Metro Vancouver events on October 19, 2019
October 19, 2019
Sat
Jikiden Reiki North American Congress in Vancouver
This Congress is for people anywhere in the world who have learned Jikiden Reiki
Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 9:00 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture
2019 NPAA BC Championships
Will showcase Canada’s Top Natural bodybuilding, figure, physique, fitness model and bikini model athletes
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Active Life / Health
Ski and Board Swap
Vancouver Winter Extreme Ski & Board Swap 2019 at the PNE Rollerland Building
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 9:00 am to 7:00 pm | Exhibition
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
Fun with Lego!
Hey kids—do you love Lego toys? We do too! Swing by the Library for an open Lego session. It’s FUN and FREE. We’ll provide the Lego and your task will be to let your imagination run wild
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Kids | Free
Senior's Festival 2019: Creative Side of Aging
Everyone is welcome to this free event featuring an Information Fair with over 32 Community Groups and Businesses providing services, benefits, and much more to older adults
New Westminster | Century House-Moody Park Rec | 10:30 am to 11:05 am | Fair | Free
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 at Museum of Anthropology
Come and celebrate Diwali—the festival of lights at MOA this fall
Vancouver | Museum of Anthropology at UBC | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival
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
6th Annual Great Burke Mountain Pumpkin Giveaway
Howl your way to Galloway Park on Saturday, October 19th from 1-4pm where we’ll be giving away pumpkins to kick off your spooky Halloween season!
Coquitlam | Galloway Park | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free
Cantonese Opera Behind the Scenes
Your backstage pass to Chinese opera! The costumes, the make-up, the hair... the preparation for a Chinese opera is intense. This is a unique chance to see them firsthand. Afterward, catch a short performance
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Opera | Free
Fall Family Fun by Cambie Community Centre
Celebrate with seasonal games, activities and entertainment
Richmond | East Richmond Community Hall | Family | 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
Kids Up Front Vancouver's "More Than A Movie" Night
“More Than a Movie” is a community based event where families and individuals can purchase tickets to see Toy Story 4 on the jumbotron at BC Place, and for every ticket purchased, a ticket will be donated to the communities of Kids Up Front!
Vancouver | BC Place | 5:00 pm to 0:00 am | Film
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
ChameleonsVox with guests Theatre of Hate, Jay Aston, The Gathering
ChameleonsVox is the continuation of legendary Chameleons UK, arguably the most influential band ever to come out of Manchester. ChameleonsVox features vocalist, bassist and principle composer Mark Burgess
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Luke Combs: Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour
With Morgan Wallen, Jameson Rodgers, Dee Jay Silver
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
On The Bench
Join Canada’s most misleading unreliable hockey hosts as they break down the fundamentals of hockey and life. Olly Postanin former Bangladesh Pro alongside former Virgin Island Elite League star Jacob Ardown.
Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
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
Jakob Ogawa
Norwegian singer-songwriter Jakob Ogawa brings his soft, smooth vocals topped with chilled out indie pop
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Felabration 2019
Bringing the Afrika Shrine to Vancouver, Canada. Join us for the third year to celebrate the life and music of Fela Kuti. An evening of live music, traditional Nigerian dance, Eyo Masquerades direct from Lagos, Nigeria, and Nigerian food
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show
Pre-show Talk with Aliya Griffin
Aliya Griffin is a Ukrainian-Canadian director, creator, performer, and facilitator with a keen interest in political and socially engaged theatre
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:15 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture | Free
NXT LIVE!
WWE Presents NXT Live! Live at the PNE Agrodome. See one of the hottest brands in sports entertainment as NXT returns to Vancouver for the first time since 2017 on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 7:30pm
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports
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
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
Paperboys at The Fox
The Paperboys plays a rare hometown show at The Fox Cabaret
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music
The Dead South
The Dead South is a Canadian folk-bluegrass musical ensemble based in Regina, Saskatchewan
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
DakhaBrakha
It’s impossible to not get swept up in the “ethno chaos” of DakhaBrakha’s giddy creativity and mesmerizing performances
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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
Side One
Side One puts on a dynamic and energetic performance that has something for everyone
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music
Borgeous
BORGEOUS (American DJ and music producer) returns at the newly renovated Harbour Event Centre Saturday October 19th
Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
90s vs 00s Night
The Fox Cabaret is excited to present our newest throwback battle of the decades!
Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 10:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Dance