Metro Vancouver events on October 5, 2019
October 5, 2019
Sat
SHUX 2019
Board games, board games, board games! SHUX returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre for 2019!
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Exhibition
Zili Conference 2019
The 3rd annual Zili conference will bring together a community of over 350 women, patients, physicians, and allied healthcare professionals for a full day women’s preventative healthcare conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:30 am to 3:00 pm | Lecture
Knit City
Our world-class Marketplace will feature indie yarn dyers, local yarn stores, fibre farmers, knitwear designers, notions makers and more
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition
Kerrisdale Pumpkin Patch - Southlands
Explore a magical farming oasis in the city. Relax, hang out. Grab a book in the Potting Shed Lounge Library, or play in the Straw Pile; Meet the goats, sheep, chickens, chicks, and horses
Vancouver | Southlands Heritage Farm | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family
The Pumpkin Patch 2019 by Richmond Country Farms
Richmond | Richmond Country Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
Pumpkin Carving Festival!
On Oct 5th we are hosting our 5th annual pumpkin carving Festival
Surrey | Hazelmere Pumpkin Patch | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
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
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
3rd Annual Nightmare Before Christmas Market
Come celebrate the most wonderful time of the year...Hallowe'en!
New Westminster | Marie West | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family
Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off
Giant Pumpkin Growers from British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest will converge on Saturday, October 5, 2019, to enter BC’s Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Event!
Langley | Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery | 10:30 am to 2:30 pm | Family
Exhibition: Sreshta Rit Premnath
For his first solo exhibition in Canada, Sreshta Rit Premnath will develop new work
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Diwali Downtown Surrey
Diwali Downtown is the festival’s main event and a key attraction for our festival sponsors, drawing thousands of attendees from all demographics for a South Asian cultural extravaganza
Surrey | Surrey City Hall | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Festival
Harvest Party
We are heading back to the pumpkin patch for a night of fun! Ticket price includes Admission, Bonfire, Hot dogs, S’mores, Petting Zoo, Mini Corn Maze and Hayride. Pumpkins are optional and an additional charge (cash only), priced based on size
Surrey | Hazelmere Pumpkin Patch | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Party
Delain
Dutch melodic / symphonic metal greats Delain, Finnish heavy rockers Amorphis and Dutch singer / songwriter Anneke Van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) will be joining forces for a North American tour
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party
BC Lions vs Toronto Argonauts
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League
Vancouver | BC Place | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Chan Centre Connects: Pre-show Talk with Sheryl Lightfoot
In advance of Mari Boine’s Chan Centre performance, UBC’s Sheryl Lightfoot talks about the connections between Sámi communities and local Indigenous communities in respect to language revival and political resilience.
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture | Free
Skerryvore - Direct from Scotland 360 Tour
Two time Scots Trad Music Awards LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Winners Skerryvore are making their first appearance in Vancouver this fall!
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Logic - The Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Tour
With guests J.I.D. and YBN Cordae
Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Mngwa -'The Strange One' Album Release Show with Sambacouver
Join us October 5 at the Rickshaw for a wild and wonderful jamboree, as we celebrate a Mngwa milestone—the release of their first record!
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Kishi Bashi
Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi. Born in Seattle, Washington, Ishibashi grew up in Norfolk, Virginia where both of his parents were professors at Old Dominion University
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
Naked Goddess Productions presents: Dancing Lessons
Heartwarming and humorous, Dancing Lessons centers on a geophysics professor with Asperger’s syndrome who approaches a Broadway dancer to teach him how to dance for an awards dinner.
Vancouver | Jericho Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
VSO Pops: Jorge Calandrelli
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops presents Jorge Calandrelli - I Belong to the Stars
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Music
The Shipment by Young Jean Lee
SpeakEasy Theatre’s critically acclaimed production is back! Billed as “A provocative comedy to shake the woke”, The Shipment is a subversive modern minstrel show about Black identity meant to wake the world to the ridiculous narratives in dominant media
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Mari Boine
With a voice like no other and an omnivorous taste for jazz, folk, rock, electronica, and world music, Mari Boine’s trailblazing sound swells with shamanic beats, bold expressionism, and an earthy mysticism
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Secrets from the Shadows
Strange Seduction Productions presents: A Night of Chthonic Burlesque, Dance and Live Original Music
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show
World of Dance Live Tour
The World of Dance Live Tour is a live interpretation of the TV show “World of Dance”, NBC's hit dance competition series
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Dance
Charli XCX With guest: Brooke Candy
Charlotte Emma Aitchison, known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer, songwriter, music video director, and record executive
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm | 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 11:30 pm | Music
Guilty Pleasures: 80s/90s/00s Dance Party
Voulez Vous Couchez Avec…Guilty Pleasures? Summer has arrived so get some sun and then come out to the city's FUNNEST monthly dance party, Guilty Pleasures
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 10:00 pm to 2:00 am | Dance
Better Days by The Projection Room and Fox Cabaret
The return of "Better Days" in its new home: The Projection Room at the Fox Cabaret!
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 2:00 am | Dance