What to do in Vancouver on June 29 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

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

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic goes down every Thursday in The Comedy Basement at Goldies, and hosts a couple dozen comics from pro-level to first-timer!

Vancouver | Goldies Pizza | 9:30 am to 0:30 am | Comedy | Free

Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum

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

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 9:30 am to 5:30 pm | Exhibition | 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

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

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

Barbara Cohen: Seeing Red

Jewelry artists from across Canada whose work push traditional boundaries have been invited to incorporate red in their work and asked to create pieces to showcase imagination and ingenuity

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

Classical Concert Series: Quartet Adiantum

Take in some lovely chamber music by the sea performed by some of Vancouver's most talented classical musicians, Quartet Adiantum: pianist Martha Brickman, violinist Jenny Essers, violist Barb Irschick & cellist Alison Patterson

West Vancouver | Silk Purse Arts Centre | 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Music

Downtown Farmers Market

The Downtown Farmers Market runs every Thursday, June 1 to October 5 on the Queen Elizabeth Plaza. Fresh produce and great food trucks!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 3:00 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

VI Brewing Tap Takeover at Cascade Room

We're taking over the taps at The Cascade Room on June 29! We'll have seven VI Brewing beers to share with you, including some surprise inclusions.

Vancouver | The Cascade Room | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free

Anastasia's Art Classes Students' Exhibition

Join us for this fun and unique kids' art show opening reception event!

Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition

YVR Food Fest. Food For Thought Speaker Series: Fresh Ideas About Food Culture

Food For Thought is speaker series of genuine and personal stories about food-related topics that engage, provoke, and inspire. Speakers will include chefs, farmers, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who bring their unique insight to the stage

Vancouver | Olympic Village | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

Woodward's Community Singers 2017 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Last Stand: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest Film Premiere and Panel

Join us at the Rio Theatre for the Canadian Premiere of the documentary "Last Stand: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest". Filmmakers in attendance; screening followed by panel discussion and Q&A

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Kid Ink - The Vogue Theatre

Kid Ink with The People North West, Kid Filthy & Fourth

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

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

Walk Richmond - Thompson/Terra Nova

Explore both the north end of the Railway Greenway trail and the Fraser River along the Terra Nova dyke trail with its panoramic view of the airport

Richmond | Thompson Community Centre | 7:02 pm to 5:12 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Contemplative Prayer & Song

Join the St. Brigids community for an hour-long experience of prayer using the ancient prayer practices of lectio divina, and Taizé-inspired chant

Vancouver | St. Margaret’s Cedar Cottage | 7:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Lecture

Bittergirl: The Musical

The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm | Musical

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Emmet Cohen Trio featuring Ron Carter

Christian McBride calls multifaceted pianist/composer Emmet Cohen “one of the most dynamic young musicians on the scene today."

Vancouver | VSO School Of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Oh, Canada - The True North Strong and Funny

VTSL improvisers take a loving and comedic look at what makes us uniquely Canadian - poking fun at the stereotypes of Canada and Canadians

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

The Canada Show: The Complete History of Canada in One Hour!

An incredibly popular show, The Canada Show was created in 2001 and toured for 10 years. For Canada’s 150th, it is being brought out of retirement!

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Jazz Waves: Vince Mai Quartet

Vince Mai, one of Vancouver’s premiere jazz trumpeters, and his quartet play smooth jazz with a groovy Latin flare

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

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: The Winter’s Tale

A family’s sixteen-year journey takes them from tragedy to healing, in a magical and moving adventure story.

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

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Two couples, two clowns and one scene-stealing dog – all play their part as love and loyalty collide in a laughter-fuelled romantic adventure

Vancouver | Douglas Campbell Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Million Dollar Quartet

Four Rock Legends, One Unbelievable Jam Session

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Music

The Lady Show Prom

It's Lady Show time again! And this time of year always makes us feel like it's the end of the school year, no matter how long it's been since we graduated. Or if we ever graduationed.

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Teen Daze & Sam O.B.

Teen Daze is the moniker of Vancouver, British Columbia producer Jamison, whose home-recorded atmospheric synth pieces first gained acclaim when he posted them to his Tumblr account

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

North Shore Jazz: Sonny Landreth

Eric Clapton has called Sonny Landreth one of the most advanced and underappreciated guitarists in the world

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Coastal Jazz. Mimosa: Visionaries: Canadian Women Songwriters

An always intoxicating blend of jazz, Brazilian samba, 1960s French pop, and cabaret music, Vancouver quintet Mimosa celebrates its 20th anniversary by spotlighting the songwriting contributions of Canadian women past and present.

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

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Thievery Corporation

Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C.-based recording artist and DJ collective consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists Rob Myers, Loulou Ghelichkhani, Natalia Clavier, Frank 'Booty Lock' Mitchell, Mr. Lif, Jeff Franca

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

Mystery Machine and SIANspheric with Catlow & Did You Die

Post-punk/post pop from Vancouver BC. Mystery Machine celebrates over 25 years of playing music together with their first show in over three years, featuring a set spanning all four albums

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 8:48 pm | Music

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Kurt Rosenwinkel's Caipi

Kurt Rosenwinkel (born October 28, 1970) is an American jazz guitarist and keyboardist who came to prominence in the 1990s.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 9:00 pm to 10:10 pm | Music

The LOL of TMI

Our improvisers delve into our over-shared digital world. From Snapchat to Instagram, Weibo to Facebook and everything in between.

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Show

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Claudia Quintet

The Claudia Quintet is an "eclectic post-jazz" ensemble formed by drummer and composer John Hollenbeck

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

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Presents: Emmet Cohen Trio featuring Ron Carter - Late Event