Metro Vancouver events on October 19, 2019

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