Metro Vancouver events on May 4, 2019

BrickCan 2019

BrickCan - Western Canada's largest LEGO Exhibition-returns for year 4 to the River Rock in Richmond, with even more LEGO fun!

Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition

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

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

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

Health, Sports & Lifestyle Expo - BMO Vancouver Marathon

The 2019 BMO Vancouver Marathon Expo will run from Friday, May 3 to Saturday, May 4. It’s the perfect place for visitors to soak up the inspiring atmosphere at Vancouver’s largest premium sports and fitness expo

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

VSO Tiny Tots: Muzical Zoo for Me & You!

Dance with teddy bears, rock with dinosaurs, and boogie with orangutans in this favorite show full of bouncy originals and classic melodies. Accompanied by Clarinet, Trombone, and String Bass

New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 10:00 am to 12:15 am | Kids

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

41st Annual Vancouver Greek Food Festival

The Hellenic Community of Vancouver is thrilled to announce our 41st Annual Vancouver Greek Food Festival, from May 3rd - May 5th, 2019!

Vancouver | Hellenic Community of Vancouver | 12:00 am to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

Music, Ceremony and Protocol: Indigenizing Music Education

Vancouver Opera Festival Professional Development Workshop: Music, Ceremony and Protocol: Indigenizing Music Education

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 12:00 am to 3:30 pm | Workshop

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

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

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

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

First Impressions Theatre: Duets

A gloriously funny examination of the chaotic world of love, relationships and why the grass is never greener. Duets is a hilarious tribute to the strength and madness of the human heart

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre

Curatorial Tour with Nigel Prince

Join CAG Executive Director Nigel Prince for a guided tour of the current exhibitions

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

Global Soundscapes

Global Soundscapes: Mission to Record the Earth is an interactive theatre program blending live presentation with audio and video recordings of biologists, environmental scientists, and indigenous peoples around the world

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Show

KGMS Best of Me Gala by Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School

The Gala is an evening to raise funds exclusively for the KGMS bursary/scholarship fund for children with learning disabilities from across the Vancouver lower mainland

North Vancouver | Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier | 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Rival Sons

Rival Sons is an American rock band from Long Beach, California. Formed in 2009, they have released six albums and one EP

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

ionnalee with Guests Allie X

Jonna Emily Lee is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and visual director. Lee is the creator and artist of audiovisual online project iamamiwhoami who since 2009 have released their audiovisual series online, gathering a huge online following

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party

Telekinesis with guests SONTALK

Telekinesis is Michael Benjamin Lerner, an indie rocker based out of Seattle who is currently signed to Merge Records

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Scarlet Lux presents: Molotov Caravan 8!

On May 4, 2019... join us for the music, magick, and mayhem of the best performance party ever, 8 years running...

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Dance

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 | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Opera

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

Presented by Stage43: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

After scheming his way into a short mental institution stay over a prison sentence, a charming rogue causes mayhem among his fellow patients and enrages the head nurse

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 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

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

Communication Doors by Alan Ayckbourn

In this thrilling time-travel comedy, three women attempt to save themselves and each other at the hands of the same man but in 3 different time periods

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

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

Late Night Party at The Buck & Ear

DJ | dance floor | drink specials

Richmond | Buck & Ear Bar & Grill | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party | Free

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Diamond series: Bramwell Conducts Louis Lortie

Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts the World Première of his own Concerto for Orchestra, a work commissioned by the VSO to commemorate his appointment as Music Director Emeritus

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

Firehall Arts Centre: Gold Mountain - Turtle Island

A musical love story set in the early fifties between a young First Nation’s woman and a Chinese café worker set on the North Coast and in Vancouver’s Chinatown

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

Terry Fator

Terry Fator appears at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver

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

Doc Fingers Band

His name is Doc Fingers, but you can call him Doc. It was in the early seventies, during a stint with the Ronnie Hawkins Band that Bruce Gallagher acquired that handle.

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

Rhythm Method

The Rhythm Method” is an eight piece RnB, Funk, Pop and Rock band that is new to the Vancouver entertainment scene

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

Sol Fiesta México

Latincouver and Carnaval del Sol want to recreate a spectacular Mexican environment for you in Vancouver!

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 9:30 pm to 3:00 am | Dance

Ezra Kwizera

Ezra Kwizera’s music carries the spark of life of someone who has seen and survived hardship, war, poverty, and growing up as a Rwandan refugee in Uganda

Vancouver | Guilt & Company | 10:00 pm to 1:30 am | Music