Metro Vancouver events on May 27, 2018

Como Lake Fishing Derby

A free event for youth under 16 years of age, the Como Lake Fishing Derby has prize giveaways and a pancake breakfast available for a nominal charge

Coquitlam | Como Lake | 7:00 am to 12:00 am | Family | Free

Ride To Live

Come enjoy a free Blues performance by the young Willie G ( no relation;). We will have free water, coffee & popcorn on and you can peruse the great merchandise & bikes in store between sets. BBQ proceeds to Bikers Against Child Abuse

Vancouver | Trev Deeley Motorcycles | 8:00 am to 3:00 pm | Music

Offsite: Shigeru Ban - exhibition

Shigeru Ban is the 17th installation in the Gallery’s Offsite series. Offsite is located at 1100 West Georgia Street between Thurlow and Bute Streets, west of the Shangri-La Hotel

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium

Douglas Coupland’s Vortex at the Vancouver Aquarium Event description: Experience acclaimed artist Douglas Coupland’s new radical art installation – Vortex – at the Vancouver Aquarium, an Ocean Wise initiative

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman - exhibition

Emily Carr in Dialogue with Mattie Gunterman unites the work of two women artists practicing in British Columbia in the early twentieth century, presenting the paintings of Emily Carr with approximately thirty photographs by Mattie Gunterman

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

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

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

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

Salmonberry Days Festival

Mark your calendars for the last Sunday in May, as the Dunbar Community Centre Association hosts an old fashioned community fair to mark the culmination of Dunbar’s month long Salmonberry Days Festival

Vancouver | Dunbar Community Centre Association | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

explorASIAN 2018. Mixed Me: Multi-ethnic Storytelling for Teens & Kids

For story-tellers and story-lovers! Hapa-palooza Festival, a celebration of mixed heritage arts and ideas, presents an afternoon of multi-ethnic storytelling for teens, kids, and families

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Paint The Bird House - A Sunday Funday Afternoon in Steveston

Paint, drink & have a fun night out with us!

Richmond | The Buck & Ear Bar and Grill | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Visual Arts

rEvolver Festival 2018: Fuchsia Future

Upintheair Theatre Presents Elysse Cheadle's World Premiere: Fuchsia Future. An absurd portrait of life after loss told through music, existential angst, populist science, and verbatim text from Wikipedia

Vancouver | The Cultch | 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm | Performing Arts

Lindbjerg Academy Presents: Aladdin Jr. & The Odd Couple (scenes)

Join the Homelearners Group and Acting Class in this Double Feature of Aladdin Jr. and Scenes from The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon

Port Moody | Inlet Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts

Les Filles du Roi by Corey Payette and Julie McIsaac

Les Filles du Roi is a gorgeous new trilingual musical from the creators of last season’s groundbreaking Children of God. The powerful story of Kateri, a young Mohawk girl, and her brother Jean-Baptiste whose lives are disrupted upon the arrival of les fi

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Musical

MAMMA MIA! by Catherine Johnson

The Smash-hit Musical Based on the songs of ABBA

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

Broadway Bound: Putnam County Spelling Bee

Join students from Broadway Bound as they present Putnam County Spelling Bee

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Show

rEvolver Festival 2018: bug

Upintheair Theatre Presents manidoons collective's prodcution of: bug. Do you know that when you’re abandoned, no amount of love is enough?

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Performing Arts

rEvolver Festival 2018: Good Things To Do

Upintheair Theatre Presents Christine Quintana & Molly Mackinnon's World Premiere: Good Things To Do. ‘Are you there? I’ve been waiting for you...’

Vancouver | The Greenhouse | 2:00 pm to 5:15 pm | Performing Arts

The Maple Leaf Singers: Solid Gold!

Where were you in the 1960s? In 1968, the Maple Leaf Singers were just getting started! This year, we celebrate 50 years of fabulous shows, so get ready to get jazzed!

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

Choral Connections: Earth, Sea & Sky

Our annual Spring Concert promises to bring you enjoyable music related to Earth, Sea & Sky with a variety of Oldies, Modern and even some Canadian flavoured well know songs

Port Coquitlam | Terry Fox Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Music

Vancouver Bach Choir: Summer Sing!

A celebration of a year of hard work and choral education in a grand finale featuring all eight of our choirs onstage at the Chan Centre

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

Marian Schreiber Suzuki Festival Concert

Since 1969, VAM’s reputation has been built on the success of our Suzuki program with some of North America’s most experienced instructors of this proven methodology.

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

SLAM! the 7th Annual Go Team BBQ at Junction

Join us as we launch the 2018 season for our travelling softball teams, hosted by The Junction Pub

Vancouver | The Junction | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Party

rEvolver Festival 2018: The Somewhere Cedar

Upintheair Theatre Presents Jess Amy Shead's World Premiere: The Somewhere Cedar - A teen revolutionaries’ fight to save the oldest known Western Red Cedar in BC

Vancouver | The Cultch | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival | Free

Modified Ghost Festival III

An annual music festival in Vancouver, BC that showcases some of the most exciting metal, rock, punk, hardcore & progressive music this world has to offer

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 5:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

rEvolver Festival 2018: The Only Good Indian

Part lecture, part meditation, and part threat the only good Indian takes a shockingly raw look at where our similarities begin and where they end

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 5:00 pm to 6:20 pm | Festival

The Sunday Supper Club

Join us at our long table for a casual feast prepared by your farmers. Each month we will invite a guest business from the local community to showcase their product as we prepare our favourite season dishes for you

Langley | Laurica Farm | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Food / Wine

rEvolver Festival 2018: Probability

Upintheair Theatre Presents Tricia Trinh's World Premiere: Probability - Two women meet "after midnight on a quiet Tuesday night"

Vancouver | The Cultch | 5:30 pm to 6:50 pm | Festival

5 Course Britannia Beer Pairing Dinner

Our chef will present a 5 course dinner, perfectly paired with 5 Britannia Brewing Company & Britannia Steveston Beers

Richmond | The Buck & Ear Bar and Grill | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

rEvolver Festival 2018: Distractingly Sexy

Upintheair Theatre Presents Mily Mumford's: Distractingly Sexy. A brief history of women being fcked over in science

Vancouver | The Culture Lab | 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm | Performing Arts

rEvolver Festival 2018: Geologic Formations

Upintheair Theatre Presents Mia Susan Amir's World Premiere: Geologic Formations. How is the individual and collective body haunted by socio-political events? An immersive experience

Vancouver | The Greenhouse | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

Heather Bambrick with the Jodi Proznick Trio

Newfoundland’s Heather Bambrick (vocals) and BC’s own Jodi Proznick (bass) combine forces in a highly anticipated show that goes from coast-to-coast

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

ITSAZOO Productions: Wet

Wet is a raw, in-yer-face play set during the height of Canada’s involvement in the Afghanistan War. A soldier returns home from combat after suffering from a head injury

Vancouver | The Russian Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

rEvolver Festival 2018: 12 Minute Madness

Upintheair Theatre Presents Raina von Waldenburg's: 12 Minute Madness. ‘Arched backs, open hearts, and raunchy groins - the dark and hilarious inner world of a sexual abuse survivor

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Festival