Metro Vancouver events on December 19, 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 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

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

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 | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

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

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 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

Annual MP Holiday Party

Come join Joe Peschisolido, Member of Parliament for Steveston - Richmond East, at the Annual MP Holiday Party for some hot chocolate, cookies, and other holiday fun!

Richmond | South Arm Community Centre | 3:59 pm to 6:30 pm | Party

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

Bank Smart Collingwood - Students' Financial Futures

Do you need money for schooling? How much do you know about managing your finances? Bank Smart Collingwood is an event that invites branches of banks in Collingwood to tell you about student loans, scholarship opportunities, and so much more!

Vancouver | Renfrew Park Community Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Business / Finance

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

Howling in the Holidays! WolfCop + Another WolfCop Double Feature Hosted by Gowan

Join us at the Rio Theatre for a screening event that will leave all your “moonlight desires” completely satisfied this holiday season – a night of movies, music and holiday cheer featuring a double-header of the lupine body-horror comedy...

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Dining Under The Rainbow

The Blue Chairs Of Puerto Vallarta Are Known The World Over. Alas, We’re Not There Are We? But We Are In The Royal City, And The Best Mexican Food In Town Is At A Great Family-owned Eatery On Sixth Street

New Westminster | Taqueria Playa Tropical | 6:15 pm to 9:00 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

Golden Ears Writers

If your artistic medium is the written word, join Golden Ears Writers for a series of adult events and workshops designed to build and nurture our local writing community

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Books | Free

Canucks vs. Canadiens at Rogers Arena

Vancouver Canucks vs. Montreal Canadiens

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

Pause & Affect: A Monthly Course for Women. Lesson 2 Glow of Peace

“The Sabbath is to the week what the line break is to poetic language. It is the silence that forces you to return to what came before to find its meaning.”

Richmond | Chabad of Richmond | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Active Life / Health

musica intima presents "Nativité" a traditional Christmas Concert in New Westminster

Enjoy this traditional Christmas concert featuring the music from musica intima’s award-nominated album: Nativité. Repertoire, which was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award, includes O come, O come, Emmanuel; Lully, lulla; Ave Maria; and Five Car

New Westminster | Knox Presbyterian Church of New Westminster | 7:30 pm to 9:30 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

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

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

Christmas Presence

Pacific Theatre’s favourite holiday tradition: an all-you-can-eat feast of music and stories for the holidays featuring our favourite local musicians

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

Advance Base + Nicholas Krgovich at Wise Lounge

Live in the Wise Lounge is proud to present Advance Base and Nicholas Krgovich. An intimate evening with two of North America's finest singer-songwriters, who just happen to be friends

Vancouver | The Wise Hall & Lounge | 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

A Very Very Gluttonous Christmas

Vancouver Art and Leisure, is excited to launch the premiere drag event of A Gluttonous Production, at the Red Gate Revue Stage: "A Very, Very Gluttonous Christmas"

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy

Art rock? no. 26

no. 26 xmas time ! featuring: Night Bust, Mr. Merlot & My Name is Del and more

Vancouver | Astoria Hastings | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Antonio Larosa Trio at Guilt&Co

Antonio Larosa is a singer-songwriter hailing from Burnaby, British Columbia. Larosa’s music delivers a fresh new hybrid of rock, country and blues. Playing covers to originals

Vancouver | Guilt & Company | 9:30 pm to 3:00 am | Music

Tuesdays at Celebrities

All year round, Tuesdays at Celebrities are packed with party animals

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