Metro Vancouver events on August 20, 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

Fantastic Fall Bulbs by Coquitlam Farmers Market Society

Join Master Gardener, Amanda Smith, as she takes you through the process of planting and having success with fantastic fall bulbs!

Coquitlam | Coquitlam Farmers Market | 9:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop

Donut Dash 2017

Vancouver’s tastiest 5K Run where runners will be energized with tasty Fair treats throughout the course, including mini donuts and more!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Active Life / Health

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

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

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

9th Annual Delta Community Animal Expo

Bring your leashed, friendly dog(s) and have a great time at the park. 2017 event and activity details to come.

Delta | Ladner Memorial Park | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family | Free

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

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

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

Canada 150: 150th Anniversary of Lacrosse

Not only is 2017 Canada’s 150th Birthday is also marks the 150th Anniversary of Lacrosse.

Richmond | Minoru Park | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Sports

Canada 150: London Family Farm Day

London Family Farm Day is a community event that caters to young families, with the aim of incorporating heritage aspects of the London Family historic farmhouse, with the current Richmond community.

Richmond | London Heritage Farm | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

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

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

Watch & Learn - A Vancouver Arts & Culture Festival!

Watch & Learn is a weekend-long summer festival showcasing Vancouver’s arts & culture community!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Festival

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

A Vancouver Arts & Culture Festival!: Workshops at Watch & Learn Festival

Join us for a weekend of hands-on learning with some of Vancouver's most talented artisans! Workshop tickets include weekend passes to enjoy the rest of Watch & Learn Festival inlcuding Etsy Vancouver market, food trucks, live music, and more!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Workshop

Etsy Vancouver Market: Summer 2017

Etsy Vancouver Market IS BACK! We are teaming up with the Vancouver Civic Theatres and the East Van Arts & Culture Society for a massive outdoor eventl - Watch & Learn - A Vancouver Arts & Culture Festival!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza | 11:00 am to 7:00 pm | Market

Regeneratus In-Situ Performance

Exhibiting artist Michelle Sirois-Silver will pull pieces of material directly from the exhibition installation and hand-hook them into a new art piece during this in-situ performance

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

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

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

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

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

Afternoon Family Cruise

The only event of its kind in Vancouver. a Disney-like Family Cruise sailing around the gorgeous Vancouver harbour.

Vancouver | Summer Salsa Cruise Series | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Family

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 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 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 | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Dance | Free

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 | 2:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Movie in the Park by Kits on Broadway and Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre

Free outdoor movie: SING!

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film | Free

Vancouver: West Broadway BIA & Kitsilano CC present Sing

Join the West Broadway Business Improvement Association and Kitsilano Community Centre for a family-friendly outdoor movie event featuring the animated musical comedy 'Sing'!

Vancouver | Connaught Park Softball Diamond | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film | Free

Queer Film Festival: Handsome Devil

After 11-days of laughing, crying, learning and connecting, come close the Festival with a feel-good comedy. Picture Dead Poets Society meets Glee at a Rugby obsessed Irish boy's boarding school

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | 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

Blueridge Chamber Music Festival: Let Them Eat Cake

Breaking up is hard to do. Blueridge presents two classic stories of betrayal in this semi-staged production of vocal works by Joseph Haydn and Peter Maxwell Davies

North Vancouver | Mount Seymour United Church | 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 11:00 pm | Market

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

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

Summer Night Concerts at the Fair at the PNE: Billy Currington

Billy Currington’s latest album bears the breezy title Summer Forever, but the talented Georgia native has spent more than a decade in the spotlight proving he’s truly a man for all seasons

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music