Metro Vancouver events on January 21, 2018

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

Hastings Park Farmers Market

Located within a thriving community close to the highway and the Second Narrows Bridge, the Hastings Park Farmers Market is a perfect place to stop and shop.

Vancouver | Hastings Park | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

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

Transference - exhibition

Transference incorporates the works of five artists - Aimée Henny Brown, Saskia Jetten, Ross Kelly, Colin Lyons and Kathleen Ritter

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 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

Vive les voyageurs French-Canadian Festival

Enliven a grey January weekend with the unique folklore and culture of the voyageurs and fur traders who lived at 19th-century Fort Langley

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival

Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories

Join us for the opening reception of Molly Lamb Bobak: Talk of the Town & Julie McIntyre: Travel Stories at the Burnaby Art Gallery

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

FLEUR Luxury Wedding Show & Forum

Presented by Aly Armstrong Event Planning & Design and hosted by the brand new JW Marriott Parq Vancouver Hotel, FLEUR will be the city’s first wedding show to bring together elite industry professionals and celebrity influencers

Vancouver | JW Marriott Parq Vancouver | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Show

Puppy Patrol Play date

Come join us for a play date with the Puppy Patrol! Tickets are $30 /child and includes a 2 hour play date full of crafts, songs, stories and more

Pitt Meadows | Little Savages Consignment | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | 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

Biggest Little Bridal Show

This high end show will be showcasing multiple different vendors. Including Photo/Video, Decor/Floral, Cake, Hair & Makeup, DJ, Limo, Favours, Jewelry, Stationary

Pitt Meadows | Pitt Meadows Golf Club | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market

CAG Exhibition Brent Wadden: Two Scores - Tour in French

Join CAG Learning & Public Programs Assistant, Michelle Martin for a FREE tour of the current exhibitions in French

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 11:05 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Lookout - Andy Field (England)

Here is a work by UK artist Andy Field that bridges generations and offers a look into our city’s future through the people who will inherit it. Participants arrive at a location with a wide city vista

Vancouver | Harbour Centre | 11:30 am to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts | Free

CAG Exhibition: Brent Wadden: Two Scores

Two Scores is a solo exhibition of ambitious new work by Vancouver-based artist Brent Wadden, his first in a public institution.

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibitions at Place des Arts

Colour: A Personal Response, acrylics and fibre art by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren; Lyrical Expressions, acrylics by Jane Appleby; Balance, fibre arts

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Reassembled, Slightly Askew

An audacious melding of art and science, this multidisciplinary adventure is a head-trip in the literal sense. The survivor of a medically induced coma and acquired brain injury, creator Shannon Yee presents a chance for us to live through her medical jou

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 1:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

Family Day at Place des Arts

Welcome in the new year with a brand new Family Day!

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Family | Free

L'Elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)

Donizetti’s stirring love story and hilarious comedy. Featuring Ying Fang, one of the most gifted sopranos of her generation, making her role debut as Adina

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Opera

Topdog/Underdog By Suzan-Lori Parks

A modern fable of battling brothers. African-American brothers Lincoln and Booth - birth names given as a joke that sets up an intense rivalry - share a seedy, one-room apartment and are looking for easy money in cards...

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: The Events

From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting

Vancouver | Russian Hall | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts

Easy Moroccan Vegetarian Dinner

If you are short of ideas to cook an easy, delicious vegetarian dinner, this class is for you! Moroccan cuisine is not short of flavor, we will show a few easy dishes that you would want to make over and over!

Vancouver | Trout Lake Community Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Cooking

Strawberry & Tea Student Concert

VAM’s monthly series features students from a variety of programs celebrating all levels of musical learning. Join the VAM community in its tradition of music topped with a serving of tea and strawberries!

Vancouver | Vancouver Academy of Music | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music | Free

Play date with Batman

Come join us for a play date with Batman!! Tickets are $30 /child and includes a 2 hour play date full of crafts, songs, stories and more

Pitt Meadows | Little Savages Consignment | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Kids

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Inside/Out

This is a show in the finest tradition of the prison memoir—as riveting as fiction, but with the authenticity of documentary.

Vancouver | Performance Works | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts

2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: MDLSX - Motus (Italy)

Gender-fluid rebel Silvia Calderoni does a powerhouse star turn in this show by Italian theatre company Motus. The performer’s own life story is crossbred with fiction, producing a work of genre blending and gender bending

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 2:00 pm to 3:20 pm | Performing Arts

New Music Festival - Intimate NMF Cabaret

We asked some of our favourite performers to reveal the music that makes them tick!

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

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

Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café at Vancouver Aquarium - Dine Out Pop-up

Back by popular demand, Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Pop-Up Café returns for a second year during Dine Out Vancouver

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

Girls' Night Out Beginner Knitting Class

New Year, New Skill!! Back by popular demand to start the year off off right! Learn to make your very own one-of-a-kind head wrap using all natural local materials! Only 6 spots available for this small, hands on and fun workshop!!

Vancouver | Wild Crafted Wool | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Workshop

نمایش آتن ــ مسکو Athens- Moscow Live play Public

Olga and Massa are sisters from Russia living in Greece. The arrival of sibling Irena ignites their suspicions of one another. Note: This performance will be performed in Farsi language

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Theatre

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Trivia with IQ 2000 at The Biltmore Cabaret

Accept no imitations! IQ 2000 brings you the best Trivia Nights in Vancouver!

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Above the Hospital

Newly formed Vancouver theatre company Midtwenties Theatre Society, along with Red Gate Arts Society, is thrilled to present the world premiere of their first original theatre production, Above the Hospital

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

K. Flay with guests Sir Sly

Kristine Meredith Flaherty, known professionally as K.Flay, is an American singer and songwriter from Wilmette, Illinois

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

DVSN presents Morning After World Tour 2018

dvsn is a Canadian R&B duo, composed of Daniel Daley and Nineteen85. They are signed to OVO Sound

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Cagematch: Ultimate Comedy Showdown

Cagematch pits the fiercest and most hilarious improvisers against each other to determine who has the best improv in the city. For 15 years, Cagematch is an underground hotbed of talent where improvisers pull out all the stops

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy