Metro Vancouver events on October 18, 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

Harvest Haus

Get ready for this Oktober as Harvest Haus returns to celebrate it’s fifth year of bavarian-style merrymaking - bigger than ever before

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

Harvestland

Attend Vancouver’s newest and most enchanting harvest festival.

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

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

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

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

Leeroy Stagger

An evening with Leeroy Stagger, as part of the Strange Path Tour, with Ryland Moranz

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Ape Shifter with BORT, CHUNKASAURUS, Muscle and Gall

Heavy progressive stoner rock. Featuring: Stu Hamm on bass (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai), Jeremy Colson on drums (Steve Vai, Billy Idol, Marty Friedman) and Jeff Aug on guitar

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Borscht Workshop with Ukrainian Folk Songs

Join the artists of DakhaBrakha for an evening of Ukrainian folk songs and delicious borscht

Vancouver | Ukrainian Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Workshop

Rich Brian

Indonesian rapper and comedian, born September 21st, 1999 in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, of Indonesian-Chinese descent, performing with lyrics in English

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

Hozier - Wasteland, Baby! Tour

with special guest Freya Ridings

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

BC Lions vs Saskatchewan Roughriders

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

Oktoberfest 2019: A Traditional Bavarian Event

Put on your best lederhosen and join us at The Show Theater on Friday, October 18, for Hard Rock Casino Vancouver’s first-ever Oktoberfest event

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Grave Tales Public by Fort Langley National Historic Site

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 | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | History

UBC Choirs: Reconciliation & Mercy

Presented by the UBC School of Music. A concert full of hope and promise featuring UBC’s University Singers and Choral Union

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Classic Ronstadt - The Legacy of Linda

The Legacy and Music of Linda Ronstadt with special guests The Wildflowers featuring tributes to Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Spooky Action

Inverso Productions’ Lesley Telford creates this interdisciplinary dance project inspired by particle entanglement

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

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

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

Tausk Conducts Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Gorgeous folk songs and music from the New World combine in this cornucopia of well-known melodies. Plus Barber’s Adagio for Strings, a work rendered famous by none other than the VSO in the soundtrack to Oliver Stone’s film Platoon

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

GRiZ - Ride Waves Tour Season Two

Grant Richard Kwiecinski, also known by his stage name GRiZ, is an American DJ and electronic producer from Michigan

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

March Hare

The March Hare Band has done it all from concerts, corporate and casino events, to original music at countless festivals and special events in Western Canada

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 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

Sweet Soul Music

Shimmy and shake to our newest monthly Vintage Soul Party with Djs Young Royal (BOSS Takeover) and Flipout!

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music