Metro Vancouver events on July 22, 2017
Vancouver celebrates Canada's 150th anniversary. Here are some special events and activities.
July 22, 2017
Sat
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