Metro Vancouver events on April 6, 2019

International Cheerleading Championships

The 13th Annual Sea to Sky International Cheerleading & Dance Championship will once again unite thousands of cheerleaders from the USA & Canada

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports

Magnolia Blooms Tour with Douglas Justice

UBC Botanical Garden is a magical place in early spring, in large part because of its extensive conservation collection of flowering Magnolias

Vancouver | UBC Botanical Garden | 9:00 am to 10:00 am | Nature / Animals

Snap 'n' Print Workshop

Inspired by Lynne Cohen's photographs and the Capture Photography Festival, this workshop explores Polaroid photo transfer, printmaking and collage to create a photo-based mixed media artwork

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 9:03 am to 3:30 pm | Workshop

Lynne Cohen: These Walls

Lynne Cohen is best known for her photographs of institutional interior spaces. Generally inaccessible to the public, these spaces include medical laboratories, private offices, factories, shooting ranges and military installations

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

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

Mowry Baden

This exhibition comprises internationally acclaimed Victoria-based artist Mowry Baden’s work from the late 1960s to the present

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

Displacement

This exhibition of contemporary works from the Gallery's collection features art that evokes displacement as a tool to elicit viewer reactions ranging from empathy and understanding, to the unexpected and disruptive

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

Vancouver Career Fair: Animation, Visual Effects, Video Games

Super Charge your Digital Entertainment Career

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Fair | Free

Adad Hannah - The Decameron Retold

HaAdad nnah’s, The Decameron Retold, is a newly commissioned artwork by the Richmond Art Gallery based on the 14th-century literary work, The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

SWART

We are a creative bunch!Come by to enjoy an eclectic collection of photography, paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculptures and more, all created by the staff at Science World!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Kimono Dressing

Let experts dress you in a kimono and enjoy the day at O Hanami! A kimono is a traditional garment of Japan and is extremely elegant. You will wear a kimono chosen and dressed by Satsuki-kai.

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop

Bridal Fashion Week Canada 2019

a diverse and multi-cultural experience that brings, nations best bridal designers, jewellers and wedding vendors together with International leaders under one umbrella

Vancouver | Fairmont Waterfront | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Show

Salmon Girl by Carousel Theatre for Young People

Salmon Girl invites us to tap into the traditional wisdom of the salmon with the innocence and playfulness of a child’s heart and mind

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

Community Science Celebration: Nelson

come enjoy all the science from students and local community scientists all in one place!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Show

Spring Performance: Magnolia Musings with Celeste Snowber

Discover the beauty and inspiration of magnolias through a poetic and performative lens in the Asian Garden with Dr. Celeste Snowber

Vancouver | UBC Botanical Garden | 11:00 am to 12:30 am | Nature / Animals

O Hanami

Come and celebrate spring in style at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre and enjoy what "O Hanami | お花見" has to offer!

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Tea Ceremony at O Hanami

Come and enjoy the art of tea and a special ceremony, ICHI-GO ICHI-E | 一期一会 at the Nikkei Centre during the O Hanami | お花見event and celebrate the beauty of Japanese culture!

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 12:00 am to 3:45 pm

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

Salmon Girl

Salmon Girl invites us to tap into the traditional wisdom of the salmon with the innocence and playfulness of a child’s heart and mind

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Kids

Th Arts Club Theatre Company: The Orchard (After Chekhov)

Timeless family drama set in the Okanagan Valley. Inspired by the playwright’s own childhood, this fresh adaptation confronts life, loss, and the Canadian immigrant experience with humour and beauty

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Theatre

The Arts Club Theatre Company: Bed & Breakfast

A charming comedy about being out and finding home

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Pacific Theatre: Cherry Docs by David Gow

Danny is an ambitious Jewish defense lawyer assigned to defend an unrepentant neo-Nazi accused of murder.

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

Firehall Arts Centre: The Tashme Project: The Living Archives

The Tashme Project: The Living ArchivesA verbatim theatre project created by Julie Tamiko Manning and Matt Miwa

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Theatre

Beer League BASH 2019

BC Craft Brewers Guild is very pleased to present the 5th Annual Beer League BASH!

Vancouver | Britannia Community Ice Rink | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine

Charlene Reaveley Children’s Charity 8th Annual Gala

Enjoy dinner, bid on amazing live and silent auction items, be entertained with cirque entertainment, and spend the rest of the evening dancing all

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

The Rubens with special guests

The Rubens are a five-piece alternative rock band originally from Menangle, New South Wales

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Space Elevator Album Release

with guests Phuture Memories

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Bernstein, Beach and Beyond

Join Place des Arts faculty member Lambroula Pappas (Soprano) and guest Matthew Ma (piano) for their tribute to American Classical music – an evening of delightful pieces from the American Songbook

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Wicca Phase Springs Eternal

MRG Concerts presents Wicca Phase Springs Eternal with guests Horse Head and Mirsy.

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Royal City Musical Theatre presents Singin’ in the Rain

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Royal City Musical Theatre is excited to present the movie classic, Singin’ in the Rain

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

Relive The Music 50'S & 60'S Rock N' Roll

A brand new one of a kind show, that takes the audience through chronological Music History, Trivia & Memories of the 50’s & 60’s

Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Lions Gate Sinfonia - The Emperor: Ian Parker Plays Beethoven

We opened the season with Beethoven’s mighty 5th Symphony, and we will close with the brilliant Ian Parker as soloist in Beethoven’s magnificent Emperor Concerto, his 5th and final concerto for Piano

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

UBC School of Music: UBC Symphony Orchestra: 2019 Concerto Competition Winner

D’Arcy Blunston soprano (Winner of the 2019 UBC Concerto Competition), Jonathan Girard conductor

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Vagabond Players: Detroit

In a first-ring suburb just outside a city that might be Detroit, Ben and Mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house next door and invite their new neighbors Sharon and Kenny over for a barbecue

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

Firehall Arts Centre presents: The Tashme Project: The Living Archives

The Tashme Project: The Living ArchivesA verbatim theatre project created by Julie Tamiko Manning and Matt Miwa

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

North Vancouver Community Players: Almost, Maine By John Cariani

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote mythical town of Almost, Maine

North Vancouver | Theatre at Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jane Austen’s Persuasion Adapted by Tim Luscombe

An adaptation of Jane Austen’s last novel, Persuasion features her most mature heroine, Anne Elliot

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

Global Dance Connections series: The Dance Centre presents Simon Mayer. Sons of Sissy

Sons of Sissy delves into the heart of the Upper Austrian countryside, where traditional folk dances and music reign supreme

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

Cherry Docs by David Gow

Danny is an ambitious Jewish defense lawyer assigned to defend an unrepentant neo-Nazi accused of murder.

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

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Orchard (After Chekhov)

Timeless family drama set in the Okanagan Valley. Inspired by the playwright’s own childhood, this fresh adaptation confronts life, loss, and the Canadian immigrant experience with humour and beauty

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Spring Festival: From Russia with Jazz

George Gershwin, the American son of Jewish-Russian immigrants, was recognized as a musical genius, though he struggled to be taken seriously as an orchestral composer

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

Arts Club Theatre Company: Bed & Breakfast

A charming comedy about being out and finding home

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

New Cackle Sisters: Kitchen Chicken

The creators of L’orchestre d’hommes-orchestres Performs Tom Waits and Cabaret Brise-Jour return with a freshly cooked-up kitchen chronicle

Vancouver | York Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

P!NK: Beautiful Trauma World Tour

Alecia Beth Moore, known professionally as Pink, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She was originally a founder of R&B girl group Choice in 1995

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Jon and Roy

Jon and Roy is a Canadian three-piece folk rock and reggae band from Victoria, British Columbia

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Nevermind & Calm Like A Bomb (Nirvana 25th Anniversary Show)

IMU presents Nirvana 25th Anniversary Show feat. Nevermind Nirvana Tribute & Calm Like A Bomb Rage Against The Machine Tribute

Vancouver | Fairview Vancouver Pub | 9:30 pm to 1:30 am | Music

Dr. Strangelove

BC’s most well-known and loved 6-piece dance band, DR STRANGELOVE has become a Vancouver music and entertainment icon in the past two decades.

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