Metro Vancouver events on April 8, 2018

2018 Canadian Women's Wheelchair Basketball Championships

The 2017 CWWBC will be Canada’s Women only wheelchair basketball national championship. Come watch Canada’s best female wheelchair basketball players, including members of the national team, battle for the title of the nation’s best

Vancouver | BC Wheelchair Basketball | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports

Women's Connection Weekend

Do you need time away from the World with an opportunity to focus on what’s important to You? Want to meet and collaborate with wonderful women of all kinds while enjoying activities that lift your spirits, relax your body and are just plain fun?

Vancouver | Hyatt Regency Vancouver | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health

2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships by Curl BC

This Canadian event features Masters Men & Women curlers competing to earn the prestigious title of Canadian Champions.

Surrey | Cloverdale Curling Club | 9:00 am to 7:30 pm | Sports

2018 Canadian Masters Curling Championships by Curl BC - White Rock

This Canadian event features Masters Men & Women curlers competing to earn the prestigious title of Canadian Champions.

White Rock | Peace Arch Curling Club | 9:00 am to 7:30 pm | Sports

International Cheerleading Championship 2018

The 11th Annual Sea to Sky International Cheerleading & Dance Championship will once again unite thousands of cheerleaders from the USA & Canada

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports

Exhibition. Karilynn Ming Ho: For The Left Hand Alone

Vancouver-based artist Karilynn Ming Ho uses the metaphor of phantom limb syndrome to explore themes of fragmented realities in a time when bombardment by digital information leaves many people feeling physically and mentally disconnected and disenchanted

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Ho Tam: Cover to Cover

Acclaimed Canadian artist Ho Tam interrogates the mediated construction of public persona, revealing diverse facets of the self through a selection of photo, video, artist books and magazines spanning his career

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

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

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

The Gruffalo - Live on Stage

A Musical adaptation of the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood.

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Theatre

National Franchise & Business Opportunities Show 2018

Come to British Columbia's Largest "Own Your Own Business" Event! See the most successful franchises + brand new opportunities from every industry

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Business / Finance

Exhibit Beta Vulgaris

Exhibit by Kelty Miyoshi McKinnon with Keri Latimer

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Cô Ba Sài Gòn - The Tailor

Vietnamese with English subtitles will be screened three times in Vancouver at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Film

Healing our heARTS: Racialized Resistance & Resilience

Are you a racialized youth between 18-34 committed to social & climate justice? Do you want to participate in a safer non-white community space for arts-based healing and solidarity efforts?

Vancouver | Vancouver Status of Women | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Workshop

Family Day at PdA! Featuring a Concert by Senior Music Students

The rain may seem like a drag, but the trees love it! Celebrate the oncoming blooming season with 20 Trees, 20 Ways, 20 Weeks by photographer and multimedia artist Mark Bowen

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

The Humans by Stephen Karam

Family drama, on more than one level

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

The Gruffalo - Live on Stage by Tall Stories from London, England

A Musical adaptation of the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood.

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Theatre

Faith Healer

The masterpiece of one of the greatest playwrights of the last 50 years, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer is an Irish meditation on the role and responsibility of the artist in society

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:00 pm to 4:20 pm | Performing Arts

Magic Circle Mime: Music, Noise & Silence

Three meddlesome spirits - Music, Noise and Silence - invade the Orpheum. The concert seems doomed as Silence and Noise attempt to seize control of the orchestra

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

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

Taste of Barbados

Can't wait for summer? Bring your friends and family to join us for a Taste of Barbados!

Surrey | Bear Creek Pavillion | 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free

4000 Miles By Amy Herzog

A humorous and uplifting story of growing up and growing old!

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Enron by United Players

Enron, the Texas-based energy company ascended to great heights (and a staggering stock price) before declaring bankruptcy in 2001 amid one of the largest financial scandals in history, having deceived its 20,000 employees, Wall Street, and the general pu

Vancouver | Jericho Arts Centre | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts

Fabulist Theatre presents: Once On This Island

Once On This Island is a one-act musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, book and lyrics by Lynne Ahrens (the team behind Anastasia, Ragtime, Seussical)

Vancouver | Red Gate Revue Stage | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Musical

Lindy Bout XII

Join us to celebrate our twelfth year of Lindy Hop competition in Western Canada!

Vancouver | Performance Works | 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Dance

Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio

The Vancouver Recital Society presents Benedetti Trio in an afternoon concerta at the Vancouver Playhouse

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Viennese Masters: Haydn, Schubert, Mozart

Capilano University Festival Chorus, Capilano University Singers, Soloists and Orchestra, with conductor Lars Kaario perform the thrilling Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn, the charming Mass in C major by Schubert and the vivacious Regina Coeli by Mozart

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen by Tracey Power

Not to be missed - the Firehall brings its hit show back to the stage in celebration of our 35th season and to pay homage to the late Mr. Cohen

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts

Lest We Forget from the project TEHILLIM

Concert-fundraiser to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Salvation of Bulgarian Jews during WWII

Vancouver | Pyatt Hall | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music

Robinson Crusoe + Friday

An English sailor, shipwrecked on a remote island, works against all odds to survive alone for 25 years. Until one day, he rescues a stranger from brutal savages and the two develop a remarkable friendship...

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Content Warning: Fanfiction Deathmatch - Season Finale!

Over the past season, eight authors have emerged as Erotic Fanfiction Champions in eight different categories. Now, they face off to decide who will be crowned the Ultimate Smutmaster

Vancouver | XYYVR | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Comedy

The Maine with guests The Wrecks and The Technicolors

The Maine is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona, formed in 2007. Their first release, the EP Stay Up, Get Down was released in late 2007, followed by a five-song EP titled The Way We Talk on December 11, 2007

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Iranian Film: وقتی از عشق حرف میزنیم از چه حرف میزنیم؟

وقتی از عشق حرف میزنیم از چه حرف میزنیم؟ نویسنده و کارگردان: محمد رحمانیان

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Film

A Debate Between Michael Shermer & Stanton Friedman. Has Earth Been Visited By ExtraTerrestrials?

This will be a debate between Michael Shermer and Stanton Friedman. Has Earth Been Visited By Extraterrestrials? Stanton is a nuclear physicist who will be debating in favor of the topic

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture

Run & Gun 3: Vancouver's 48 hour film Competition

This years competition runs April 6th to 8th. The Gala & Awards ceremony at The Rio Theatre

New Westminster | This is a Spoon Studios | 7:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Performing Arts

East Vancouver Improv League - High Octane Improv Comedy

Instant Theatre is proud to present the launch of the East Vancouver Improv League!

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy

The Soft Moon With Guests Boy Harsher

Experimental electronic musician, on tour to support his latest release "Criminal"

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Fate 2: The Dance and Illusions of Oslen

繼上一次的成功，著名魔術師 Fate，聯同Canada's Got Talent的Oslen及America's Got Talent的Will Tsai為大家程獻Fate 2! 是次魔術秀為Surrey Memorial's Intensive Care Unit (ICU)籌款。想做善事又想看魔術表演的朋友就不要錯過啦! 購票請上Ticketmaster。

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Show