Metro Vancouver events on May 24, 2019

Surrey International Children's Festival

Surrey's Arts Festival for Kids! Join us in May 2019 and experience live music, dance, circus and theatre!

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 9:00 am to 2:30 pm | Kids

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

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

Tides by Jan de Beer

Tides is a body of work created entirely from paint sourced through Product Care Recycling's PaintShare program

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 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

Jurassic Quest

Jurassic Quest is the largest exhibition of lifesize, moving, museum-Quality Dinosaurs in North America and is now coming to Canada for the FIRST time ever!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition

Shipyards Friday Night Market

The best Friday Night Market in the Lower Mainland located in the historic Shipyards District of lower Lonsdale in Beautiful North Vancouver, B.C.

North Vancouver | Shipyards Night Market | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Market

Modified Ghost Festival IV Converge Xibalba, KEN mode, Cult Leader, The Atlas Moth and more

Converge Xibalba, KEN mode, Cult Leader, The Atlas Moth, Neck of the Woods, Numenorean

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

Exhibition: Processus

This spring, CAG and artist Diyan Achjadi have partnered with Point Grey Secondary School Senior Art Students and teachers on a collaborative project exploring contemporary art and curatorial practices

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Rodgers & Hammerstein's G2K Cinderella

Join Cinderella on her journey as she discovers that impossible dreams really can come true

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Shane Koyczan

Shane L. Koyczan is a Canadian spoken word poet, writer, and member of the group Tons of Fun University

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

Arts Umbrella Dance Season Finale: Be Moved

Arts Umbrella Dance Company’s Season Finale is the culmination of months of exploration and rehearsal of bold and innovative works created for AUDC dancers by leading International and Canadian choreographers

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Graham Clark's Quiz Show

Graham Clark's Quiz Show at the Fox Cabaret! A comedy show that cherry picks the best segments of game shows, plus a few new favourites, and presents them all in one bizarre event!

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

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

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

Hako by Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

The show aims to engage the public and to break down the separation between performers and audience by creating an interactive and playful environment

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

Pacific Theatre: The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter

Della is left working without a recipe as her previously-unquestioned beliefs and emotions come into sharp conflict

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

Arts Club Theatre Company: Matilda the Musical

The imaginative hit for all generations. From the wonderfully subversive imagination of Roald Dahl, this fun family musical will bring out the child in everyone

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

North Vancouver Community Players: The Dixie Swim Club

Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships

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

Hello

Adapted from a true story: a secret historical exclusion!

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

Global Dance Connections series: The Dance Centre presents Davida Monk. Ashes for Beauty

Calgary-based Davida Monk has been an influential figure on the Canadian dance scene for over three decades

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Dance

rice & beans theatre presents: Chicken Girl

Chicken Girl follows the surreal adventures of a 24-hour Chinese fried chicken restaurant worker investigating the mysterious disappearance of her boss, Uncle Chan..

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops presents Women Rock

Longtime VSO collaborator Jeff Tyzik conducts a program that honours those powerful women who changed rock and popular music forever

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

The Ultimate Queen Celebration

Hand-picked by original Queen band members for the Queen Extravaganza tribute tour, Marc Martel is known for his uncanny resemblance to Freddie Mercury

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

Texas Connection: The Davis-Danderfer Quintet

Professor of jazz drums at the world-renowned University of North Texas, Quincy Davis returns to Frankie’s with his long-time collaborator, Vancouver’s own James Danderfer on clarinet/saxophone

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

Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello is an American punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Antonio Larosa

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

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Jonny Tobin

Jonny Tobin is a Vancouver-based keys player. Known for a huge, soulful sound and a playful energy on the keys, his music has caught the attention of listeners and fellow artists alike across North America and Europe

Vancouver | Guilt & Co. | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

BOSSY: Femme-Powered Hip Hop and R&B

Come get sweaty on the dance floor at BOSSY, our FEMME POWERED Hip Hop and R&B dance party

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 2:00 am | Party