Metro Vancouver events on April 27, 2019

Sensory Friendly Mornings

Sensory Friendly Mornings are exclusive events for individuals and families living with autism or sensory processing differences

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 8:00 am to 10:00 am | Family

Creative Breakfast by the Creek - Bear Awareness

Join us for a creative breakfast at the Creek at Noons Creek Hatchery in the City of Port Moody

Port Moody | Noons Creek Hatchery | 8:30 am to 11:30 am | Food / Wine

Views of the Collection: The Street

Views of the Collection: The Street is part of a series of presentations on the 4th floor that comprise thematic perspectives on the Gallery’s collection

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Invasives Pull and Plant

Get outside and help remove several invasive plant species in Port Moody

Port Moody | Rocky Point Park | 9:30 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals

Capture Festival

At Science World, the goal is to share these ideas in new and interesting ways and show how art can sometimes be a better way to communicate a science concept than words alone

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

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

Moving Still: Performative Photography in India

Moving Still: Performative Photography from India explores themes of migration, gender, religion and national identity through the lens of performative photography

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

Contemporary Landscapes - KPU Fine Arts Exhibit

We will be hosting a group art show upstairs in the Big House featuring artwork by 3rd year students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, exploring the relationship between landscapes, art and politics

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Sensory Friendlier Screening of Pandas

Science World is proud to present our first-ever sensory friendlier OMNIMAX® film screening. This screening is open to all guests. On Saturday, April 27, we will be showing Pandas at 11am in an adapted OMNIMAX® theatre setting

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

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

Port Moody - Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival

WE'RE BACK in Port Moody for our first event of the season and we've extended the festival an hour (6pm) so come hungry and leave happy!

Port Moody | Inlet Park | 11:00 am to 6:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free

The Franchise Expo

Come to Western Canada's Largest "Own Your Own Business" Event! See the most successful franchises + brand new opportunities from every industry.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Art Vancouver 2019

Art Vancouver presents over 100 galleries and artists from around the world. Exhibitors present some of the most dynamic recent works and continue to bring to light what is happening now in the art scene

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 12:00 am to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

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

Family Day. Tracing Vancouver

Inspired by the work of Deanna Bowen, create a mixed media collage of found images, maps and texts of Vancouver/unceded Coast Salish Territories

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypress Tree

This workshop is a part of Art Vancouver International Fair. Within 2 hours we will be drawing with pastels inspired by van Gogh's Wheat Field with Cypress Tree masterpiece

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 12:30 am to 2:30 pm | Workshop

Jack and the Magic Bean by Presentation House Theatre

Jack and the Magic Bean is coming home!

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Kids

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Philadelphia Union

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia that competes in Major League Soccer

Vancouver | BC Place | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Sports

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

Zee Zee Theatre presents - Dead People's Things

Phyllis, a Millennial, inherits a house and all of its contents after her estranged hoarder aunt commits suicide

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Vancouver Opera: La Cenerentola

Vancouver Opera presents: In Rossini’s masterpiece, La Cenerentola (Cinderella), the evil stepmother trades places with a malevolent stepfather, the fairy godmother is a philosopher, and the legendary glass slipper is replaced with a bracelet

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Opera

The Arts Club Theatre Company: The Great Leap

A jump shot across borders. As the story jumps back and forth in time, tensions rise right up to the final buzzer and history collides at the leap for a 3-point shot

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

Realistic watercolor unleashed: demo and book signing event

Highlights: Book presentation and signing by the author, Demo watercolour lesson from Meeta Dani, a professional watercolorist &...

New Westminster | Rusart Fine Arts | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Workshop

Anjunabeats 2019 Tour

Anjunabeats is a British record label started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki of Above & Beyond in 2000. The label exclusively released trance music until around 2011, when it started releasing primarily trance-edged house

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Hyperspace Metal Festival II - Night 2

Journeyman Productions presents Hyperspace Metal Festival II (Night 2) Crimson Shadows with guests Judicator, Ravenous, Gatekeeper, Greyhawk, Red Cain, Thousand Arrows

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Gospel Music Festival by Jim Thirsk - Singin Gospel Productions

A Gospel Music Festival with a Heart to Worship God and Encourage all those who attend

Surrey | Cloverdale Baptist Church | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Ariana Grande: The Sweetener World Tour

Ariana Grande has emerged as one of the most magnetic and massively successful performers in pop music today

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Strand of Oaks With guests Wild Pink

Strand of Oaks is the rock project by songwriter and producer Timothy Showalter. Originally from Indiana, he currently resides in Philadelphia. His music classifies with the genres rock and folk music, or folk rock

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Motown Meltdown

with guests

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Pre-show Talk with Nina Buddhdev

Nina Buddhdev is known to empower transformative ideation, incubation and strategic planning for professional, emerging and aspiring artists, organizations and communities

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Relive the Music 50’s & 60’s

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

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Richmond Community Orchestra & Chorus Association Concert: Bohemian Rhapsody

The picturesque area of Bohemia comes alive in our spring concert which features music from composers Dvorak and Smetana

Richmond | Fraserview MB Church | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Vancouver Opera: Faust

Vancouver Opera presents: Gounod’s Faust is the pinnacle of 119th-century French opera, it’s full of rich characterization, it’s dramatically exciting, and it’s exuberantly evocative

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

Surrey Little Theatre: Sealed For Freshness - A Comedy by Doug Stone

Hostess Bonnie invites a group of neighbours over for a Tupperware party. The guest list: perky, rich Jean, her very pregnant sister Sinclair, ditzy-blonde Tracy Ann, and new neighbour Diane, who's made quite a career selling Tupperware

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

Mokoomba

Get ready for a full-on dance party with one of the most high-energy and entertaining bands in Africa

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:30 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

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

VSO Pops: Dancing & Romancing

Celebrate Dance and Romance at the beautiful Orpheum theatre, with acclaimed veterans of Broadway, television and movies, singers/dancers Joan Hess and Kirby Ward

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music

Platinum Blonde & Chilliwack

Coming to and sharing the Molson Canadian Theatre stage, Platinum Blonde and Chilliwack will be bringing their biggest hits to Hard Rock Casino Vancouver

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Cannery Row

Cannery Row features the unique and individual talents of Gary Comeau, Tim Hearsey, and Chris Nordquist. These significantly skilled musicians, bring their collective focus together in a humorous and highly entertaining presentation

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Zee Zee Theatre presents: Dead People's Things

Phyllis, a Millennial, inherits a house and all of its contents after her estranged hoarder aunt commits suicide

Vancouver | Studio 16 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Great Leap

A jump shot across borders. As the story jumps back and forth in time, tensions rise right up to the final buzzer and history collides at the leap for a 3-point shot

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

Anoushka Shankar

Divine sitar player, acclaimed composer, and one of contemporary India’s cultural gems, Anoushka Shankar is a star of the international stage

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

Pat Chessell Band

Want to go dancing but don’t like the club vibe? Look no further than the Studio Theatre at Surrey Arts Centre—transformed into the club where you want to be

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance

Pantayo (Toronto)

Pantayo is an all-women lo-fi R&B gong punk collective based in Toronto

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

Western Canada Theatre / Alberta Theatre Projects: Glory

A Hockey Story that Swings!

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

Antonio Larosa

Antonio Larosa is a singer-songwriter and guitar player hailing from Burnaby

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

Toronto

Toronto’s first album, Lookin’ for Trouble, was released in 1980, and lead single “Even The Score” was a minor hit, just missing the Canadian Top 40

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 11:00 pm to 0:30 am | Music