Metro Vancouver events on July 22, 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

2017 Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Don’t Give Up!

We warmly invite you to attend this year’s three-day convention presented by Jehovah’s Witnesses

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lecture | 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Surrey Fusion Festival

Surrey's Fusion Festival is truly the ultimate celebration of music, food and culture, bringing together many distinct cultural heritages represented by ethnic groups and service clubs within our community.

Surrey | Holland Park | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival | Free

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

HUB Cycling Bike to Shop Days

An entire weekend of bikes, shopping, prizes, and discounts. Support local vendors while contributing to Metro Vancouver's bike community

Vancouver | Metro Vancouver | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health | 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

West End Walking Tour: Denman and Davie Street

A two-hour tour of public plazas, parks, and streetscapes of the West End. We're looking for input on how to deliver exceptional, vibrant, and memorable public spaces in the downtown peninsula as part of the Places for People Project.

Vancouver | West End Community Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

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

It's the final Newton Days of July! Did you miss Studio Seventy Three last week? They're back with more of their wonderful crafts. The kids zone is expanding to include henna, and the Taste of Heaven is back with more of their delicious hot dogs!

Surrey | Newton Wave Pool | 12:00 am to 3:39 pm | Family | Free

NWA at Uptown Live

Join artists from the New West Artists at Uptown Live for a fun interactive community art activity!!

New Westminster | New West Artists | 12:00 am to 8:00 pm | Visual Arts | 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

Canada 150+. The Drum is Calling Festival

Immerse yourself in this nine-day festival of Indigenous and diverse arts and culture

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

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

Gone Country #5 ~Here for the Cure~ Presented by Twins Cancer Fundraising

Get out those daisy dukes and cowboy boots! We are back at it again July 22, 2017 for the 5th annual Gone Country ~ Here for the Cure~ Cancer Fundraiser.

Surrey | Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre Park | 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

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

The Little Mermaid Jr. -The Musical

Journey "under the sea" with Ariel and her aquatic friends in this enchanting show based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories.

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 2:00 pm to 4:10 pm | Musical

Art + Place - Presented by the NVCAC

Presented by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council ART+PLACE will celebrate Canada's 150th through visual art and dance, to inspire an awareness of the place where we live and foster a sense of belonging

North Vancouver | Waterfront Park | 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Dance | Free

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

Granville Street Walking Tour

A one-hour tour of public plazas and streetscapes of Granville Street. We're looking for input on how to deliver exceptional, vibrant, and memorable public spaces in the downtown peninsula as part of the Places for People Project.

Vancouver | Vancouver City Centre Station | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Lecture | Free

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

The Drum is Calling Film Series: Colonization Road

Colonization Road a film by director Michelle St. John part of The Drum is Calling Festival. Immerse yourself in this nine-day festival of Indigenous and diverse arts and culture

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 4:20 pm | Festival | Free

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

Canada 150+. The Drum is Calling Film Series: Elder in the Making

Elder in the Making a film by director Chris Hsiung with Co-Producer Cowboy Smithx part of The Drum is Calling Festival. Immerse yourself in this nine-day festival of Indigenous and diverse arts and culture

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 5:30 pm to 7:40 pm | Festival | Free

Big Little Lions with Ben Beveridge Trio

Presented by Greenline Dental and Evergreen Cultural Centre, Music on the Grill bring top-notch musical acts to Coquitlam each summer

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Active Life / Health

Cinema Under the Stars by Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery

Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Join us for 'a movie under the stars on the giant screen in the new Fresh Family Fun field. The movie is inluded for free with your admission to the field where kids and parents can play together.

Langley | Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery | 6:30 pm to 10:00 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

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

Dance In Transit. Jim Deva Plaza

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 | Jim Deva Plaza | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance | Free

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

Michael Jackson History Show

A musical tribute and live concert experience that journeys through Michael Jackson’s vast and incredible catalogue of work including his beginnings as a member of the Jackson 5

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Eagle Eyes - The Music Of the Eagles

'Eagle Eyes' are a tribute to one of the most legendary rock & roll bands of all time - ‘The Eagles’.

White Rock | Blue Frog Studios | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Les Contes d’Hoffmann

In a crowded tavern, the poet Hoffmann, urged on by his fellow drinkers, recounts the stories of his wildest, most outrageous loves and losses

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Dreamland Fantasy by the James Black Gallery

Starchild Stela’s Dreamland Fantasy is a multidisciplinary sensorial experience that invite the viewer to make themselves at home and feel nostalgic, in a sweet, ethereal kind of way

Vancouver | The James Black Gallery | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Visual Arts

The Little Mermaid Jr. -The Musical

Journey "under the sea" with Ariel and her aquatic friends in this enchanting show based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories.

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Musical

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

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

Et Amor: CCC

Back for a fourth fierce summer, Vancouver’s chorus of queer classically trained singers presents Et Amor

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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

Jazz Waves: Mike Allen Quartet

One of Canada’s premiere jazz saxophonists, Mike Allen closes out Jazz Waves 2017 with a night of exciting music!

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

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: The Drowsy Chaperone

Glitz & Gusto. Mischief & Mayhem. A nostalgic love letter to golden age glam.

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

Red Hot Tropical Boat Cruise

Red Hot Tropical Boat Cruise With music from Daddy Mikey

Vancouver | MV Brittania | 8:44 pm to 0:30 am | Marine

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

Fehrplay - Celebrities

Dubbed the savior of Progressive, Fehrplay joins us at CelebsPlayhouse!

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Empyreal Transmissions Vol.1: ASC, C_Olvrin, Searching, LVT

Debuting a series of local events which transcend the boundaries of ordinary nightlife experiences

Vancouver | Red Gate Arts Society | 10:00 pm to 4:00 am | Music

Big Easy Funk Ensemble

The Big Easy Funk Ensemble celebrates the amazing variety of music that has grown out of New Orleans

Vancouver | Guilt & Company | 10:00 pm to 1:00 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