Metro Vancouver events on April 21, 2018

ਸਲਾਨਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਡੇ ਪਰੇਡ Surrey khalsa annual day parade and surrey nagar kirtan

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Surrey | Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Sahib | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family

BrickCan LEGO Exhibit

BrickCan-Canada's largest Public LEGO Exhibition-returns to the River Rock in Richmond, with all new amazing creations and things to see!

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

Regionals 2018. Star Talent Dance Competition

A Canadian based Dance Competition giving dancers the chance to compete against other dancers and studios as well as themselves in order to achieve their own personal best! Sportsmanlike behavior is expected at all times.

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

Vancouver Greek Food Festival

Please join us at the 40th Annual Vancouver Greek Food Festival! Our dates are April 20-22 2018. We are excited to celebrate our 40th anniversary of the Festival with exciting performances, delicious food, and lots of KEFI!

Vancouver | Hellenic Community of Vancouver | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival | Free

ExplorASIAN 2018 Opening Ceremony

Dignatories, Partners and Supporters join in celebrating the launch of the explorASIAN Festival 2018 and Asian Heritage Month, with Pan Asian performances and festival partner displays!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Festival | Free

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

Paint Anything - Drop in Painting

Visit our studio in downtown Langley for a relaxed painting experience.

Langley | Zealous Art | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Visual Arts | Free

Bombhead - exhibition

BOMBHEAD is a thematic exhibition organized by guest curator John O’Brian that explores the emergence and impact of the nuclear age as represented by artists and their art

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

Takashi Murakami. The Octopus Eats its Own Leg - exhibition

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is the first major retrospective of Takashi Murakami’s paintings to be shown in Canada. Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is a major retrospective exhibition of the monumental paintings of intern

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

A Cultivating Journey: The Herman Levy Legacy

This exhibition reflects the remarkable acumen of Levy as a collector and explores new scholarship and perspectives on the objects and the collector himself, demonstrating the continuing impact of one man's passion for art

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

Living, Building, Thinking: art and expressionism

Living, Building, Thinking: art and expressionism uses the German Expressionist collection from the McMaster Museum of Art to explore the development of Expressionism in art from the early 19th century to the present day

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

KupoCon: Pomtropolis

KupoCon, eh? Did you hear? KupoCon is coming to Vancouver. We’re heading to Vancouver

Vancouver | Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Party

Earth Day by Hamilton Community Centre

It's Spring cleaning time! Join us for Earth Day: Community Clean Up

Richmond | Hamilton Community Centre | 10:30 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals

Pop Culture Swap Meet

It is an affordable and fun day for the entire family

Vancouver | Scottish Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Show

Make It Vancouver

Vancouver’s largest independent art, fashion & craft extravaganza is back for 3 days!!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market

Vancouver Tattoo and Culture Show

The Vancouver Tattoo & Culture Show is your opportunity to look into the world of tattooing and and tattoo culture. Not only will you get the see amazing artwork, you’ll get the chance to meet the diverse personalities that drive the tattoo industry

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Show

BLOOM at Celebrate Spring

10th annual BLOOM Art Silent Auction Fundraiser. Exclusive silent auction fundraiser with invited Nikkei artists

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Visual Arts

Celebrate Spring | 春祭り

Enjoy Japanese Spring Traditions at Nikkei Centre’s annual event, Celebrate Spring. Delicious Japanese cuisine, traditional martial arts, dances and music, tea ceremony, bonsai/Ikebana display, art, crafts and more!

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival

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

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

Fullscreen Live presents: Elle Mills - Vancouver

Elle Mills + fam are coming to meet you! Every person that buys a ticket will get to meet her! Show length varies between 20-30 minutes… more time for your meet & greet!

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 12:00 am to 2:00 pm | Show

Art! Vancouver 2018

Art! Vancouver 2018 is an international art show, showcasing the artwork of artists and galleries from Canada and around the world. We feature a diverse selection of art, from painting and sculpture to installation and mixed media

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 12:00 am to 8:00 pm | Visual Arts

Flock Yeah Vancouver 2018

This Flock Yeah! is being locally organized by Jill Colpitts for the sake of simplicity

Vancouver | Camp CAPILANO!!!! | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Art At Work: Guidance for Applying to Public Art Opportunities

This workshop will use mock artist calls as the basis for a hands-on session led by Richmond Public Art Program staff

Richmond | Richmond Art Gallery | 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Voice of Islam - Competition

Its time to Shine. Let the Community hear your heart trembling Recitation of the Qur'an and the Beautiful Calling of the Adhaan

Surrey | Surrey Jamea Masjid | 1:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

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

Spirit Horse

This powerful production follows the adventures of two First Nations children whose family is caught between traditional ways and urban culture

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

The Explanation - the frank theatre company

Two heterosexual men - one of whom likes to dress in women’s clothes - just happen to fall in love with one another. An exploration of the constructs we adopt to make our own realities and ways of imagining a life that’s not only endurable but...

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:00 pm to 3:10 pm | Theatre

World Without Us

Ontroerend Goed, creators of Fight Night, bring us a new piece about the end of humanity and what comes after. We could hardly imagine it: no mortgages, no knitted scarves, no swimming pools, no butterfly strokes, and no honey kept in glass jars

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Misery

Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts

Me and You

Sibling rivalry in a double-edged comedy. From childhood until old age, Liz and Lou are sisters who go through life mostly as friends, but sometimes as foes...

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

The Price Is Right Live - Stage Show with The Price is Right Live

Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will play host to The Price is Right Live™ for four showings

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Show

Cabaret by Kander and Ebb

Royal City Musical Theatre is presenting the Tony Award winning musical Cabaret by Kander and Ebb

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre

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

Capture Festival Canada Line Tour with Shaun Dacey

As part of the 2018 Capture Photography Festival, Shaun Dacey, Director at Richmond Art Gallery, leads a tour of Canada Line Public Art installations in the City of Richmond and at Waterfront Station in Vancouver

Richmond | Brighouse Station | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Visual Arts

Spirit Horse by Carousel Theatre for Young People

This powerful production follows the adventures of two First Nations children whose family is caught between traditional ways and urban culture

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Theatre

CSMA: Just Sing!

features Coastal Sound Children’s Choir, Con Bella, Con Vita, Con Brio and Coastal Sound Boychoir

Burnaby | New Westminster Christian Reformed Church | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

The Hip Show

The Hip Show has emerged on the Canadian tribute band scene paying homage to one of Canada’s most beloved musical groups, The Tragically Hip

Maple Ridge | The Haney Public House | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Wine and Paint Night

We invite you to come and discover the beauty of your own expression in this social, wine and painting evening at Aberthau Mansion. Our WPG instructor, Davide, will be on hand to guide you through the evening of abstract painting

Vancouver | West Point Grey Community Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Visual Arts

Jeremy Allingham 'Run Wild' album release Show

Vancouver rocker Jeremy Allingham releases 'Run Wild', his third solo studio album

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Motown Meltdown

The Motown Meltdown band is comprised of top session musicians who are bound to be “in the pocket” when it comes to delivering that signature Motown sound

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Cacao Ceremony and Kundalini Dance at Ancient Fire

Cacao is a sacred plant medicine that is celebrated as the food of the gods and has been used in Shamanic ceremonies by the natives of Central and South America for thousands of years

Vancouver | Ancient Fire | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health

Forever and Evet Christian Rock Musical

The New Jerusalem Project is a Christian rock musical experience that boldly proclaims God’s promise, heralding this upcoming period in human history

Surrey | Calvary Worship Center | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Musical

Lindbjerg Academy Presents In the Heights

Join our Rising Stars Advanced Class, ages 15-18 as they present the Tony Award Winner for Best Musical

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

War and Peace - The Tallis Scholars

Designed by Peter Phillips to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War in 1918, a complete Mass provides the framework, put together from war-like sources.

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Lions Gate Sinfonia: Pianos Galore

Lions Gate Sinfonia's favourite pianist, Ian Parker, graces the stage to present the 4th of Beethoven’s 5 Piano Concertos

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 6:50 pm | Music

Cabaret

Royal City Musical Theatre is presenting the Tony Award winning musical Cabaret by Kander and Ebb

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Bizet, Ibert, and Beethoven by Richmond Community Orchestra & Chorus Association Concert

ROCA's spring concert features the Richmond Orchestra with flautist, Bernard Blary performing Jacques Ibert's Flute Concerto (1934) - a work full of brilliantly ornate passages and lively movement yet sweet and gentle in character

Richmond | South Arm United Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Place des Arts: L'Innovation! French Classics by Request

At the turn of the 20th Century, France was the epicentre for musical innovation as artists sought to break away from the time-honoured traditions of the past

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Dance Allsorts: Raven Spirit Dance

Earth Song is a mixed program of contemporary Aboriginal dance, featuring choreography by Starr Muranko and Michelle Olson. Two visionary choreographers bring their diverse voices to the act of connection

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

The Humans

Family drama, on more than one level

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Kitty Nights Presents a Live Band Burlesque Tribute to Prince!

Kitty Nights Burlesque's Live Band Burlesque Tribute to Prince hits the fabulous Rio Theatre stage in Vancouver

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Crimes of the Heart By Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart - Dark Comedy

North Vancouver | The Theatre at Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Holy Hum with special guest Hello Blue Roses

Holy Hum is the musical project of multidisciplinary artist Andrew Lee, based in Vancouver and New York. His debut full length, All of My Bodies, was described by the Georgia Straight as a record that "verges on a modern masterpiece."

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

The Explanation

Two heterosexual men - one of whom likes to dress in women’s clothes - just happen to fall in love with one another. An exploration of the constructs we adopt to make our own realities and ways of imagining a life that’s not only endurable...

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:10 pm | Theatre

World Without Us

Ontroerend Goed, creators of Fight Night, bring us a new piece about the end of humanity and what comes after. We could hardly imagine it: no mortgages, no knitted scarves, no swimming pools, no butterfly strokes, and no honey kept in glass jars

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Dance Centre presents Rachid Ouramdane

The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series: Rachid Ouramdane - TORDRE (WROUGHT)

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

Third Coast Percussion (US)

Grammy-award winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion closes VNM’s 2017-18 concert series with their first ever performance in Vancouver

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Nine Dragons By Jovanni Sy

A World Premiere Production. A stylish murder mystery set in 1920s colonial Hong Kong.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Misery By William Goldman

Stephen King’s chilling thriller By William Goldman. Based on the novel by Stephen King

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Me and You By Melody Anderson

Sibling rivalry in a double-edged comedy. From childhood until old age, Liz and Lou are sisters who go through life mostly as friends, but sometimes as foes...

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

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 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Price Is Right Live - Stage Show

Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will play host to The Price is Right Live™ for four showings

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show

Musically Speaking - Mozart, with Anderson & Roe

Billboard chart-topping piano duo Anderson & Roe tackle Mozart’s magnificent Concerto for two pianos, in a concert that also includes the thrilling Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams, and Tchaikovsky’s orchestral masterpiece, Symphony No. 4

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Incident at Vichy by Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's drama Incident at Vichy takes on a story of persecution and antisemitism during the early days of WWII. During the Nazi occupation, a group of prisoners in Vichy France are being detained in a warehouse under suspicion of being Jewish

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre

Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play

After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory

Vancouver | Studio 1398 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Earth Song

Earth Song - a mixed program of contemporary Aboriginal dance

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 8:00 pm to 0:00 am | Dance

4000 Miles By Amy Herzog

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

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

A timeless comedy exploring love and marriage. Charles Condomine’s dinner party turns into mayhem when a seance led by Madame Arcati provokes the ghost of Elvira, his late first wife, and only Charles can hear her

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

The Gateway Show - 4/21 - Vancouver

Stop us if you've heard this one before - Stand-up comedians take to the stage and tell their best jokes, then they go to an undisclosed location to get way too high, only to come back to the stage and attempt to tell more jokes completely baked

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Sideshow Comedy Improv

Pacific Theatre’s annual romp through the halls of improve comedy

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Verses Festival of Words 2018: Hullabaloo Finals feat. Moe Clark

The 8th annual Hullabaloo Finals Night will determine which school has the best poetic chops in all of British Columbia. Moe Clark will start the evening with a feature set of her award-winning spoken word poetry

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library Central Branch | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Festival | Free

Shakespeare in Hollywood by Ken Ludwig

In 1934 the Warner Bros. movie studio decided to do a “class picture”: an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Max Reinhardt was invited from Germany to direct. ..

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Collected Traces and Still Here

Co.ERASGA’s newest ensemble creation recalls and traces transcendent principle of the body’s relation to indigenous traditional arts choreographed by critically acclaimed Vancouver choreographer, Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Bass Coast Tour: Scratcha DVA Pearson Sound Max Ulis Lorne B +

Bass Coast Festival is celebrating 10 years. Join us on April 21 at the Imperial for the North American Tour - a Bass Coast pre-party

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

Dannic - EMBRVCE

Dutch powerhouse Dannic brings his signature sound to Venue for EMBRVCE!

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music