Metro Vancouver events on February 1, 2020

WickFest 2020

WickFest Returns! Hayley Wickenheiser brings renowned female hockey and development event to Surrey

Surrey | North Surrey Sport & Ice Complex | 8:00 am to 9:00 pm | Sports

Snowshoeing on Cypress Mountain

For this weekend we've got a pretty amazing hike planned.

West Vancouver | Cypress Mountain | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports

Missions Fest 2020

Join us at Missions Fest Vancouver 2020 to explore the topic of surrender and its connection to mission

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Coastal Lunar Lanterns at Jack Poole Plaza

Come and celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Jack Poole Plaza

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition

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

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

The 28th Annual Wellness Show

For more than 25 years the Wellness Show has been bringing new approaches to nutrition, fitness, physical and emotional well-being to help Vancouverites achieve their most holistic, healthiest selves.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition

Information Session - Hastings Park-PNE Master Plan

Neighbourhood & Public Information Session

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 7:30 pm | Lecture

New Works from Jupiter Brahms and Deanna Fogstrom

urban life’s energy, colour, patterns and identity

Vancouver | The Cultch | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020: Vancouver Brewery Tours - Coffee, Brunch, Donuts & Beer Tour

Rise and Shine! Roll out of bed and onto the Vancouver Brewery Tours bus for an epic morning of coffee, brunch, donuts and beer!

Vancouver | inside Waterfront Station | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Food / Wine

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

Succulent Propagation 101

Learn the basics of plant care, soil selection, root structure, and plant options for your home or garden in this hands-on introduction to succulent propagation

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Nature / Animals

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

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

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: Street Food City 9

Celebrating its ninth anniversary, Street Food City is your opportunity to sample from a collection of Vancouver's Street Food carts all in one convenient location

Vancouver | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square, Vancouver Art Gallery | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Food / Wine | Free

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 | 2426 West 5th Avenue | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Food / Wine

Macromatter Presented with Vancouver International Children’s Festival High Water

One performer, one fish tank, one horizon of water rising towards the inevitable

Vancouver | The Nest on Granville Island | 11:00 am to 4:50 pm | Performing Arts

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

Shrine Building Project

Electric Company Theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre and Vancouver Civic Theatres are hosting a community-based shrine-building project to honour the undocumented migrants of the Americas and beyond, and to remember those lost on their journey

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 12:00 am to 1:30 pm | Workshop | Free

PuSh Festival 2020: Tania El Khoury (Lebanon / UK) - Tell Me What I Can Do

Gardens Speak has had 30 showings across 5 continents, and many of them have included a special request, with El Khoury asking her audiences to write letters

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 12:00 am to 9:30 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

Lunar New Year

Cheer on the Dragon and Lion dances and sample festive New Year cuisine.

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 12:30 am to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

PuSh Festival 2020: Tania El Khoury (Lebanon / UK) - Gardens Speak

In today’s Syria, oppression and violence are so far-reaching that even burial and mourning have become subversive acts

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 12:30 am to 10:30 pm | Performing Arts

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival 2020: Gardens Speak by Tania El Khoury

Gardens Speak is an interactive sound installation containing the oral histories of ten ordinary people who were buried in Syrian gardens

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 12:30 am to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

World Wetlands Day Celebration

Celebrate our wetlands by learning from local experts and take a guided walk to Green Timbers Lake.

Surrey | Surrey Nature Centre at Green Timbers Park | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals | Free

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 | 50 East Pender Street | 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

Lunar New Year at theLonsdale Quay Market

Happy Lunar New Year! Gong hei fat choy (in Cantonese), xin nian kuai le (in Mandarin), chúc mừng năm mới (in Vietnamese), and 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (in Korean)!

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Family | Free

Harlem Globetrotters

The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, featuring larger than life entertainers, will bring their ALL-NEW show, “Pushing the Limits” to a city near you

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

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

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

BISON with guests Bob Sumner, War Baby, Hashteroid, Killer Deal

We hate it. You hate it. Let’s hate it together. BC’s biggest rippers BISON return to the Rickshaw for Fuck February Fest. Joined by a legion of kindred spirits and old friends, prepare for an evening of pure rippage.

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

PuSh Festival 2020: 600 Highwaymen (USA) - The Fever

“A lovely, haunting meditation on human connection, and disconnection … A poetic evocation of our mostly unspoken––and un-called upon––dependence on one another.” - The New York Times

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 6:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Festival

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

Begonia: The Fear Tour

Noisey wrote that, “Begonia has one of Canada’s most extraordinary voices, and thankfully she uses it to obliterate the misery from this world one live performance at a time.”

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

Sinead O’Connor

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:30 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 9:30 pm | Theatre

UBC Opera: Pasazerka (The Passenger)

In honour and remembrance of those who lost their lives at Auschwitz and in other oppressive regimes, UBC Opera presents Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera The Passenger.

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Opera

PuSh Festival 2020: Flying White 飞白

Flying white is a rare and extraordinary form of Chinese calligraphy that jumps and leaps on the paper surface in graceful beautiful strokes, the black ink revealing a white background

Vancouver | SFU Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance

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

The Rocket Man & The Piano Man

Moon Coin Productions presents ‘The Rocket Man’ A Tribute to Elton John, Starring Ryan Langevin

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Show

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

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

The VSO Masterworks Gold series: Romantic Bruckner Plus Gidon Kremer Plays Schumann

Featuring Violinist Gidon Kremer

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

Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo

Go totally TUTU for the world famous all-male ballet company, New York’s Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Show

Studio 58 Presents Urinetown: The Musical

In a city gripped by a severe drought, a large corporation holds a monopoly on all toilets and citizens must pay to pee!

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical

The Believers Are But Brothers

This Fringe First award winning and Total Theatre Nominated (Experimentation & Innovation) multi-media show weaves together the story of masculinity, fantasy, violence and reality

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

Arts Club Theatre Company production: The Shoplifters

Comic mishaps for society’s haves and have-nots By Morris Panych

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:40 pm | Theatre

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

PuSh Festival 2020: Club PuSh: Agit-Pop!

Drag innovator Pearle Harbour (Canada) comes for the kill with this tragicomic cabaret concert

Vancouver | Central Studios | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts

An Orchestral Rendition of Dr Dre: 2001: Vancouver

For the first time we’re bringing you an opportunity to immerse yourself in an evening of expert musicians making this performance come alive!

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

PuSh Festival 2020: Ursula Martinez (UK) - Free Admission

Uncouth, uncensored and… undressed? Ursula Martinez (UK) gets personal, political and philosophical in this soul-baring solo performance

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Theory of a Deadman - Say Nothing World Tour 2020

Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian rock band from Delta, British Columbia. The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic, as well as their post-grunge and alternative rock base

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 3:59 am | Music

ALY & FILA - All About The Melody Tour

TranceFamily get ready for the return of legendary duo Aly & Fila on their “All About The Melody Tour” w. support by Paul Thomas Saturday Feb 1st.2020 at Harbour Event Centre

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music