Metro Vancouver events on January 25, 2020
January 25, 2020
Sat
Coastal Lunar Lanterns at Jack Poole Plaza
Come and celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Jack Poole Plaza
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 0:00 am to 0:00 am | Exhibition
Sensory Friendly Mornings
Sensory Friendly Mornings are inclusive events for individuals and families with neurodiverse or accessibility needs. Guests can enjoy Science World exhibits in a comfortable, welcoming and less crowded environment
Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family
2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships are coming to Langley January 18-26, 2020!
Hope | George Preston Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Sports
January/February Exhibitions at the Place des Arts
Three new exhibitions: An Interactive Exhibition of Plant-Based Visual Art, photography and sculpture by Collaborative Alchemy; Happiness is a thing called, watercolours and water media by Tammy Pilon; The Influencer, oil painting by Alex Sandvoss
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition
Window Gallery: Carved Out And Stitched Together
An Indigenous Artist’s Journey of Learning, Creating, and Holding Space for Herself and Others. Artwork by Adele ᒪᐢᑿ ᐃᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Canadian Craft Tours - Coffee Roast & Delightful Bites Tour
Join Canadian Craft Tours to explore why Vancouver's Coffee Scene is seen as top tier on the world stage
Vancouver | 901 West Cordova Street | 9:00 am to 12:15 am | Food / Wine
Emily Carr
This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Flea Market
Clean out your cupboards or find yourself a great bargain!
Burnaby | Confederation Community Centre | 9:30 am to 2:00 pm | Market | Free
Exhibition: Robert Rauschenberg 1965-1980
Drawn primarily from the Gallery’s collection, Robert Rauschenberg 1965–1980 explores the artist’s experimental, radical approach to artmaking
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Offsite: Erwin Wurm
Offsite: Erwin Wurm is the 19th installation in the Gallery’s ongoing Offsite series. Offsite is located at 1100 West Georgia Street between Thurlow and Bute Streets, west of the Shangri-La Hotel
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure” coming to Vancouver!
X Barks the Spot in PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure” in Vancouver. Join the Heroic Pups on a Pirate-Themed Mission When They Take the Stage at Rogers Arena
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Show
Exhibition: Transits and Returns
Transits and Returns presents the work of 21 Indigenous artists whose practices are both rooted in the specificities of their cultures and routed via their travels
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Surrey Youth Stewardship Squad Events
Join a community of youth volunteers who protect and care for our urban forest
Surrey | Hazelnut Meadows Community Park | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals | Free
Exhibition: Cindy Sherman
This important exhibition explores the development of Cindy Sherman’s work from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s to the present day
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries
Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia
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
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Introduction to Dim Sum
Whether this is your first time of you have been enjoying Dim Sum for years, this entertaining activity will answer questions and take your enjoyment of Dim Sum to a deeper level
Vancouver | Jade Dynasty Restaurant | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Food / Wine
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Fraser Valley Wine Tour
This all-inclusive 6-hour day out will give you a snapshot of British Columbia’s thriving wine industry. We will take you through the winemaking process, as you enjoy a variety of tastings from the beautiful vineyards of the Fraser Valley
Vancouver | Starbucks on Mainland & Davie Street | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Food / Wine
Conversations with Magic Forms
On select Saturday afternoons throughout the exhibition season, participants are invited to drop in to activate artist duo Leisure’s installation, Conversations with Magic Forms
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Kids
Family Day - Leisure Studio
CAG invites all ages to drop-in for short exhibition tours and free art-making activities that respond to our current exhibitions
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family
Exhibition: Echoes
Join us for the Exhibition for Echoes at the Burnaby Art Gallery
Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom
Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Pajama Toonie Skate
Wear your pajamas! Come out and enjoy ice skating, face painting, crafts and games
Burnaby | Bill Copeland Sports Centre | 12:30 am to 3:00 pm | Family
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Canadian Craft Tours - Dim Sum Chinatown Tour
Dim Sum, which means "Point of the Heart", lives up to its name in Vancouver, BC's historic Chinatown
Vancouver | Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour
While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver
North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine
PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure”. Children's Theatre
X Barks the Spot in PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure” in Vancouver. Join the Heroic Pups on a Pirate-Themed Mission When They Take the Stage at Rogers Arena
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Show
The Artist’s Studio is Her Bedroom
Join all ten exhibiting artists in an informal conversation about how artistic practices can be carved out of unlikely times and spaces, and how generative questions arise from constraints
Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Workshop
Stage 43 presents The Lion in Winter
Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons – The Lion in Winter, is a modern-day classic. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Theatre
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Chinatown Dumpling Masterclass
Everyone loves dumplings! We will learn how to make authentic Chinese dumplings with creative ingredients
Vancouver | Say Hey! Cafe | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Workshop
An Arts Club Theatre Company production: The Shoplifters
Comic mishaps for society's haves and have-nots
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Theatre
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: BBQ, Fried Chicken & Brewery Tour
Hop on tour with Vancouver Brewery Tours to enjoy Vancouver’s best barbecue, fried chicken and craft beers!
Vancouver | inside Waterfront Station | 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Food / Wine
Canyon Lights: A Winter Lights Festival
Celebrate Canyon Lights, A Winter Festival November 22, 2019 to January 26, 2020. Re-capture the feeling of wonder and excitement of the holiday season and be amazed by the hundreds of thousands of lights throughout the park
North Vancouver | Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Family
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Canadian Craft Tours - Flights & Bites Tour
Beer and good food go hand and hand. Join the team at Canadian Craft as we venture to three of our favorite Vancouver Breweries and pair beers with a few hidden gem snacks along the way
Vancouver | 901 West Cordova Street | 4:30 pm to 7:45 pm | Food / Wine
PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure”
X Barks the Spot in PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure” in Vancouver. Join the Heroic Pups on a Pirate-Themed Mission When They Take the Stage at Rogers Arena
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Show
New Year’s Winterfest - Night 2
A two-night showcase of some of the finest metal the western world has to offer
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:00 pm to 3:00 am | Music
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Secret Supper Soiree
A sold out Dine Out Festival event every year, Secret Supper Soiree is Vancouver's culinary road trip!
Vancouver | 1485 Frances Street | 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine
Dine Out Vancouver Festival: Hawksworth Long Table Dinner Series
As part of Dine Out, Hawksworth Restaurant is pleased to present Hawksworth Long Table Dinner Series in our private dining space, The York Room
Vancouver | Hawksworth Restaurant | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Food / Wine
Opening Reception and Exhibition Tour
Join VAG curator Grant Arnold and SAG curator Jordan Strom for a Spindle Whorl tour and conversation
Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Lecture
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Medina Down Under: An Australia Day Wine Dinner
Café Medina takes a trip down under by hosting an exclusive Australia Day wine dinner that celebrates select wines that hail from some of Australia’s most famous wine-producing regions on Saturday, January 25
Vancouver | Medina Cafe | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Food / Wine
Alexisonfire
with The Distillers and NOBRO
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music
Leif Vollebekk
Leif Vollebekk is a Canadian singer/songwriter from Montréal, Quebec
Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Vancouver Giants vs. Kelowna Rockets
The Vancouver Giants host the Kelowna Rockets in regular season action
Langley | Langley Events Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Push Festival 2020: The Democratic Set - Film Screening & Artist Talk
This is not a performance - it’s a model for the way we could live. In The Democratic Set, members of the local community are invited to help make a movie
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival
The 7 Fingers / Artcirq / Taqqut Productions
The oral history of the Inuit people is the inspiration for Unikkaaqtuat, a multidisciplinary work that combines the traditional practices of throat-singing, hunting and competitive games with circus arts
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance
Chamber Music Series: Duo Solisti
Cellist Brannon Cho made his Canadian debut recital with VCMS back in 2018, soon after winning a top prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium
New Westminster | Anvil Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
LunarFest Presents A Musical Banquet: A Feast of Sumptuous Classical Music
One of the most important Lunar New Year celebrations is having a grand feast with your friends and family
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
UBC Department of Theatre and Film: The Changeling
A tale of hidden sexual desires, bloody deeds, and characters who realize their intentions are less than pure, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling is one of the darkest and most sensual of the 17th century English tragedies
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Lions Gate Sinfonia - Celebrating Mozart with the JUPITER Symphony!
Celebrating Mozart with the Jupiter Symphony! Lions Gate Sinfonia 2019/20 Season with founding Conductor and Music Director, Clyde
North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:20 pm | Music
PuSh Festival 2020: Skyborn: A Land Reclamation Odyssey
A black hole, hungry ghosts, a Grandmother wolf—Quelemia Sparrow’s Skyborn is an epic odyssey grounded in Indigenous ancestral knowledge
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
PuSh Festival 2020: Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a humorously dark folk tale woven together with a high energy concert
Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts
International Guitar Night 2020
The Massey Theatre is thrilled to again present International Guitar Night – an evening of exquisite guitar music highlighting the diversity of acoustic guitar
New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
TheatreSports™
Razor-sharp wit and lightning-fast reflexes, two teams of players are pitted against each other in competitive improv matches
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Comedy
Of The Fields, Lately by David French
This play follows the fortunes of the Mercer family, ex-pat Newfoundlanders living in Toronto. Son Ben returns after a long absence to attend his aunt’s funeral, only to discover that his father has recently suffered a heart attack
Langley | Langley Players Drama Club | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
House and Home By Jennifer Griffin A Firehall Arts Centre Premier Production
Jennifer Griffin’s biting, comic take on Vancouver’s current real estate crisis
Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
VSO Masterworks Diamond series: Symphonie Fantastique - Märkl Conducts Berlioz, Ravel and Saint-saëns
Audience-favourite Maestro Jun Märkl returns with a program tracing the evolution of the French sound: lush and masterful orchestration, cyclical forms, and great thematic cohesion
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
Stage 43 presents The Lion in Winter
Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons – The Lion in Winter, is a modern-day classic. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
PuSh Festival 2020: BERLIN: The Last Cabaret
This political cabaret celebrates the subversive power of art and offers a warning to those who would take freedom for granted
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
Salsa & Latin Dance Night with Alberto Gonzalez & Teresa Szefler
Salsa, Bachata & Merengue lesson & Latin Music
Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 0:00 am | Dance
BANG!
A fun to listen to, high energy dance band, BANG! is perfectly designed to make your night great! Since forming in 2007 to play in Europe, BANG ! has played Vancouver’s top rooms, and loads of private functions.
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music | Free
Venue Saturdays Lunar New Year
Ring in Lunar New Year with us at Venue Saturdays for the Year of the Rat
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party
Jauz - The Commodore Ballroom
Dangerous Waters Tour
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 10:30 pm to 11:55 pm | Music
The Late Show - Adult Only Improv Comedy
We're taking the furry hand-cuffs off our improvisers to present edgy, uncensored improv comedy for adults 19+
Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 11:59 pm | Comedy