Metro Vancouver events on December 14, 2017

Christmas at Canada Place

Capture the spirit of the season at Canada Place! Join us in celebrating the 30th annual Christmas at Canada Place presented by the Port of Vancouver

Vancouver | Canada Place | 8:00 am to 11:00 pm | Family

Free Ice Skating at Robson Square

This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun

Vancouver | Robson Square | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Anonymous Art Show 2017 at the CityScape Community Art Space

The North Vancouver Community Arts Council & CityScape Community Art Space are very excited to announce the 13th Annual “Anonymous Art Show”

North Vancouver | CityScape Community Art Space | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain

Our annual holiday festivities begin Friday, November 24th and run through January 7th. This year, wrap yourself in the magic of a white Christmas

North Vancouver | Grouse Mountain Resort | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family

Holiday Traditions Start At Vancouver Aquarium

Delight in Scuba Claus visits, magical aquatic displays, and special seasonal activities at Vancouver Aquarium this holiday season where you’ll create and continue traditions, making memories that will last a lifetime

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Classical Coffee Concert: Winter Dreams

The Bergmann Piano Duo are joined by duo harpists, Miya and Kaori Otake to perform an array of enchanting winter-inspired music such as Vivaldi’s Winter from The Four Seasons and music from Humperdinck’s opera, Hansel and Gretel

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Music

Sylvia Tait: Journey

Join us at the Burnaby Art Gallery for the exhibit of the renowned Canadian painter and printmaker Sylvia Tait

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

ArtRich 2017

The Gallery will host a juried exhibition organized by the Richmond Arts Coalition (RAC). ArtRich 2017 will feature artworks by local and regional visual artists from the Lower Mainland

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 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

Crimson: Modern Culture through Artists’ Eyes

In collaboration with the Battle of the Brush, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden presents Crimson: Modern Culture through Artists’ Eyes, a two-phrase exhibition that shows the collective work of sixteen Vancouver-based artists

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Bottoms Up: The Cultures of Drink in the Royal City

A look at New Westminster’s saloons, breweries, distilleries, afternoon teas, soda fountains and other drinking habits, places and stories

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

Canyon Lights by Capilano Suspension Bridge Park

In response to popular demand, the 12th season of Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park has been extended. From November 23 to January 28 the park is alive with lights, lights and more lights!

North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Vancouver Christmas Market

A beloved holiday tradition for locals and visitors alike, the 8th Annual Vancouver Christmas Market returns to its expansive seaside home at Jack Poole Plaza (at the Olympic Cauldron)

Vancouver | Vancouver Christmas Market | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family

Celebrate Christmas at Newlands. Nutcracker Lunch Buffet

The halls are decked with boughs of holly & the menus trimmed with holiday tradition. Join in the “Spirit of Christmas” at Newlands.

Langley | Newlands Golf & Country Club | 11:30 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

Dundarave Festival of Lights 2017 at Dundarave Park

The annual Dundarave Festival of Lights at Dundarave Park

West Vancouver | Dundarave Park | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family | 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

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

Some Spontaneous Particulars: Vanessa Brown, Heide Hinrichs, Kathleen Ritter

This exhibition presents never-before exhibited work by three artists whose research-based practices have drawn them to the work of historical women artists Marianne Brandt, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Mina Loy

Vancouver | Access Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Heritage Christmas

A Season of Old-fashioned Fun and Spectacular Light Displays

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Family | Free

VanDusen Festival of Lights 2017

Experience VanDusen Festival of Lights, a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating VanDusen Botanical Garden open from December 1, 2017 to January 7, 2018

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Celebrate Christmas at Newlands. Dickens Buffet

The halls are decked with boughs of holly & the menus trimmed with holiday tradition. Join in the “Spirit of Christmas” at Newlands. Join us for this holiday family favorite!

Langley | Newlands Golf & Country Club | 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

CAG Behind The Scenes Tour - Jas Lally

Join CAG Assistant Curator, Jas Lally for a free behind the scenes tour of the current exhibitions.

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Makeover Your Style

You will learn to identify and effectively assess your body and face shape helping you to choose appropriate styles in fashions that flatter your silhouette and face. What shapes, styles of clothing and accessories define your personal style

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 6:15 pm to 9:15 pm | Workshop

Tom of Finland - Vancouver Release

The proudly erotic drawings of artist Touko Laaksonen, known to the world as Tom of Finland, shaped the fantasies of a generation of gay men, influencing art and fashion before crossing over into the wider cultural consciousness

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Film

Mad Max: Yellow Brick Road

“Mad” Max Rockatansky has survived the Road Wars, the Thunderdome, and some killer sunburns – but can he survive... the Lollipop Guild?

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Star Wars Trivia Night

To celebrate the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, EXP Restaurant + Bar is once again teaming up with the award-winning trivia masters from There Is No Easy Mode to bring you the best trivia this side of the galaxy!

Vancouver | EXP Restaurant + Bar | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Christmas Dinner Fraser River Cruises

Spread your holiday cheer and join Paddlewheeler Riverboat tours for our Christmas Dinner Cruises. Delicious seasonal meal consists of carved turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, smooth gravy and all the fixings

New Westminster | Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

Theatre Replacement - East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves

The Panto is back with an outrageous take on Snow White

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

SFU Philosophers’ Café

Imagine the impossible and discuss the improbable with SFU’s Philosophers’ Café. Guest moderators host informal public discussions on various topics, stimulating dialogue and passionate exchange of ideas

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture | Free

Keep It All the Year: Proceeds to Wish Drop-In Centre. Kingsgate Chorus, Mount Pleasant Regional Institute of Sound, Eschoir

Three East Van rock choirs. One annual fund rasier! Proceeds go to Wush drop-in center, a resource for women in the DTES

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Wooly Bears Dance at The Astoria!

Thursday Squares.. Hosted by the Wooly Bears Collective. We're at the Astoria again this month! Super fun, plenty of space and pool tables too...

Vancouver | Astoria Hastings | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance

Doctor of Oz: A Self-Help Panto!

Seasonal fun for the children. Dorothy travels over the mountains to the Magical Land of Oz, the land of self-help.

North Vancouver | The Theatre at Hendry Hall | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Family

Bah Humbug! by SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol comes to life in modern-day east Vancouver under the direction James Fagan Tait, Jessie Award-winning actor, playwright, and director

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Sinbad, the Pirates and the Island of the Dinosaur

Sparkling, magical, family fun awaits when we join Sinbad and his wacky crew in an hilarious adventure on the high seas

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Winter Harp

Songs, stories, tears and laughter combine in this magical journey deep into the heart of Christmas

North Vancouver | Capilano University | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

We Three Queens at the Kay Meek Centre West Vancouver

Enjoy a holiday jazz performance featuring three of Canada’s finest jazz vocalists: Jennifer Scott, Karin Plato, and Kate Hammett-Vaughan

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

The Wizard of Oz - Pantomime

SPECC-tacular Productions presents its annual Christmas pantomime - full of slapstick song, dance, music, cross-dressing and magic

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Elvis Elite: Christmas with The King

Join us for a very special performance by Elvis Elite: Christmas with The King featuring Steve Elliott on Thursday, December 14

Langley | Summit Theatre Cascades Casino | 7:30 pm to 0:00 am | Music

Christmas Musical Panto - Cinderella

Cinderella ~ Our Annual Christmas Pantomime. With plenty of catchy musical numbers and considerable audience participation, Metro Theatre’s Cinderella is the story of how an underdog uses her courage to go after what she wants.

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Goh Ballet's The Nutcracker

A Traditional Rendition of a Classical Masterpiece. Come and experience the sparkle and the magic of the Goh Ballet's Nutcracker - the show The Province claims is "..the one to see" this holiday season.

Vancouver | The Centre for Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Onegin

The hit musical as immersive as love itself

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

The Day Before Christmas

Surviving The Perfect Holiday Disaster

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:45 pm | Theatre

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

The beloved fairy-tale musical returns. "Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.” Can Belle teach the Beast to love, before it is too late?

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical

Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities by Cirque du Soleil

Step into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him. Suddenly, the visible becomes invisible, perspectives are transformed, and the world is literally turned upsi

Vancouver | Concord Pacific Place | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show

Theatre series: Memories of a Christmas Ornament

The story of a man’s life as seen through the eyes of a Christmas ornament who loves him

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

No Dress Rehearsal - A Tribute to Gord Downie

Join us at the Rio Theatre to pay tribute to Cananda’s Rock Poet Legend, Gord Downie. And the best way we know how … is through his music and his beautiful words

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens’s timeless classic where miser Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of the holidays

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Sleeping Beauty

The classic fairytale comes to life as a brand new, fun for all ages, non-traditional pantomime!

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

Dark of the Moon

Dark of the Moon by Howard Richardson and William Berney is the third year musical theatre students' play practicum this year

North Vancouver | Capilano University | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical

Music for the Winter Solstice

Where can you go for some holiday cheer, minus the mistletoe? Lighting up the night for a fourth year is Music on Main’s much loved Music for the Winter Solstice, a new tradition.

Vancouver | Heritage Hall Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Annual Hanukkah Party - 90s Throwback

Dr. Dre-idel Presents the Annual Hannukah Party - 90's Throwback. Join us for some nostalgic 90's music, Hannukah treats, and a few surprises!

Vancouver | The American | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

musica intima presents "Ding Dong!" an irreverent Christmas concert

The season’s spice comes with Ding Dong!—an irreverent choral Christmas concert that is back by popular demand after its debut last year!

Vancouver | The Anza Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Little Dickens: The Daisy Theatre

In Ronnie Burkett’s Little Dickens, the cast of The Daisy Theatre take on the beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, in the merriest marionette mash-up ever

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

Saul Berson Quartet plays Michel Legrand

The quartet will play a compelling mix of compositions written by French composer and jazz pianist, Michel Legrand, who has written over 200 film and television scores

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Cool Yule - Van Django

Time again to be wowed by Van Django’s 5th annual Cool Yule! Christmas Show - a high level, musical adventure that delivers fun, festive and seasonal music via nostalgic favourites, jazz standards, pop tunes, classical quotes, and sing-alongs

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

The Realistic Joneses

Two couples, both named Jones, face the confounding business of being alive. As one character says, ‘This was fun. I mean, not fun, but definitely some other word.’

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts