Metro Vancouver events on February 24, 2019

Issamba - African Rhythms Collective Workshop Series

Jump up your skills on Djembé, Balafon, Dun-dun (bass drum) playing as well as African style dancing

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm | Dance

Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market

Located on the PNE Fairgrounds between the Forum & the Agrodome, the Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market brings fresh local goods every Sunday from November-April

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

Panther Cheer – Mardi Parti

7th Annual ‘Mardi Parti’ Cheer Extravaganza

Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Sports

The BC Home and Garden Show

The BC Home and Garden Show returns to BC Place! Celebrating its 48th anniversary, the show offers real advice, real inspiration and real experts to British Columbians

Vancouver | BC Place | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Comic & Toy Show

The Vancouver Comic & Toy Show is coming to the PNE Forum!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:30 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

The Rogue Folk Club presents The Rogue Folkies Jam - Acoustic Old Time, Folk and Bluegrass

Do you play a musical instrument? Are you interested in playing/singing with other musicians in a jam session setting? Come to Aberthau Mansion at the West Point Grey Community Centre on a Sunday morning

Vancouver | West Point Grey Community Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Music | Free

Community Skate

Join us for our Community Skate!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's magical black light puppetry returns

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 12:00 am | Kids

Contemporary Art Gallery presents Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Kameelah Janan Rasheed: An Alphabetical Accumulation of Approximate Observations. Window spaces

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

B.C. Binning Gallery: Anne Low - Chair for a woman

The Contemporary Art Gallery announces Chair for a woman is Anne Low’s first solo exhibition in a Canadian public gallery

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

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

Alvin Balkind Gallery: Aslan Gaisumov - If No One Asks

The Contemporary Art Gallery announces the first solo presentation of Aslan Gaisumov’s work in North America

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

Urban Ink: Children of God

In this powerful musical, the children of an Oji-Cree family are sent to a residential school in Northern Ontario. This is a story of redemption: for a mother who was never let past the school’s gate, and her kids, who never knew she came

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:50 pm | Musical

The Matchmaker

Mix-ups and matchups in a classic farce. Experience the pandemonium of this classic—and the inspiration for Hello, Dolly!—that embraces the unexpected in a truly modern way

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

The Arts Club Theatre Company: True Crime

Created by Torquil Campbell and Chris Abraham, in collaboration with Julian Brown

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

Vagabond Players: Rabbit Hole By David Lindsay-Abaire

Becca and Howie Corbett have a picture perfect family life in the suburbs of New York until a random, tragic accident takes the life of their four-year old son

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Opera: La Bohème

Vancouver Opera presents: This new production of La Bohème is – literally – an enormous vintage picture postcard of Paris

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Opera

Up and Coming

In this zany farce, potential Prime Ministerial candidate, Philip Conway is not having a good night. While at a political conference at a Brighton hotel, he is on the verge of a full-blown sex scandal!

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

The Vancouver Recital Society: Danish String Quartet

The Danish String Quartet has established a reputation for their integrated sound, impeccable intonation, and judicious balance

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Studio 58: Cabaret

Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to tantalize the crowd – and to leave their troubles outside

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre

February Student Concert

Place des Arts’ music students are provided performance opportunities through our student concerts, held throughout the season

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Kits Classics + Worlds Beyond

Vancouver’s great professional musicians present their favourite chamber music in a fun and friendly atmosphere at the Kits Classics+Worlds Beyond concerts

Vancouver | St. James Hall | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music

Circle Game

Circle Game reinterprets Mitchell’s iconic songs such as “Big Yellow Taxi,” “River,” “California,” and “A Case of You” through the ears and eyes of a new generation, connecting to the politics and world we know today

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Theatre

Pre-show Talk with Jillian Christmas

Presented by the Chan Centre Navigating poetry and prose, Vancouver-based poet, organizer, and activist Jillian Christmas takes us on an exploration of Black experience

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm | Show | Free

No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Poet Gwendolyn Brooks was an icon of American literature

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show | Free

VIMFF: Trail Running Night

Want to know how to run 100 miles? Brendan Leonard has the answer

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Film

Coin

with guests

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music