Metro Vancouver events on November 2, 2019

Family Medicine Forum 2019

Family Medicine Forum (FMF) is Canada’s largest and most comprehensive annual conference for family physicians, and is hosted by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Lecture

Girls and STEAM

Back by popular demand, the 2019 Girls and STEAM Symposium! Join us, for a day of unique workshops, amazing keynote speakers and opportunities to connect with inspiring mentors from the STEAM community.

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 8:00 am to 4:00 pm | Kids

FlyOver Canada at Halloween in 2019

Halloween at FlyOver Canada is a multi-dimensional theatre attraction with witches and a Halloween theme at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver in October

Vancouver | FlyOver | 8:00 am to 11:00 pm | Family

Technologies in Emergency Care - TEC Vancouver Conference 2019

The TEC Vancouver conference will bring together clinicians, health professionals and health leaders to explore clinical gaps and how technologies can be used to solve real life challenges in primary and emergency health services in BC and beyond

Vancouver | Vancouver General Hospital - Paetzold Auditorium | 8:30 am to 4:00 pm | Lecture

Art After: Reconciling Art And Motherhood

This series acknowledges the tension that exists between the roles of artist and mother. Bridging the gap between creative aspirations and physical reality, artist Denise Gasser embraces the interruptions that typically hinder the creative process

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

George Rahi: FREQUENCIES

Artist in Residence George Rahi. This residency begins from an interest in Vancouver’s soundscape and the everyday repetition of certain acoustic events.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Addo Platform - Gaga/people

Gaga/people classes are open to people ages 16+, regardless of their background in dance or movement. No previous dance experience is needed

Vancouver | Simon Fraser University Woodwards | 9:00 am to 10:00 am | Dance

Pet Pop in the Science World

Pet Pop is a series of pop art portraits of old dogs and fat cats by Pete Thorne, Toronto's premiere pet photographer

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 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

88 Dogs and 1 Cat in the Science World

Do people look like their pets? Or... do pets look like their owners?

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Take flight with Birdly®! at the Science World

Have you ever dreamed of flying? Soar to new heights with Birdly®, an immersive virtual reality experience at Science World

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Show

There is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art at Museum of Vancouver

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Vintage Barn Market

Come stop by The Heritage Park in beautiful Chilliwack, BC and check out over 140+ amazing vendors + their wares!

Chilliwack | Chilliwack Heritage Park | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market | Free

6the Annual 2 Day Christmax Market

Showcasing local home based businesses in the Fraser Valley

Chilliwack | The Landing Sports Centre | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Market

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

Community Science Celebration: Quesnel

Discover the science happening all around you at the Quesnel Community Science Celebration

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:30 am to 4:00 pm | Show

Jazz in the Mews

Join us for some jazz inside our Lobby area Saturday and Sunday mornings with a full slate of local musicians, including Asheida and Friends, John Pippus and Friends, the Lawless Firm, Paul Talbot, the Soda Crackers, Stringz Aloud, and Rain City Swing

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free

Franchise Canada Show 2019

The Franchise Canada Show (formerly The Franchise Show) is Canada’s ultimate franchise-only expo. This is the only franchise show produced by the Canadian Franchise Association (CFA)

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Show

Girls and STEAM

Back by popular demand, the 2019 Girls and STEAM Symposium!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Modulus Festival - The Big Picture: Today’s Artist

The Big Picture is a series of discussions that explore ideas about music’s role in creating meaning for society.

Vancouver | The Post at 750 | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Lecture | 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

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

RWC 2019 | Rugby World Cup Final

The Rugby World Cup Final LIVE from Japan

Vancouver | The Pint Public House | 1:00 pm to 5:08 pm | Sports

Teatro Intimo Del Flamenco

Live Flamenco Every Saturday On Granville Island

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance

ŪTSZAN

Ūtszan, a compelling one-woman show, uncovers Indigenous knowledge, humour, strength and resilience through language reclamation. Ūtszan (to make things better) is a passionate story about how language informs identity

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts

Climate Action Series Fall Clothing Swap

So it's time for the first Climate Action Clothing Swap at the Massey Theatre! This event is being produced in partnership with New West community activator Rosa Rezansoff!

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Active Life / Health

Modulus Festival: Still Life with Avalanche

Get a glimpse into the extraordinary energy of Vancouver’s music scene in this concert with the city’s finest

Vancouver | Studio 700 | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Music

Addo Platform - Gaga/people Classes at SFU Woodwards

Gaga/people classes are open to people ages 16+, regardless of their background in dance or movement. No previous dance experience is needed

Vancouver | Simon Fraser University Woodwards | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance

The Greatest Sons Album Release Show

Rocket From Russia present: The Greatest Sons “Last Night On Earth” album release show

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

Lemon Bucket Orkestra with guests

This notorious party-punk, Balkan-inspired band’s live shows are truly immersive experiences

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Tiny Moving Parts

MRG Concerts presents Tiny Moving Parts with Fredo Disco & Standards

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

29th Annual Fraser Valley Wine Festival

This unique and entertaining event, which is a celebration of wine and food, has brought community together to raise over a million for local charities and worthwhile projects

Langley | Willowbrook Shopping Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine

Paint the Town Gala

Join us for a night of music and art as we raise funds for the Fort Gallery at our annual, and newly named, Paint the Town fundraising gala!

Langley | Fort Langley Community Hall | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Jacquie Somerville's One Woman Show

Hailed as one of the greatest storytellers of our time, Jacquie Somerville is a bestselling author and world-renowned passion coach

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Karen Flamenco Dance Company: Grease

Karen Flamenco’s Pink Ladies together with Troy McLaughlin’s tap dancing T-Birds

Vancouver | The Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

FKA twigs – Magdalene

FKA stands for Formerly Known As. Tahliah Barnett, born January 16th 1988 in Gloucestershire, is a British musician & dancer

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Why I Design 2019 at Museum of Vancouver

Museum of Vancouver invites Vancouverites to explore and celebrate innovation in action. 25 designers stationed throughout the museum’s galleries discuss approaches to their practice in this personable, lively single afternoon and evening event

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Visual Arts

BC Lions vs Calgary Stampeders

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

(Sandy) Alex G, Tomberlin, Slow Pulp

Alexander Giannascoli, better known by his stage name Alex G, is an American musician based in Philadelphia

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Pre-show Talk with Rosario Ancer and Victor Kolstee

Flamenco Rosario artistic and executive director Rosario Ancer and music director Victor Kolstee discuss the history of flamenco, the life and musical career of Paco de Lucía, and the musicians and origin of the Paco de Lucía Project

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:15 pm to 8:00 pm | Lecture

Modulus Festival: The Oyster Princess

Flat Earth Society, the beloved Belgian 15-piece big band, brings incredible energy to a 100th anniversary screening of The Oyster Princess

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm | Music

Spooktober – Dare to Laugh. Cult Fiction

A limited-run, seasonal celebration of all things eerie featuring three different shows and a special event. Cult Fiction – Everyone Laugh Together is framed as a documentary

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver Fringe and Diwali in BC present: Bombay Black by Anosh Irani

Why would a blind man go to see an exotic dancer? Poetic, mythic, and brave, Indo-Canadian Anosh Irani’s multiple Dora Award-winning and Canadian Governor General nominated play Bombay Black is a searing play set in the bitter reality of India

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Flamenco Legends: The Paco de Lucía Project

“For us it’s a tribute to a genius, a teacher, a partner in so many adventures, and someone we loved very much.” – Antonio Sánchez

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops presents: Casablanca

“The most famous Hollywood movie of all time” gets the orchestral treatment with the VSO performing Max Steiner’s fantastic score live while the movie plays on the big screen above

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Chutzpah! Festival: MM Contemporary Dance – Alexis Fletcher & Andrew Bartee Opening

MM Contemporary Dance returns to Chutzpah!

Vancouver | The Norman Rothstein Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Don Amero

Don Amero is an award-winning, singer/ songwriter who has been performing and speaking across Canada for a decade

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Halloween Boat Party Vancouver 2019

Biggest Halloween boat party in Vancouver. #Party on a boat #3 hours of cruising #400 plus guests #Amazing views #3 floor yacht #Amazing Djs

Vancouver | Westin Bayshore Marina The Magic Spirit | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Pleasant Comedy at Our Town

On the first Saturday of every month, nice boy Colin Sharp brings top touring comedians from Vancouver and across the country right into the heart of Mount Pleasant

Vancouver | Our Town | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Comedy

SIS NE’ BI-YÏZ: Mother Bear Speaks

Inspired by the true story of this Wet’suwet’en artist, who walked 1,600 km across British Columbia to give voice to First Nations children and other marginalized youth

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts

Ballet BC presents Program 1

Dancer Scott Fowler

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Dance

Hollerado - The Commodore Ballroom

Hollerado is a Canadian indie rock band from Ottawa, Ontario. Formed in 2007, The band consists of Menno Versteeg, Nixon Boyd, Dean Baxter and Jake Boyd

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

Drop Dead! – a comedy by Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore

This outrageous farce takes the audience on a wild ride through the ups and downs of a doomed play-within-a-play. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong: missed entrances, actors forgetting lines, backstage romances gone awry—and murder

Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Modulus Festiva: Industry Night at Modulus

Celebrate music, and party with musicians and presenters from around the world and across town.

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:45 pm to 10:45 pm | Music | Free

Tainted Lovers

Undeniably one of Vancouver’s best-drawing party bands, The Tainted Lovers are veteran musicians who have been entertaining wildly enthusiastic audiences in Canada and the US with their brand of musical madness since 1996

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

The Comic Strip: Jane Stanton

The Comic Strip, a weekly professional comedy show, presented every Saturday night on the Tyrant Studios Lounge Stage. Each week The Comic Strip showcases three of the best stand-up comedians in Vancouver

Vancouver | Tyrant Studios | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Comedy

Halloween Aftermath with DJ Rana | Venue Saturdays

Halloween Aftermath with DJ Rana @ Venue Saturdays with guest DJ Crusher upstairs in the DARKR88M

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 3:00 am | Party

Chris Lake - Stay With Me Tour

Chris Lake is a British electronic music producer and DJ

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:30 pm to 1:30 am | Music