Metro Vancouver events on March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
Fri
Spring AquaCamps
AquaCamps offer your children 4 to 12 years of age a fun and educational experience of a lifetime
Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 8:45 am to 3:00 pm | Kids
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
Window Gallery: Curious?
An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Spring Break Nature Camps: March 16-27
Our carefully crafted Spring Break Nature Camps offer a blend of science, exploration, games and crafts and are suitable for children 5 – 8 years old
Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 9:30 am to 4:00 pm | Kids
The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power
The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds
This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Exhibition - Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra
Vancouver-based artist Matilda Aslizadeh’s engaging video and photographic installation Moly and Kassandra (2018) addresses the relationship between culture and resource
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Vancouver International Auto Show 2020
Western Canada’s best attended consumer show, and one of Western North America’s premier automotive exhibition events
Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 10:00 am to 9:30 pm | Exhibition
Playdome 2020
Western Canada’s largest indoor carnival is back for spring break 2020 with 9 fun-filled days of carnival rides, games and sweet treats
Vancouver | BC Place | 10:00 am to 9:00 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
Spring Break at Fort Langley National Historic Site
Travel back to the mid-1800s and explore life at Fort Langley
Langley | Fort Langley National Historic Site | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family
Spring Break: Dinosaur Days
Make this Spring Break epic with dinosaur themed activities for the kids
Surrey | Surrey Museum | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | Kids | Free
Exhibition: lineages and land bases
The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them
Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition
Spring Break 2020
There’s more to light than meets your eye! Visit the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre this Spring Break and find out how astronomers use visible light from the Sun, infrared heat waves and x-rays to understand some of the mysteries of our universe.
Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Kids
Vancouver Gem & Mineral Show at PNE Forum
Vancouver Gem & Mineral Show - spring edition at PNE Forum! Western Canada’s largest Gem show is featuring 100+ of the best gem, mineral and jewellery vendors from across Canada
Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 6:00 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
A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner
Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends
Vancouver | Waterfront Theatre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Kids
Spring Break Days at the Burnaby Village Museum
Join us for 12 days of Spring Break fun at the Burnaby Village Museum!
Burnaby | Burnaby Village Museum | 11:00 am to 4:30 pm | Kids | Free
Spring Break Public Skate (Not Cosmic)
Keep active during the school break at public skating sessions. Note: This is not Cosmic Skating.
Richmond | Minoru Arenas | 12:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports
Exhibition: Show and Tell
Professional Federation of Canadian Artists will be showing and demonstrating their work
Surrey | Beecher Place | 12:00 am to 6:00 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
Exhibition: Works by Alex Lavrov
Opening reception on March 4
Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition
Peppa Pig Live! Peppa's Adventure
Peppa Pig Live! is here with the ALL NEW action-packed live stage show, Peppa Pig’s Adventure!, featuring your favourite characters as life-size puppets!
Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Kids
Calgary Flames @ Vancouver Canucks
The regular season game
Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports
Canucks Autism Network Adapted Hockey Tournament 2020. Family Fun Night
Cheer on the players at this Adapted Hockey Tournament coming to the Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex
Surrey | Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex Arena | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Sports
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival:Olivia Shaffer
Senescence (/sɪˈnɛsəns/): the process of deterioration that occurs in the aging mind and body
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Performing Arts | Free
Allie X - Cape God Tour
Alexandra Ashley Hughes, known by her stage name Allie X, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and visual artist
Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
March/April Exhibitions Opening Reception
Drop by the free opening reception for three new shows
Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free
Bollywood Talkies with ANNU KAPOOR
Annu Kapoor is an Indian film actor and television presenter best-remembered for hosting the vocal reality show Antakshari from 1993 to 2006
Surrey | Bell Performing Arts Centre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show
Light Rapid Transit
Five hundred thirteen thousand, seven hundred people will take Translink Skytrains today. Nine of those people are inextricably linked by Light Rapid Transit
Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 0:00 am | Performing Arts
UBC Concert Winds
Presented by the UBC School of Music. UBC Concert Winds perform outstanding wind repertoire, from traditional masterworks to new music
Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music
#IMOMSOHARD
Moms, best friends and funny ladies Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley are the creators behind the viral web series #IMOMSOHARD, where they discuss the good, the bad and the funny about motherhood – with the help of a bottle of red wine!
Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:15 pm | Show
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Ichigo-Ichieh New Theatre
I Named “ichigo-ichieh New Theatre” For This Reason: Ichigo-ichieh Means If You Meet Someone It Is A Unique Occasion – It Happens Only Once In That Moment In Your Entire Life
Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm | Performing Arts
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival: Kokoro Dance
Kokoro Dance’s butoh expression gives recurring attention to the seven aesthetic principles of Zen philosophy
Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
War Baby LP Release Show with Dead Soft, The Jins, Oswald
Celebrating the release of War Baby's third full-length LP, You Are Not Here, with four local powerhouses. Bring a smock - it's gonna get grungy
Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music
Vancouver Fringe and Paul Strickland Presents present: Ain't True & Uncle False
Step Right Up! Mark Twain meets Tim Burton in this one-man tall-tale comedy (with songs!)
Vancouver | The Nest | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Comedy
Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual
Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils
Vancouver | Performance Works | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops: The Celtic Tenors
With a polished international reputation and with over a million CDs sold worldwide, The Celtic Tenors offer something truly unique — the skill, range and ability of world-class tenors, combined with the personality and fun of genuine performers
Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020
FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition
Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical
Theatre Series: A Chorus Line
A beautiful snapshot of the inner life of performers - their authenticity, vulnerability and desperate need to be loved
North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music
Between Breaths
Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets, this is the story of the man and his amazing life story
Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Performing Arts
Skyborn By Quelemia Sparrow
Multimedia Drama. One woman's journey towards spiritual reclamation
Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre
Karen Flamenco Dance Company - The Kino Cafe
Karen Flamenco is a progressive learning dance academy which emphasizes performance, stressing technique, strength, individual and artistic expression. The program has a strong foundation in traditional, clasico & modern flamenco dance forms.
Vancouver | Kino Cafe | 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Dance
2020 Vancouver International Dance Festival: FakeKnot - HINKYPUNK
HINKYPUNK is a 50 minute solo dance work that is based on the notion of how identity is conflated with iconography and pop culture
Vancouver | KW Production Studio | 9:15 pm to 10:15 pm | Performing Arts
Allen Stone
Allen Stone is an American soul and R&B singer and musician
Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music