Metro Vancouver events on October 27, 2018

4th Annual Spooky Halloween Party!

Fiona's Halloween Party ALL DAY LONG! Join us anytime for drop in and play and take advantage of all our Halloween Activites!

Surrey | Fiona's - Clayton Heights | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Party | Free

Halloween in the Forest

You’re invited! Come in costume for…Halloween in the Forest, a free indoor/outdoor event!

Surrey | Surrey Nature Centre | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family | Free

Halloween Spooktacular

Join us for our 7th Annual Halloween Spooktacular

Langley | Laughing Stock Ranch | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Creepy Crawly Halloween

Boo-o-o! Come in costume to the FRDC’s Creepy Crawly Halloween Event! For games, crafts, trick or treats and more

New Westminster | Fraser River Discovery Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

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

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? - exhibition

Ayumi Goto & Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? is an exhibition that presents the performance art and ongoing collaborations of Ayumi Goto and Peter Morin

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

Port Moody Rock & Gem Club Show

Our 40th annual Rock and Gem Show and Sale titled, "Fascination - Personal Stories Behind the Passion for Stone"

Port Moody | Kyle Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Show

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

Halloween 420 Farmers Market

Join us on Oct 27th, for the 1st annual Halloween 420 farmers market at Thornton Park in Vancouver, B.C. In previous years, the event took place at the Vancouver art gallery. Lets keep the tradition going

Vancouver | Thornton Park | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Market

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

Trick or Treat on North Road

Throw on your spookiest costume and come on down to North Road! Follow a map that will take you through Northgate Village and North Road Square Malls to find candy, fun activities, and a chance to win a spooky prize basket

Burnaby | Shoppers Drug Mart | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family

Bulbs for Beauty

Help plant bulbs to beautify your local community!

Surrey | Cloverdale Recreation Centre | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

Trick or Treat on Hastings Street

Join us for our annual Trick or Treat on Hastings Street!

Vancouver | The East Village Vancouver | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Kids | Free

Clown Gym - Work it Out

This Is For Conditioning! Work Your Clown Muscles! Get Your Weekly Work Out Play Out Here With Us

Vancouver | Dusty Flower Shop | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Comedy

Halloween Havoc

3 rooms of entertainment, music and Halloween festivities! Featuring 20 plus bands, costumes, prizes, and much much more!

Surrey | The Flamingo | 12:00 am to 11:59 pm | Party

Haunted Farm Family Day

Drop in for a family friendly Halloween experience with games and candy for all ages

Surrey | Historic Stewart Farm | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

Spooktacular Newton

BOO! Spooktacular Newton is back for another chilling day! Arrive in costume and ride the haunted train if you dare. Or play it safe and take part in fun crafts and games!

Surrey | Save-On-Foods | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Halloween Carnival

Dress your kids up in their favourite costumes and bring them to this annual family event. Come and jump around on our bouncy equipment, play some exhowlarating games and do some Halloween crafts

Vancouver | Kerrisdale Community Centre | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Kids

Boo-seum

Join us for Halloween games and other activities

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Family

Pacific Theatre: The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

A pack of teenage girls prepares for battle on the soccer field. Who will come out on top?

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Drum Day

Free afternoon of Masterclasses and Performances with Craig Scott and Bernie Arai. Bring your sticks, ask us questions, get invited to play!

Vancouver | Vancouver Community College | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music | Free

The Ones We Leave Behind

From the writer of the smash-hit Dirty Old Woman, comes a new play about the redemptive power of human connection

Vancouver | Historic Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm | Theatre

Halloween Howl at Place Maillardville Community Centre

Previously called Halloween Spooktacular. Join us for an afternoon of spooky games, crafts, face painting and so much more

Coquitlam | Place Maillardville Community Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Party

Concert: Tzo'kam and Sawagi Taiko

A unique collaboration of singing and drumming between the all-women Japanese drum group Sawagi Taiko and the First Nations performance group Tzo'kam

Vancouver | Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music | Free

The Nightmare Before Christmas LIVE in Concert

The Nightmare Before Christmas LIVE in Concert features some of Vancouver's finest musical theatre talent in a two night only staged concert with musical direction and arrangements by Matt Grinke, and costume design by Shayan Naziripour

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Performing Arts

Arts Club Theatre Company: Sweat By Lynn Nottage

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 | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Cemetery Tour

Bundle up and enjoy an informative tour with local historian Sue Bryant. Join us and hear the fascinating stories of the 133-year old Surrey Centre Cemetery. The day time tour is ideal for people with mobility issues or who prefer daylight

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | History

The Piano Teacher By Dorothy Dittrich

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

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts

Diwali Fest: Diwali Downtown - Vancouver

Join us for our 15th Annual community celebration of the Festival of Lights! Indulge in live music and dance performances, visit our Rangoli room and create art in our Family Art zone - fun for the entire family!

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Family

Family Halloween Cruise

Join us on the Paddlewheeler for our Family Halloween Cruise! The boat will be decorated and there will be treats for the kids and a face painting station! Costumes are encouraged!

New Westminster | Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Family

Brad Fraser: Kill Me Now

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 | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Trunk or Treat Halloween Event

A Trunk or Treat is a new way to trick or treat! It's safe, well-lit, fun and easy to do!

New Westminster | Royal City Cheer, Tumbling & Parkour | 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Party

Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring

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

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Theatre

So, How Should I Be?

Ddelivers a story for 10-14 year olds, but speaks to anyone who has ever thought..

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Theatre

VanDusen Glow in the Garden

VanDusen Glow in the Garden invites you to join us this Halloween season for an adventure through a whimsical garden with curious twists and magical moments from the classic tale Hänsel and Gretel

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family

MYC 18th Annual Fundraising Dinner

MYC is having its 18th Annual Fundraising Dinner on Saturday, October 27 at the Crystal York Hall. The money raised will go towards youth programs, maintenance of the building and future operational support

Surrey | Crystal Banquet Hall | 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Night for All Souls

The first fires are lit at sundown, and throughout the evening the cemetery comes alive with music, poetry, and flickering candles

Vancouver | Mountain View Cemetery | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Active Life / Health

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

ZambIa's 54th Independence Aniversary

A Fun Filled Evening with African Music and Zambian Cultural Performance

Surrey | Aria Banquet and Convention Centre | 6:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party

Bright Sunset Chinese Dance Group

An evening of Chinese classical, ethnic and folk dance, showcasing the diversity of Chinese dance. "中国民族舞蹈"

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance | Free

All Science and Technology in Vancouver

North Vancouver | Persian Culture and Art Institute Association – PERCAI | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Diwali in BC: Shyama

A Bharatanatyam interpretation of Tagore’s epic Bengali dance drama Shyama with original choreography by Jai Govinda

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Motown Show & the Hitsville USA Band

During the 1960's, Motown Records achieved spectacular success with a sound that transformed America

White Rock | Blue Frog Studios | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Vancouver Halloween Yacht Party 2018

Where Its At Entertainment Party Cruise presents HALLOWEEN BOAT PARTY

Vancouver | 750 Pacific Blvd | Party

Parade of Little Souls

Ho! ho! ho! Merry Halloween! May the little souls in our life light up the night with Magic and Realism! Parade of Little Souls is for the children who want to join in on the colourful and dazzling festivities!

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family

The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable is a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 2007 in Mold, Flintshire and currently based in London, England. The band consists of Rhiannon "Ritzy" Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd and Matthew James Thomas

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

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

Julianne Chapple: Suffix

Julianne Chapple’s strikingly original work interweaves movement, sound, lighting and film, probing the edges of the body’s mobility to the point of abstraction, and creating surreal imagery

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Dance

Fright Night On The Fraser

Join us this Halloween for great music, and prizes & giveaways for best costumes! Fright Night on the Fraser is a famous Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours tradition

New Westminster | Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party

Vancouver Opera: The Merry Widow

Vancouver Opera presents: The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe) in this wonderfully lavish Art Nouveau production directed by Canadian Kelly Robinson (last at Vancouver Opera as director of the hit production of Evita)

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

River District: Frankenweenie (2012)

SOUTH VANCOUVER! Halloween Drive-in movies are BACK at River District Vancouver... so load your BFFs and family into your vehicle and come enjoy a spooky night out with director Tim Burton's 2012 animated hit

Vancouver | Boundary Road and North Fraser Way | 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm | Film | 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

Surrey | Surrey Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

A pack of teenage girls prepares for battle on the soccer field. Who will come out on top?

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

VSO Masterworks Gold: Featuring violinist Scott St. John

The great Canadian violinist Scott St. John makes a welcome return to the VSO to perform the lush and moving Korngold Violin Concerto

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

Cancun Halloween - The Red Room

The Biggest Latin Halloween In Vancouver More Than 700 Hundred People

Vancouver | The Red Room | 8:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre: The Ones We Leave Behind

From the writer of the smash-hit Dirty Old Woman, comes a new play about the redemptive power of human connection

Vancouver | Historic Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Theatre

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

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

International Halloween at Studio

International Halloween '18 will be one Of the busiest night of the year .. Latin Music - Hits Saturday Night... Dj Luis, Dj Rumpus

Vancouver | Studio Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 4:00 am | Party

BusyBody by Metro Theatre

Metro Theatre is excited to bring BUSYBODY written by Jack Popplewell and directed by Rebecca Walters. In this brilliant crime comedy, cleaning lady Lily Piper finds the dead body of Richard Marshall, her own employer

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

The Calendar's Halloween Party 19+

Calling all the party animals who are ready to go full send this spooky season. Something mysterious is coming to our campus pub. Something so eerie and unnerving it will stop you in your tracks

Vancouver | Koerner's Pub on UBC Campus | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party

Garbage Sisters' Magical Neighbourhood: A Sketch Comedy Show

Amazing news!!! Beloved and definitely real public-access children's show "The Garbage Sisters' Magical Neighbourhood" is coming to the prestigious Little Mountain Gallery stage for an exclusive live taping October 27!

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Company Wang Ramirez (France): Borderline

Gravity turns elastic in Wang Ramirez’s sensational new work Borderline that combines b-boy dance battles with the soaring movement of Wuxia martial arts, to trace a line between chaos and control

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Ghostly New Westminster Tour

Join us in BC's original capital for a spine-tingling journey through history and the paranormal

New Westminster | Hyack Square | 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm

The Nightmare Before Christmas Live in Concert at the Rio

The Nightmare Before Christmas Live in Concert features some of Vancouver's finest musical theatre talent in a two night only staged concert with musical direction and arrangements by Matt Grinke, and costume design by Shayan Naziripour

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

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 | 8:00 pm to 10:30 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

Comedy Basement Showcase Saturdays - Stand-up Comedy Pro/Am

The Comedy Basement Saturday Showcase features a new and specially curated lineup of Vancouver's funniest pro & up-and-coming stand-up comedians every Saturday night at Goldies Pizza!

Vancouver | Comedy Basement at Goldies | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Beaumont 2018 Halloween Space Lounge Lizards

Three rooms, three planets. Get ready for a ride!

Vancouver | The Beaumont Studios | 8:30 pm to 3:00 am | Dance

Mangos Halloween '18

Mangos Halloween 2018 will be one Of the busiest night of the year .. Latin Music - Hits Saturday Night... DJ RUMPUS, CACHETE AND GUEST ON ROTATION

Vancouver | Mangos | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party

Alpha Delta Phi Presents: Hall-o-Lean

Your typical frat Halloween party returns! Warm keg beer, washed up Chads, and people that don't have enough friends to make other plans!

Vancouver | Alpha Delta Phi - BC Chapter | 9:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party

12th annual Halloween Costume Ball

Now in its 12th year, the annual Halloween Costume Ball has become one of the most legendary events in Vancouver. It’s the spookiest place to party on Halloween Weekend!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 9:00 pm to 2:00 am | Party

Electric Flower Circus - Halloween LED Madness

Electric Flower Circus is back and it's Halloween LED Madness! Come and get your glow on with your crazy, cool and most creative LED and Blacklight costumes! Make sure to rest up cause the dance floor is going to be hopping non-stop all night!

Vancouver | Commercial Drive Legion | 9:00 pm to 2:30 am | Dance

FUNKOWEEN

Westwood Recording Presents: FUNKOWEEN - A Halloween Costume Party

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:55 pm | Music

Suffix - Julianne Chapple

Julianne Chapple’s strikingly original work interweaves movement, sound, lighting and film, probing the edges of the body’s mobility to the point of abstraction, and creating surreal imagery

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Ezra Kwizera

Ezra Kwizera’s music carries the spark of life of someone who has seen and survived hardship, war, poverty, and growing up as a Rwandan refugee in Uganda

Vancouver | Guilt & Company | 10:00 pm to 1:30 am | Music

The List: Halloween Edition

The List is the show where stand-up and improv collide. Each show stand-up comedians perform never before seen comedic lists, then improvisors take the stage and serve up some hilarious scenes by bringing those lists to life

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Comedy

Dooms night Official After-Party

The Official Dooms Night After-Party with Special Guests will continue after the main event at the Harbour Event Centre

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 4:00 am | Music