Metro Vancouver events on August 18, 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

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

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

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

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 7:00 pm | Family

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

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

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

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

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

Regeneratus. Works by Michelle Sirois-Silver and Katherine Soucie

Innovation and the transformation of waste materials are at the core of this exhibition, which includes five hand-hooked art pieces and two installations...

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

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

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

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

Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Celebrating the best in independent queer cinema, the 29th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) takes place this summer from August 10-20 at various theatres.

Vancouver | Various theatres across Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Film

Rock The Park - Music Festival at Ambleside

Vancouver’s First-Ever 3-Day Rock Music Festival! 11 bands in 3 days. Let’s get ready to Rock!

West Vancouver | Ambleside Park | 5:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Shipyards Night Market

top by Shipbuilders’ Square for the Shipyards Night Market, where you will find fresh food, locally made products, musicians, art and entertainment.

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

Fridays on Front

TGIF with us this summer as we launch Fridays on Front, a brand new weekly night market experience in Downtown New West!

New Westminster | Downtown New Westminster | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Market | 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 | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | History

Music at the Cannery

Our annual summertime evening concert series returns on July 7th! Join us every Friday night at 6:30pm in July and August for an evening of music

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Music

Zac Brown Band with special guest Madison Ryann Ward

Three-time GRAMMY winners and multi-platinum artists Zac Brown Band have become one of music's most heralded acts.

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Science World. After Dark: Innovation In The Great Outdoors

Technology and tinkering isn't just for house cats! Our upcoming After Dark event is all about design and innovation in the outdoors. Come play outside in the Science Park with your friends. Enjoy the science centre, build a tent and watch the sunset over

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

Mount Eerie - Christ Church Cathedral

MRG Concerts West Presents: Mount Eerie with Nicholas Krgovich

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

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

Blueridge Chamber Music Festival: I Thee Dread

The Blueridge Festival comes to a powerful conclusion with a trio of pieces to get your heart pumping. This concert offers a rare chance to hear the fascinating string quintet version of Beethovens potent Kreutzer Sonata

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

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

Byrd Dawg - The Ultimate Tribute to The Everly Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel

Byrd Dawg is the ultimate tribute to two iconic musical duos - The Everly Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel - starring Joel Dietrich and Wayne Rempel, and their seasoned four-piece group, The Vintage Electric Band.

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

Bryson Tiller

Bryson Djuan Tiller, is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he started his career in 2011, releasing the debut mixtape titled Killer Instinct Vol.1

Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

BC Lions vs Calgary Stampeders

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League

Vancouver | BC Place | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

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 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

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

YouBigIdiot TheGreatestSons Aanthems AntEater DeadEndDriveIn

Not Yer Buddy Presents Richard & Darnell's BirthDazed Double Down with You Big Idiot, The Greatest Sons, Aanthems, AntEater + Dead End Drive-In

Vancouver | The Pub 340 | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

A Chorus Line

A darkened theatre, a gruelling audition and a ensemble of dancers praying for a job. Multi-award winning A CHORUS LINE tells the story of the gypsies of the Broadway stage.

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Love's Labour's Lost By William Shakespeare

Alchemy Theatre in cooperation with Vagabond Players returns this summer to present William Shakespeare’s Love's Labour's Lost

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

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

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

2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music Tour 2017

Tauheed Epps, known professionally as 2 Chainz, is an American hip hop recording artist

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Foolish - Every Friday at The Biltmore Cabaret

Every third Friday at The Biltmore Cabaret Platinum era hip hop and r&b (96-09’)

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 2:00 am | Music

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