Metro Vancouver events on December 19, 2017
December 19, 2017
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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