Metro Vancouver events on March 8, 2019

Buckcherry with Joyous Wolf

American rock band, Buckcherry, is slated to perform on Friday on their “War Paint Tour”. They are joined on stage by California-based rock band, Joyous Wolf

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 0:00 am to 0:00 am | Music

Affinities: Canadian Artists and France

This exhibition of works from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Collection focuses on influences of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Surrealism on Canadian artists during the first half of the twentieth century

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

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

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

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

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

Growing Room 2019: Opening Night Party

Opening Night Party with Virago Nation & DJ Kookum

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

Monster Jam

Monster Jam® brings adrenaline-charged family entertainment to fans across the country

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Reverberations by Presentation House Theatre

Memories contain reverberations. In this site-specific performance piece, actor and sound designer, Brian Linds, explores memories through the sounds of a family’s history

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

The Royal Canadian Theatre Company : A Bedfull of Foreigners

Fawlty Towers meets Benny Hill in this hilarious, face-paced farce with a succession of enough disasters and misunderstandings, twists and turns to create the perfect comedy of chaos… and just the thing for an end-of-winter celebration

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

Made In Cuba: Cuba Vibra!

Cuba sings, dances and lives!

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Shoplifters

Comic mishaps for society’s haves and have-nots

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

Come From Away (Touring)

The true story of the small town that welcomed the world. Broadway’s Come From Away has won Best Musical all across North America!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Musical

Vancouver International Dance Festival: Dairakudakan

Dairakudakan’s butoh is drama set in the near future, daring to dive into that crucible. Enjoy....Laugh....Suffer....Get angry...Or just give up. Is this ruin? Is this rebirth? Well now, let’s see! -Akaji Maro

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

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 | 8:00 pm to 10:50 pm | Musical

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

First Impressions Theatre: Church Basement Ladies

Church Basement Ladies is a musical comedy featuring four distinct characters and their relationships

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jesus Freak by Peter Boychuk

The Campbell family prides themselves on their West Coast open-mindedness — until their daughter puts it to the test

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

The Firehall Arts Centre production of: 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

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Formosa Quartet with Vivian Chen

The Formosa Quartet returns to Vancouver to make their debut at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts with guest harpist Vivian Chen in a special event presented by RBC Wealth Management

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Whisky & Words by Vancouver Writers Fest

Please join us at the 19th annual Whisky & Words in support of the Vancouver Writers Fest’s youth education outreach programs

Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

Arts Club Theatre Company: Redpatch

The story of an Indigenous soldier. Redpatch tells a part of this story through the eyes of a soldier from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation of Vancouver Island

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

Firehall Arts Centre presents: The Good Bride

A one-woman comedy about a Quiverfull Christian girl

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Amit Tandon Live in Vancouver - 2019 Tour

The GrandMaster of Comedy is back with a bang bringing you 90 minutes of unstoppable laughter in his hit new show Honestly Speaking

Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

Mansionair

Grammy nominated group Mansionair returns to Vancouver, playing the Imperial Vancouver for their 2019 North American Tour with guests to be announced

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Side One

Side One puts on a dynamic and energetic performance that has something for everyone

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music | Free