Metro Vancouver events on December 15, 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 11:00 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

VSO Tiny Tots: Holiday Hooray!

Hooray, hooray, we’ll have fun in the snow today! Sing-along to frosty favorites while you move along with miniatures from “The Nutcracker,” “Babes in Toyland” and other sparkly holiday classics. Accompanied by a brass trio

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 10:00 am to 11:00 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

Timebomb & FBomb Trading Warehouse Sale

This only happens once a year! 3 days only!

Burnaby | Timebomb Trading | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market | Free

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

Holiday Hooray!

Hooray, hooray, we’ll have fun in the snow today! Sing-along to frosty favorites while you move along with miniatures from “The Nutcracker,” “Babes in Toyland” and other sparkly holiday classics. Accompanied by a brass trio

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 11:30 am to 12:30 am | Music

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

Pinatas and Beers: Pinata Workshop

Meaghan will be leading a pinata workshop. Come eat, drink and get crafty!

Vancouver | Storm Crow Tavern | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop

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

Holiday Little Cooks

Join Sarah for a mini-session of baking holiday treats including making gingerbread, shortbread and lots more!

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Kids

Timberline Country Christmas 2017

Country Christmas is a unique-yet traditional-family-oriented Christmas experience complete with lit trees, interactive scenes, and music

Maple Ridge | Timberline Ranch | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Family

A Traditional Christmas with the VSO

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Lower Mainland’s most beloved Christmas music tradition. Kick off your Holiday season on the perfect note, with the VSO Traditional Christmas concerts

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music

Lit circle - book club!

Hey guys, if you like reading and discussing novels with your pals we have a club for you! Come on out and read some cool books with us. We're reading The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein. General chats about books

Surrey | The Youth Space of South Surrey | 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Books | Free

Kurios 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 | 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm | Show

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 10:00 pm | Family

Christmas with Chor Leoni

Chor Leoni’s holiday offering combines favourite tunes in polished settings, sparkling new choral gems, frosty winter songs, and familiar sing-along carols like a bright garland to warm the mid-winter darkness

Vancouver | St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Music

Caroling in McBurney Plaza

Sing-along with carolers while enjoying hot chocolate in the plaza

Langley | McBurney Plaza | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Music | Free

Creekside Winter Fest

Creekside Economic Development Association is excited to announce the first Creekside Winter Fest presented by Novus!

Vancouver | The Village on False Creek | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival | Free

Winter Wonderland

Westminister House proudly presents this years Winter Wonderland! Come and join the rest of the community for the family friendly festivities December 15th

New Westminster | Westminister House | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Chinese Lantern Festival

Experience Vancouver in a whole new light in this 5-week celebration of Chinese culture featuring massive lanterns, amazing performances, and incredible food

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

Celebrate Christmas at Newlands. Festive Holiday Dinner Buffet

Make holiday memories with family and friends at Newlands. 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 | 5:30 pm to 0:30 am | Food / Wine

Surrey Creep Catcher Christmas Party

Welcome to the Surrey Creep Catchers X-Mas fundraiser for the kids @ The Attic bar & Lounge. Bring your family down to enjoy our X-mas Celebration

Delta | Attic Billiards | 6:00 pm to 1:00 am | Charity / Fundraising

Family Chanukah Shabbat Dinner

Join us for a Chanukah-Shabbat Dinner. Featuring delicious Chanukah foods (latkes, sufganiyot, and more), kid-friendly and healthy Shabbat dinner, Chanukah and Shabbat songs, driedle games, and Chanukah chocolate gelt!

Vancouver | Community Kollel | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Food / Wine

Home For Christmas - Winter Banquet 2017

Our annual Winter Banquet is just around the corner! Our theme this year is Home For Christmas!

Surrey | Pacific Life Bible College | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Food / Wine

Shine in Concert

World Renowned Australian didjeridu master, sound healer and world fusion artist in Concert. With special guest Lucy Thomas on violin

Vancouver | Shine Edgar | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

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

A Very Irish Christmas!

Come Celebrate the Holidays with all your Friends in an Irish Inspired Christmas Wonderland!

Vancouver | Second Floor Eatery + Bar | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Friday Night Dance

Drop-in Lessons and Practice Dances at The ACT Arts Centre. These dances are a fun way to learn new dance styles or practice what you’ve already learned, see old friends and make new ones

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

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

Theatrix Presents - Elf Jr. The Musical

The award winning Theatrix Youtheatre Society is proud to present Elf Jr. Inspired by the classic film, Buddy the Elf journeys from the North Pole to find out who he really is, and save Christmas!

Port Moody | Inlet Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Musical

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

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Joseph Robinette

C.S Lewis’ first installment of the epic Chronicles of Narnia series bounds on to the CTYP stage this holiday season.

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:40 pm | Theatre

Canucks vs. Sharks at Rogers Arena

Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports

Candy Cane Melodies Family Christmas Event

My Melody Ma'j'ic Entertainment Presents... Candy Cane Melodies. Family Fun Musical Dinner Dance Christmas Event

Surrey | Taj Park Banquet Hall | 7:00 pm to 2:00 am | 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

A Traditional Christmas

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Lower Mainland’s most beloved Christmas music tradition. Kick off your Holiday season on the perfect note, with the VSO Traditional Christmas concerts

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

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

The Grand Old Duke of York - Our traditional Panto

Join us for a night of Family Fun during our annual Christmas Pantomime. Full of slapstick, romance, music and laughter, you’ll get to cheer for the good guys and boo the bad in an epic quest where love triumphs over evil

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

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

VAM Vocal Theatre Production

Led by Robyn Driedger-Klassen, VAM’s Vocal Theatre Department reinvigorates vocal repertoire through modern, innovative staging in Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, Paul Ramsier’s The Man on the Bearskin Rug, and Ned Rorem’s Fables

Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free

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

Creatures of Habit - A VAM Vocal Theatre Production

An evening of the contemporary music of Wilder, Rorem, and Barber. Admission is free!

Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music | Free

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

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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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

Tom Holliston - Selina Martin and Ford Pier

Live in the Wise Lounge is proud to present the annual Tradition of an Evening of Revelry and Song with Tom Holliston and Ford Pier with a very special Guest Selina Martin

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

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

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

Freak Dream / Weird Candle / The Trolls / Yep / Boogazi at SBC

Enjoy live bands

Vancouver | SBC Restaurant | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Good Tidings! A Good Noise Gospel Christmas

Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir has been bringing the joy of the Christmas season to sold out audiences for well over a decade, and Good Tidings!

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Almost, Maine by John Cariani

A charming, almost-magical tapestry of the joys and perils of romance, set in one night in a small town in Maine

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

Vivaldi's Four Seasons

The VSO’s traditional presentation of Vivaldi’s timeless classic, The Four Seasons. Philippe Quint, one of the most lyrical, elegant, and poetic violinists in the world today, will perform this enduring favourite, on the magnificent 1708 “Ruby” Stradivari

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Kitty Nights West Presents Pee Wee’s Burlesque Christmas Special

Kitty Nights West returns to the Rio Theatre’s stage with the must-see Pee Wee’s Burlesque Christmas Special!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show

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

PMC's Christmas Cabaret

Join the Postmodern Camerata on December 15th and 16th at the Annex on Seymour St., as they celebrate the holiday season with a relaxed, intimate evening of cabaret inspired Christmas classics

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Christmas with Men's Chor Leoni

Chor Leoni’s holiday offering combines favourite tunes in polished settings, sparkling new choral gems, frosty winter songs, and familiar sing-along carols like a bright garland to warm the mid-winter darkness

Vancouver | St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

A Tribute To Aretha Franklin

Join us on December 15th as Siobhan Walsh pays tribute to the Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin! It's sure to be a fun night of great music, fantastic food and drinks!

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

The Day Before Christmas

Surviving The Perfect Holiday Disaster

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Theatre

Onegin

The hit musical as immersive as love itself

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

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 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

Rastak Music in Vancouver

Rastak Music Group, best Persian Folk Music, are going to perform in Vancouver for the second time

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Yo Jacket Required - Bottleneck's Annual Jacket Drive

Please bring it down here on December 15th so we can donate to folks who could really use it this winter. Hebegebe will have tunes a playin, there will be drinks a flowin and friends a waitin. In the name of love and life in an obscenely expensive city, l

Vancouver | The Bottleneck | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Etienne Siew

Etienne Siew is a vocalist and songwriter from Coquitlam who has been playing guitar for over 15 years and singing for as long as he can remember

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

TriloJay

Beyond the razorblade grooves, adrenaline-fueled stageshow, and mastery of their art, Trilojay is about the experience of music

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

KINK Fetish Nights - KINKY Santa Ball

The holiday season is here and what better way to celebrate Christmas? Having a KINKY Santa Ball of course! Our dress code is way more relaxed for this event but still need to have that fetish and kinky inspired look

Vancouver | XYYVR | 9:30 pm to 3:00 am | Party

Stereotype Fridays

Stereotype Fridays returns with local favorites Marcus James, Adam Pearce, Clawfly & DJ TYLO for a night of music without stereotypes!

Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party | Free

The Instant Lab Presents: Nobody Goes to Moscow ~ Improvised Chekov

Enter the world of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. In an improvised play based on your suggestion, our cast will use the styles and themes of one of Russia's greatest dramatists.

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Performing Arts