Metro Vancouver events on October 18, 2018

Kevin Schmidt - exhibition

Kevin Schmidt is a British Columbia–based artist whose multidisciplinary practice embodies the do-it-yourself sensibilities of an amateur inventor

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

4th Annual Scarecrow Festival

Art's Nursery's 4th Annual Scarecrow Festival is a fun, family-friendly community event in support of three local charities: OWL (Orphaned Wildlife) Rehab Society, Inclusion Langley Society, and The Versatiles

Surrey | Art's Nursery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Coffee Concerts: Bohemian Rhapsody with the Borealis String Quartet

Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann - the Bergmann Piano Duo-are famous for their razzle-dazzle playing and wide-ranging music choices. Four hands and four strings open the season as the Bergmanns are joined by the Borealis String Quartet

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 10:00 am to 12:15 am | Music

Diwali in B.C.

An annual multicultural, multi-disciplinary, inclusive festival which aims to showcase artists from diverse backgrounds and different abilities to celebrate the festival of lights during the annual Indian New Year

Vancouver | Various venues across British Columbia | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Festival

Woodward's Community Singers Fall 2018 Workshops

Everyone Deserves Music: Come Raise Your Voice With Us For A Dose Of Collective Joy!

Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Fort Langley's Grave Tales

Join our expert storytellers for a two- or three-hour program of spine-chilling stories, as you walk through the Fort Langley village at night.

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Books

Fall Family Fun Nights in South Surrey

Enjoy free activities with your family on Thursday nights at South Surrey Recreation & Arts Centre

Surrey | South Surrey Recreation Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Family | Free

Arctic Awards Gala by Vancouver Maritime Museum

Please join us for the second edition of our fabulous Arctic Awards Gala

Vancouver | Vancouver Maritime Museum | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Marine

Ode To Muir – Vancouver Premiere

Ode To Muir pairs professional snowboarder and founder of Protect our Winters Jeremy Jones with two-time Olympian Elena Hight as they embark on a 40-mile foot-powered expedition deep into California’s John Muir Wilderness

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Film

Intro to fermentation

Join Brad, chef and owner of Biota Fermentation, in this hands-on class to learn the basics of fermentation, and go home with your own live and unique ferment

Vancouver | Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Cooking

Salish Singing & Drumming Fall 2018 Workshops

Learn traditional Salish social songs, drumming and dance with instructor Russell Wallace. Workshops are free and open to everyone!

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Halloween Mystery Nights

Solve a murder mystery on the streets of Gastown this Halloween season. Sign up in teams of 2-5 players to play Vancouver Mysteries game Crime in Downtown and compete for prizes

Vancouver | Vancouver Mysteries | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

Fusion Ensemble: A Course for Intermediate Level Musicians

This course will offer unique opportunities to musicians and singers to expand the horizons of your art forms

Vancouver | VSO School of Music | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Music

The Piano Teacher

Erin, a concert pianist, hasn’t touched a piano since her husband died. As Elaine, a piano teacher, gently reacquaints Erin with her instrument, other life changes follow. A simple update to Erin’s home, for instance, brings the unexpected companionship o

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Bread and Puppet: Grasshopper Rebellion

Bread & Puppet Theater is an internationally celebrated company that champions a visually rich, street-theatre brand of performance art filled with music, dance, and slapstick

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture | Free

Arsenic and Old Lace

Part of the Royal Canadian Theatre Company Tour. A classic black-comedy and a Broadway hit starring Boris Karloff before it was adapted for film with Cary Grant

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Mustard

Join this angsty but loving family in a darkly comic tale about growing up, moving on, and finding magic where you least expect it that playwright Kat Sandler calls “writing for the Netflix generation”

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage - Arts Club | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: Sweat

See all sides in this powerful examination of a community that is formed and dissolved amidst the changing landscape of America

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

2018 ReACT public readings: In My Country By Dave Deveau

A contemporary black comedy set in a fast-food restaurant that explores the lives of Canadian immigrants as they acclimatize to the Canadian mosaic

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre | Free

Upintheair Theatre: A Brief History of Human Extinction

There’s something alive outside the facility, and it would very much like to come in..

Vancouver | Historic Theatrehttp: | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Theatre

CapU Speaker Series: Vancouver Slow Movement Panel

Forget being the greenest city. This panel discussion on how to reclaim a sane pace of life aims to make Vancouver the slowest city

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Lecture

Vancouver New Music’s 2018 Festival: Quartetti - a festival of string quartets

Seven world-class string quartets will perform at Vancouver New Music’s 2018 Festival. Quartetti features a line-up of versatile contemporary string quartets from Canada, the US and Europe

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Navratri Festival 2018

Are you ready for NAVRATRI 2018? It's that time of the year that we all wait for! Join us at Crystal at York in Surrey, BC for authentic garba and raas, delicious and free Gujarati food and the most fun you will have this year!

Surrey | Crystal At York | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

42 Annual BC Country Music Awards Weekend

The BC Country Music Association will be presenting 6 events as part of the 2018 BCCMA Awards Show weekend

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Joe Ink presents Joe: A Solo Show

From Joe Ink, and Vancouver dance luminary Joe Laughlin, comes the world premiere of Joe: A Solo Show.

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

Surrey Little Theatre: Beer for Breakfast

A group of middle-aged buddies reunite for a "guys' weekend" in a snowed-in cabin to eat chili, drink beer, and relive the good old days. Despite divorce, unemployment, and a stroke, spirits are high until Jessie, the wife of absent friend Adrian, shows u

Surrey | Surrey Little Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Ladies Night - New Westminster

Canada’s hottest exotic male entertainers – the men of Body Heat travel across Canada to put on the ultimate Ladies’ Night show

New Westminster | Magnetiq Club Lounge | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show

Diwali in BC: SACHA - A Vancouver Guldusta

A Vancouver Guldasta is an examination of common experience, identifying home, and processing trauma

Vancouver | Culture Lab | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Theatre

Vagabond Players: The Haunting of Hill House

Cut off from the outside world by its remote location and shunned by all who know its forbidding and sinister reputation, Hill House has remained empty and silent except for the daily visits of its grumbling caretaker, Mrs. Dudley

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

Kill Me Now by Brad Fraser

Jake is a single dad and cares for his teen son Joey, who has as a severe disability. Handling Joey’s puberty is hard enough, but when Jake develops a serious medical condition, he becomes the one to rely on the people around him

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

The Shakespeare Show

10th Anniversary Production of one of Monster Theatre's most revered plays

Vancouver | Havana Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:50 pm | Theatre

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Open Mic

Every week we feature a diverse array of stand-up comedians and other comedic performers, from here in Vancouver, and all over the world! Come on down and watch a marathon of hilarity every Thursday, or do a set yourself

Vancouver | Comedy Basement at Goldies | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy | Free

Far Out (Vancouver Premiere – Presented by Rei)

Vancouver, get ready! TGR is heading to town October 18 and 19 for two nights of premieres with our new ski and snowboard film, Far Out, presented by REI

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:45 pm to 11:00 pm | Film

GroundUp feat. David Ward

After 12 years of quietly sending ripples through the independent music scene, David Ward’s latest, a cinematic and soulful opus, Violet, Gold + Rose, has garnered support from some of the most respected artists in music

Vancouver | Guilt & Company | 9:30 pm to 0:30 am | Music