Metro Vancouver events on June 2, 2018

June 2, 2018

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2018 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series - Canada

Synchro Canada and Synchro BC are pleased to invite you to FINA Artistic Swimming World Series event #7 – Canada

Surrey | Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex | 6:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports

Auditions for The Rocky Horror Show

Alchemy Theatre will be holding auditions for their upcoming production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Vancouver | Green Thumb Theatre | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Theatre

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

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

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

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

Spread the Aloha market

Join us for another fun Spread the Aloha market in Burnaby! We are bringing together over 25 vendors offering kids and adults apparel, jewelry, bath, home decor, sweet treats and more! We will have so many unique items for everyone!

Burnaby | Mercy Elementary School | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market | Free

2018 Vancouver International Children's Festival

Head down to Granville Island for the Vancouver International Children’s Festival May 28 to June 3, 2018!

Vancouver | Granville Island | 10:30 am to 5:00 pm | Kids

Tinypreneurs 2nd Annual Event

The Tinypreneurs event is a unique, innovative, philanthropic, and educational experience, for children as young as 5 years old to be exposed to the world of an entrepreneur

New Westminster | 788 Quayside Dr | 11:30 am to 3:00 pm | Kids

Vancouver Craft Beer Week Festival 2018

The 9th Annual VCBW Festival returns to the PNE Fairgrounds

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 12:00 am to 7:00 pm | Food / Wine

Airport Day

Fun for the whole family!! Enjoy lots of family activities, food trucks, live entertainment, Wings & Wheels show, beer garden, market place and so much more!!

Pitt Meadows | 18799 Airport Way | 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Family | Free

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

105 Hikes Book Signing at MEC Vancouver

The publication date for 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia is less than two months away. With book design and proofreading nearing completion, plans for launch events are coming together nicely too

Vancouver | MEC | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Books

Artists Conversation with Ben Bogart and Jim Bizzocchi

Join artists Jim Bizzocchi and Ben Bogart to talk about their practice and digital work currently on exhibit at the Gallery

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Lecture | Free

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 | 3:00 pm to 6:15 pm | Performing Arts

rEvolver Festival 2018. Kitt and Jane: An Interactive Survival Guide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic Future

Two fourteen-year-old unlikely heroes hijack their school assembly to deliver a message: our society is set to collapse into chaos, and they’re here to train you to survive!

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm | Festival

C’Mon, Angie! by Amy Lee Lavoie

The morning after a one-night stand, questions of consent lead to a highly charged confrontation....

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Performing Arts

rEvolver Festival 2018: Asking Alice

Upintheair Theatre Presents Madelyn Osborne's Premiere: Asking Alice - An interactive Wonderland for the hopelessly curious

Vancouver | The Cultch | 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival | Free

ExplorASIAN 2018 Recognition & Awards Gala

In Canada, the month of May is officially recognized as Asian Heritage Month to acknowledge the long and rich history of Asian Canadians and their contributions to Canada

Vancouver | Pink Pearl Chinese Seafood Restaurant | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

The Wizard of Oz - Junior shows

Pulse Dance presents The Wizard of Oz - Junior shows by Pulse Dance Centre

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Show

Sunwave 2018 - Opening Party at Koerner's Secret Garden

Five Years of Sunwave. Wave I / VII - June 02

Vancouver | Sunwave | 6:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

King Tuff - Fortune Sound Club

King Tuff returns to Vancouver with The Other Tour on Saturday, June 2nd for an early show at Fortune Sound Club with Cut Worms

Vancouver | Fortune Sound Club | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

David Beckingham with Twin Bandit

As a child David Beckingham spent a few years in Kenya, living with no electricity and no phone line – just an acoustic guitar and a knack for writing soulful, melodic folk-pop songs

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

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

Tom Jones

Sir Thomas John Woodward OBE, also known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

MAMMA MIA! by Catherine Johnson

The Smash-hit Musical Based on the songs of ABBA

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

A Galaxy Far, Far Away

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Richmond | Fraserview MB Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

MAMMA MIA!

The Smash-hit Musical Based on the songs of ABBA

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

Kiss The Moon, Kiss The Sun By Norm Foster

A hilarious and touching journey begins when a pregnant, unattached teacher befriends an adult man with the mental capacities of an eight-year-old

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

Dear Evan Hansen Concert

An evening of songs from the award-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

The Wizard of Oz - Senior shows

Pulse Dance presents The Wizard of Oz - Senior shows by Pulse Dance Centre

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Lightning Dust

Lightning Dust is the musical project of Amber Webber and Joshua Wells. With special guest Sinoia Caves

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

Thoi Bao

Thoi Bao recently planned a concert schedule coming to select cities in North America. As one of the most followed World live performers to date, Thoi Bao will soon show up on stage yet again for fans to enjoy

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Jazz Meets Gospel

From early jazz and gospel music mixing it up in Louis Armstrongs New Orleans...

Vancouver | Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Out On Screen/VQFF Turns 30!

Out On Screen/VQFF turns 30 and is celebrating with a community birthday party

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party | Free

C’Mon, Angie!

The morning after a one-night stand, questions of consent lead to a highly charged confrontation....

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Tolkien by Ron Reed

Legends in wait, the worlds of Narnia and Middle Earth may never have come to be were it not for an unlikely friendship between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis

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

You Can't Take It With You By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

Freedom, love, and fireworks collide in this hilarious and heartwarming comedy!

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

rEvolver Festival 2018: Saddest Girl at the Party

Upintheair Theatre Presents Francesca Frewer and Erika Mitsuhashi's: The Saddest Girl at the Party - An ode to the attempt, the wishing and the not-quite

Vancouver | Jim Green House Studio | 8:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Festival

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 | 9:30 pm to 10:20 pm | Performing Arts

Ok Tinder – Swipe Right Comedy

Our 17+ show is 60 minutes of fast-paced, no-holds-barred comedy looking at the good, bad and the laughable of Vancouver’s dating scene

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 0:15 am | Comedy