Metro Vancouver events on August 30, 2019

All the Trees

ll the Trees encouraged visitors to take a closer look at the trees around the West Point Grey Community Centre and Jericho Park and to communicate with those trees

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

ZimCarvings Exhibition

The VanDusen Botanical Garden 2019 exhibition – July 19 to Sept 15 – will be showcasing over 100 hand-carved, original works from 50+ Zimbabwean stone sculptors

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Exhibition

Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty

Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty is the first retrospective of this notable Canadian artist whose work interrogates the mechanisms of display that shape meaning, beauty and desire in our culture

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

My River, My Home

As a part of the Global Rivers Observatory, researcher Sarah Rosengard travelled to the Brazilian state of Pará to work with the youth living in Arapixuna near the Amazon river

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time

This unique exhibition is focused on the art of Alberto Giacometti, renowned in the twentieth century for his sculpture, painting, drawing and design

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

ZimCarvings Exhibition in VanDusen Botanical Garden

Over 100 original hand-carved stone sculpture, from over 50 Zimbabwean stone sculptors will be showcased at this exhibit. Also featured will be select smaller sculptures, hand-woven baskets and jewelry. All of these pieces will be available for purchase

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 8:00 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 | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Maryam Jafri - Automatic Negative Thought

The Contemporary Art Gallery is excited to present Automatic Negative Thought, a major solo exhibition of the work of Copenhagen and New York based artist Maryam Jafri

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Exhibition: Maryam Jafri - Automatic Negative Thought

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first major solo exhibition in Canada of work by Copenhagen and New York based artist Maryam Jafri

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Sculpture Exhibits - The Pitt Meadows Art Gallery

Over 100 original hand-carved stone sculpture, from over 50 Zimbabwean stone sculptors will be showcased at this exhibit. Also featured will be select smaller sculptures, hand-woven baskets and jewelry

Pitt Meadows | The Pitt Meadows Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Summer Sounds on Jack Poole Plaza

Beginning on Friday, August 2nd the Convention Centre invites you to experience Summer Sounds on Jack Poole Plaza, a free-to-attend community concert series taking place across four weeks in August

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music | Free

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

Quantic Solo Live Date

British born musician, producer and DJ, on tour to support his latest release Atlantic Oscillations

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Milk & Bone

Milk & Bone are a Canadian electropop duo based in Montreal, Quebec, consisting of Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Camille Poliquin

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Maya Rae

Maya Rae is one of Canada’s Top 35 Jazz Artists Under 35 (CBC)…. “A supremely gifted artist who is able to phrase like Sarah Vaughan but write a lyric like Joni Mitchell.”

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

The Midnight

The Midnight is a synthwave band composed of Atlanta based singer-songwriter Jamison Tyler Lyle and LA based Danish-born producer, songwriter and singer Tim McEwan

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Summer Night Concerts at the PNE Fair: Hammer’s House Party MC Hammer

Hammer’s House Party invites fans to reminisce with some of the most iconic names in pop, hip-hop and R&B performing some of the biggest hits of a generation

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Vancouver Student Events presents: Mr & Mrs Global Fridays

Every Friday join us with some of Vancouver’s top international DJ’s spinning the best in Brazilian, Latin, Hip-Hop, EDM, Pop, Reggaeton, Dance Hall, Pop, K-Pop, Top 40 and more!

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party

Absolute 80s Night

Lycra, leopard print, intense perms, and more. Whether you lived through it, were born during, or are just nostalgic for a time you never knew, join us for a night of 80’s celebration. Just playin’ hits!

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