Metro Vancouver events on March 28, 2020

Canucks Autism Network Adapted Hockey Tournament 2020. Tournament Play

Cheer on the players at this Adapted Hockey Tournament coming to the Surrey Sport & Leisure Complex.

Surrey | Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex Arena | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm | Sports

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

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

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

Permaculture Garden Design

With Certified Permaculture Designer Justin Schneider, learn the basics of designing a diverse landscape that yields food, provides habitat, and looks beautiful

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 2:30 pm | Nature / Animals

Forest Therapy Walk in VanDusen Botanical Garden

Experience the health benefits of nature as you learn the basics of forest therapy from Vancouver's first certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Active Life / Health

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

Adult Ukulele Session

Taught in C Tuning by Peter Luongo and members of the Langley Ukulele Association

Langley | Langley Fundamental Elementary | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Music

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

Burnaby Artisan Farmers' Market

The place to find locally grown conventional and organic produce, prepared foods and crafts every Saturday. The market's winter season runs November through April.

Burnaby | Burnaby City Hall Parking Lot | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

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

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

Jazz in the Mews

Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free

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

Aizome Indigo Dye Workshop

This workshop is suited for beginners. We will provide guidance and a variety of supplies for tying fabrics. You are also welcome to bring in a piece tied ready for dyeing

Burnaby | Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | 11:00 am to 3:00 pm | Workshop

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

Get Outside - Blackie Spit Park

Get outside to explore and connect with nature through a variety of hands-on activities this spring

Surrey | Blackie Spit Park | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm | Nature / Animals | 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

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

Baby Shark Live!

Take an adventure into the sea with Baby Shark as he joins his friend Pinkfong to sing and dance through some of your favourite new and classic songs!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 3:00 pm to 7:30 pm | Kids

Badass 6 at the Cultch 1: Spooky World Shorts - Filmmakers Panel Discussions

Boo, Cat Trap, The Exhibit Man, Nice Shoes, Rethink, Give In, Bargain Bin, Bed, Mask in the Desert, Polar Tour, 60s Shed, For the Goblins + Refuge & Grimm Darke

Vancouver | The Cultch | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Film

Comedy Dynamics: Candy & Smiley

Candy & Smiley is Taiwanese-Canadian Comedian Ed Hill’s first one-hour comedy special. Comedy Dynamics, a Nacelle Company, has picked up worldwide distribution of Candy & Smiley in 2020

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 6:00 pm to 9:45 pm | Comedy

Insomnium with guests Omnium Gatherum, Seven Spires, GROSS MISCONDUCT, Liberatia

Finnish melodic death metal band on tour in support of their upcoming release, Heart Like A Grave

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

What If … Documentary Series™

Join us for the film premiere and screening of the What If … Documentary Series™ at the York Theatre on March 28th.

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Limblifter

Limblifter is a Canadian alternative rock band from Vancouver, formed in 1996. The group was originally formed by brothers Ryan Dahle and Kurt Dahle, as a side project from their main band, The Age Of Electric , along with a third member, Ian Somers.

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 0:00 am | Music

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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks

The regular season game

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Sports

Badass 6 at the Cultch 2: The Perished

The Perished with hosts/performers Gidget Gravedigger & Aleister Crane. The Perished (2020, Ireland. Director: Paddy Murphy) Canadian premiere preceeded by the short film: From Within

Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Film

Seasons Festival

with headliner Above & Beyond

Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Festival

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 Choirs: Light Eternal

A riveting choral concert with a special collaboration with the UBC Symphony Orchestra. Light and eternity are among the highlighte themes

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

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

Vancouver New Music presents Silvia Mandolini + magik

Experience the beautiful sounds of this international collaboration between virtuosic Italian violinist Silvia Mandolini, and magik (Kenton Loewen, drums; Marina Hasselberg, cello; Giorgio Magnanensi, diffusion and live electronics)

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 10:00 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

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

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

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

Badass 6 at the Cultch 3: Dead Dicks

Dead Dicks with hosts and performances by Gidget Gravedigger & Aleister Crane. Dead Dicks (2020, Canada) preceeded by the short film: Girl in the Hallway

Vancouver | The Cultch | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Film

Bassjackers

Legendary dutch duo Bassjackers return to Vancouver

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