Metro Vancouver events on February 19, 2018 - Chinese New Year Festival & Celebrations

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

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 | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition

Young People’s Concerts. Shayna Jones: Folk and Wisdom Tales from Around The World

Shayna Jones, professional Storyteller and performance artist, has one vision: to create a space where listeners slow down, unplug, and listen deep to the wisdom of folktales

Burnaby | Michael J Fox Theatre | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Performing Arts

Lunarfest at Oakridge Centre

Sky lanterns are used all over the world to carry hopes and wishes, especially for celebrations. Launch your own Blessing in the Sky lantern this year at Oakridge Centre in the West Galleria!

Vancouver | Oakridge Centre | 9:30 am to 9:30 pm | Festival | Free

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

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

Lunar New Year Tea Set

In honour of the year of the dog, celebrate the new year with a special Lunar New Year Tea Set served on a traditional afternoon tea three tier cake stand with delightful sweets and canapés infused with TWG Teas for health & prosperity to be enjoyed with

Vancouver | TWG Tea Salon & Boutique | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family

Exhibition: Displaced

Displaced considers the transforming relationships to space and identity at the hand of forced loss of land, culture and community

Vancouver | Gallery 1515 | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

in Yoga & Meditation

Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on stimulating the connective tissues of the body with the intention of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:15 am to 11:30 am | Active Life / Health

Guided Tour at Lulu Island Winery

Celebrate Chinese New Year at Lulu Island Winery! During Feb 15 to Feb 25, 2018, Lulu Island Winery is offering VIP guided tours around their beautiful Tuscan-inspired estate winery from 11 am to 2 pm daily

Richmond | Lulu Island Winery | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

2018 Talking Stick Festival

Proudly located on the traditional, un-ceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, Full Circle: First Nations Performance presents the 17th Annual Talking Stick Festival

Vancouver | Various locations | 11:00 am to 9:30 pm | Festival

2018 Talking Stick Festival. Scháyilhen Industry Series

Be Part of the Talking Stick Festival 2018 ~ Western Canada’s Premier Indigenous Performing Arts Festival by attending Scháyilhen Industry Series!

Vancouver | Various locations | 11:00 am to 9:30 pm | Festival

Good Heart Good Mind Youth Conference

This year we will be trekking out to the Loon Lake Lodge in Maple Ridge so pack warm people! We acknowledge that this conference takes place within the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Katzie & Kwantlen people

Maple Ridge | The Loon Lake Lodge | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Lecture

$1,000,000 Year of the Dog Giveaway

Play at Parq Vancouver and earn ballots by playing slots and table games into the $1,000,000 Year of the Dog Giveaway.

Vancouver | Parq Vancouver | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival

Chinese New Year of Dog 2018 Arts Festival

This Chinese New Year Arts Festival will be hosted at International Arts Gallery during the signature event of Celebrating Chinese New Year of Dog 2018 at International Village Mall

Vancouver | International Village Mall | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival | Free

La Cucina Toscana - Tasting Tuscany

Take this opportunity and escape with us to Italy's most celebrated region of wining and dining: Tuscany

Vancouver | The Dirty Apron Cooking School | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cooking

Prove it Again

Join us for Part 1 of our 4-part series of What Works for Women at Work: Prove it Again

Vancouver | Big Rock Urban Brewery & Eatery | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Business / Finance

Winter Olympics Viewing

Second Floor Eatery + Bar will have extensive Winter Olympics coverage with multiple station feeds everyday. Food and Drink Specials Daily

Vancouver | Second Floor Eatery + Bar | 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

2018 Talking Stick Festival. Scháyilhen Pop-up Musical Bistro

Gather with us at the Scháyilhen Pop-Up Musical Bistro - our mid-festival social

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

INDIE Monday Film Series: I, Daniel Blake

Title character Daniel is an affable, 59-year-old carpenter in Newcastle, fighting to collect his Employment and Support Allowance after falling ill

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

VISR: The Body, Movement, Technology, Apparatus

Movement, gesture, protocol, and choreography of specific bodies are continuous in language, politics, technology and other structures that signify and organize material

Vancouver | Or Gallery | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Visual Arts

The Art and Science of Working with Fungi: Growing Mushrooms for Food, Medicine and Soil

This workshop series covers the skills needed to grow spawn and mushrooms year round

Vancouver | Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Workshop

Specials - Poly Culture and the VSO Present: The 12 Girls Band In a Lunar New Year Celebration

Good news from China! The world famous 12 Girls Band performs at the Orpheum in a very special celebration of the Lunar New Year!

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

A Conversation with Abdullah Ibrahim

One of the remaining legends in modern jazz, South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim talks with CBC Music’s Michael Juk about his career, journey as an artist, and decision to re-visit the iconic Jazz Epistles catalogue

Vancouver | Vancouver Community College Auditorium | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

Fun Home

The coming-of-age musical. Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical

Vancouver International Film Festival: Brown Girl Begins

Brown Girl Begins is an afrofuturist feature film about a young black woman who is trapped in a world forced upon her. Ti-Jeanne, a reluctant priestess, must resurrect Caribbean spirits and survive the possession ritual that killed her mother, or her peop

Vancouver | Vancity Theatre | 8:30 pm to 9:40 pm | Film

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Wrong Tour 2018 with guests Nights Beats

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club announced their forthcoming album Wrong Creatures, out on January 12, 2018 and released the first single “Little Thing Gone Wild”

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