Metro Vancouver events on October 13, 2017

Marisa Mary Myrah - Exhibition

Lost Birds and Small Things focuses on endangered songbirds and their habitat in Canada and abroad. Concerned about today’s social and environmental landscape, this series is a contemporary commentary and concern for the loss of species in a natural world

North Vancouver | District Foyer Gallery | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Pushing Boundaries

This biennial exhibition showcases and celebrates contemporary local, national and international First Nations artists

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 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

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

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

Planning New West: A History and Future of Urban Development in New Westminster

The museum’s latest exhibition explores why the city is shaped the way it is; the grand visionary plans and the reality of what happened

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Tania Willard: dissimulation

This exhibition presents multidisciplinary work by artist/curator Tania Willard (Secwépemc Nation), alongside her collaborators Gabrielle Hill, Peter Morin, her family, home community and Secwépemc lands and territories

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 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

Works by Vicky Earle

Inspired by plant species found at the Bloedel Conservatory, “Duets” is a visual exploration of unique symbiotic relationships unfolding every day in rainforests around the world

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Rebecca Chaperon - Cave Paintings. Exhibition

Rebecca Chaperon’s paintings act as a means of storytelling, where surreal landscapes populated by mysterious figures meet flat geometry, with emotive undercurrents.

North Vancouver | Seymour Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Home: Grown

Home: Grown is a retrospective of Hilary Morris 30 years of painting in Vancouver, reflecting on its transformations and how the city has shaped, and been shaped by, its many communities

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Drawing Nature

This three-part workshop is for everyone who finds inspiration in nature, and wants to improve their ability to capture the beauty or the detail through drawing

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Visual Arts

Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train. Matinee train

Witness the alien invasion! Each year the Stanley Park Ghost Train takes our riders on a journey through a mystical and magical world, inspired by Hallowe'en and other spooky tales.

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Memory - History - Story Exhibition

This year’s teaching exhibition is a celebration of the first people of our country. Memory - History - Story is an exploration of our indigenous artists, their perspectives and voices, through the lens of Indigenous principles of learning

North Vancouver | Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

2017 Vancouver Art Book Fair

Free and open to the public, VABF is the longest-running international art book fair in Canada. In 2017 the event is anticipated to attract over 5,000 visitors from across the Greater Vancouver Area and beyond

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Books | Free

Exhibition: Andrew Dadson

The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Dadson. Although receiving great commercial attention and critical acclaim, Dadson has rarely shown in public institutions

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. The Workshop

brilliantly conceived drama tackles subjects like joblessness, the spate of recent terrorist attacks, the rise of the far right and religious radicalization, but it does so using tropes found in the most crackling of thrillers

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 12:30 am to 2:30 pm | Film

Where The Wild Things Are

Let the wild rumpus begin!! Back by popular demand, this highly interactive production is a guided play experience, adapted from the timeless classic by Maurice Sendak

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:45 pm | Theatre

Freedom Singer

Urban Ink presents a new documentary theatre piece that was inspired by the journey of singer-songwriter Khari Wendell McClelland in retracing his great-grandmother’s steps to escaping slavery in the U.S.

Vancouver | BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Borg vs. McEnroe

One of the greatest tennis matches of all time - the 1980 Wimbledon Men’s Final between Björn Borg and John McEnroe provides the baseline drama for this riveting sports movie

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:30 pm to 5:10 pm | Film

Halloween: L’il Haunters at Potter’s House of Horrors

Thrills n chills.. scares, bewares n evil glares.. and fun for the whole family!

Surrey | Potter’s House | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey

Animations of Fred’s personal journals, guidebooks and photographs combine with breathtaking aerial photography, motion graphics and rare archival footage to weave together the tapestry of this complex man’s life.

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 4:00 pm to 5:50 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. The Party

a deliciously heightened, caviar-black comedy… played with relish by a dream ensemble

Vancouver | The Centre for Performing Arts | 5:00 pm to 6:10 pm | Film

Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo

The 4th annual Vancouver Halloween Parade and Expo brings you four days of arts, cosplay, comics, anime, films and games plus a grand Halloween parade of your favorite superheroes and super naturals!

Vancouver | UBC Robson Square | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train

Witness the alien invasion! Each year the Stanley Park Ghost Train takes our riders on a journey through a mystical and magical world, inspired by Hallowe'en and other spooky tales.

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Harvest Haus 2017! Zany Mode

Tonight we're expecting the most stylish Burgers and Matrones to make their case for being the best dressed and we are even looking for bands of merry-meisters to come in group costumes! To top it all off a special host will lead us in Zany Mode!

Vancouver | Sole Food Street Farms | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Food / Wine

Halloween: Grave Tales

Join our experienced storytellers for a two- or three-hour program of spine-chilling stories, as you walk through the Fort Langley village at night

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Bad Genius

Ceaselessly entertaining… a relentless, high-octane caper.

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm | Film

Halloween: Scream Train at Bear Creek Park

We recommend the Scream Train for the older children who can handle being scared. Our forest becomes alive with ghosts and ghouls intent on scaring you amidst creepy sounds and special effects

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Family

P.O.S - Early Show

Chill dummy because P.O.S returns to Fortune Sound Club for an early show on Friday with guests

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Fright Nights

Don’t come alone! It’s our favourite time of fear. Experience the freaky, terrifying and much less cheerful doppelganger of Playland, Fright Nights, select nights October 6 through 31

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Festival

Diwali Fest 4

The "Diwali Fest" saga continues with the amazing night full of fun for y'all lovely people.

Surrey | Crown Palace Banquet Hall | 7:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Halloween Mystery Nights - Downtown Murder Mystery

Vancouver Mysteries’ Halloween Mystery Nights return this year with murder mystery game Crime in Downtown

Vancouver | streets of downtown Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Vancouver International Improv Festival 2017: Waterfront Stage

Vancouver International Improv Festival is one of North America’s longest running improv festivals. Since 1999, VIIF has showcased hundreds of international and local performers for thousands of Vancouver comedy fans

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver International Improv Festival 2017: Ramada Stage

Vancouver International Improv Festival is one of North America’s longest running improv festivals. Since 1999, VIIF has showcased hundreds of international and local performers for thousands of Vancouver comedy fans

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival

Vancouver International Improv Festival 2017: Steam Whistle Cabaret Stage

Vancouver International Improv Festival is one of North America’s longest running improv festivals. Since 1999, VIIF has showcased hundreds of international and local performers for thousands of Vancouver comedy fans

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival

Improv Wars – The Laugh Jedi

Our improvised Star Wars parody highlights the parallels between the skills of an improviser and those of a Jedi

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

A Tribute to Elvis in Concert

Back by popular demand! Paquette Productions is proud to announce the return of one of the most successful Elvis shows of the year

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Wonderstruck

Intricate and ambitious… Wonderstruck embraces so many shimmery, evanescent ideas, it’s a marvel that any one picture—let alone one you can take your kids to—can hold them

Vancouver | The Centre for Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

Viva - Bright Young Theatre and Aenigma Theatre

A contemporary ode to unconditional love. Viva follows two strangers, Alice and Graeme, whose lives become intertwined over the course of one night in Las Vegas

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Falling Awake

A surrealist physical comedy with mesmerizing illusions, salt, coffee, flash floods, the musing of love, and the questionable nature of reality.

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band

Vancouver, the wait is over! Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band return to Vancouver for the first time in 24 years to perform at Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena for one night one as part of Jimmy Buffett’s “I Don’t Know” Tour 2

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

The Vancouver Chamber Choir. The Masters: Great Choral Music

Vancouver Chamber Choir alumna Kathleen Allan leads a programme of music from some of the greatest choral masters – Palestrina, Gabrieli, Bach, Brahms, Britten and Poulenc

Vancouver | Dunbar Ryerson United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Friday Night Live

Stories. Music. Life. Every Friday night is something different- a chance to gather the community, share something amazing and go out into the night having witnessed creativity in action

North Vancouver | Lynn Valley United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Hound of the Baskervilles is probably Sherlock Holmes’ greatest mystery, but in this version comedy rules the day as three amazingly, talented actors – plus one wandering fireplace

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim

Set at the turn of the last century in Sweden, A Little Night Music interweaves a tangled web of former and current lovers. A Little Night Music is full of hilariously witty and heartbreakingly moving moments of adoration, regret and desire.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 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

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Set in Victorian England, Bram Stoker’s immortal tale is re-told with sisters Mina and Lucy awaiting their heart’s desires, while Mina’s fiancé visits the mysterious Dracula’s castle, and Renfield howls for her master from Bedlam asylum...

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Leon With Guest Wrabel

Pop singer-songwriter from Sweden, on tour to support her latest EP release “For You”

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Thanks for Giving By Kevin Loring

Premiere Granville Island Stage. Comedy with lots to chew on

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

The Dance Centre presents Compañia Sharon Fridman

The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: Compañia Sharon Fridman - Hasta Dónde…? + All Ways

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

Mom's the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty

A new generation of laughs! From the world-renowned creative team behind the Mom’s the Word series comes a new chapter in their stories of family and fracas.

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

1 Hour Photo

1 Hour Photo is the story of Mas Yamamoto, a man whose life was swept up by the major currents of the 20th century.

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Hyperlink

Hyperlink is the act of jumping from space to space, always exploring new territory but often not staying still for long enough to truly connect. Does our crafted online persona match who we are in real life?

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

The Goblin Market. The Dust Palace (New Zealand)

Eat fruit. Love lust. An adults only, contemporary circus retelling following two sisters, their temptation, sacrifice, and salvation. Delicious circus precariously balanced with gritty performances and candid storytelling

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Little Shop of Horrors

A gleefully twisted, out of this world cult classic hit musical!

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

Freedom Singer

Urban Ink presents a new documentary theatre piece that was inspired by the journey of singer-songwriter Khari Wendell McClelland in retracing his great-grandmother’s steps to escaping slavery in the U.S.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Paradox

Efficiently sleek actioner… Surprising as often as it is conventional

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:30 pm to 10:10 pm | Film

Vancouver International Film Festival 2017. Wonderstruck

Intricate and ambitious… Wonderstruck embraces so many shimmery, evanescent ideas, it’s a marvel that any one picture—let alone one you can take your kids to—can hold them

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 9:15 pm to 11:15 pm | Film

TheatreSports™ - Laugh Til Your Face Hurts

Razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of players are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Side One

Side One puts on a dynamic and energetic performance that has something for everyone. Their hugely diverse repertoire includes classics like the Beatles, Prince, and CCR...

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free

Troy Reid

A 20 year vet of the band “Troys’r’us” with a residency at the Roxy is just the start of his resume. His solo acoustic presence will send shivers down your spine

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 10:45 pm | Music | Free

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 | Show