Metro Vancouver events on October 17, 2019

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