Metro Vancouver events on December 18, 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

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 Little Cooks - Monday AM

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

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 9:15 am to 10:30 am | Food / Wine

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

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

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

Ornaments Galore

Join Sarah for this festive class and have fun making a variety of keepsake ornaments to decorate your tree and house

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 10:45 am to 12:00 am | Kids

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

Holiday Mixed Media Art

Come and make some festive holiday arts and crafts for the season using different materials and techniques

Vancouver | Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre | 12:30 am to 2:45 pm | Kids

Heritage Christmas

A Season of Old-fashioned Fun and Spectacular Light Displays

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Pocket Camp Week at the Youth Space

We're obsessed with Animal Crossing Pocket Camp!! So... we're celebrating it for the whole week!! Come chill out with us, grab a cup of hot chocolate and catch bugs on Sunburst Island

Surrey | The Youth Space of South Surrey | 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Free

Holiday Little Cooks - Monday PM

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

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

Iranian Double Feature: Oxidan & Negar

نمایش دو فیلم ایرانی در سالن اینلت تیاتر پورت مودی

Port Moody | Inlet Theatre | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

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

Feeding the Homeless at Christmas in Pigeon Park

For the 12th year in a row, more than 150 people in recovery from the greater Vancouver area get together and go into the Downtown Eastside to feed the homeless and do outreach.

Vancouver | Pigeon Park | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows

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 | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Bus Trip: Christmas Lights Tour for Seniors

With Christmas Day just around the corner, now is a perfect time to tour neighbourhoods and admire the wonderful holiday light displays that have sprung up across Metro Vancouver.

Vancouver | Champlain Heights Community Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health

Christmas Pyjama Storytime

Tis the Season...for stories! Stories, puppets, carols, plus lots of fun with a holiday theme! If you're already comfy in your PJs, no problem

Pitt Meadows | Pitt Meadows Library | 6:45 pm to 7:15 pm | Family

Free Sahaja Yoga Meditation Classes in Vancouver

Classes consist of instructions on how to meditate, information on Sahaja Yoga Meditation as well as meditation sessions. Classes are free and open to newcomers of all ages and newcomers are welcome to join at any time

Vancouver | 7743 Champlain Crescent | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Free Family Movie Night: Scrooge (1971)

Director Ronald Neame’s well-paced film captures the period beautifully, and the acting is superb, with Finney and Alec Guinness, as Marley’s ghost, real standouts

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film | Free

Kynship: Spartacus Book Club

The Spartacus Book Club meets on the last Monday of every month. Everyone is welcome! We have some regular attendees, and others come for just one book. It's okay to attend even if you haven't read the book or haven't finished it yet

Vancouver | Spartacus Books | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books

New Music Festival 1 - Standing Wave

This program celebrates the raw energy and wild colouristic possibilities of chamber music being written in the 21st century, even as it, in many cases, harkens back to music from earlier eras.

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

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