Metro Vancouver events on October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019
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2019 Textile Sustainability Conference
Textile Exchange’s annual Textile Sustainability Conference brings together a powerful and inspiring global community across the fashion and apparel industry
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 8:00 am to 6:00 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
There is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art at Museum of Vancouver
The Museum of Vancouver is pleased to announce its newest feature exhibition There is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art from Indian Residential and Day Schools
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 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
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
Wild Things: The Power of Nature in our Lives at Museum of Vancouver
The Museum of Vancouver and Nature Vancouver proudly present the illuminating exhibition, Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives
Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 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
Exhibition: Olivia Whetung - Sugarbush Shrapnel
The Contemporary Art Gallery will present the first solo exhibition in a major public institution of Chemong Lake based Anishinaabe artist Olivia Whetung
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Harvestland
Attend Vancouver’s newest and most enchanting harvest festival
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family
VanDusen Glow in the Garden
VanDusen Glow in the Garden returns for another season of festive enchantment with an expanded event area. Join us this Halloween season for a walk through a new light show with unique features and magical moments
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Transforming the Community to Inspire Action
Join us for the 12th Annual New Westminster Homelessness Coalition Society Fundraising Dinner to support efforts to address homelessness issues in the City
New Westminster | The Columbia | 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising
Harvest Lantern Festival
Fun for the whole family! Come rain or shine and enjoy activities such as lantern making, mini games, balloon twisting, face painting, bubbles, a drumming circle, and a photo booth!
Richmond | West Richmond Community Centre | 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Family
Grave Tales
Join our expert storytellers for a two- or three-hour program of spine-chilling stories, as you walk through the Fort Langley village at night
Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Family
Karwachauth Dinner
Come Celebrate with us for Dinner and Entertainment
Vancouver | Fraserview Banquet Hall | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Food / Wine
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tour
On the dark and dreary nights of autumn, the Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tour travel Vancouver’s streets exposing the mysteries and forgotten lore that haunt our alleyways, homes, parks and hotels
Vancouver | Canada Place | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Show
Strike a Chord - Benefit for Music Heals Charitable Foundation
Get your dancing shoes on for our sixth annual Strike a Chord, Vancouver’s best Rock ‘n Roll Gala, at The Commodore Ballroom on October 17
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party
Andrew Bird - “MY FINEST WORK YET” With: Meshell Ndegeocello
Andrew Bird is an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, whistler, and songwriter. Bird has recorded and toured extensively worldwide
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver’s PNE Fright Nights at Halloween
Taking place at Playland in October, Fright Nights at the PNE is a Vancouver Halloween tradition featuring multiple haunted houses and 20 amusement rides
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 7:00 pm to 11:55 pm | Party
NBA Canada Series Presented by Bell: LA Clippers vs. Dallas Mavericks
NBA Canada Series presented by Bell will feature fan events, NBA legend appearances and an NBA Cares program in Vancouver. In addition to presenting partner Bell, supporting partners include Miller Genuine Draft, Nike and Tangerine
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Film Screening: Paco de Lucía - A Journey
Cinematheque Film Screenings: This film is part of Chan Centre Connects, and is one of five music-inspired films that have been curated to accompany Chan Centre Presents performances
Vancouver | The Cinematheque | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Film
Spooky Action
Inverso Productions’ Lesley Telford creates this interdisciplinary dance project inspired by particle entanglement
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts
Vancouver Opera: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata, a glorious work that deserves to be revisited time and again, was last performed eight years ago at Vancouver Opera
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Opera
The Legendary Downchild Blues Band with Jim Byrnes
The Legendary Downchild Blues Band are celebrating 50 years of playing the blues – and bringing the party to Richmond, for a NOT TO BE MISSED performance the River Rock Show Theatre
Richmond | The River Rock Theatre | 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
Margie Gillis - Legacy Project: Evolutions
A modern dance artist and choreographer, a must see
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
The Dance Centre presents Lucy Guerin Inc: Split
Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin’s sharp, elegant Split reflects the dilemmas of negotiating with oneself and others in a world of increased pressure and reduced resources
Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance
China Doll by Marjorie Chan
Historical Drama. The daintier the foot, the more marriageable the girl...
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Cory Wong
Timbre Concerts presents guitarist, composer, and producer from Minneapolis Cory Wong, on tour to support his latest release "Motivational Music For The Syncopated Soul", with special guest Phoebe Katis
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music
Jade Bird with Flyte
Jade Elizabeth Bird is an English singer, songwriter and musician
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Dandelion Records Presents
Every Thursday, our friends at Dandelion Records throw together some of the city's TOP selectors to spin afrobeat, synth, funk, jazz funk, disco, post-punk, minimal, dream pop, and more!
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 11:55 pm | Music