer at Bard on the Beach.
Vancouver | Vanier Park | 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm | Music
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: Chor Leoni: Manely/Fun
Combine fabulous tunes, high energy, a top-notch band and a beautiful backdrop, and you’ve got the recipe for Manely/Fun.
Vancouver | Vanier Park - BMO Mainstage | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Music
Zumba on the Plaza
Join us for free Zumba classes led by Luglio from Zumba Vancouver. Bring your friends, family and colleagues to this fun calorie burning Latin inspired dance fitness class
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free
Icons by Defy Gravity Dance Company
We will hold our 10th Annual Recital at the Richmond Gateway Theatre
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Jacob Whitesides
Jacob Michael Whitesides is an American singer-songwriter from Knoxville, Tennessee. He records his music for Double U Records, of which he is also the CEO
Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Arundhati Roy: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Indian Summer Festival, in association with the Vancouver Writer’s Fest, are delighted to welcome Arundhati Roy back to Vancouver for the launch of her new book.
Vancouver | St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books
Indie Monday Film Series: Jackie
Can’t find the films you’re itching to see in the local movie theatre? Looking for more than the same old Hollywood Blockbusters? Tired of overpriced popcorn? Join us on Monday evenings throughout this season to experience the best in Independent and Worl
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film
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
Bittergirl: The Musical
The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.
Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Musical
Didier Morissonneau presents: The Glenn Miller Orchestra
The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra brings timeless classics like In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Pennsylvania 6-5000, String of Pearls and Tuxedo Junction back to the stage
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Chor Leoni Men's Choir presents Manely/Fun
Combine fabulous tunes, the energy of the lions, a top-notch band, and a favourite Vancouver summer venue and you’ve got the effervescent recipe for MANELY/FUN, Chor Leoni’s popular season-closer at Bard on the Beach.
Vancouver | BMO Mainstage, Bard on the Beach, Vanier Park | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Bard on the Beach Festival. Chor Leoni: Manely/Fun
Combine fabulous tunes, high energy, a top-notch band and a beautiful backdrop, and you’ve got the recipe for Manely/Fun.
Vancouver | Vanier Park - BMO Mainstage | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music
Land of Talk plus Half Waif
Land of Talk is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consists of singer and guitarist Elizabeth Powell
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Music
Numenorean - the Cobalt
Numenorean with Wormwitch, Seer & The Waning Light
Vancouver | The Cobalt | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Ziggy Marley With Buckman Coe
David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, and the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Meatbodies with special guests Milkers Wanted and Dried Out
Meatbodies is an American garage rock band, formed in 2013 in Monrovia, California by Chad Ubovich. The band is currently composed of Chad Ubovich, Kevin Boog and Patrick Nolan
Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Buckman Coe
Roots music with a global world beat. Drawing from Soul, Americana, and Reggae, Buckman Coe's music always seeks to uplift while forwarding messages of togetherness and social justice
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Coastal Jazz: Dylan Cramer Quartet
Often likened to Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, and his idol Sonny Criss, Vancouver alto saxophonist Dylan Cramer has been lighting up rooms for over 40 years with his distinctive take on hot swing, blues drenched ballads, and fiery Latin tunes
Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Diana with guests Nicholas Krgovich at Fortune Sound
Electro pop Toronto band DIANA hits Fortune Sound Club Monday June 26th on their upcoming tour with guest Nicholas Krgovich
Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Half Waif
"Half Waif brims over with sounds: underwater echoes of Celtic melodies; mossy, blinking electronic soundscapes; the ultra- sad chord changes of 19th-century art music; and eternal, unending bhajans. A finely crafted glass menagerie of song..."
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Ingrid and Christine Jensen with Ben Monder: Infinitude
Led by Canadian jazz giants Ingrid Jensen trumpet/effects and Christine Jensen saxophone, Infinitude has the “rare distinction of being able to simultaneously combine tranquility with rhythmic vibrancy, coalescing in a near hypnotic fusion of tone and col
Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Perch Hen Brock and Rain
Perch Hen Brock & Rain is a unique combination of two long-time creative duos
Vancouver | The Ironworks | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music