Metro Vancouver events on October 8, 2019

2019 World Indigenous Business Forum

Every year since 2009, the Indigenous Leadership Development Initiative (ILDI) has created and organized the World Indigenous Business Forum.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Business / Finance

Ecocity World Summit 2019

In 2019, Vancouver will proudly host an international audience of urban stakeholders who are eagerly looking to develop cities in balance with the natural world

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture

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

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

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

Knocked Loose with guests Candy, SeeYouSpaceCowboy

Hardcore heavyweights Knocked Loose are coming to The Rickshaw in support of their upcoming album “A Different Shade of Blue” out August 23! Don’t miss the stalwarts of modern metalcore, with guests Candy and SeeYouSpaceCowboy

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

National Geographic: Standing at the Waters Edge

With Cristina Mittermeier

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes are an English punk rock band formed in 2015 by former Gallows and Pure Love frontman Frank Carter

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Tinariwen

a Grammy Award-winning group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali

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

Bastille - Doom Days Tour Part 1

Bastille is a British band formed in 2010. The group began as a solo project by lead vocalist Dan Smith, but later expanded to include keyboardist Kyle Simmons, bassist and guitarist Will Farquarson and drummer Chris "Woody" Wood

Vancouver | Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Cosmo Sheldrake

Timbre Concerts presents singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist from London Cosmo Sheldrake, on tour to support his debut release "The Much Much How How and I", with guests Altopalo

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Turn Tuesday

Every week, Bryan Sea + Adam Fink hosts a weekly BRING YOUR OWN VINYL night in the Projection Room

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party