Metro Vancouver events on December 22, 2017
December 22, 2017
Fri
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
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
A Fort Langley Christmas
Come spend the day at Fort Langley to top off the Canada 150 celebrations. Create magical memories, complete with music and treats, in an old-fashioned fort setting
Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | 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
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 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
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
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
Carnival of Fairy Tales presented by Wonderland School of Arts
A group of children performs traditional Christmas songs and play the show. You can also invite Santa Claus from Wonderland, who will hand your child a gift
Port Moody | Inlet Theatre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Kids
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
SMH HCA UC & SSA XMAS PARTY
This will be our third annual work ‘HUE’ staff Christmas party hosted by me. Please invited anyone you want to go. Hubby or kids are more then welcome to come. Just a great time to get together outside of work
Surrey | Red Robin Canada | 5:30 pm to 0:00 am | Party
Wine glass painting Langley
Listen to music, relax and paint! Bring your friends along for a fun evening being creative to what is always a fun painting session!
Langley | Zealous Art | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts
A Not So Silent Night - BCYL Holiday Social
On behalf of the entire BC Young Liberal team, please accept our warmest, holiday-cheeriest, invitation to the annual all-ages holiday social, "A Not-So-Silent Night." Come join fellow members and supporters of the BCYL to celebrate this festive season
Vancouver | Mahony & Sons Public House | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party | Free
Christmas Carol Evening River Cruise
Invite your friends and family for an entertaining evening
New Westminster | Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party
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
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
Jingle Bells Night
Let’s fill Lafarge Lake with the sound of music! Sing along with our community caroling groups as you stroll around the lake in an evening of music and lights
Coquitlam | Town Centre Park | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family
Jingle Beats In The Pind
NexGen team presents a Bollywood Xmas! Jingle Beats In The Pind
Surrey | Khanna Banquet Hall | 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Family
Graham Clark's Quiz Show
Graham Clark's Quiz Show at the Fox Cabaret!
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
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
O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy
London’s 3-time Impresario award-winning comedians James & Jamesy present their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy O Christmas Tea
Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre
VOC Sweet Soul Gospel Christmas 2017
Join Checo Tohomaso and the VOC Sweet Soul Gospel Choir for our annual celebration of the Christmas Season!
Vancouver | St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | 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
musica intima presents "Nativité" (a traditional Christmas Concert) in downtown Vancouver
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
Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
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
Bison with Erosion and Woolworm
Bison is a heavy metal band from Vancouver. Formed in 2006 by vocalist and guitarist James Farwell
Vancouver | The Cobalt | 8:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music
Winter Solstice Ceremony & Dance
This Ceremony And Dance Event Welcomes All Genders And Gender Expressions And All Levels Of Experience. Beginners Are Most Welcome :)
Vancouver | AncientFire | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance
Sirens of Song: Lindsay Robertson - Gillian Moranz - Thalia Couture
Come join us at The Heatley for an evening of music, friends and welcoming the winter solstice
Vancouver | The Heatley | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
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 Party for a Cause
Friends worry not! Christmas for a Cause is back for its 11th season of equal doses of laughter and heart, as well as a pinch of insanity.
Coquitlam | Eagle Ridge United Church | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising
An Olde English Christmas with Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone
One of the most popular bands from the 60’s British Invasion, Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone will be performing An Olde English Christmas at River Rock Show Theatre
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:45 pm | Music
We Three Queens
The Vancouver vocal trio of Jennifer Scott, Karin Plato and Kate Hammett-Vaughan has been singing holiday music together for a decade, and Frankie’s is thrilled to have them back again this year
Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
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
Festive Occasion! future star - little sprout - birdo - tim the mute
It's Almost Christmas! Time For A Nice Show? Warm Your Cold Hands At The Toasty Toast Collective This Christmas Eve-eve-eve!
Vancouver | The Toast Collective | 8:00 pm to 11:00 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
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
Halifax Wharf Rats at Heritage Grill
Hi Rat fans! Come celebrate the holidays, good food, drinks, friends, dancing and singing and join us
New Westminster | The Heritage Grill | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Family
The Funk Hunters - Funk The Halls
Borrowing inspiration from classic funk and hip hop, The Funk Hunters are putting the soul back into electronic dance music
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Antonio Larosa
Antonio Larosa is a singer-songwriter and guitar player hailing from Burnaby
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free
Pop Junkies
The Pop Junkies are well known on the West Coast as both a wildly entertaining band with a huge repertoire of songs covering the greatest hits in Rock, Pop and Country music
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free
Mark Farina
The one & only Mark Farina returns to Vancouver for another night of quality house music. Joined on the night by Nordic Trax Luke McKeehan & Victoria’s finest J-Feud
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Contact 2017 Pre-Party ft. Whipped Cream & Tails
Get persistent with bass queen Whipped Cream Music when she joins us on Friday, December 22nd for the Official #Contact2017 Pre-Party alongside local favorite Tails!
Vancouver | Celebrities Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music | Free
Ultimate 80s Xmas Party
A special XMAS edition of our Ultimate 80s dance party. If it was acceptable in the 80’s then we’re into it. Whether you lived through it, were born during, or are just nostalgic for a time you never knew, join us for a night of 80’s celebration. Just pla
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 2:00 am | Dance
Talk Felty To Me: Dirty Puppet Improv
Instant Theatre is proud to present Talk Felty To Me - a night of explosively sexy/gratuitous/over-the-top improvised comedy that we just couldn’t show you on stage - unless we “did it” with puppets!
Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 10:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Theatre