Metro Vancouver events on July 23, 2017

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Portland Timbers

Vancouver Whitecaps FC will commence their seventh season in Major League Soccer when they host Portland Timbers

Vancouver | BC Place | Sports

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

Poirier Street Farmers Market

The Poirier Street Market hosts a diversity of vendors and products from May through October. Each week a wide variety of vendors gather to showcase their products - made, baked, grown, or raised in BC

Coquitlam | Dogwood Pavilion | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Market

Farmer's Feast by Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery

Sample fresh, local & delicious food from farms & vendors in your community. No tickets required for entry!

Langley | Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Food / Wine | 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

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

Kitsilano Farmers Market

Every Sunday from May – October, the parking lot of Kitsilano Community Centre bustles with 50+ farms and producers bringing Vancouver's west side the finest and freshest food in the city

Vancouver | Kitsilano Community Centre | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

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

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

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

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

Bubble Party! by Kids Market, Granville Island

Bubble, bubbles, and more bubbles!!!! Come party with some bubbles. We'll be outside from 11-3 seeing who can blow the biggest bubbles.

Vancouver | Kids Market | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | 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

Ambleside Artisan Farmers' Market

​We are very lucky to have such a great variety of organic and conventional farmers at this location. We also have a good selection of prepared foods including baking, syrups, jams, jellies, honey, salsas, anti pastas and much more.

West Vancouver | Ambleside Park | 11:00 am to 4:00 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

Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum

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

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

Caribbean Days Family Boat Cruise

Kicking off our annual Summer Series of Events is the Family Boat Cruise, held the weekend before Caribbean Days Festival

Vancouver | Harbour Cruises Marina | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

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 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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 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 | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical

Maple Grove Day

Let's enjoy a summer afternoon together with games, water safety activities, arts & crafts and much more!

Vancouver | Maple Grove Outdoor Pool | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

Tour in Spanish

Join artist Guadalupe Martinez for a tour of the current exhibitions in Spanish.

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Do you still have any of your childhood or teenage writing? Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is an open-mic evening of book reports, poetry, diary entries, letters from camp, etc. — all read out loud by adults to a room full of strangers

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:30 pm to 10:15 pm | Comedy

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

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 11:00 pm | Market

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

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

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 | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical

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

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