Metro Vancouver events on February 14, 2020

Family Day Weekend Festival by Cypress Mountain

Come join us for a weekend of epic family festivities!

West Vancouver | Cypress Mountain | 9:00 am to 10:00 pm | Family

International Association of Professional Congress Organisers General Assembly & Annual Meeting 2020

With high-quality keynote lectures, interactive workshops, social events, and offsite experiences inspired to ignite leaders in Next Generation Leadership.

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

Catholic Educators Conference 2020

This wonderful, long-standing tradition is one of the highlights of the school year and is a visible reminder of our shared participation in the evangelizing mission of the Church.

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

Nature’s Valentines: Pro-d Kids Camp

Let’s show the Earth a little bit of love and kindness this Valentine’s Day!

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Kids

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

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

Inspire Environmental Awareness in Your Students

Join us at VanDusen Botanical Garden for your next Pro-D Workshop! This course is designed for K-7 teachers and environmental educators

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | Nature / Animals

Science World & Geering Up Pro-D

This coding themed pro-d day will help teachers explore how to incorporate computer science and coding activities into their classrooms

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 9:30 am to 3:30 pm | Workshop

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

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

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

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

Remembering Vancouver 2010

Winter Olympics 10 year anniversary celebration at MOV!

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 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

Exhibition: Out of Concealment

Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

What We Bring With Us

The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Winter Festival: Skate for a Cause

Enjoy outdoor ice skating and more at the Winter Festival at Guildford Town Centre

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | 12:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

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

CIPHER By Ellen Close and Braden Griffiths

Hipster noir meets conspiracy thriller

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 1:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Noises Off By Michael Frayn

Noises Off, hailed as the funniest farce ever written, treats audiences to a hilarious peek at a second-tier acting troupe performing a show

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Theatre

MYzone Try It Week

Experience the MYzone after school drop-in program for free!

Surrey | Bridgeview Community Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Kids | Free

MYzone Open Houses

Parents can bring their children to a free MYzone drop-in program, meet the staff and ask questions!

Surrey | Bridgeview Community Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Kids | Free

Studio Showing: Anouk Froidevaux

Dance artist Anouk Froidevaux shares choreographic research developed in collaboration with Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer Daniel Froidevaux

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm | Dance | Free

Valentines Dinner At Backyard Vineyards

On Friday, Feb. 14th and Saturday, Feb. 15th, we invite you to join us for a romantic evening filled with local wine, delicious food and soulful music

Langley | Backyard Vineyards | 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Food / Wine

SWEET: Faculty Faceoff

Join us at Science World for FREE on Valentine's Day for our next Science World Extravagant Evening for Teens (SWEET) and experience some loving competition between post-secondary institutions!

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Party

After Hours: February 14

Join us for Valentine's Day at After Hours!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Exhibition

Gravitational Attraction - Valentine-s Day Event

Spend an enchanted evening with us as we transform the Planetarium Star Theatre into a starry soirée for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy drinks, appetizers, activities, and a live musical performance by Blonde Diamond at this 19+ event

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Party

Not Quite All Night

Drop off the kids so they can enjoy a party while you have a date night

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

Boots and Babes Ball With Jojo Mason - featuring: Sons of Daughters and special guests

Seventh Annual Boots & Babes Ball Brings Country To Valentines Day At The Legendary Commodore Ballroom On February 14, 2019

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

The People's Prom 20th Anniversary

An anti-capitalist, queer, cross-dressing, gender-bending, bike-loving, slow-dancing, big-dress wearing, good time! The Prom You Never Had In High School!

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Party

February Exhibitions Opening Reception at the Place des Arts

Drop by the free opening reception for three new shows: Blind Contour Homage Series, oil paintings by Marlene Lowden; The Human Landscape, various mediums by Suite E Life Drawing Society; The Endless Braid…, acrylic paintings by Clarissa Banos

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

February/March Exhibitions at the Place des Arts

Drop by the free opening reception for three new shows: Blind Contour Homage Series, oil paintings by Marlene Lowden; The Human Landscape, various mediums by Suite E Life Drawing Society; The Endless Braid…, acrylic paintings by Clarissa Banos

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Tentacle Tribe: GHOST

An exhilarating breath of fresh air. Six of Montréal’s best street dancers immerse themselves in the mysterious mechanics of breathing, and interpret its life-giving rhythm

Vancouver | Historic Theatre | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Dance

WWE Friday Night Smackdown

Daniel Bryan vs Universal Champion ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt!

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Vancouver Giants vs. Victoria Royals

The Vancouver Giants host the Victoria Royals in regular season action

Langley | Langley Events Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Sports

Forget Me Not - Ronnie Burkett

100 people, 100 puppets, a secret location, and the one and only Ronnie Burkett!

Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Tentacle Tribe & New Works: Ghost

Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Performing Arts

Behind the Keys - Vancouver Bach Choir fundraiser

Last year, this fundraising concert delighted a packed house. Join us this year, for a Valentine’s Day treat with Maestro Leslie Dala at the piano, and special guests, in a Romantic program sure to please everyone

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Under the Rainbow Family Weekend: The Wizard of Oz Film Screening

One of the most popular family films of all time, The Wizard of Oz, is coming back to the Big Screen at Massey Theatre for one day only.

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Film

PuSh Festival 2020: Anywhere But Here by Carmen Aguirre with Shad

Anywhere But Here is a psycho-social-spiritual-physical journey based on the relationship to land

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 10:40 pm | Performing Arts

Neil Osborne

54-40’s Neil Osborne has a catalogue of late 80s and early 90s hits - “I Go Blind,” “Baby Ran,” “Ocean Pearl” and a whole lot of music since then, we are delighted to present this Canadian legend at Bez

Langley | Bez Arts Hub | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

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

VSO POPS: Classic Albums Live - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

This is it — every Beatles fan’s dream — Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band live, with full band and orchestra, performed exactly as it was originally recorded

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

Untold Want: Gruesome Playground Injuries

Childhood friends, Doug and Kayleen are kindred spirits who meet over the course of thirty years

Vancouver | The Cultch | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Talking Sex on Sundays - A Firehall Arts Centre production

On the first Sunday of every month Margot and her friends always host a theme party. What happens when Margot decides to kick it up a notch by having a Sex Toy Party?

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

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

Emilie Claire Barlow

Emilie-Claire is known for her inspired re-imaginings and affectionate treatment of both classic pop and jazz songs, delivered with a relaxed, polished demeanor, charming humour, and a voice of unforgettable beauty

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

The Frogs with guests

American Rock band, The Frogs, have announced their upcoming winter Canada/U.S. tour. Performing their prolific discography, the tour will include sounds spanning decades of iconic songs that have set the tone for rock today

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Straight White Men By Young Jean Lee

Contemporary Comedy. An explosive evening of male bonding

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy

First Impressions Theatre: Forever Plaid

A quartet of male singers takes a detour to heaven on the way to their first big concert. They posthumously take the stage for one final gig in this goofy, nostalgic celebration of the 50s

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Teen Swim

We’re keeping the pool open late for a special youth swim! Youth enjoy the use of the pool at Eileen Dailly along with music, treats and special features like the slide, water walkway and rope swing

Burnaby | Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool & Fitness Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Active Life / Health

Vancouver Student Events presents Global Fridays: Valentines Edition

Every Friday join us for your weekly Reggaeton , Latin Music, International Club Night fix with some of Vancouver’s top international DJ’s spinning the best in Brazilian, Latin, Hip-Hop, EDM, Pop, Reggaeton, Dance Hall, Pop, K-Pop, Top 40 and more!

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Valentine’s Day! w/ DJ Ketafere @HEC

Valentine's Day SPECIAL Event @ Harbour Event Center

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

Frisky Friday

Bring the sizzle to your Friday night as improvisers explore the funny side of naughty. For adults 19+

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 11:15 pm to 11:59 pm | Show