Metro Vancouver events on February 17, 2020

Steveston's Family Day Activities

Come join us for a variety of activities we are offering over the Family Day Long Weekend!

Richmond | Steveston Community Centre | 8:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family

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

Fan Expo Vancouver 2020

We can hardly wait to celebrate three days of science fiction, comic books, film, television, horror, fantasy, animation, pop culture, and so much more.

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

Family Day Winter Festival. Bill Copeland Sports Centre

Join us at Bill Copeland as the site transforms into a winter festival for Family Day!

Burnaby | Bill Copeland Sports Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Circus Workshop: Acrobatics with Groupe Acrobatique de Tangier

CircusWest, in a community initiative with The Cultch, is honoured to offer two amazing acrobatic and group pyramid workshops led by the professional performers of Morocco’s Groupe Acrobatique de Tangier

Vancouver | CircusWest Performing Arts Society | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop

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

Richmond Children's Arts Festival

Celebrate BC Family Day at the 12th annual Children’s Arts Festival in Richmond. Children and their families are encouraged to spark their imagination through music, hands-on activities, literary and performing arts

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Family

Free Family Day at Museum of Vancouver!

Join us this Family Day and receive complimentary admission to Museum of Vancouver!

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

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

Family Day

Spend Family Day time-travelling together to Fort Langley. If the year was 1840, explore where you would live and find out what part your family would play here

Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

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

Family Day. Burnaby Village Museum Carousel

Join us for these family friendly activities and events. A Children's entertainer, art activities, heritage games and carousel rides are all included

Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family

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

Family Day Events in Surrey. Family Fun Day

Celebrate Family Day with free, fun activities for the entire family! Join us on Monday February 17 for free Family Day events!

Surrey | Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family | Free

Family Day at The Nature Centre in Surrey

Join us for nature walks, story times and nature-themed family challenges and games

Surrey | Surrey Nature Centre | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family | Free

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

Family Day at the Lonsdale Quay Market

Join us Monday, February 17th for Family Day at the Market! This year we will be celebrating our 8th annual BC Family Day with interactive activities

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay Market | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family | Free

Family Day at the Roundhouse

Spend Family Day at the Roundhouse with parent and tot gym, live musical performances, healthy snacks, arts and crafts, and more!

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family

Family Day. Cameron Recreation Complex

Join us on Family Day to play, laugh and be creative. Activities include Imagination Playground, board games, crafts and more

Burnaby | Cameron Recreation Complex | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Family | Free

Family Day Community Skate

Skate with Captain America and Supergirl!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Family

Family Day Stay and Play

Celebrate Family Day with free, fun activities for the entire family! Bring your kids, neighbours, and friends for a fun Stay & Play session in the gym

Surrey | Kensington Prairie Community Centre | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Family | Free

Who Don’t You Have Time For?

Part of the “Your Table is Ready” collaborative series of conversations over food led by artists: Aaniya Asrani, Annie Canto and Reyhaneh Yazdani

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 11:30 am to 1:00 pm | Workshop

Family Fun Day at The Historic Stewart Farm in Surrey

Spend family time down at the farm, the old-fashioned way! Enjoy crafts and sampling farm-fresh baking from the woodstove oven

Surrey | Historic Stewart Farm | 12:00 am to 3:00 pm | Family | Free

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

Family Day Scavenger Hunt

Enjoy a free, fun family scavenger hunt at the museum. Look through the permanent History Gallery to find clues and learn about Langley’s past

Langley | Langley Centennial Museum | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Family Day Events in Surrey. Family Day at The Museum

Celebrate Family Day with free, fun activities for the entire family! Join us on Monday February 17 for free Family Day events!

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | 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

Family Day Events in Surrey. Family Day Swims

Celebrate Family Day with free, fun activities for the entire family! Join us on Monday February 17 for free Family Day events!

Surrey | Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex | 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm | Family | Free

RupLoops’ Magnetic North

A Family Hip Hop Concert! Fun for all ages

Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver Giants vs. Seattle Thunderbirds

Celebrate Family Day with the Vancouver Giants when they host their 2019 first-round playoff rivals the Seattle Thunderbirds for the first time. Interactive family activities will be set up on the concourse..

Langley | Langley Events Centre | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Sports

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

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