Metro Vancouver events on December 6, 2018

Veronica Roth: Lost Stories Found

Veronica Roth is best known for her watercolour, ink, and chalk mixed media paintings on vintage and antique paper

North Vancouver | North Vancouver District Hall | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition: Debbie Tuepah - Salish Sea, J35 Less 1

Debbie Westergaard Tuepah is a Surrey-based visual artist who uses primarily yarn, paint, found, and readymade objects to consider the conceptual and embodied experience of information in relation to contemporary issues and events

North Vancouver | City of North Vancouver Municipal Hall | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Coffee Concert: Concerto Invierno

Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann - the Bergmann Piano Duo-are famous for their razzle-dazzle playing and wide-ranging music choices. When the Bergmanns are joined by guitarist, Daniel Bolsoy the result is a hot and fiery mix of music to keep away winter’s ch

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

Winter Gift Gallery

Meet the artists and enjoy homemade holiday baking We have assembled a wonderful group of artists to help inspire your holiday shopping.

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

Holiday Pizza Making Parties

Tis the season to celebrate with friends, family & coworkers. We have two great holiday menu options

Vancouver | Rocky Mountain Flatbread | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

Christmas Dinner Fraser River Cruises

Christmas Dinner Cruise on the Fraser! Enjoy a fantastic seasonal meal featuring a main course of roast carved turkey freshly prepared on board by our chef

New Westminster | Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours | 11:30 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

Vancouver Christmas Market

A beloved holiday tradition for locals and visitors alike, the Vancouver Christmas Market returns to its expansive seaside home at Jack Poole Plaza (home of the Olympic Cauldron)

Vancouver | Vancouver Christmas Market | 11:30 am to 9:30 pm | Family

Syrus Marcus Ware's 2068: Touch Change Exhibition

Beginning 50 years in the future, this new exhibition by Toronto-based artist Syrus Marcus Ware proposes an archive whose ‘holdings’ act as a meeting ground for artists and activists across time and space

Vancouver | grunt gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

CAG Thursday Lunch Time Tours

Join CAG Assistant Curator Julia Lamare for a lunch time tour of the current exhibitions: Kameelah Janan Rasheed 'An Alphabetical Accumulation of Approximate Observations'

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:30 am to 1:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

2018 Heritage Christmas

Join us for some old-fashioned fun and spectacular light displays!

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Family

Lights at Lafarge 2018

It's back! Metro Vancouver’s largest, free outdoor lights display at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park kicks off

Coquitlam | Lafarge Lake | 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family | Free

VanDusen Festival of Lights

Experience a magical winter wonderland with over one million lights decorating 15 acres of VanDusen Botanical Garden

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

2018 Light Display

Make sure to come out December 1st for the first night of lights and bring your family and friends

Surrey | 15499 22ave | 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

Krampusmarkt

Krampus is coming..... to Strange Fellows Brewing! To light up the dark season, we have 3 days of old world-inspired festivities planned in celebration of our favourite baddie.

Vancouver | Strange Fellows Brewing | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party

Ari Hoenig Master Class

Ari Hoenig is an internationally acclaimed Jazz drummer/composer/educator based in New York City, New York

Vancouver | Oakridge Music Studios | 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | Workshop

Charity Christmas Lights 2018

The Christmas Lights for Charity will be illuminated and 100% of both the cash and food donations go in support of the Harvest Project, Shriners Care for Kids and BC Epilepsy Society

North Vancouver | Skyline Drive | 5:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Steveston's Winter Hayrides

Hop on board for this old-time favourite experience around Steveston Village that includes a sing-a-long and viewing of local, holiday displays

Richmond | Steveston Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Family

Holiday Baking Time by Presentation House Theatre

Follow our favourite doughy characters through holiday baking mischief. Bun and Bap invite young audience members to become bakers and join in the sugary joy

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 6:00 pm to 7:20 pm | Theatre

East Van Panto: Wizard of Oz

Poor Dorothy! When a pipeline bursts, Dorothy and Toto are flung to the magical Land of Oz, aka Nanaimo and Hastings

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

North Vancouver Community Players: Treasure Island By Peter Zednik

Festive Family Fun written and directed by Peter Zednik, High jinks on the high seas! Help our hero Jim Hawkins race Long John Silver to the secret treasure

North Vancouver | Theatre at Hendry Hall | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Theatre

Thursday Art Talk: Jordan Strom, "Collecting Art South of the Fraser"

Surrey Art Gallery curator Jordan Strom discusses the why and how of collecting art from our region

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free

O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy

Following the smashing success of their 2017 Canadian comedy tour, London’s 3-time Impresario award-winning comedians James & Jamesy return with their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy O Christmas Tea

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

The festive Pride and Prejudice follow-up

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

Arts Club Theatre Company: Blind Date

Starring Tess Degenstein. One actor. One audience member. One blind date.

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

The beloved fairy-tale musical. Discover the magic behind the castle walls in this brilliant adaptation of the Academy Award–winning animated film

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

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Ron Reed

A magical re-imagining of C.S. Lewis’s classic tale of hope, change, and sacrifice in a world where it is always winter and never Christmas

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

Pi Theatre presents: Hir by Taylor Mac

Audiences around the world are celebrating Taylor Mac’s timely and darkly comedic interpretation of the classic dysfunctional family—one that’s both conventional in its domestic setting and incendiary in its vibrant theatricality

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Theatre

Hir at the Annex

Pi Theatre will be producing the Canadian premiere of Taylor Mac's Hir at The Annex

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

God is a Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special

God, dressed in a floral power suit, comes down to skewer everything from fruit cake to Boxing Day in an all new and special holiday addition!

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

Fused: The Epic Improv Team-up

Join us live at The Heritage Grill's Back Room Theatre (right outside of Columbia Skytrain Station) for New Westminster's premier improv show, where two exciting comedy troupes join up for a massive night of entertainment!

New Westminster | The Heritage Grill | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Diwali in BC - Bombay Black By Anosh Irani

The lives of an Indian exotic dancer and her embittered mother are altered when a blind stranger visits them. Poetic, mythic, and brave, Anosh Irani’s 2006 multiple Dora Award-winning Bombay Black is a searing play set in the bitter reality of India

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

From New York: Ari Hoenig Trio

Possessed of an innate enquiring mind, Philadelphia-born drummer Ari Hoenig relentlessly explores the melodic possibilities of the drums.

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

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

Jokes Please!

Jokes Please! is an award-winning stand-up comedy show hosted by Ross Dauk that happens every Thursday at Little Mountain Gallery

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy