Metro Vancouver events on September 16, 2017

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Columbus Crew SC

Vancouver Whitecaps FC will commence their seventh season in Major League Soccer when they host Columbus Crew SC

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

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

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

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 | Visual Arts

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

Cloverdale Market Days

Come to the open air festival along 176 street, between 56a and 58 ave. See vendors, local artisans, entertainment, face painting and food trucks

Surrey | Along 176 street, between 56a and 58 avenue | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market | 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

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 | Visual Arts

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 5:00 pm | Family

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 | Visual Arts

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

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

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

Richmond Celebrates Canada 150. Eternal Return: Exhibition and Public Programs

The exhibition “Eternal Return”, guest curated by independent curator Sunshine Frère, incorporates the work of five artists – Barb Choit, Kevin Day, Lucien Durey, Alanna Ho, and Anchi Lin

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

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 | Visual Arts

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

Kensington Prairie's 7th Annual Fall Fair

Join us to celebrate fall and all of its seasonal offerings!

Surrey | Kensington Prairie Recreation Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Olde Harvest Fair

Harvest some fun at this fall event. Since the first annual fall fair held in 1888, Surrey residents have marked the harvest with a bounty of food, neighborly competitions and music.

Surrey | Stewart Farm House | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | 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

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

Pirates at the Cannery!

Pirates (the friendly kind!) will be invading the Cannery once again, on Sept. 16, in celebration of Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Richmond | Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family

Market Mexico - Free Outdoor Pop-Up Event

An immersive Mexican cultural experience, in the heart of downtown Vancouver. One day only

Vancouver | UBC Robson Square | 11:30 am to 11:55 pm | Food / Wine | 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 | Visual Arts | 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 | Visual Arts | Free

Advance Theatre: New Works By Women. Women Of Papiyek

Generations of European and Indigenous mixed race families lived in Papiyek (now called Brockton Point in Stanley Park) before being evicted from their homes and forced to re-locate

Vancouver | False Creek Gym | 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm | Theatre

Art Talks. Surrealism now and then

Surrealism is one of the most interesting and mysterious art movements. Paintings look like puzzles, and every time you'll find something new.

New Westminster | Rusart Fine Arts Co. | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts

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

The Sound of Music - National Tour

The Hills are alive! A brand new production of The Sound Of Music, directed by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien, is coming to your town.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Musical

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

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

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

The Vancouver Fringe Festival

The Vancouver Fringe Festival is an annual celebration of Theatre for Everyone! Event list for September 16, 2017

Vancouver | Various locations | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Theatre

Indian Summer Festival 2017: Dinner By Starlight

Indian Summer’s annual ‘Dinner by Starlight’ is one of the most anticipated events in Vancouver and acts as a fundraiser for the Indian Summer Arts Society

Vancouver | Secret | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Festival

Shaggy (Early Show) with special guests Mostly Marley at the Commodore Ballroom

Melo Productions is pleased to welcome Shaggy with special guests Mostly Marley

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

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

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

ReSounding Dunbar Ryerson Fundraising Concert

Four of Vancouver’s foremost classical music ensembles – The Postmodern Camerata, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Vancouver Orpheus Male Choir, and the Vancouver Youth Choir – are performing at Dunbar Ryerson United Church on September 16th

Vancouver | Dunbar Ryerson United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

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

The Sound of Music - National Tour

The Hills are alive! A brand new production of The Sound Of Music, directed by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien, is coming to your town.

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical

Angels in America: Perestroika

A masterpiece of love and redemption. Witness the soaring conclusion to the acclaimed play that asks us what we do for those we love.

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 11:50 pm | Theatre

Two Years Deep - DeepDownInside 2 Year Anniversary

Pushing the deepest rhythms & grooves in house music to the forefront, Vancouver's premiere underground night, returns as we celebrate our 2 Year Anniversary

Vancouver | MIA Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music | Free

Paul Oakenfold at Celebrities

Arguably the godfather of electronic music and culture, Paul Oakenfold joins us on Saturday, September 16th with UNIONdjs & Luke Boyle-Stafford

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

Shaggy (Late Show) with special guests Mostly Marley at the Commodore Ballroom

Melo Productions is pleased to welcome Shaggy with special guests Mostly Marley

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 11:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music