Metro Vancouver events on July 15, 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 | West Hastings and Hornby Street | 1:00 am to 11:59 pm | Exhibition | 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

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

40th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver Folk Music Festival's 40th anniversary takes place this year! We're planning something extra special for this milestone. Stay tuned...

Vancouver | Jericho Beach Park | 9:00 am to 11:00 pm | Music

UBC Farmer's Market

We'll be here with fresh tempeh right on UBC Farm

Vancouver | UBC Farm | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Music | 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

Cheyenne Lost Streams Mural Painting

It's time to add more colour to our community! Join us as we work to paint a mural on Cheyenne Ave by the Cheyenne Community Gardens. The mural will be painted over the lost streams of Still Creek

Vancouver | Cheyenne Community Gardens | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Body Rolling Self Massage

Give yourself a massage by rolling on a ball. Your weight creates a force that massages and releases muscles and myofascia tissue.

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 9:15 am to 10:15 am | Active Life / Health

2017 July Labour Market Cafe

Get support from your peers and experienced facilitators as you navigate the job search process and start building your career!

Vancouver | South Hill Neighbourhood Centre | 9:20 am to 2:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Dinner in the Sky - Vancouver

This will be the first opportunity that Vancouver has had to host Dinner in the Sky. The breath-taking natural beauty of Vancouver, lends itself completely to this unique dining experience.

North Vancouver | The Creek Marina | 9:30 am to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

The Warring Homeland

The Warring Homeland features a collection of works by Chinese photographer Yang Jian

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 9:30 am to 7:00 pm | Exhibition

Eat from Your Garden Year Round

If you want to grow food beyond the fall harvest, now is the time to plan and begin planting! Learn what to grow and when to sow your winter garden and how to prevent common problems that the winter garden faces.

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 9:30 am to 12:30 am | Nature / Animals

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

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

Claude Monet’s Secret Garden

The most important exhibition of French painter Claude Monet’s work in Canada in two decades, Claude Monet’s Secret Garden will trace the career of this pivotal figure in Western art history.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

Stephen Shore: The Giverny Portfolio

Contemporary American photographer Stephen Shore produced an important body of images during several visits to Monet’s garden at Giverny between 1977 and 1982

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

Indian Summer Festival 2017: Morning Raga

Morning Raga features a music performance by celebrated sitarist Mohamed Assani, accompanied by tabla player Amarjeet Singh

Burnaby | Ismaili Centre Burnaby | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Music

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

Elad Lassry

Elad Lassry is a Tel Aviv-born, Los Angeles-based artist whose photographs, collages, drawings, sculptures and films are concerned with the nature of perception and the contemporary conditions for images

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

Persistence

Persistence draws together three recent contemporary installations by Canadian artists to explore the surprising and creative ways that technologies, physical objects and natural processes endure and transform.

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

River District Farmers Market

This one-of-a-kind market is the only riverfront market in Vancouver. Come shop for fruits and vegetables, prepared foods, and handmade products produced by farmers and artisans

Vancouver | River District Vancouver | 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

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

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

Beyond the Horizon

Beyond the Horizon will showcase selected landscapes from the Richmond Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection.

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Recreational Line Dancing

Did you know that line dancing is an easy way to exercise the body and mind? It's a wonderful way to lose weight and meet new friends.

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Dance

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

Trimble Park Playground

Trimble Park Playground is open 6 days a week including Saturdays all Summer long at 8th and Trimble. The Playground staff will organize games, sports and crafts daily and the wading pool will be open.

Vancouver | Trimble Park | 10:30 am to 3:30 pm | Kids

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

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: Exploring Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice

Simon Fraser University’s Paul Budra delivers in depth explorations of each of the Shakespeare plays in his lively and engaging style

Vancouver | Vanier Park - Howard Family Stage | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Lecture

Downtown Eastside Women's Fair and Flea Market

Join us at our second annual Women's Summer Fair, promising a vibrant atmosphere, lively entertainment, and fun for all! Come by and show your support

Vancouver | 200 Block, Columbia St. @ Cordova St. | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Fair | 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

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

Gordon Bennett - 'Be Polite'

The Contemporary Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of largely unseen works on paper by one of Australia’s most visionary and critical artists, Gordon Bennett

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Levine Flexhaug. A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings

A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug offers the first overview of the extraordinary career of Levine Flexhaug

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Newton Days

Kicking things off with a Free pancake breakfast, the first Newton Days will feature: Science demonstrations with Science World, a kids zone with face painting, crafts and games, special performance by the Surrey Re-enactors and live music by Ranj Singh I

Surrey | Newton Wave Pool | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Thunderbird Sharing Ceremony

The Thunderbird Sharing Ceremony is a Coast Salish Canoe Landing Ceremony adn Free Community Celebration Performance. Experience a collaborative performance with Aeriosa Dance and Spakwus Slulem/Eagle Song at its heart.

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

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

BCFSN 19th Annual Gathering

Come join movers and shakers, pollinators and connectors, convenors and change makers, thought leaders, and folks who are new to food systems change for this year’s 19th Annual BCFSN Annual Gathering

Vancouver | UBC Farm | 1:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Frottage

Take a handful of objects – Canadian coins, textured paper, wood and more – lay it down on a table and lay a piece of paper over top. Use crayons and pencils to make colourful rubbings.

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare’s classic study of power and prejudice, set in today’s world, shows the consequences of how we choose to treat the ‘others’ in our midst

Vancouver | Douglas Campbell Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

VSO Summer Concerts 2017: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ In Concert

CineConcerts is inviting fans back to the Wizarding World for an evening of music and magic in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ In Concert

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Music

Phantom of The Opera in Vancouver

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart with additions from Richard Stilgoe.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical

Bittergirl: The Musical

The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Musical

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

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

This Is Our Youth - presented by Midtwenties Theatre Society & Red Gate Arts Society

Newly formed Vancouver theatre company, Midtwenties Theatre Society, is proud to present their first offering to the Vancouver arts community, This Is Our Youth

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre

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

Summer Sessions Concerts

The Summer Sessions Concerts, take place every Saturday evening (7pm to 10pm) in July and August in Shipbuilders’ Square at the foot of Lonsdale from July 8th to August 26th.

North Vancouver | Shipbuilders' Square | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family | Free

New West Craft Summer Night Market

The New West Craft Summer Night Market returns on Saturday

New Westminster | River Market at Westminster Quay | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Market | Free

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

ECCW Ballroom Brawl VIII

Quickly becoming one of the Commodore Ballroom’s hottest regular events, the Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling returns with Ballroom Brawl VIII

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports

This Is Our Youth

Newly formed Vancouver theatre company, Midtwenties Theatre Society, is proud to present their first offering to the Vancouver arts community, This Is Our Youth

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Kitsilano Showboat

Kitsilano Showboat's 82nd season of free music and dance begins on June 19th and continues every Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat until August 19

Vancouver | Kitsilano Showboat stage next to Kits Pool | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | Free

Jaymes Young - Feel Something Tour

Jaymes Young is an American musician whose debut album, Dark Star EP, was released September 9, 2013. In 2013 he was signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records and toured with the trip hop trio London Grammar

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

南浦樂苑主辦 南浦仲夏樂繽紛 粵劇粵曲匯演

Presented by: Chris Mok and the Southern Sea Music Studio

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

TD Concerts at the Pier - R&B Allstars

On Saturday, July 15, grab your lawn chair and head up to the Five Corners business district for special night of live music … for free!

White Rock | White Rock Pier | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | Free

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

Skales "The Never Say Never Gut Tour" Vancouver

Skales With Local Supporting Acts: Kevin Ohìo & Kester Ohio Kessy, Ndidi Cascade & Oluwa Toni. Hosted by Mufaro R. Mbudzi Music by OGA Rossco + Mario Davis

New Westminster | Heritage Banquet Hall | 7:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Indian Summer Festival 2017. Closing Night: 5x15 (Includes Constellations)

ISF2017 Closing Night kicks off at 7:30pm with our favourite speaker series, 5x15, followed by 'Constellations' featuring a mix of musical delights from 9:30pm onwards

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Festival

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

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

Jazz Waves: The Kristian Braathen Trio

Smooth & sophisticated jazz with The Kristian Braathen Trio featuring drummer Kristian Braathen, bassist Jodi Proznick & pianist Miles Black

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

Summer Music Vancouver. Reich at the Roundhouse

Vancouver’s Roundhouse will be the scene of a contemporary evening anchored by the presentation of the groundbreaking work of art from celebrated composer, Steve Reich

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival: The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare’s classic study of power and prejudice, set in today’s world, shows the consequences of how we choose to treat the ‘others’ in our midst

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

Perfume Genius with guests serpentwithfeet

This is an American rock ‘n’ roll album by big American pop star Perfume Genius

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Music

Dance In Transit. Robson Square

If you think dancing isn't for you, you haven't tried it yet. If you can walk, you can dance. Dance in Transit is a street dancing festival-it's not about wearing special clothes or fancy shoes, it's about moving to music, one foot at a time

Vancouver | Robson Square | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance | Free

Bittergirl: The Musical

The howlingly funny show about getting over getting dumped.

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Musical

Phantom of The Opera in Vancouver

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart with additions from Richard Stilgoe.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical

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

Theatre Under the Stars presents: Mary Poppins

Perfectly Magical. Properly Heartwarming. A supercalifragilistic musical the entire family will love.

Vancouver | Malkin Bowl | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Lost Souls of Gastown - Vancouver Walking Tour

The Lost Souls of Gastown is a Gothic Theatre Adventure, based on Vancouver's earliest and darkest history. Please do not expect a conventional walking tour or a ghost tour

Vancouver | Starting in Cathedral Square, Richards at Dunsmuir | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Salsa Cruises Fiesta Blanca

Join us as we celebrate our 17th season of the highly anticipated Salsa Cruise Series aboard the largest cruising vessel, MV Britannia commencing Sunday

Vancouver | Summer Salsa Cruise Series | 8:30 pm to 0:30 am | Dance

The Psychic Alliance + Melted Mirror (Calgary)

Lust For Life and BeatRoute Magazine present The Psychic Alliance "Mixing mind-altering psychedelia-lite with carnivalesque pop guaranteed to leave you with a sugar hangover, the Psychic Alliance seems to have come from another time and place

Vancouver | Railway Stage & Beer Café | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

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

Jerry Folk - Celebrities

Known for his endlessly energetic rhythms, Norwegian Jerry Folk joins us at CelebsPlayhouse

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

Indian Summer Festival 2017. Closing Night: Constellations

Indian Summer Festival’s closing night is the place to be on a summery Saturday as you join an art party that combines a constellation of musical stars, visual art, festival artists and special guests

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 11:30 pm to 5:35 pm | Festival